Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-10
Records of the Clubs.

The second game of the present series
with Chicago. played yesterday at National
Park. went to the credit of the visitors, the
Senators being defeated by the score of q
to 8.
From start to finish the contest was of
the tantalizing order, from a Washington
point of view. The Senators made many
nice starts toward scoring the necessary
runs, the spectators would wake up and
commence roofing with will, and then
would follow a line drive to one of the op-
posing fielders and the rally would be nip
ped in the bud. Several times this occurred
and its frequency was commented on. For
this reason the game belongs in the hard
luck class, as the ball was hit hard AMI at
the right time but runs could not be driven
over the plate. Chicago, on the other hand.
were two bingles behind the Senators in
the number of hits made, but what the
Cowboys lacked in singles was made up in
doubles and triples, and they generally
came at a time to be important. factors IN
the scoring of runs.
A new man to major league company was
on the rubber for the Chicagos in the per-
son of ''Skel Roach, hailing from the
windy city, and his debut can be classed
as successful. With frst-cass support, in
left field and at second, the Senators would
have made a sorry showing, but notwith-
standing '.SkeI' did well. He kept cool
and collected all the time, and with men
on bases worked his hardest and proved
effective. Roach is said to be an assumed
name, but hat is neither here nor there.
Should he play good ball the name will cut
a very small figure. He has been twirling
down in the Texas League, and very re-
Gently with the strong amateur team, tho
Spaldings of Chicago.
Opposed to Roach on the rubber was the
veteran weighing, and Sir Augustus was
given quite a smart rapping by the broken
up Cowboys. Mertes, in particular, took Il
liking to Gus curves and slammed out 4
trip-e. a double and a single out of three
times al the bat. The afternoon was cloudy
and depressing, and perhaps these cUndi-
tons may have had great deal to DO with
the veterans work bright, hot after
noon places Gus in his element and his
good right arm at its best.
Two other new members to major league
company were Third Baseman Coughlin of
the Senators and Second Baseman Quinn,
late of Mansfield, Ohio, who played left
field for the Cowboys. Coughln's debut
cannot be said to have been a success, as
he had very little to do. his put-out and as
Sist being of the ordinary class and at the
bat he did nothing. One game can furnish
no sort of a line of a players ability and
for this reason criticism of the new man
should be stayed for the present Quinn
for the ChicagoS can be said to have done
we'll He played out of position. and was
perhaps. a little slow, but at the bat he
coppered two hits, single and triple
and scored a run. Quinn was placed in the
trying position of leading off in the batting
list, but he assumed it with a degree of
confidence that speaks we'll for his future.
The fielding of the Senators was almost
perfect. a dropped thrown ball by PadfIen
ana bad bounding ball getting away from
o Brien being about the only plays that be-
lonSed In the suspicious class Bonner
prayed another good game, taking fast ones
with pleasurable accuracy. while Padden
McGann and Duncan put up good game
Jack U, Brien made up for lost time by bar
double. Score: ''7 &"