The Washington times., 1908-08-20
Washington Shoqus More Class
Than St. Louis in Even Break
Accident to Mcbride All That Kept Browns From Be
ing Squarely Beaten n Both Games-Field-
ing Is Brany and Brilliant
By THOMAS S. RICE.

/ hrst and second. Wallace smashed TO
Mcbride who threw TO Dngiaub at sec
ond, forcing Ferris who mad been or
hrst. Instead Of trying 10 make a dSu-
bic play by relaying the ball to hIst TO
head off Wallace, which would have
been almost an impOssibility because OF
Waiiace's nearness TO the bag, fJngIaub
saw that Heidrick had confidently
turned tEird, hoping 10 get action OF
some sort on the expected heaVe to
Freeman. aid the versatile Robert
threw to SniplIe Heidrick was com
pletely surprised by the maneuVer and
was found hatfOOted away off his base
He expired almost painlessly in "a few
passes between Shipke to Street That
is keeping your eye on your number not
little, and is a sample Of what went
on ali through the game
Charley Street has caught good ball
all the year. but yesterday ne put up
the best article fe has furnished before
the local fans. Ills throwing could not
have been excelhd. In both games the
Browns were crazy 10 advance by
thefts, as the scores were close ana
they could hit neither Charley Smith
nor Hughes enough to make them con
tldent OF slugging out victory, but
Street absolutely stalled them In their
efforts 10 run wild. A learned St Louis
scribe recently flformed the Browns
they could hope 20 cope with the Tigers
was to run bilses like they did, and
AlcAieer seemed 10 have instructed MS
men 10 follow this advice TO the letter.
If il never proved more successfui
than il did yesterday those same
Browns viii land in the soup instead
Of the worlds series Not a Brownie
stole a base IL either game and eight
of them We're suppressed in attempting
straight larcenies, 20 say nothing OF
other such victims as the afOTementiOn-
ed HeidriCk and the c0nfiding 7, Jones
II is also worthy Of note that in he
first game, street walked in the SeSOnd
inning after F -eeman and Mcbride liSd
famed and el entually scored. In the
second game il was his clean clou- to
left in the fifth inning that drove in
the first Washing ION tally.
Emmett HeIdrick welcomed himself in
10 fast company. making a single ana
a home run ia the first game, and a
single in the second besides fielding his
position in center with some distinction.
But let not HeidTick or the baseball
dOpesterg lay too much stress on that
fOur-sacker. II was the ultimate limit
for fOOishness, q mere neat safety that
''Englished' into the 50-cent stand in
left and under the rules went for a
home run. Heidrick has been playing
BAN with the semi-pTOs and has not
been on the shelf since he left st.
on speed, and unless he hits ike
house aflre may not be such a big Islp
10 the Browns
Our little hunch that his triple last
Monday that drove in two runs and
saved Washington from defeat would
pearten up BIZ Shipke was more than
justified While he did not get a hit
in Tuesdays tweIVe-inning battle in
which Washington made only seven
safe swats. he made three singles and
a sacrifice yesterday. and scored three
Of WashingtOns six runs.
Ganley is another who is looking better
at the plate. He has made nine hits in
the last seven games, and his taps are
more timely than they used 70 be
Johnson or Keeley viii probably work
against st. Louis today McAieer will
probably use Big Bill Dineen. who was
kept on edge for emergencies yester-
day.