The Washington times., 1901-09-24
How the Clubs stand.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

After having figured in two of the most
miserable farces seen in these parts for a
long lime. the nine lads from Cleveland
put their noodles together yesterday and
plotted the downfall of the Meaningless.
and the plot was carried out to the letter
too. The locals were feeling chosty after
tbs performance on Saturday, and strut
ted around The grounds with the air of
peacooLs, and held their heads as high as
IL they were the whole thing, and the nine
Spiders counted as mere dots upon the
horizon.
But after the matinee there were nine
men drawing pay from the Washington
ban club, who thought decidedly differ
ent and felt like as many plugged nickels
Although the two games yesterday were
of a soElow what different class than the
preceding ones, they were decidedly ANA
teGrish 1T times. Grady distinguished
himself by making very stupid play in
the second game, when the bali was hit to
him, and Mercer was covering the initial
hassock.
But Grady was not the only pebble on
tho beach. for Coyghlin also came in
the money. When all the bags were oc-
crpied in the fifth inning of the second.
and a slow grass cutter was knocked to
him, he promptly gathered it in and sent
1t with full force into Harvey, who was
plodding his weary way to the terminal,
striking him in the back and causing him
to utter loud ,Ugh-D But that was all,
for Harvey then took his place among his
team mates.
Col Wyatt Lee, who has been busy
of late writing up joke book, called by
him THE Art of Serving up Benders
That Win Bring Home the Money" was
interrupted by Manager Manning when
the latter informed him that he had been
chosen to defend the locals in the centre
OF the diamond. The colonel vas much
vexed at the Interruption and openly ex-
pressed his displeaSure. But there was
no use parleying and he accordingly took
his place sixty feet from the batting slab
and began to bowl thcm over in just the
style the Ohio boys wanted him TO. and
they began to fatten their batting aver
ages as soon as he began to float them in
anything like close proximity to the plate.
In the sixth inning the Spiders did rush
ing business with his delivery. and after
the dust of battle had cleared away in
the fatal inning. upon consulting the
score card IL was found that they had
gotten next to his delivery for just four
singles. one triple. one double and one
homer; not a bad business for one inning.
They made their connection count six
runs.
Colonel Lee held down the ohioans for
the rest of the game, without allowing the
slightest semblance of a base hit.
Manager McAleer, of the Spiders, an
nouncod that he had something up his
sleeve TO spring on the Washington ag
grcgation and when he sprung the first
surprise on the Localities IL was no less a
parsonage than one Mr.. Bracken. a fair
haired elongated lad who halls from some
small hamlet in the backwoods of Ohio.
But be that as IL may. the lad sauntered
into the portion of the diamond allotted
TO the slap artist, and began TO fire them
over with cannon ball speed and light
ning-like rap!dfty. and the Senators were
unable to do any business with his elu-
sive twistcrs until the seventh round
when they assaulted the spheroid for
three hits and counted them as two runs.
The Senators made their first impress
sion on the counting block in the fifth
round. when Coughlin lambasted one into
the right garden, the spheroid rolling be
hind the bleachers while the batter tore
around the portmanteaus la Duffy, and
when The globule was returned to the in
field Coughlin was safely squatted on
third 1t was then up to Clingman, whose
name appeared next in the batting order
in. He realized the gravity of the situa-
ton instantly, and as Bracken foated
over one that looked to Lee like an old
acquaintance he promptly set himself
for action and laid his ayordupois against
ii with sufficient force TO send the leather
soaring over the heads of the infielders
and into the hands of the centerfielder.
But Coughlin waddled home on the out.
The Meaningless next SCARED the white
wash on the rubber in the lucky seventh
when everyone stood up and yelled as IL
their lungs were made of leather During
the cheering the locals scored two runs
on a double an error, and long fly TO
left garden. The AlcAloerites got all of
their runs in the sixth. when they did all