Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-24
FARRELL CLEARED THE BASES.
The Duke Has Been Promoted to
Throne.

The Duke Has Been Promoted to u
Throne.
Farrell has oft times been spoken OF as
the Duke" but since yesterday he has
left the dukedom far below, and at one
jump has assembled to the throne in the az
fections of the fans No title short OF
king is worthy of him now. He was not
in yesterdays game at National Park more
than two and a half minutes, but it was
enough. It's Is to 1 that everybody present
believed the game lost to Washington when
the latter went to bat in the eighth inning.
but Farrell with one swoop of his wagon
tongue changed the situation and set the
crowd wild. De Montreville was thrown in
to such commissions that the agile shortstop
rolled about the diamond for several min
utes. And Scrappy Joyce. in exchange for
whom Farrell came to Washington, did not
smile single smile.
The score stood to in the eighth inning
in favor of the Giants, when Mcclure ad-
vanced to the plate. The prospects were
far from bright: the home players had not
been hitting Pitcher Seymour's delivery
with any frequency, and darkness was fast
approaching. Mcclure sent the ball to
Joyce, and promptly thrown out.
Harvey Smith hosted fly to Beckley and
two were out The folks who had left their
seats and were filing out of the stand with
leaden hearts. paused when O'Brien hit
safely to right field for one base. Brown
sent an easy one to Gleason, and 1t seemed
as though all was over, but to the surprise
OF the multitude the Kid fumbled. A sad
misplay for the Giants ii proved. Two men
on bases, two out and Cartwright at the
bat wSS the situation. Ed waited for balls
and the bases were filled. Farrell. who had
been coaching. was instructed to go to bat,
and he advanced to the plate. A hit would
tie the score. but such good fortune was
really not expect ted though hoped for.
Seymour hurled the sphere.
lone ball. announced Umpire Lynch,
and there was a yell of satisfaction.
''Whack"
Farrell was seen to swing his bat and
there followed an interesting sprinting ex-
hibition around the circuit of bases. No
one seemed to know exactly where the ball
had gone until three Ser ators had crossed
the plate. About that time it was noticed
that Mr.. Stafford was conducting a search
among the trees. He finally found the
ball and sent it by successive stages to
Warner, catching Farrell at the plate.
And how the crowd did yell and whoop
and stamp and shout and cheer and do
lots of other thirgs. ard how Joyce did
grit his teeth. The score was now to T.
with the lean toward Washington.
Tine ninth inning was begun and New
York had succeeded in scoring one run when
the game was called on account OF dark
The crowd left the grounds in the gather
ing twilight, having received full value for
the price of admission, for the game was
base ball from the start. there had been a
Garrison finish and Washington had won.
What more could be desired.
When Scrappy Tied the Score" has
sung into insignifcance 1t is now. when
Farrell Cleared the Bases
The Giants had several shades the better
of it from the start until the eighth in
ming. They batted Norton's delivery al
ease, while Seymour was somewhat Of an
enigma to the Senators. The visitors led
off in the first with a run, Herman TAX
ing third on triple and scoring on Glea-
sons out at first. Two more happened III
the third as the result of three hits and a
base on balls.
In the seventh the Giants moved up four
additional points, eight men going to bat.
After Joyce had gone out, Davis hit safely
and kept on around, when Beckley sent the
ball into the bleachers for home run.
Stafford flied out but Warner was hit by a
pitched ball. He went to third on Sey-
mour's third hit of the game, and both men
crossed the plate when Van Haltren sim
gled.
Washington also made run in the first
Lush hitting safely, going to third on q
| wild pitch, and completing the act on De
Montreville's out. Another occurred in the
third on base on balls, hit and an out
The total was increased to four in the fifth
by means Of an error and two singles. In
the seventh. with two out, Lush and De
Montreville banged out a home run each
ard the crowd warmed up considerably
| for those two tallies almost evened up the
score Then followed the Farrell earth.
| quake. King took Nortons place in the
ninth inning. The score: