The Washington times., 1908-07-11
Street the Central Figure
Of Sixteen-Lnning Tie Game
Reliability at Plate Thrice Saves WaShington-Head
work of GanIey and Clymer in Outfeld Impor-
tant Item-ReIeving Burns Wise Move
BY THOMAS S. RICE.

By THOMA
when you see the Washington team
furnish all-around baseball like that il
showed when It tied Chicago here yes
,terday by to ii sixteen innings YOU
iwonder how on earth it managed to get
such firm grip on the cellar or near
cellar honors.
For. he It remembered. Washington
not only played good but excellent ball
yesterday. both with its hands and with
its head. There was no stage at which
phe Sox had it on the Nationals TO any
aarge extent. and their brilliancy IN Ger
ltaiR directions was fully offset by the
bright dOings Of the home folk in others.
= Taxing IL all in all the hero for Wash
fington was Charley Street, the catcher.
Werner talked himself out of the game
Fin the fifth inning and Street donned
ithe pad Jack might have done worse,
and he certainly could not have done
better.
q Streets. claim to glory lay not only
I'm his splendid handling OF Burns when
that pitcher began to go wild in the
tfcurteenth, but in the able and burly
~ manner in which ne blocked off three
Runners trying 10 score from third. In
a game 50 fun Of excitement and good
work It is hard to say VINO was best
but we think, under the circumstances.
Street draws the prize for consistency
this time 1t is seldom a catcher gets
full credit for his performances, the.
more spectacular features of throwing
or making difficult stops Of hit balls
,sttra citing the public attention, hence
these kind words viii probably be all
the more appreciated by the laxative
q sCharles.
All three of those plays saved Wash
tngtOn from a beating. and all three
touches had TO be absolutely perfect
with not a tenth Of a second 10 spare.
In every instance Street stood squarely
on the plate at the eminent risk CT
being spiked TO pieces by the runners,
and it is a marvel that he was not
cut down in his prime.
First assistant heroes were Ganley,
Clymer. and AItizer. They must Le
credited not only for high-class eXecu-
q ton, but an abundance OF gray matter
In the eighth inning with one out, Chi
cago had all the bases fun on three
punk hits. 1t was, like the two sub
for such a club as the Sox to score,
and the faint OF heart had an excuse
for trembling. Davis lifted n f!y to
right that was not the easiest kind of
pickings, but Clymer gathered It to his
1nanIy bosom without the aid Of a net,
and sent It TO Street, who got Fielder
Jones on the plate by a close decision
In days gone by Clymer was accused Of
"a weak arm. and Il was proved by re-
suits, but this year It has been 80 per
r Cent better than last. and no better
throw could have been made than that
yesterday.
In the fourteenth inning, with men
on second and third for Chicago and
one out, Lee TannehiH went TO bat.
Lee had been batting remarkably well
for him in the entire series Of five
games, and the prospects were as dull
as washington in the hands Of reform
ers, for Lee had not only been swatting
safely. put viciOusly. Here came In the
headword for Washington.
Ganley figured that TannehiH would
hit to left center, but the question was.
how far? II he hit deep and the ball
were caught, It would be impossible 20
throw out the runner at the plate If
the fielder played in close, and Tame
ILL were to get the ball clear over his
head. It would have scored two runs,
but It was a cinch the game would be
decided by a single tally. and the eX-
ira run would amount TO little more
than If the fielder caught fly too long
10 nip DOugherty on the pan. There
Z was only one thing 20 dO-play where
TannehiII would be reasonably expected
70 hit if his blow were not too stout,
and take a chance. That was exactly
/. what Ganley did, and for once the
tickle goddess smiled upon him. Tan
nehill hit squarely in his hands, and by
a splendid return to Street suppressed
Doughertv- It took baseball figuring 10
size I'D the situation in that manner,
and the same may be said Of Clyme-,
who did practically the same thing on
his chance.
In the sixteenth inning, with one out,
the same busy Dougherty bObbed up
on third by means of a triple. It was
another critical moment, and everybody
played in. but the day was saved by
I Davy Altizer. who took Donohues drive
: and returned il to Street without the
sign of a mistake. II was a triumph
for DaVy, and made him stand ace
high with the crowd.
Next to these star stunts the most
Impressive feature of the busy after
y room was the fielding OF Nick AltrOck.
Ii IS a pleasure to see him work for
Chicago and it would be sheer delight
to see him do It for Washington. With
( out stopping for a moment he handles
the ball as If he were an automaton
that had 10 do it that particular way.
Street reached second n the fourteenth
inning as the result Of hits by himself
and Freeman. Altizer, next up. tried
10 sacrifice, and the ball rolled between
third and the box. Going after 1t IN
the dead run, AltrOclI grabbed the pill
and with an accuracy and prOmptness
beautiful To behold, shot Il to third,
forcing Street 1t was a simple play,
and. Of course, the only logical one to
make. but Il was the way In which
I Il was done and the supreme confidence
] with which AltrOck handled hin self
yNthat made the big hit with tile writer
n Manager CantillOn showed an exceed
dngly wise head when he took Burns out
an the fourteenth inning and sent Tom
70, he hoy fe MI he ~ 4