The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-06-03

being merely a grand pitcher, the
Cleveland fans will probably pat him
on the back and encourage him %
tackle the job again.
| Honors for the season between
Washington and Young are now even
He beat the Nationals in Cleveland,
and they smothered him yesterday.
Watch the fur fly when he goes
against Cantillon's men the next time
the Nationals 60 West.
| DeIehanty's contributions were
strike-out and three flies to Hinch-
man. He would have given some
t::..ttng pretty for hit.
OF all the tough luck which has hit
the Washington team this year the limit
was that which came TO pass in the
/ fourth inning yesterday when Otis
/ Clymer injured his left ankle and also
the knee in sliding to the plate The
| protection OF that ankle, which was
/ broken in Pittsburg three years ago.
was the main object Of CIymer's life
1 How badly il is injured will not be
known until the x-ray photographs of
/ it have been developed. He was to
have been taken TO a hospital early this
! morning to have the photos made. but
the knee had swelled so much and
caused him such pain that Mrs. Clymer
| said she did no know when It would
/ be possible to move him. We have al
ways considered Clymer one OF the best
base runners Washington has ever had.
| All the early part of the present season
| he has been shy on sticking, but re-
Gently has been improving steadily and
| had made two hits before he was in
| \ "
! felt by those very fans who were roast
ing him when he was In a slump with
| the rest of the team.
| Unglaub is scarcely ready to play, but
| will have to get into Ciymers place IN
| right.
we certainly hit OF the right dope
as far as the first game IS concerned
/ in our figuring on the Cleveland clubs
work here. We drew Alteration to the
fact that the Maps are lucky to be alive
when I'm this town. much less TO win.
/ We pointed out that Lajoie has seldom
/ delivered the goods here as star
/ sticker, and he lived up 70 the mark.
one TO Mcbride were his contributions,
4 not one Of which advanced runner.
/ He was the last man out in the first
/ inning. flying 10 Browne when Ball was
/ on third. In the third sixth and ninth
/ innings he led of. We also noted that
one Nap who always seems 10 take a
new lease on life in our beautiful city
/ is Bill Bradley. AS hitter Bill is ordi-
| narily less -han-whatever you may
/ say-except in Washington. where
\ he gets the reverse english on that
/ hoOdOo which bOthers his mates He
/ got two clean singles to the outf1eid yes
/ terday and Bill has hardly done that
anywhere outside of Washington since
| this city first won a game from Cy
Young.
It's' fun to watch the Maps bite at
! roundhouse curves. Come ou,.
| The strange part about Washingtons
performance IN beating Young was that
/ he was hit in every inning except the
| ninth, but never more than twice in the
same round, and all the rms came in
/ different innings The veteran was not
/ on the job. but he was not long way
! off, and never showed any signs OF
/ ballooning, as most of our pitchers do
/ when they get to going badly. Many
| a team has made as many hits. scat ]
/ tered as widely as those of Washington,
/ and has not made a run from them.
| " mere Young got MS bumps was IN
! the size OF the swats. 1t only takes ore
! like that OF Browne 8, which hit on the
! clubhouse porch and caromed into the
house itself, TO send man all around
/ the circuit. Cnglaubs furious sWipe /
! over the heads of Lord and Hinchma1 I
! In tho sixth was good for at least
| three bases, and many thought IL ought
/ 10 have been scored as a clean nome
| run. Ball mussed up the throw so much
| in taking the relay that he was given
Il the error Clymer cracked out a double
i in the second round ana scored on
! Streets healthy single In the seVenth, /
/ took second on Brownies >sacrifce and /
tailed on ConrOy's double 10 left That
/ does not sound like a recital or now
I Washington won game. but II IS me
/ Nationals gave the most consistent per-
| Torrance of bruising the ball with man
/ sized biffs and bangs that IL mas done
or the home grounds this year There /
was pitch and substance in every SWING /
/ and more power TO EN-!
/ Six hits In the last five games for !
| Charley Street and he has batted in (
| four runs. Tire was when the team |
/ would play five games and not make /
/ four runs. Street and Big Bill Taft are
Its" with the Capital fans.
! The practical Illustration Tom Hughes
/ gave that he is not all in was d great. /
| and we hope il viii prove To be. an
/ abiding tov. johnson. Gray and Groom
/ pitchers on tile stan Hughes was all
| right In the spring, but his arm was
nc so good after the season opened and
Their. were some fears that he might
! he {. goner. But. Ii seems to have been
something like the QuadTiennial scare
lie Republicans feel about the fifth or
! sixth week before they begin to count
up the majority. After this wolf stor-
Summer-weieht