The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-30
Washington Again Wins
Both Games of Double
Header With Cleveland.
LOSERS OUTCLASSED
AFIELD AND AT BAT
Make Serious Errors and Are Easy
for Kelley and Hughes.
Great Crowd Present.
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Washington, 4 Cleveland, ?.
Washington, 5; Cleveland, o.
And General Nap. a great mishar be-

Washington, 5; Cleveland, o.
And General Nap. a great mishap be-
fell him on the way"
We have used this quotation ia refer
ring to The vicissitudes Of the Cleveland
ball team. headed by Napoleon Ia
joie I'm our city, but never when il was
so appropriate. for IL is doubtful il
ever In all his career Laj0ie has met
with a greater mlshap than when he
cropped both games OF the double-hcadeI
here to Washington on Friday by scores
OF 20 and 90 o, and then dropped
two more yesterday by scores Of 4 20 .
and 10 %. Two runs in SO innings were
all his men made
The losing Of the four games In two
DAYS practically put the Cleveland club
ont of the running tor the champion
ship in the American League this year.
and thereby deprived its players of the
last hope tor the share in the thousands
OF dollars which goes TO the teams COM
pcting for the worlds baseball pennant.
Yet Lajol, and Cantillon are excellent
friends and about the only thing the
famous Frenchman got out of his visit
To Washington which closed yesterday
was "a long automobile ride with can
JiIou on Friday night.
Never Had a Chance.
Cleveland was outclsssed in both
games on Friday. Yesterday il was dis
tinCtIy 0utclassed in nelding in the first
game and in batting in the second
None of Nashingtou's runs in the first
game yesterday We're earned, and the
two TALES made by Cleveland in that
clash We're likewise unearned, but IN
she second game Cleveland got no runs
at ALL while washington cleanly earned
The counter II obtained i'm the sixth IN
U-uE. Washington got an earned run in
each OF the shut-Out games on Friday
Thus the very best the Maps did here
was to do as well as Washington IN
one game. while ia the other three they
were hanked sGuarely on the merits OF
the playing Of the two teams
We tarIv this long space On the fact
that Wasainston did not triumph by
virtue OF dIkes because it viii probably
be cutie "a little while before we are called
upon again TO explain that II won and
really deserved four victories from
Cleveland OF any tendency TO blame il
On the umpire il viii DE admitted Tor
she sake Of argument-yet. the opinion
IS IL us so firmly YOU couldn't chop il out
with a hatchet-that Egan is the worst
ump I'm the business in the major
leagues. but he was ia nowise respons-
ible for the quadruple Waterloo of Gen
eraI Nap. The Wellingtons in the case
We're Tom Hughes. Walter Johnson,
Pert Kelley, and Tom Hughes again.
Great Day and Great Crowd
l-a
bali park yesterday. largely as re-
sui. OF the double victory of the day
before. They filled an the seats of an
prices, sat an alcng the stand fences.
were lined up five deep from the left
field foul lire clear around TO the cen
ter field fence. and for the first time
in the memory of the Oldest inhabitaut,
We're out on the grass behind the plate.
II was a great day and the fans got
a great run for their money.
Every condition for the arousing OF
enthusiasm was present. Leading the
opposition was the best all-round play
CT I'm the American League Larry La
jcie. Pitching the FIRST game for wash
ingtou was Bert Kelley, q mere chit
Cf a cEud. only SO high, sent TO the
slab because Charley Smiths arm was
stih bad. Pitching against Kelley was
Fred Falkcubers, !ons a member of
the Washington club who was sole 10
cleveland largely because of The IN
favor nf the Capital fans. and who de-
sired above an things on earth 90 show
up his old teammates I'm the Wash
ington fields the men. excepting the
absent Milan, were lined up just as
they viii represent Washington in the
season Of 1905 when the baseball out
lock for the National Capital should
be brighter than il mas been for years
Tom Hughes Repeats.
In the second game the fans had
The additional reason 10 SILVER when
they saw the eSultant but desperate
Canullon send back Tom Hughes to see
If he could repeat his feat Of the day
before. when he shut out Cleveland with
three hits Also. Davy Altizer. one of
tho most discussed players that ever
wore "a Washington uniform. was in
right for the visitors in the second
game making his first appearance here
since he was sold 20 Cleveland With
FalFenharg for SI0,Ulo Was ever there
. better setting cor two good contests. (
except when a championship was at
slakeg
An unfortunate incident of the sec
ond game was the splitting or the little
niger on Charley Streets right hand
by foul tip He was forced 10 retire. {
and Jack Warner. who had been laid {
up Tor some weeks, made his nrst an /
pearance since his accident Streets /
injury was more painful than serlous /
ana ne VIII be able 70 play IN four or
five DAYS.
DiveTting Incidents.
just 10 put lie in the proceedings
Josh Clarke, the Cleveland outhelde-. /
was bounced By Umpire Egan in The
first inning of the second game for dis
putting a decision at second. In the
third inning of the same engagement
Bemis. the Cleveland catcher was fired
from the lot by the touehy arbitrator.