The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-03
How the Clubs stand.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Raltimore. u: Mashington.
AMERICAN LEAGUE

II
The Carnival Of Heavy Hitting at the
American League Park yesterday after
noon was a distinct and bowling success
from the Oriolean standpoint a young
man named Gear hailing from Kansa :
City, with q reputation also from Kansas
City, was in the box for the Senator's.
The followers Of McGraw made seven hits
and-as many runs in the first inning. The
locals never overcame the lead.
But the first inning, though it was the
worst, was not all. Just in order TO show
that they had not expended all their
hitting powers the visitors uncorked q
couple of home runs and a choice assert
ment of otner hits Of high denominations.
They were scattered through the innings
in places where they would do the most
good, and the score swelled correspond
ingly.
For all Of that the Senators did n
pretty good bit Of batting on their own
hook. besides playing a plucky uphill
game in the face of the veritable bonn
bardment of hits that were made when
Orioles occupied the batter's box. Cough
lin scored a home run, while Everett and
Grady reminded the crowd that they
were good sti, ksmen. a total Of ten hits
was credited to Washington at the close
the hits were not punched sufficiently to
get enough runs across the plate.
The game was bit more noisy than
the others played with the followers Of
McGraw, who now leave the city with
honors even-two games won aud two
lost Umpire Cantillion made a couple Of
close. decisions which displeased the fans
and incidentally the players The ball
tossers attempted to demonstrate with
the autocrat, but he merely twirled his
heavy black mustache and motioned them
away. Ban Johnson, the guiding spirit,
controller and President of the American
league, vests such power in his umpires
that the kickers usually go back to their
positions without attempting to push the
matter too far.
The game was fun of interesting fea-
lures for the faithful who occupy the
sunny seats and furnish most of the en-
thusiasm. In the first place O. Brien made
two hits. They were the first he has made
on the home grounds. When the first one
came the fans pinched themselves. and
when they found that they were really
awake gave a good hand to the doughty
left fielder, who later demonstrated that
he had effectually shaken the hoodoo
when he made a brilliant running catch
in the last inning. Another point was the
fact that Uncle Joe Quinn did not make
an error. He handled everything that
came his way with ease and grace. The
fans who remember Joe OF old are looking
for a recurrence of the fierce batting
streak he displayed last week in Philadel-
phia.
Grady was at the receiving end of the
battery and played a steady game which
clearly stamped him as a catcher who
will make an able substitute for Clarke.
He secured thTee-bagger. which result
ed in two runs being added TO the Sena-
tors score in the sixth. Coughlin's home
run was an illustration of the hide-and-
seek propensities sometimes displayed by
the elusive spheroid. His hit went into a
hole beneath the fence and rolled outside.
and while the entire outfielding staff Of
the Baltimore team tried to reach ii
Coughlin trotted around the bases.
Howell WIS in the box for the Orioles.
and did frst-class work. He was another
in the home-run class yesterday, and his
hit went over the fence in the same place
that Jackson's did.
The visitors went first to the plate. No
one thought of the slaughter which was
to come when McGraw singled and then
purloined the second bag just before Dom
lin walked to first. ''Msggsey'' scored on
Williaps' two-bagger and so did Donlin.