The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-06
AFTER ONE RALLY
MISERABLES SINK
Come to Life Just Long
Enough to Upset the
Dopesters.
SHIFT OF PERRINE
WAS A GOOD IDEA
Johnson Should Have Removed
Obnoxious Umpire Sooner.
Kicking Hurting Team.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.


BY THOMAS S. RICE.
The best way TO make the Washing
ron ball club win a game is TO put the
psrverse English on the luck. Let the
fans and newspapers abandon all hope
ard say so. then Les Misersbles" viii
come to life just long enough to make
the prognostieators look foolish, after
which they go back TO their cages and
guaw the same old bones of misfortune.
Having predicted that they would help
the folk of Boston TO forget their re-
formers by losing two games to the Red
Sox, our Miesra bles took the morning
game by to after horrible struggle,
in which they broke all traditions by
not stopping when the ether fellows
got a big lead. In the afternoon they
naturally struck their natural stride
and were beaten by to /, although
Walter Johnson was pitching
One hit for Delehanty in the two
games
If Walter Johnson begins to slump like
everybody else on the Washington team
there Is no telling what the finish VIII
be. He is not expected to win every
time he works. but there have been in
dications recently that Johnson was OF
his feed in some way, and as none OF
the other pitchers show any signs OF
sfeadiness or ccnsistency-exc in los
ing-tne future is mighty GUM. Ihls IS
knock enough to warrant the team WIN
xing today. and we don't care If it does.
Milan had a good day.
Although no word has been received
from President Ban Johnson, OF the
American League, to that effect, II IS
pretty safe bet that Johnson needed
the protest Of the Washington club AID
fans when he suddenly shifted Umpire
HNaaHHa la ~ 4
while the Eastern teams were laying
of on Sunday, and sent Eean 70 Boston
TO work with OLaughlln. That should
have been done IN the first place, and
Johnson would have spared himself
roasting and embarrassment II ne had
displayed that much tact when sthe
charges against PeTrine were first filed
ny President Tom Moves, or WaSnlng-
fon To strengthen the hands of the
umpires in general, II was probably me
proper caper for Johnson TO let Fefrlhe
work out the Wasninstoln-bQsto seIl l5
here, but he could easily nave sepa-
rated them before they got 10 Boston
for the series with Washington, and
have thus saved his face without any
body being the wiser. Johnson. only
direct reply 10 the protest so FAR has
been a couple OF kilograms 10 Nj
Moves. In the first he announced he
would be IN Washington last sunday
hut later he wired that he had TO go
West on business connected with the
National Commission lie added ne
would be here in the near future, but
did not say when
Egan should be kept behind the plate,
except that O'Loughiin Is worse than
he IS on the bases.
The report that CantiIl0n had in
ezructed his henchmen TO stop kicking
al decisions doesn't cut much ice IN
view OF the way some Of the MlseFables
aEsve been throwing II into the urnplres
IN Boston O'Loughlfn is a course of
constant Irritation that undoubtedly
gets on the nerves Of angry and dis
hezrtened athletes, and Johnson should
have quietly kept him away from them
until the excitement had died down a
little. But, II seems that some OF our
young men are not showing very lcng
heads when they kick against the prtcks
by calling O'LOughiin cur, and SUCH
like names. The only result Of that FOL
Icy IS 70 get good men Ike Mcbride
Street and Unglaub bounced from a
lineup already pltlIuliy weak ana SINK
the hooks deeper into the long suffer
suz Washington public Men In the
1fTnelight, like baseball players, must
exercise self-control, and II they do not
they should be subjected 10 managerial
Christening.
Blankenship IS not shining as a hit
ter these days
mat series Of batting rallies IN the
morning game, when Washington nam
Tnered three pitchers and pulled oul
ahead. might have been supposed en-
thusing enough 70 sharpen the batting
eyes for the second game. but not so
Instead, they played dead most beautl-
fully for E.urcheu and ended with tnree
hits OF him. There IS the secret or the
whole trouble. The batting IS not nat
uraliy strong at any stage II the team
happens TO lyIn acrOss pitcher Wht
has an of-day and nothing else, tneI
they greet him with glad acclaim anc
make a few hits, but II the pitcher Il
able to sit up and take nOurishrnent o.
any kind, then he has Walk-oEef
some day, maybe, we VIII have rev
men who can't hit right along from
game TO game, but hope long deferred
snabeth the heart sick and the fan sore
Here Is Ire result of the strife In TIT
afternoon game IN BostOns
The Score: