The Washington times., 1909-07-30
AT LAST
SHOW SOME GLASS
With Pitchers In Form and Team on Toes Locals
Give Credtable Exhibition Against Chicago White
Sox-W arren Miller Makes Good Impression.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Without the assistance Of a kind
rainstorm, the Nationals were able yes
terday to actually interrupt the series
Of successive defeats tnaJ has Of late
driven some Of our most loyal fans al
most to distraction.
True, the joy was not entirely COM
plete, for after a pyrotechnic finish in
the ninth inning of the opener, the
team lapsed in the closing game en-
abling the White Sox to exc out a vic
tory by the lean margin Of one run
But the redeeming feature o. the
whole after oon's show was that can
tiIlons clan showed some most en-
couraging flashes of real baseball The
team entered upon its work with con
siderably. more dash and spirit than
had been exhibited In the previous
games. while two Of the pitchers
showed that form that cannot fail to
bring results, provided the proper sup
port is afforded.
Up to yesterday Walter Johnson had
been enjoying his experiences in the
box about as much as a deaf. dumb, and
blind man would enjoy grand opera.
Every time the tall Californian was fit
himself, some untimely misplay would
toss the game away, but yesterday
when ne struck his stride and his team
mates did their work he was practically
invincible.
Although the Nationals got the short
end of the tally in the second game,
Frank Oberlin's work was no less cred
liable than was that of Johnson. The
latest from Minneapolis still works MS
rather awkward, jerky delivery when
he used here last year, but Wnen II
came 10 Steaming them across, OoeFllh
seemed to have more speed than ne
ever showed here before. His control
was not all that might be asked, but
If single exhibition may be taken as
q, criterion, Oberlin viii prove Valu-
able and timely addition TO the pitching
corps.
Our esteemed expatriate, J. Atz, con-
nected for a brace Of hits in each game.
To attempt to estimate the probable
major league career Of youngster
from a horse and buggy league by a
single performance is unfair but the
impression made by Warren Miller, at
his debut yesterday, was most favor
able.
with the possible exception Of George
Brown. it is doubtful If there Is as
fast a traveller as Miller on the local
rolls ana II was his dDlnly 10 BuEu Tie
baseline that made possible the Ma
tionals' victory. With the score tied IN
the ninth and men on the bases Miller
fouled off half a dozen Of Burns fast
ones and then drove bOunder into the
grass and before the pitcher could get
the ball the recruit from Pennsylvania
had safely crossed the bag. Then came
Unglaubs single that caused weeping
and crashing of teeth among the White
SOx-
Miller was captured by Cantillon's
hunters while the speedy yOunSster was
breaking up games in the Atlantic
League which is the successor to the
late lamented Union League, although
with a more abbreviated circuit and
less conversation money in its treas
ury-
This is ladies' day CantiIlOn plans
to pitch Smith and Witherup. First
game at o. clock.
Hundreds of friends of Johnny Heyd-
Ter are greatly pleased with the re-
ports lhat the Washington man Is the
probable choice as Harry Fulliam's sue
cessor III the presidential chair OF the
National League.
For several years Heydler has been
the directing hand in the executive Of
fee of the senior league while Pulliam
was little more than titufar officer
When Pulliam's mind finally became SO
weak that ne had to be confined in a