The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-22

Patsy and his Spiders bade Washington
| good-hy for the season of $50, in a finale
| that was fraught with defeat.
1t was pretty game, corkcr, SO 10
| speak, and that the Temple Cuppers lost
1t by the close score appended, reflects
| great credit on Handsome VIM Mercer
and the boys behind him.
The Senators appeared TO have some OF
the old-time ''Scrappy Bill brand OF
grit and ginger in their craws and their
actions We're in marked CONTRAST to the
dull, methodical manner in which they had
moped around in the previous battles with
the Spiders.
AS on Thursday, the weather man was
obigiDg, and dispensed that article Of
atmosphere and gave out just enough
sunshine TO make the regiment of rooters
glad that they were living and able TO be
in the open air, though they had many
mlsglvings as 10 their surroundings.
Five hundred people passed the open
ings to the park.
vi the 500 there We're a lot of rooters
who would die in their effort to root for
the ball players, and they were vigorous
to the end.
NOT SPARING OF APPLAUSE.
Every play that was creditable was ap-
plauded, and when any OF the Spiders cap
tured d difficult fly or smothereu u sharp
grounder he received his share. Chlds
was forced to take off his cap after he
caught Browns fly, which looked safe.
Again lie gobbled up O'Bricn's groundcr in
the sixth that looked as safe as Il slice of
good watermelon Oh ice appears delicious
Childs has won the reputation he enjoys
because he goes after everything he gets
Smith put up a very fast game. His
seven chances Were hard, but the young
man cleverly handled six balls. He VIII
rank among the best third basemen in the
League. He goes after everything ard
is a conner.
He threw Tebeau out at second on Nc
Garr's bunt in the second on as fast Il play
as was ever seen in Washington, ana on
Zimmer's Drounder, the next batter, took
part in a double play that retired the side.
1t was bitter dose for the Cleveland
contingent, but the aggressive Patsy died
game, and his complayers made n desper.
ate effort to retrieve their lost fortune i'll
in the ninth, but under the Mercerian in.-
pulse they were lost.
The long haired pitcher of the Senatorial
aggregation let IL fieldeu ball get away
from him, on which Tebcau went from
second to third, but the error did not avail
the Spider manager in a score.
LUsH's GREATCATCH
Lush made fine catch of Wilson's fly
In deep right center IN the NTH. he TOOK
1t with the grace which characteriZes Il
modest society young mau in peaceful con
versation with some other fellows girl.
DeMontrevie did nothing of the sensa-
tional order, but kept the pace which is
steadily bringing him into prominence as
a star short stop.
Tebeau's young man, Wilson, was in
the points, and he was an American Wey.er
until the eighth, when, after Selbach's
single and Farrell landed three ba gger,
he went To pieces. He gave Smith his
base on balls, and after O'Brien hit TO
Mexican, who threw to thinner to catch
Farrell, the latter went feet first to the
plate.
There was a cloud of smoke. Tim
Hurst said out by a motion of his hand,
but the big Patsys main backstop dropped
the ball, and what proved to be the win
ming run was scored.
Wilson then hit Brown, and after he made
a wild pitch Wallace was called in. Cart
wright smashed the ball to short and
O'Brien got in front of it and was the
second man out. With the bases full,
Mercer hit to Mexican, who fielded Cart
wright out at second.
The visitors scored their one run IN the
sixth on singles by Burkett and McAleer
and Childs' put out from Mercer to Cart
wright. The score: