Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-10
COMMENT ON THE GAME.

Jim Delehanty was the most surprised
man in the world yesterday afternoon
when McConnell's fast grounder took an
ugly bound and struck him squarely on
the nose. Del said last night:
"I thought I had picked up every pebble
between first and second base, but after
that ball smashed me in the face 1 found
the cause of the trouble sticking half
way out of the ground. 1t was no larger
than a marble but strongly imbeded, and
I lost little time kicking it out Of its
bed l felt so confident that l had the
ball that when it struck me in the face
l thought somebody had thrown pop
bottle at me. I was certainly surprised
and staggered by the blow for a couple
of minutes.
II felt sorry for Tannehill at the time,
as the mishap really made the finish
hard. but he is all there with the goods
and will be wonder next season.
DeIs nose was quite swollen last night,
but it will not bother him today.
Tomorrow afternoon the Athletics start
an important series with the Nationals.
opening with double-header. the first
game being carded to start at 2 o'clock.
AS the locals have a chance to beat out
the Athletics in the championship race
every game will be for keeps The
| Quakers have little love for the tribe of
Cantillon and they can be depended upon
| to put forward their best efforts to throw
| down the Nationals wonderful Walter
Johnson is carded to pitch the first game,
while the Peerless Hughes will be there
with the goods in the second.
Manager Macks team has not been 60
ing very we'll of late, as the shrewd leader
has been experimenting with young blood
for next season. the New Yorks trimming
the Athletics yesterday while the Yankees
were very easy for the Washngtons This
dope should give Washington a couple of
easy games. but dope" doesn't go in
base ball. and the locals may have the
time of their lives winning out.
In Tuesdays game there were many So
called wise boys in the stands who
were rather loud in their denunciation OF
Right Fielder Clymer for allowing Cess
lers hard drive to right get away from
him and roll to the fence The same lot
got after Pickering for the same mishap
yesterday. but both players did their best
to get the drives and are not to blame.
The outfield is full of holes and the
Gessler drives were phenomenal In their
wicked speed. Pickering said last night:
For many years l have played the out
| field, but / cannot recall an instance
where the ball shot by me as fast as
Gessler's drive yesterday. l started to
get in front of 1t, but the ground Is hard
| out there and the ball took a swift bound
| to the right and shot by me so quickly
that l didn't have time even to stick my
| hand out let alone get 1t.
Fly balls hit on a line to the outneld
are the terror of the players in the outer
gardens and managers know well that II
| is only chance when the men get in front
and stop drives of that sort; But the
hard-headed fan wants results and he
| loses sight of the fact entirely that out
| fielders are always handicapped on hard
| hit grounders.
| The features of yesterdays battle were
| the batting of Gessler and throw to the
| plate by Clymer from deep right held
| Gessler has been hitting here like a man
| possessed and what makes his batting
| look SO well is the fact that he has been
hitting in pinches. In the series last week
with Boston GesSler drove in runs in al
| most every game, and Tuesday his hit TO
right took Young out OF deep hP ha,; ana
| has been to Washington. Gessier's has
been to Boston.
| In the seventh inning things looked
| mighty saually for the Nationals. as there
were two on bases and no one out, the re-
suit of single by Gessler and Cngiaubs
| bad throw of Stahl's bounder. Wagner
| then came up and slammed a line fly into
right that Clymer got under we'll. setting
| himself for throw. Gessler was on third
and started home with his well-known
speed as soon as the ball struck Clymers
hands. Otis drew back his arm and put
| ting all his weight with the throw. cut
loose for Street at the home plate The
| throw was a beauty going directly to
Street on the first bound. and when the
catcher turned to touch Gessler the lat
| ter was fully twenty feet from the slab
| 1t was certainly toss to talk about for
months
| Left Fielder ThOney is working with
| bad ankle and a sore arm. but at that me
! is so fast that his services are more val
liable than any man on the team VINO
| could replace him. In the third inning
| yesterday Ganley hit little fly TO left
that looked quite safe. but Thoney came
| hobbling in and sticking out his gioVed
| hand. captured the ball about a foot from
the ground. rhoney laughed over the
catch and twitted Bob on his way to left
| field.
Quaker City Cricketers Home.
| NEW YORK. September 1O.-Among the
passengers on board the steamer Majestic.
which arrived last night from Liverpool.
| were fourteen members of the team Of
| Philadelphia cricketers which has been
playing matches abroad. headed by Ed
ward NJ. Cregar. Several belated men,
bers of the American Olympic athletic
team were also on board. among them A.
Jones and William NJ. Rand. Barlow s.
| Weeks of New York. who accompanied
| the team abroad, also returned on the
| Majestic. Former Assistant United States
Attorney General James NJ. Beck was an
other passenger.
The Philadelphia ericketers brought the
| information that an English team will
probably visit this country next year.
They said that had their batting been up
| to what il has been in former years they
might not have lost single game, as
| their bowling was very good. Their best
work they considered was the defeat of
the strong Marylebone Cricket Club on
| the latters own grounds.