The Washington herald., 1910-07-05
FIREWORKS OF FIRST GAME

Fourths of July causes US TO use the fol-
lowing verbal pyroteehnics in comment
ing on the games yesterday We feel
that II is safe TO thus express ourselves,
but certain Jealous contemporaries. who
saw our copy" have doubts about the
comments being sane" anyhow. here
goes;
Milan pin-wheeled to third on beau
tiful smash II .he first inning. and Eiber-
field followed with q cannon cracker that
scored Clyde, all done amidst patriotic
applause
Kleinow tried TO push the Kids" foul
"fizzler' into fair territory in the first
but Egan let the kid light another
one that really did go fair
It was a perfectly safe and sane"
Fourth" inning that Boston played in
the first game They got one bulTs-eye
on safety by stahl. who also scored.
Many ladies IN the stand don't seem 10
understand that that safe and sane"
proposition would have been considerably
enhanced II it was set TO the music OF
Take on Your Old Gray Bonnet"
Bobby Unglaub devil chased" a slow
one that Wagner sent his way in the
second and slid the bomb into the bag,
beating Wagner 10 il by six inches. When
the umpire declared Wagner out Robert
was nestled close 10 the bosom of Mother
Earth
The rocket that Dutch" sehaefer
sent up in the second chapter, after he had
two strikes called on him. went past the
club house. and netteG Germany three
bases. Another safe and sane" Incl
dent, because Sehaefer scored minute
later on Unglaub's hit
Gabby Street sent a "cannon-balr'
grounder TO Wagner in the second inning
and the clash" was hardly over before
Wagner had shot the sphere 70 Gardner,
who relayed 70 Stahl. completing one of
the swifiest double plays seen here this
season.
Jake Stshrs balloon" ascended in the
fourth inning. when the crowd merci-
lessly twitted him for not trying 10 get
back 10 first when he ran down on Card
ners fly TO Milan. Milan slammed TO
Unglaub, completing an unusual double
play
In the fifth Wagner touched his fuse 10
the ball and the bomb~like playthingl
Texasleaguerized out between center and
right fields. Schaefer. with rocket-like
swiftness. gathered the ball down where
Milan sometimes plays. Il was a great
catch. and Germany was so pleased that
he sang ''wacht am Rhine" words ana
''Yankle Doodle" music.
In the sixth Hooper purposely got IN
the way of one of Dixies ''blue-light
shooter and he saw stars and got
stripes on his anatomy. In the conu-
mental days when a patriot got in the
way of a ball be was declared a hero,
and his family got a pension. The only
thing Hooper got vas a horse-laugh from
the crowd and an order from Egan 10
remain at bat.
This Speaker. orator of the day, re-
cited an unpublishable and original poem
that was full Of fire and unsafe and in
sane words when Doc Gessler captured
his hard drive to the players shack in
the sixth with one hand. II looked like a
two-bagger at first.
While at bat Bob Unglaub got a nasty
crack on his foot in the eighth that stung
worse than any frecracker burn. It was
quite apparent 10 the onlookers that the
nervy first sacler suffered considerably
| from the whack.
Street let off a roman candle ball to
Mcbride in the fourteenth 10 catch
Speaker. who was trying to steal Nc
Bride slipped near the base and while
down caught the ball and retired the
speedy center gardener Of the Boston tea
party.
Stahl tried TO read a declaration Of in
| dependence to the umpire when declared
out In the ninth But when, in the course
of human events. It becomes necessary
| for an umpire 10 declare a man out, and
/ he does SO, you can bet IL goes.
None of the Nationals pitchers blew
up; they simply got burnt bit.