The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-12

half bed In fact twice as good
NashinEton-s record on the road this
far IS eight games lost and seven games
won: to say nothing OF a tie in CIeVe-
land that remains to De played of Not
half bad, indeed tt is a better average
than the team had before il left home
and better one than It has now. When
a bail nine plays among strangers bet
ter than it has at any time in the year
II is a great comfort 10 the home fans,
and We are much obliged
Fortunately. just as they are getting
ready TO snip Or. CriDpen back TO Eng
land, the sentimental sisters. who have
been sending the alleged wife murderer
flowers, candy, and mash notes, have for
their sympathy a poor young Italion who
threw acid in his --E9ther's eyes, and
after binding her stole all her savings
Things working out this way SC nicely
through the benefcence Of fate gives
Us great hopes of the Washington EalI
Club having winning team some day.
AinsE n again demonstrated his worth
yesterday when ne caught Dixie walker
III the second same and caught him
well Dixie is a mighty speedy PROPOSE
ton ~ IN he is going right and It IS no
--.--- Tar ~ manure Ills -At--A-t
indication now Is that washington has
solved the catcher problem which has
worried the owners for two years. and is
unusually wen fortified behind the bat
-Four men are now in the string and
all are making good as well as could be
expected It is a cinch that all OF them
VIII not be carried permanently. as back
stops, but NcAIeer may Try 10 make a
first baseman or general utility man out
OF henry, who has shown the earuarls
OF a major Lacquer and only lacks ex-
perience- Henry. Is young, strong. fast.
and may develop into a hitter all Of
which makes him worth experimenting
with
Twenty hits in two games yesterday.
That takes some OF the foolish snlirk
on the team batting average
And the hitting was not all against
CUB pltcGerS- Not for g moment would
one call Fred E'aLken1erg q cab from rn.
rate he has been going this season. and
fa1WeiL while not q wonder, Is q good
5ouLIley1Ii1n pitcher entitled 10 the union
scale ana whoever makes ten hits of
nm makes them By the sweat Of his
brow. Doc C6sSIer must have Svreared
WoncTCusIy. for he got two hits In each
game and We would not be surprised fD
the least II he made another in the
next Jew days
UnElaU5 got hit in one OF those
games too
John L Taylor has built M quite q
reputation for himself as a dealer in
baseball flesh He hes made GOOD iu
MS selections when he could not find q.
so4IaT5- soul who agreed with him. and
he EIay make good ia the deal he ur1IT-
ed on yesterday with Chicago. whereby
the " ate SoE get Harry Lord star
Ih1Td taSeulan- and pretty good hitter.
ana Andy McCcn1el- highly useful
second basemaur for Frank Smith,
pitcher and PuTreI, third baSemzl-
Maybe Taylor knows something about
Lord that COufS-ev does NOT know
and COmISEey may be getting a lemon
but the lemon feature 10 the Lord man
connot be detected with the naked eye.
On the other hand Smith, while a
good pitcher IS a taultluder, and has
been II not water almost luCeSsaDtlv
ever since he has been IN baseball he
has tried all this season 20 trade him
self OF, and when ne gets 10 Boston he
= likely to do the same thing The
chanceS OF smith and Taylor dwelling
eoSeLler II peace and harmony may De
described as remote Smiths character
IS vel known Taylor lDtLUztes that
Lord is hard 10 handle, but TAYLOR has
done so many freak things Il makes the
casual fan wonder how far his opinion
o. anoIIer man EaEar-eS IS worth
backing. Purteu may have something
on Mcconnell. but 4Lctolnel ms play
ed some good ban here for Boston
On the whole, 10 looks like Chicago eot
The long END OF the deal
Wish Washington could have landed
Lord, but il lad no trading material
Chief O'Leary, OF the Philadelphia 10
lice, should have a nice little medal for
sticking IN his car and warning sam
Ianeford that if he did not fight on
the level he would he arrested There
would nave been every ground for such
action. for fake EEht is a deliberate
Ct Tn u LauEfOrd was actually afraid
OF Kaufman may be doubted, but his
cCntempLIble action IN fCOlIuE the public
b. not appearing trained and ready 20
50 on the next day after the bout was
first postponed has given his stock a.
tremendous WalIop- he is expecting 10
80 10 England and clean up a fortune
The National Sporting Club OF London
reIuembe how one negro pueliist de-
lberltely broke his word and tnTeE. me
club down hard two years aeo. Tnat
vas Jack Johnson. VINO had been Urea L
cd royalty BIZ the English sporrsmeu,
who did not know him as well as me Is
known on this side Nov il + hardly
conceivable that such a hiEh-Class or
Eauizauion as the " 8. c.. viii stand
Tor LangfOrd after the way that person
acted in Philadelphia When a fighter
barred from Philadelpl-ia where Jack
O'BTleu has been forgiven. then lie is
no 1T individual for the y :. G. TO have
around We believe that when Laugfor5
gets 10 England. where there is already
campaign against the game he VIII