The Washington times., 1908-08-23

good thing can't last All the UNIT
which is about the same as saying that
no bird ever few so high Il didn't have
to light, which is the way to announce
that George Mcbride, after playing
marvellous game at shortstop for a
week, fell down hard yesterday and
allowed Detroit to win by to 4.
Had it not been for this unexpected
soaking beneath the NTH rib OF our
esteemed shortstop, Washington would
have won the game without great ado.
| despite the physical and mental blind
ness OF Umpire Egan. Between the
/ pair OF them-Egan and McBride-the
seven or eight thousand fans at the ball
yard had one of the liveliest after
moons since the war.
Couldn't Count Egan's Errors.
! Mcbride made three errors. all very
/ bad. and as three responsible for runs
/ Egan made so many errors that the
ordnance department experts would not
be able to figure them out in time for
the next edition OF a quarterly, so
there is no use trying to enumerate
them all in one edition of a newspaper.
AS a result OF his shortcomings Egan
/ had .the usual neaF-thrilling experience
! of unpopular umFires in Washington
when a miscellaneous crowd OF neaT-bad
men followed him at a respectful dis
lance from the ball field to the box
Office and made mean remarks about
him. Nobody tried 10 hit him, and he
/ had been hearing harsh words from
players too long TO mind the choice
selections from outraged rooters who
tried 10 hurS his feelings.
Charley Street Bounced.
AS a side incident to a pleasant out
Ing, Charley Street. the patient and
abiding Washington catcher. who almost
equals old wilbert Robinson. OF the Bal
timOre team, IN the knaek OF getting
square and at the same time in good
with arbitrators, was bounced from the
/ game for going too far with Egan in
the third round. Street had caught a
ball of the Washington Monument on
Friday and made triple that drove IN
two rams IN the second inning yester-
day. so il was no wonder he felt some
what high in spirits.
| The play that caused the chasing Of
Street was enough 10 fire the soul Of
an humber man. Cobb had reached
third in the second inning on a lusty
ciout to right that bounded off Clymer' s
glove behind the bleachers. Rossman
walked. Schmidt lifted a long sacrifice
fly 70 Ganley. Instead OF waiting until
the ball was caught Cobb started about
two feet ahead Of time, but the youth
ful Egan failed to notice that vital mis-
take.
Sill Egan's Asleep.
The ball was returned TO Shipke and,
Ganley. as captain. demanded that Cobb
be called out This EEan refused and
Immediately all that was needed was q
little canned oratory TO make the dis
cusston sound like a meeting of Dis
trict Democrats. Even Cantillon left
his perch and took a voice in the pro-
ceedings All of which accomplished
nothing but the untimely exit of Street
and the calling into service Of Mike
Kahce, who did good work, IT may be
lmenusned
The real big roar against EgaE came
in the seventh inning, when that guile
less Individual fell a victim to the tricks
OF Germany Schaefer and Charley
lCLeary. With two out Pickering had
singled. sending Mcbride home with
the run that tied the score. Vast ex-
element Pickering stole second. Schse-
fer took Schmidt's throw, and appar-
emily got the runner by a small margin
Egan foolishly turned his back on the
proceedings at that point instead OF
following the cardinal principle of never
letting up as song as the ball is in
play
GHileless imp. Tricked Again.
As Egan wheeled around IN his non
chaiant manner the ball rolled out OF
-.
clearly proving that Sehaefer had
dropped il. and never put out Pickering
at all. A huge roar from the angry
mob told Egan something was amiss,
but before he could fathOm the trouble
lO'Leary had grabbed the ball and hid
den it, Again the whole Washington
team kindly volunteered to set the UNI
pire Alright. and again il was cOldly re-
buffed. Egan couldn't seem 10 get the
facts through his head. and wouldn't
have changed his decision anyhow.
20 Pickering had TO stay out. That
was Washirgton's last chance 10 score
Tom Hughes started on the slaO for
Washington, and might have escaped
alive had It not been for the blighting
influence of McBride's hoodoO, which
made the pitchers efforts vain. Tom
was t0ucncu AbE NNO iils anu three
runs in the third inning, and three hits
and one run in the seventh. lie was re-
tired in the seventh to allow Tannehil
to bat for him
Gates Lasts a Minute
Eli Gates succeeded Hughes for near
~ an entire minute. The first man To
face him in the eighth inning was Ross
nan, who tripled The next vas
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