The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-03


We hope me Athletics Trim. the Cubs
enough 70 make shis dope look foolish
but We doubt IL
That one earned run we have men
TONED was rot earned at all Il scored
because Of a most unusual accident The
writer has been reporting baseball a
=0rl many years, but neither he nor
Harry Fly VINO has been at Il even
longer ever saw the thing happen be-
an absolutely perfect return 20 the
plate The throw was id@aL0n the
5.5Sf bounce and about one foot from the
Plate toward third nase- Lying in front
~ The plate Was the bat discarded BY
MURPHY when he connected and started
for first. Nuan's perfect throw lift the
over BeckeudcrFs head Baker would
have been out IT least q foot had i not
been for this freak
Thus f. SINNERS down that the Arh-
-etics- with their ten hits, four passes
two men nit by pitched balls. and a
Nila PITCH Uil not really and truly slam
q man all the way around the bases
The second game went only. seven. n
nin-s. being called on account Of dark
ness bred by lowering clouds: but IL
hardly showed the Athletes offensive
work in a better light than the first
game Lord opened the first inning of
nI-.le- IIeE never touched him AGAIN
until The fourth Oldrfug opened a.
fourth h. getting a life on a rank error
oy En- ~ who IS not much given to
making s. breaks Collins p0pved 10
1lcEriGe- The mighty Baker grounded
ont To %thfer- oldrinG going to second
lt'iE-S singled 10 Conrov IN left .,ud
tnaI cllalory athlete handled the ball
IKE II viii never he handled in the
Fofio s series 5y 5hc Cub outfsIders
CloTIEg crossed the plate with an IN
earned increment The sixth inning
produced run that was earned in
rack. bu- not IN accordance. with technf-
cal requirements Lord opened with a
single and was forced BY oldring- Kill
Ter forced Lord unasSiSted, then made
Wild heave trying for a double play
and b-CriuC reached second. Collins
doubled to left. and OICrfnE scored Even
lt Niliitcr had not erred CidriuE would
nave scorer Tor Baker followed Collins
with a sjnLle through Gray Only one
pure and upright run for the Athletics
IN inst game Washington one run of
Moran was made off EEcBride's double
Elherfeld 8 out ana JnZlaub'S sacrifice
1iy'-a tally Untarnished in thought or
Don't forget that our heroes reached
. both CcoTr-bS and Morgan IN a manner
that would net be fttin in worlds
series
The sum total Of stolen bases made
by the Athletics was JUS one Davis
contributed that in the second game
me going was slow which was some
excuse but Milan stole swice off Iiv-
i1SStOT 2 and EIoerfeld pilfered one OF
Lapp- Our runners are not supposed
u be as GOOD IS the Cubs. neither. are
BeCkendrTf and Ainsmith ranked with
KING and Archer, Vet our CatChCTs
tanned the Athletics without the aid Of
q net or using a mUStaChe to deceive
( Lord and Collins tried to run wild on
AiuSmitb in the second game, and wee
SnaggCd 50 fer the whole team quit
that fOoiiShnSSs right there and our
{ poor Young man never had but one
more chance to use his arm and make a
Z hit with the fans That was when
Davis stole in the fourth He made a
1 bad throw on Davis, but Johnny king
/ IS not addicted TO the Ike Of that.
We know that because We point out
+ a few obvious deductions from the per
Torrance OF the Athletics yesterday a
I lar-e element Of fans vii say that we
are not fovaI 10 the American Iseae
+ ara T-ant the Cubs TO win It would be
80 ffzSsisele 10 convince an Intelligence OF
that caliheT that we are merely TRYING
I 70 be fair to cur readers and furnish
q little food for thought in speculating
! on tire outcome of the series, especially
If they intend 10 bet When We picked
piftsl,ure 30 beaT Detroit after seeing
the first game Of the series last year
the howl was promptly raised vet if we
i gad zone against orr convictions and
I 2x4 iuteIscts would have accused US OF
/ deliberately misleading them. It's a
strange world. Amt It so?