The Washington times., 1908-08-06
Baseball Comment and Gossip
Abour Nationals and Others

Eight errors IN one gamelll
Unglaub and TannehiII booted twice.
All the extra base hits were made
by the Maps.
Everyone Of the Cleveland team hit
safely with the exception OF the two
pitchers and Davidson. the second
catcher.
Edmonston secured his usual hit
hC has not failed 10 hit in any game
yet.
Foster, the Charleston, 5. c.. recruit
took a crack at Washington after
Berger had the game safely sewed up.
Although the Nationals got three hits
ana drew Two Lasses. they were unable
to score.
Eight OF the washington team per
ished by the strikeout route, while only
three OF the Maps famed.
Altlzer's triple scored the last run
fOr the Maps
Bradley got three singles out of four
times at the bat and Stovau got triple
and a single and scored three runs.
It is a good thing that New York is in
The league. No chance OF the National
landing in last place, wh.'e the YANKEES
lose two games 10 cur one.
Washington won? On. not Washing
ton one-Cleveland twelve.
FIeinie Berger seemed to be going for
the strike-out record when he famed
the first three men up, but he let up Ia
his speed later in the game.
Let US hope that Walter Johnson is
able to stem the tide of runs today. He
ought to be able to If anybody is.
From the dispatches. they evidently
think that yesterdays crowd, SilbZ, was
something unusually good for CleVe-
land.
We'll. perhaps We have gotten all the
errors out Of our system and We may be
able to take the two remaining games
Perhaps, but not likely
Cheerful Charley Hickman has ac-
Cepted . pOsit!oa with Toledo at the
same salary that he received IN the Dig
leagues.
Boston seems TO be the only one OF
the Eastern American League teams
having "A successful trip in the West
1t is winning with great regularity.
New York and Cincinnati played a
tie game. to t. yesterday. The game
was called at ire end Of the ninth on
account of darkness.
As none of the other teams in the
National Leag "a were able 10 play on
account OF ram the standing is the same
as on Wednesday.
lake StahI made the hit that defeated
the Chicago SOX yesterday W TN
Danny Sullivan on third in the ninth ne
singled and drove in the winning run,
St. Louis deleated the Yankees twice
yesterday. "'he Browns made twenty
hits in the We games TO New YORK
seven. No VoIier they won.
Mitchen's throwing in the ninth inning
of yesterdays New Hork-Clnclnndti
game prevented the Giants from win
ming out. He nailed two men who tried
to stretch singles into doubles.
The Cincinnati Reds scored four runs
in the first half Of the ninth yesterday
putting them one run ahead OF the
Giants: but Devlin succeeded IN tying
the score in the last half OF that ses-
sion
The New York Nauonals Adu Won
seven straight games up 10 their tie
OF yesterday.
The Highlanders have lost eleven
straight games. They haven't won one
since July q.
No mad rush as yet on the part OF
American League clubs 10 come 10 the
aid of New York by trading players.
Tfobe Ferris, Of the Browns, has hit
safely in every one Of his last twenty
four games. He began his continuous
wallOplng streak on July 8.
Mack is said TO be after Outhelder
Davy Jones, Of Detroit.
Jake Welmer was sold to New York
but wants q piece OF the purchase
money and hasn't reported. Should