The Washington times., 1908-08-27
Lajoie Same Old Attraction
For Fans All Over Circuit
That and Fact Washington Can Beat Them Make Maps
Great Card Here-Cantllon Gets New Pitcher
Turner Tries Osteopath
By THOMAS S. RICE.

tiatious, but ia these doubtfui times you
can never tell when a free lance from
the brush ranks Will set the world afire.
The first OF the new crop of fail
phenOms TO reach our beautiful city was
BOD Dimpfel, right-handCd spitball
pitcher, who bobbed up last night with
a recommendation from the Lynchburg,
Va, management. On his record. -Dilnp-
/ Eel IS well forth careful constellation.
ana Canullon viii give him a trial II
ne displays quality in his practice.
DimpfeI is twenty-one years old, and
nails from Easton, Md, en- the Eastern
Shore He graduated at St Johns Col
lege, Annapolis. in 1905, and made a hit
as a college pitcher He eignad vyitIs.
Easton, In the Eastern Shorc League.
last season, and with that club and
kinston, Of the Eastern North Carolina
League, Won twenty out of twenly-four
games. This year he started witt, tha
Philadelphia Union League club, OF Ia
mented memory and won seven out Of
eight games before the stockholders IN
with Al Lawson came cut of their
trance. Two Of these seven victories
were no-hit. no-run games, which is
tolerable good pitching, even though he
was only against those amusing Union
LeagueTs. From Philadelphia he wan
aered to Lynchburg, Va. and that dear
games, eight Of which he won. Easton.
which owned him and had oaiv loaned
MS services to Lynchburg and Kinstyn.
DleW up, throwing its reserved players
on the cold, cruel world and leaving
Dlmpfel n free agent. sThe LyncabtlrI
management was greatly fzuDre ssed v-1th
his work and shunted him alone. 10 Zoe
1antiilon with letter Of high praise.
ne Ile was az me park This morning work.
ms out easily, but Will be put through
aIl MS PAGES when warm weather re-
turns
Dimpfel claims to have an abundance
OF speed and curves, but saws he rIares
most reliance upon an underhand snif-
pan, IN which all four fingers are used
We snail watch that with great ff.tsr-
est when 1t is sprung.
In their engagements to date wash
lnBton mas won eight games and Cleve-
land seven. This is the greatest num-
per of games Washington has taken
from any other club in the Ieaeue ex-
cept Boston. which has also been de-
feated eight times by Cantillon's men
Seven have been lifted from st Louis
and six from Chicago, but each of those
mas beaten Washington twelve times.
Tom Hughes and Charley Smith with
SIfeet catching both games We're Cam
tlllon's selections for the 1ouble-header
today, which begins at p. m. I.aioie
purposes to start Joss and Mig Clarke
IN the first game, and Isiebhardt and
Bemis in the second with Fred FaIly
enberg in reserve.
The New York Giants capped the eli
max yesterday by taking the fourth
straight from Pittsburg and that bv the
score of to 3. Mathewson again came
into his own and demonstrated that ne
is his old self, but If he and Wiltse
weaken or meet with accidents The
Giants viii be up against Il, even with
the batting streak they are now ex-
periencing. Those two pitchers are do
Ing wonderful work for the New York
rams. and il Is to be hoped they will
not iuin their arms by the unusual
exert ons of this year