The Washington times., 1908-09-02
Washington Is Hitting Hard,
Wherefore It Is Advancing
Cy Young Cicotte, and Arralanes Have Been Hammer
ed-Sxth Place Not SO Far Off as Supposed.
What Street Did.
By THOMAS s. RICE.

second with one out and third with two
cut, and one moved all the way 10 third
with none out. And all were left ma
ro0ned- That showing OF facts is as
fatterinE a tribute as we could pay If
we were a sob squadder on a yellow
journal writing about an adventures.
Jake Stahl did not get hit yesterday
ard could net be blamed, as only three
of his teammates were able 10 solve
smith, but he played a lot Of first base
Jake vas always good at the knack OF
reaching for bad throws and is not get
tins any worse He was unfortunate
IN ooinr 10 the New York Americans,
Who had such "A great first sacket "a
Hal Chase that Stahl was DedleH oVt'-1
ne started, and had 20 be relesalea 70
the Outfeld which George nun toit
i5,7, ter wars agO at the University OF
Illinois he would never he abe 10 p'as-
The consequence was he zen upon -
evil days iH Gotham, and was nH'tng
sold 10 Boston, a city whose UNIFORM
he slvvavs craved. lie has an excellent
chance 10 come into ilis own there be
fore the fair Boston croWus' ana we
hope ne does.
oliver Daniel Pickering is becoming
much slive these days at bat Three
bits IN a row yesterday on all OF which
Zee scored, and two the day before Lnd
two UI Saturday.
All around the country the story is
going that Charley Street caught p ball
dropped J5a feet Let it be remembered
once for all that the man who threw
out the balls did not climb the light
ming rod 10 the very apex OF the Wash
ingtOn Monument, for which he would
have been pinChed, but that the balls
were dropped from the windows. and
all the authorities give that height as
5Ul feet. The extra filty-One feet would
have MADE a lot OF difference, but hard
ly enough 10 have prevented Street from
accomplishing his purpose, as he had
L0 great trouble in standing the snOcH.
A study Of baseball averages leads
sometimes to peculiar results Boston
and Washington have each won ana
lost a game here The result is that, as
as both have won less than they have
lost, an even break helps them both.
On Monday before the game was played
BoStons percentage IN the standings
column was .470 and Washington's 40
Today, after splitting even so far,
Washington has .426 and Boston Al.
That leaves Washington forty-hve
points behind the Pilgrims. If Wash
ington takes eOth the remaining games
its standing will be .436, for where II IS
now 1t advances about hVe points per
NA(AuA y anu DbGLoll Win Two AloAt uI-
1eatS viii have 1853, which would put
Washington well within hailing dlstanCe
OF sixth place. Should they split even
en- the games today and tomorrow,
Washington will have AZ, and Boston
viii still have Al, so that nothing hut
double defeat now can keep the Na-
tionals from encroaching on the Red
Sex. These are pleasant themes. and
We would suggest that both while BOs-
ton is here and when II has departed
the Washington fans keep an eye on the
results, for sixth place is not as far of
as might be supposed.
The triple walloping Cleveland has
given Detroit in Detroit has complicated
matters ia the American League. Today
Detroit is but thirteen points ahead OF
81. Louis, St Louis leads Chicago by
five points, an Chicago has only mar
gin OF five points on Cleveland It has
been fortunate for Cleveland that
when it struck a winning streak it was
against the Tigers, and when it had
its awful slump of last week il was
against Washington, instead Of against
one of the teams fighting the Maps for
the pennant. Had the four games drop
ped here by Cleveland gone to Detroit,
Chicago, or st. Louis, Che Mans would
have been lost and undone, but as it is
they still have a very slim lighting
chance
The Boston Americans are carving
around with them a mascot named
Jerry McCarty. a yOungSter from the
Hub, who used to hang around the ball
park and made himself so useful that
the players finally took an interest in