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determined to do or die. Johnny had three
balls and two strikes. when Kennedy put
il straight over, and he stung it toward
right field, seemingly safe. LaChance was
playing back OF the bag, and, running
across the route of the speeding ball, lie
stabbed it, and then ne and O'Brien
crashed into the base, both head first
O'Brien made great slide, but failed 10
land by second, and WashingtOn's
chance to win was numbered with the
things that were.
Jimmy McJames' arm is not at its best
at present, and he could not use his speedy
curves to advantage. Tire visitors took Il
liking to him after the first inning. and at
the close of the fourth had a total If six
tallies to the good. Doc" was then
tired in favor of King The Trolley
Dodgers" hit silver six times safely,
but with the exception OF the eighth no
runs resulted In the fifth 10 to |" re-
tired the opposing batsmen ON foGi pitched
balls.
Jimmy Canavan was very much OF an
evil genius. His home run in the second
started the trouble, and Throughout the
game he hit like house afirc He man
aged to accumulate a batting average Of
.T5o getting a home run, dOuble and
siugle out of four times up with the ash
His fielding was also very fast, accepting
six chances cleanly and choking off at
least two apparently safe drives from the
Senators bats. =,
Ed Cartwright and Capt Brown came in
for n whirlwiud of applause when, with
double and home run, respectively, in the
fifth they scored five Of the home CLUBS
runs
Billy Lush's good batting eye appears
to be in fog lately, and it seems that
il would have been good Judgment TO have
sent Farrell to bat in his place in the
ninth when Brown and Reilly were on
third and second and ready to score the
winning runs on any kind of drive. But
what's the use of ph;osophiZing over split
milk?
The Senators again took the field Civ
ing Brooklyn the first whack at the new
ball. They were retired in one, two, three
order, greatly to the delight of the girls,
who shrieked with delight when jim Nc
CURE caught Andersons high foul against
she grand stand, and disposed OF the i'll
vaders for the first inning
The Statesmen were also easy In their
opening turn. They started off well in
the second, but a double play between the
pair of Smiths destroyed the chance.
Again, in the third, they got IA couple of
men on bases, but the hits necessary TO
bring them home were not Forthcoming.
In the fifth a double play between Cana
van, Germany Smith and La Chance
killed the opportunity to tally.
The seven runs were made in the fifth
Reilly was put out on a tap to q. Smith.
King drew q base on balls, but was forced
on Lush's bounder to Canavan. With two
out and Lush on first, DeMontreville singled
to center. Selbach followed suit with
bingle to right, scoring Lush, and Nc
CURE pushed DeMontreville across the plate
with a hard drive down the thlrdFbase
line. Johnny O'Brien got in the way Of
pitched ball, and Selbach and Mcclure
registered when Piano Legs, 10 the howl
ing delight of the fans, hit tc center for
two bases Capt. Brown thought ne would
take a hand n the batting bee, and the
third ball Daub handed up to him he pirou-
cited it through the sunli ght and over the
fence into the right field bleachers for
q homer, sending O'Brien and Cartwri ght
to the rubber in advance.
The Senators had chances in the eighth
leather, and the game was chalked against
them.
TIE Trolley Dodgers scored In the sec
ond on Capt. Griffin's single TO left CEN
ter and Caravans home run intothe bleach
ers With two out In the third Jones hit
to center, walked to second on base on
balls to Anderson and registered on Capt
Griffin's second single.
In the fourth hits by Canavan and G.
Smith, fieIder's choice of a. Smiths rap,
a stolen base, errors by DeMOntreyille and
Mcclure, a base on balls to Daub and
Jones single added three more runs to
their list and gave them total of six.
The tieing and winning talies were gath
cred In the sixth on Canavan' twobagger,
Kennedy's hit for base and La Chances
long drive for a couple of sacks.
For the home folks, DeMontrevllle led
with the stick, making four hits out OF
five times at bat. His stop, throw and out