Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-23
Nationals Outbatted by Jennings Band
and Umpire Egan Helps Things Along.
/ Makes Raw Decisions---McBride
Foozles Three Times-Street
Put Out Of Came John
son to the Rescue.

Detroit did its share in the general an
nihilation of the east by the west on the
Hase ball field today by taking the Sena-
tors into camp by the score of to 4. st.
Louis was the only one Of the western
lunch which did not take advantage of
the bargain day along the Atlantic sea-
hoard. and they failed to take a fall out
CT New York probably because Jupiter
lIuv was on the job in Manhattan.
Attracted to the Florida avenue ball yard
tv the mighty feats the locals have been
accomplishing recently against the lead
efs in the league race. fully 5000 fans
RAISED themselves into one Of the best
crowds before which the Cantillonites
have had the pleasure of disporting them
selves this season The bleacher brigade
arrived early, with the result that the
s,nny-side seats were filled and the gate
cspsed long before the game was started.
3ld even up to the hour set for the open
lag gun the people were still coming, and
q: line of men, each anxious to give up
Stretched from the entrance gate to 7th
street..
Egan's Ragged Work.
But a sorry exhibition was dished up
ior the holiday crowd. In fact it was a
Nightmare. 1t was filed with all sorts OF
tase ball, some good. more Indifferent and
rauch positively bad. And injected into
the contest was more wrangling and more
ossputation with the umpire than has
Characterized the combined games of the
present home series. For the hfneft OF
the mass Of spectators who viewed the
same it need not be told how ragged was
the work of Arbiter Egan. They know It.
also, probably, does Mr.. EgRn himself
lie fell into bad grace with the crowd In
the third inning when he called Cobb
safe at the plate, when Charlie Street
Capt. Ganley and half the Washington
team, as well as the usually silent Man
ager Joe insisted that Cobb had started
from third before Ganley caught fly of
schmidt's bat. The fly was short one
and Ganley's throw almost perfect, sc
Slat it seemed improbable even the
aoeedy Cobb could have negotiated the
distance without getting the jump on the
latch. Street insisted so vigorously or
k,e point that he was banished, and
s1ereafter Egans road was not one
lrewed with pansies. With every deci'
1on the crowd took up an imitation In
{,orus of the jumps peculiarly high
Atched voice, cheerfully reversing ever
LIS rulings on balls and strikes. The
HAIRS camera man caught another OF
ypan.s errors in the second inning. wher
,e called Pickering out at first. The pic
s,re shows Pick sliding safely into the
Ess with the ball vet fully foot from
sossmap's outstretched hands.
Egan Is Blind.
The climax of Egan's defects OF vision
aoweyer. came in the seventh inning
t,hen Pickering. after batting in the 10
SAILS fourth run. set out to pilfer thu
sscond sack. The arbter called him on
IN close decision. and turned withou
ssbserving whether Schaeffer held the bal
sr not. AS a matter Of fact dutch
cropped the sphere and it rolled fully tel
seet as a result of the second basemani
Collision with Pick. The crowd yelled
;nd the whole local team tried to cal
she incident TO Mr.. Egan's attention, blu
SyLeary, in short field. grabbed the bal
Ind threw it away. and the umpire helt
90 his original decision. When he lef