The Washington times., 1910-07-03
First game with Boston tomorrow AT
10 a. M Second game At p m

First game with Boston tomorrow at
10 a. M Second game At p m
Your attention is drawn to the 1acJ
that the morning game tomorrow IS at
10 by the town clock and the afternoon
game at by the same tiTneplece- j ms
is a repetition off the hlac<face inc
above. but we had rather repeat II mere
now while We are all IN the loc-s IMAM
have TO be teIlInE anxious lhqlLTeTS
about il tomorrow. when We VIII ne
passing busy with the deli,ils OF aII ai--
in- things so that the truly good and
4bosa SIN ereeped n original sin can
ger The returns rom The brutal eNhlDl-
lions Al orr bail PARK, and those from
the e,5e7r7+fc exhibition of the manly
AT Of seIf-defense at Reno. without the
two uplifting events interfering with
one another
Nike Murphy changes his mind about
twice a minute about the fight, but some
Of the pessimists nave never changed
theirs about the Washington bail team
Can any boy or girl in the audience
ten Us when this bah team Of ours
IS going 10 resume consistent hitting
We have sought the answer in the
stars and crossed a Eypsy'S hand with
silver, but there IS nothing doing IN
the way II hopeful information After
a winning streak Of one game that
cheered the fans nightly and caused
Charley Abbey 10 Derk up over the
outlook. we go against Boston yeSter-
DAY again and lose by 10 IN the
most typical Washington manner i'm
agfnabIe. Plenty Of men on bases, lots
Of opDortuuities-and only brace OF
runs
It's downright disCouraEines even 10
s good, two-handed hopper
Milan got a hit for himself, and
LeliveIt was twice on tap with wallops
that were indicative of a most earnest
purpose. UngIaub also let loose a dOu-
bic that scored the first run 50 far so
good. But EIberfeldr Gessler and Nc
Bride were among the missing on sew
e-aI occasions. and had il not been for
the sticking by the unCOnSldered lower
end Of the batting order we would not
even have had the fun of nearly win
nin-. SChaefer and UnSlaub- were good
IN spots, for which much we are duly
thankful SChaefeT had a chance 10
perform some small deed OF NaloL pN
. hit in the first inning when three
we're on bases, but grounded out weak
" Later ne made two hits and stole
hagcer then in the eighth when
SChaefsr had opened with single, ne
collapsed with a fly TO center that
awaited nOJhInS-
As for Doc Gessier, holy smokel Hc
had two real stylish chances TO drive
IL runs, and both times he forced some
body and made II two out instead OF
one. after whicf Mcbride was thrown
out on both Occs siOuS by Engle- such
is not the pennant way
In every one OF the last FIVE games the
opposition has scored in the first in
Ming. and only once has Washington
done the same thing The total Is seven
runs in the first zGuIngs Of the i've
games. and Of these three have come
from bases on balls Mind you that
three times in three different games The
enemy has made q run in the first in
ming that started with pass, while IT
the whole five games Of which we arr
speaking Washington has made but two
runs in any inning that originated or
bases on balls There is food fol
thought The other clubs are making
runs on Us that shot Id never have seer
the light Of day while we are not only
not getting these opportunities 10 score
but when we 90 get them the batteTs
fail 10 send the walker home All Ses-
son this weakness Of the pitching staf
in the first inning or two has been mOst
- noticeable and il would be interesting
10 know why this Is thus. Frequently
the tvirIerS who start of so badly wind