The Washington times., 1911-10-04

Following out that very ancient but
highly respected maxim that when the
best things are not possible the best
may be made Of those that are, the Ma
tionals parted that doubleheader with
the champing champions yesterday by
losing the opener, but capturing the
closer, incidentally keeping any daring
Athletic far removed from the run col
umn.
1t was expected that the double Of
fering with the cars Of the kingdom of
baseball on the eve OF their conquest
Of another title, would serve to tax
the capacity of our spacious plant, but
the cold gray atmosphere acted as a
damper to the enthusiasm of all ex-
cept the overenthusiastic, with the re-
suit that the gathering was small but
shivertng.
Game Suddenly Stops.
There was little of a stunning nature
fans had little to arouse them to cheers
or jeers until all of a sudden and with
out warning they were startled by Um-
pire Dineea calling the second game,
because OF darkness. The town CLOCK
showed AGO. the old time of starting
games here, and It was lighter than il
has been on many a previous occasion
when the athletes continued to battle,
so II was not surprising that there was
a universal shout Of protest from those
who had come la-e to the first game
in expectation CT seeing a thrilling sec
ond
Barring the pitchers, all of the play
ers worked as though they had thei.
eye on the clock, and were figuring On
how soon they could get back to their
hotels, which, were more comfortable
than the wind swept field of play on
Harry Davis, who was in charge of
the pride of the American League in
the absence Of Mr.. Mack, did the JuGgle
act with his lineup, and introduced a
couple OF young men never before seen
CavoFting on the diamond here. Emer-
son, who earned fame at Dartmouth
as an outfielder, was seer in right field
for the champs ami while he was made
to look rather foolish on the bases, he
negotiated a couple of running catches
toward the pavilion that were by far
the choicest pieces of. fielding of the ar
ternoor. -, :.
Clean Up Baker did not appear at
all, his place being taken in the first
by Derrick, and in the second third base
a son of the leader. Davis went
through the first game at first and then
took a seat in order to allow Derrick
to get plenty Of work at the sack in
order that he be prepared should he be
called on In the worlds series.
Bender In Good Form.
Chief Bender, who is expected to
be the real Giant killer. pitched the
early innings of the opener and had
the Indian sign on the Nationals until
he gave way to Coombs. His work yes
terday was merely a practice gallop for
the Cherokee brave while Coombs did
not overeXert himself during the five
innings he served up shoots and slants.
The chilly weather was too much for
Carl Cashion, who halls from Dixie
land, and he was hammered pretty con-
sistently in the latter part of the game.
In the seventh inning, Herman
Schaefcr thought he beat out an infield
hit, but Mr.. Egan thought otherwise,
into the air and the ball into left field
he was banished from the fray and
forced to Turk on the bench through the
rest of the afternoon. Henry took his
place.
johnson Has Best Of II.
In the second game, Walter johnson
had all the better of Eddie Plank and
up to the untimeiy calling of time By
Mr.. Dineen allowed the Athletics but
one scratch hit while the Nationals had
four to their credit and garnered two
runs that spelled victory.
The Nationals, scored first, hit by
Mcbride, Conroy's out and Ainsmitf's
single resulting in one run in the sec
ond, but in the fourth She Athletics
took lead on two bases on balls and
singles by Lord ard strunk, which
meant two runs.
Washington tied II in the fifth, Ain
smith, Cashion and Milan singing A
succession. In the NTH for the
Athletics, Derrick was hit by pitched
ball, stole second and was driven In
when Barry hit to center.
In the eighth, the visiting Quakers put
the game beyond the reach Of the