The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-21
ngtOn Club Lucky Having With Chicago White SOx Begin Tomorrow
SERIES WITH CHICAGO
SHOULD BE THRILLER
Washington Fortunate in Having It's Fiercest Competitor
Follow Cleveland-Why Capital Is Good
Ball Town-Naps Downed Again.
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Game with Cleveland today, p m

It IS all working out for the best with
The Washington chances in the American
League race lust now, and the peculiar
faculty of The fates IN furnishing this
city something Interesting at the bah
yard is stiU in evidence
BY beating Cleveland s 20 4 yesterday
after splitting the doubIe-header the
day before. washington climbed into
2 sixth place over the Chicago White Sox|
by just half a game That narrow
margin makes the game this afternoon
worth special attention. And right after
the Maps depart tonight, 10 and behold.
we have with Us tomorrow those very
same SoN. who are lighting Us tooth and
nail FOR the sixth round
Verify, this washington team can
have more adventures than a dime novel
detective
a fan writes 20 inquire whether wash
ington is q g5od baseball town in the
matter Of attendance It is The best
ever Il has supported losing teams
with remarkable consistency, and com
pleteiy COMPOUNDED the bright young
men around the circuit who in the win
Ter spend much Of their time transfer
ring the franchise TO Providence or some
other burg. The American League mag
mates are perfectly well aware that some
cities might ouydraw the National Capt.
tai with winner. but there is no place
on the map that would stick by a loser
so wei, and the robins have nested
again some twenty times or more since
there was real winner within the con-
fines Of the District Of Columbia
Kid slump has been in the field with
Influential booking for the presidents
Job in the Oldest Inhabitants Associa-
ton
But. while fate has siipT=Cd il TO US
p IN the matter Of keeping a loser con-
stz0Ly on tap IN washington. IL has
d. worked In peculiar ways 10 furnish eE-
element in other lines Joe CauJilion
and his SiuSle-Eauded war with the Ma
ti0nal Commission Frank Farrell Ban
johnson. and others furnished three
years OF lively topic and made the club
an extremely good drawing card on the
road. besides giving the District -
unlimited food for conversation. More
freak plays have been pulled here than
r. anywhere except in the stove League
and WaSliuEreu'S EueEnected Suu~rS
against conlenoerS have more than once
tcI-pi-teiE upset the dope on me league
race and led 10 hard feelings one Of
the very few triple steals ever seen
took place night here I'm the Capital 5a
OldTiuE. Of the Philadelphia Athletics
The rule in last years code. but not
nov III erect margins an error 10 4
l4.tL-rt " no mace a "iia p---i- on tll-
'Ihfr1 strike, and an error 20 the catcher
who made q passed ball on q third
strike. was adopted because both OF
f those T7Telies took place in one game
here with Cleveland couple Of years
ago IL IS just those little things that
have made a fan here almost certain 70
get his money $ worth, and TlE1I IN line
with that Is the piece Of luck that when
The White SoE get here tomorrow they
are The team with Enom NJ aSnlnglon
IS = a furious scrap for sixth place
Strange that nobody seems TO believe
that story that an CuttieIdCr named An
de-son OF the Deep Haven MINI, team.
white floating on his back, swan ashore
and threw a runner out AT plate There
IS scarcely anything more remarkable
IN that than the story that Connie MACK
PAID $4,000 for Left Russell. q minor
league pirCher-aud, besides. baseball
reporters never tel 1alTy tales
II was a severe ordeal to put an 49,
poUnu Ncuugsrer like Meyer I'd against
the SiuEEcrS OF the Cleveland batting
order In me sixth +GD-DE. when Turner,
Isa5oie and PENIS promptly jumped on
hin for singles and caused him 10 be re-
moved While 30 looked Ike q soft SppL
10 NY pitcher because Washington had
big lead 1T was not one 10 inspire
confidence IN himself or the fans. and
he would have been aStOuiSHluElv lucky
& he had not received exactly the dose
that was handed him A try against
the White S0x- who are VIGOROUSLY
weak hit-erS. would have offered better
opportunities Tor q good start on q ca
Teer i'm fast company But these first
trials DO not amount 20 much No man
ever made q WIeT55er start in the Amer
lean League than did Grv@m OF GRAY,
neiJhrr Of whom lasted out his first in
ming # our memory IS correct but both
of whom have become highly esteemed
Young men and are drawing nice wages
for their later demonstrated ability.
Incidentally. they'll never take away
- Dolly Cray as Ions as he keeps going
IN his present stride
Tor man not q phenomenal hitter
81 CLYDE Milan is raising q noisy disturb
J. sincc m this league He has been get
E ting on bases making runs. improving
IN his sacrificing and otherwise d1po~--
1nE and GiS00-rl1E himself as useful
member of tho community Ne exceIled
himself yesterday when be made Won
Cerful One-haud catch off CTraney i'm the
9th inning that cut of two Cleve-
fGnd runs got hit and made three
-ruTs for himself. That gives the boy n
look-in fc- the Hail Of Fame at this
time when Washington is trying 50