The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-17
Not Much Blame for Losing Deep Sea Football Rules Today
GROOM'S GLOWING UP
WAS NOT UNEXPECTED
Soaked Horsehde Hard Problem for Wild Pitcher-Ain-
smiths Arm All Right-Lack of Sawdust Around
Plate Furnishes Mystery
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Game today at 3 p. m.

By THOM
Gene today at 3 p. m
a great faunaI naturalist Just hack
from Africa. and an ex-boy orator whose
Grating sounds like a man whispering
so far away YOU can't hear him. and
Bob Groom, all got theirs in a bunch
yesterday since we have won eleven
out of twenty-five games nothing is too
good for our young men, and even when
they lose they insist upon travelling in
fast company, or al least, company that
was thought 10 be pretty fast
Detroit has 10 catch train for Bos-
ton this afternoon, hence the call OF
time at p n
Like other distinguished losers. Bob
Groom got his yesterday for butting in
where he did not belong Robert is no
sloppy weather pitcher The Demon
WiIdness Is ever on his trail, and IL IS
hard enough for him TO control the ball
under the most favorable conditions
when the weather is bad. and he has
&c handle soaked HorSehide, ne has small
chance To win. and proved the truth
OF this assertion yesterday when he did
The Mont PeIee after the foods descend
should bC remembered that until the
rain came in Ius sixth lie suffered only
one hit 10 he made After the wetness
began, Il was a question which pitcher
would blow up first and hardest, and
Groom was the choice of Kid slump FOR
the job There was nothing 5issracefuI
about his performance. and he should
not feel that he has hurt himself or
his record by losing on what was really
q mere gamble
Jeffries has invested $4,000 in q Iaun-
dry Much dirty linen about that Reno /
night yet remains TO be washed
Washington got thirteen hits yezter-
day for three runs and lost The EEi-a- 4
de!plia Nationals did exactly the same 4
thing, anE likewise lost, hence there Is I!
balm in GIead- The hits were strange
y scattered. and every run Washington {
got was bv the sweat OF its brow And. I
Ct that despite the sweating. there
would have been but two runs had not I
Tom Jones fooIisLIy Jet th- bail sol
through his less In the ninth inniue, /
when Milan hit an easy ore squarely I
At him Take that record ana compare D
IL with some of the games WaSriuz.0u ,
won IN the West when j. was lucky 10 /
make four Lifts game and won one I
Of the difficulty II telling what bah {
team IS going 90 do
Ctey was hit twice in the one inning I
he pitched, but. sEuCks. you can't tell 4
TlucC ahS5- O. pitcher -rom oGe inning 4
Of deep set baseball
Our contemporaries have commented /
faVOrably upon the showing OF Ain
smith, and E-a wish to follow suit He E
looks IKE a ball player. and also like
one VINO VIII improve lie has me dis 4
ti1c-lye merit Of being fast on his feet, .
and there is no doubt about his ARA .
He has one Of the strongest arms we
have seen I'm some time It's no trouble f
for him 10 Ee- - Dali To second. His .
great worn lS 10 keep i IN the .orr b-C
Il is a CIECl ne viii learn TO tame his
wing before Ions lie suagEeI II cobb F.
very nicely IN THe rirS- inning yesterday
much 90 the disgust and -TTef Of that .
person. who saw himself adding some .
thing easy 20 MS string 10y kidding the .
hit in the second inning that scored the .
lrst run but ended Tho rally Dr. tanning
u the sixth with two out Naturally, .
The fans were f~a--aT UE tie LEuu-I---
but they took e fin Er0f part. and wei .
t-ev might, for Aiusu-th had dome no F.
worse than every other bah PLAYER has .
done under the same circumstances
many q time
What dye think OF three hits for
GessleTs
Aiusmith made one throw 10 second E
which was decidedly punk. bat II was
also fact that Mcbride thought he
DID not have The nerve 10 make the
Eeave and did not start 10 cover the
bag In time hence The BAN got away -
L was perhaps a foolish EaaVe. fer the .
chances were big against him. but ne
PLAYED the game according TO MS rights
and must not be blamed for being " III
1uE TO gamble on getting away with a .
good thing IN blocking ne Is not as OK
no knock for Street IS one Of the hest
at that speciality who ever broke into
BASEBALL but Al1s1lir1 did set IN the
pain enough % eNti1sul%n DeltIa1JF O e
the plate on lrErIdC-S throw home IN
the fourth inning and temporarily
saved the day
COBB stole home, drew four bases on
balls, made one HIT and In the sixth
inning. simply on braiHy and speedy
running, went from first 10 third IN
CrawfOrd'S short single TO center We
consider THAI a fair day S work
The question is Was there a Dell.
ciency III Savdust. or were the ground
keepers too tired 10 spread itg II a de-
fcie4cy, Why II there : any virtue ia
saw dust. i should have been used ll-
orally at the plat, when operations were
resumed AFTER the SUufiEe rain I1 the
fourth lnnlnE- There We were with the
second ana none oGl and not q blessed
bit % S1y.--1~c was scattered behind che
Plate Io- our cab catcher TO brace mis-
feet on COBB was at bat and the
chances were nearly even that he TvOGiI
single. and IN tlat case the runner an
second would try 10 score or. a passed F..
ball. due 10 AllrSCli,l Shipping ard taII-
ing would let In a nun II Cobb -ot his
haSe- YET there was no Sav-6u@t forth.
coming Why. That IS not the fault T..
OF the playing manager. bur there Is a .
screw loose somewhere when -Ucl q
palTable piece OF neglect occurs AT q .
Criucai moment Er-St when the home
team IS trying TO Zel away with a f-r.S-. B..
n order 10 draw bis money 20 LEz safe /
That is, # there Is any virtue in saw
dust
And why is l. the canvas covers for
the plate and The pitchers box seldom
get into action until the shower is OVER
such things would be Ir:G5cr1us were il
not that the fans take baseball Seri-
ouSiE and pay Sood current coin 70
see IL