The Washington herald., 1909-06-07
GAMES TO-DAY.
Chicago at Washington.
st. Louis at Boston.
Detroit at New York.
Cleveland at philadelphia.

The Nationals are down for series
with the Chicago White Sox. the first
game booked at 4:SO o'clock this after
noon These games should be close and
interesting. with chances favoring the
home team for a little better than an
even break
The White Sox. minus Fielder Jones,
IS. strictly speaking. a second division
club. despite the fact that its fine pitch
ing staff is counted on 10 put the club IN
the running by some Of the Windy City
sporting writers.
Manager Canullon viii pitch either
Groom OF Gray against the Sox. while
Scott. Doc" White, or possibly Ed
Walsh @4ll warm up and selection from
one Of these will be made by Billy Sui
livan-
One game Of this Chicag oseries looks
TO be the real goods. for on the day that
BIZ Burns. the former National. is sent
in by the SOx management. Nick Alt
rock VIII work for Washington. Burns
has not won a game for the Sox since
Joining the team. while Altrock was given
one chance during the Detroit series and
only worked three innings.
Naturally Capt. Jiggs Donohue Is anx-
tous 10 make a good showing against his
former team mates. and as the Nationals
have been going much better this week
some great sport is promised before the
Westerners quit town.
During the week just closed, the Ma
tiOnais made the best showing thus far
this season. playing three games with
New York and two against Cleveland.
winning two from the Yauks and one
from the Maps. Cantillon's pitchers are
settling down to their true form. and the
team behind them has been hitting the
ball harder Results are not only ex-
pected, but are bound to come.
The car strike IN Philadelphia cut down
the crowds at the Athletics games. Saws
Philadelphia exchange: THE Athletics
management suffered a severe blow dur
ing the last week. the strike keeping
many thousand fans away from the
games that were played. while two OF the
four games scheduled with Chicago were
prevented by rain. Manager Mack was
anxious TO play Saturday, and waited
until after o'clock before announcing
that there would be no game.
Henry Edwards. in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer last Thursday, says:
At last 'Cy' YOung's winning streak
against Washington has been broken
Wish 1 could say the same about Tom
Hughes hypnotic control over the Mans
but as long as Toms right arm is
hitched 10 his body the chances are that
ne will continue 10 go on shutting out
the Cleveland team.
Every year Tom develops a lame arm
but It generally manages to recover from
its soreness about the time he IS due 10
pitch against the Maps. A little over a
year ago Washington was considering the
advisability Of letting him go, as his wing
was declared 10 be out OF commission. for
good, but "BOnesetter' Reese fixed him up.
and he has been able TO manifest hIs
former powers Of mystery over the Mans
ever since
He has shut the Maps out so often now
in the last three or four years that the
Maps have begun TO think they are
worthy Of Carnegie medals were thev TO
get one run OF his delivery. Just what
might happen were Cleveland 10 have a
shut-oUt artist to send against him some
day can only be imagined The game
might 20 10 tWenty-eight or thirty mn
ings, and then be called on account OF
darkness, thus breaking the record made
by two Three-I League clubs on Ne
mortal Day"