Evening star., 1909-05-20
NATIONALS DROP
FIRST ONE TO MAPS
Hit Cy Young Hard, But Sen
sationaI Fielding Prevents
Scoring.
Special Dispatch tn Tho Star.

Special Dispatch tn Tho Star.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. May 2O.-Abe Lin
coin once said: ''You can fool part of
the people all the time: you can fool all
of the people part of the time. but you
can't fool all the people all the time. "
Abe probably didn't take base ball and
Cy Young into consideration when he
gave utterance to the foregoing. Cy may
be an exception to the rule. He has
not only been foolins part of the Wash
ington team all the time and all of the
Nationals part Of the time. but has been
fooling all of Cantillon's men all the time.
Last season Young pitched for Boston.
He opposed the Nationals six times. and
each and every time he twlrled Boston
was returned the winner. 1t does not
seem to matter much to Young whether
he is pitching for Boston. Podunk or
any other club. he seems to have it on
the Washington outfit and gets away
with. his games.
Yesterday after rest of six days he
was called upon to face Cantillon's men
for the Maps and great was the Joy in
this mans town when Cy landed the
bacon for Lajoie and his men, the first
slice they have had in over a week.
They lost three straights to Boston and
followed that performance up by drop
ping three to New York. The fans could
see nothing but four straight defeats at
the hands OF Washington If old Cy fell
by the wayside. They pinned their faith
TO the veteran. and he did not fail them.
Now local fandom Is hopeful of taking
couple of more falls out of their old
hoodoos. The Maps. say they. needed a
victory over Washington at the outset to
stimulate them on TO great deeds. and
going and soon. climb the percentage lad
der Their victory yesterday insures
them of keeping out of last place for a
lew days at least. Larry and his men
say that they do not want to deprive the
Washington crowd of the undisputed
right and privilege that has been handed
down TO them, year after year-that of
holding last place in the American
League.
Never in Hot Water.
Old Cy was touched up in rather lively
fashion, but was never in very hot water.
His teammates scored enough runs at
the. start to keep him on easy street.
With a lead of six scores, Cy eased UP
in the eighth inning and was found for a
single, double and triple, three runs re-
sulting. The final score was to L.
The Nationals did not play bad ball.
In fact, they played a fast, snappy
article of ball. "Jiggs'' Donohue, the new
captain OF the Nationals. keeping the
men on their toes from start to finish
Jiggs" was in sole command. Manager
Cantillon occupying box seat near the
Washington bench. Joe having drawn an
indefinite suspension from headquarters
for a run-in with fhe arbitrator at ST.
Louis "Jiggs' did his work well, and
despite the fact that the Nationals were
losing CantillOn beamed on his new man
Friday for the manner in which he kept
thesfnen On thes iump at aIt times = -
@.Mthe work Of the Nationals here yes
terday is a sample OF the article of the
balT they have been playing in the west
It is beyond comprehension how they have
lost game after game They played good
ball, the kind that will win eight out of
ten games. The only thing tnat kept
them from victory were the breaks of
the game. which for the greater part fell
to. the Maps lot. However, the breaks
have been steering clear of the Lajoie