The Washington times., 1901-09-21
How the Clubs stand.
NATIONAL LEACUE.


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1t ..as a funny game, the first of the
far well series between Cleveland and
W. ngton. This is said with due ap-
precsi,ion of the meaning of the ad-
jective. Were It not for the triteness
of the observation, resort might be had
to the title of one of Shakespeare's tIihes
in a. emptins description of the game.
Certri1Iy Their. were errors both of omis-
sion .ilsd commission, and it was a com
edy.
Il is charitable to attribute the poor
playing of both teams to The dreary,
cheerless. error-inspiring weather condi-
tions. Doubtless this hati IS effect On
he players; it certainly did on the few
hundred faithful fans-swho 'shivered in
he grandstand and on the bleachers. For
ire innings the spectators had nothing
~ comfort them. There was not pay
n the part of the Senators to warm their
blood. On the other hand, the lads from
Cievela nd went right to work ard made
the Senators look like u lot of corner-lot
sfnateurs
This lasted for five innings. Then the
men under La Chance became envioCs 1f
the saffron work of the local players and
.troceeded TO go them one better. The re
si.lt was that Washington won game,
not because of superior work, but purely
= account of the stupidity of the Cleve-
land players.
Captain La Chance. the big Gascon who
: n charge of the Spiders in McAleers
directed one of his most recently
a lodgings to proceed to the pitch
er puA Crystal was his name. Opposed
to him was Willie Carrick, and as he had
won his last game everybody agreed that
ne was due for defeat yesterday. But
Fate decreed otherwise. and although the
little twirlcr did his best to circGmvent
the OLD dame, fortune won out.
Manning's men were inspired by a
wholesome respect for the young man
crystal. For five innings they allowed
. to repose in the box and looked upon
HIN as a rare bit OF cut glass that it
would be desecraticn to break or even dis
turh But Crystal. it was discovered, was
not the flawless piece of brilliance from
which he takes his name. He was wild.
Wild at critical times. and the result was
that the Senators took advantage of his
weakness Every now and then the
young man would sail skyward and a
Senator or two would walk to first.
Sometimes these gifts resulted disastrous
= ly.
1t was not until the sixth inning. how
ever that young Crystal failed entirely.
Then it was hardly his fault The score
stood to in favor of the Spiders. IL
looked hopeless for Washington But
here is where Crystal came to the relief
of the Senators. Farrell, the first man
UP, was presented with base. DUNCAN
popped up little fly just out of reach Of
the fielders. Clarke sent a hot grounder
past short, and Farrell scored. Grady
was implored to hit the ball over the
fence, but he hit to Beck instead. Ger
many kindly fumbled it. and Grady was
safe; so were the other runners. Luskey
flew out 10 Beck
Then Crystal showed his charity. He
gave Coughlin his base on balls, and Dun
gan was forced home. The germ of an
idea penetrated the Uranium of the big
French first baseman. HE thee TO the
bench" said he to Crystal. Crystal was
mad but he went. La Chance hailed
young Mcneil. another OF McAleer's
chicks, he who proved so effective against
the Washington heavy hitters on the oc-
cas.on OF :he last visit of the Spiders,
ed the young man took his place in the
cr..tre of the diamond
Clingman. who was at the bat. promptly
popped up little fly to right field and IL
looked as II the youngster had saved the
ga.ne.
Foxy Gasconi" murmured the big
Cleveland first baseman. But he had
counted too soon. Carrick lunged vicious
" at the ball three times, and in the or
binary course of events he would have
made the third out. But big-hearted
Catcher Connor graciously muffed that
third strike and the bah went sailing to-
ward the Cleveland players bench. Grady
crossed the plate and Carrick reached
first base Mcneil gave Waldron four bad
ones. and the bases were again fan.
Johnny Farr2ll wore an air of supreme
confidence as he approached the plate.
One strike was called on the secoad base
man. and then with a mighty welding of
the ash he soaked the leather and the
sphere went sailing into left field. The
three men on bases scampered home and
Farrell chased 10 second Washington had
scored seven runs on three hits and won
the game.
Both sides went out in order In the
NEXT inning the seventh, but the sun,
few moments, sunk quickly to rest behind
the grandstand, and Umpire Hart said
game" Thus 1t was that Washington
won another victory
land went at Carrick with an apparent
determination to do him up in short or
der. Pickering. the first man up. was
given bis base but was forced at second
~ Donovan. Beck cracked out single
nd La Chance followed with a corking
lfety to centre, Donovan scoring Brad
y then lined out a double and Beck
Bred, but La Chance was caught off
ttd. in an effort TO reach home.
<adley also became too confident after
Hhyey had got his base, and Clarke
cauht him OF Coughlin's bag making
the bird out. The third inning was an
othe good one for the Spiders. Picker
Ing u off with a single TO left and stole
secon Donovan went out on a fly TO
Couglin Beck hit 10 centre for sin
gle an Pickering crossed the plate. Brad
ley hi. an easy one to Clingman but
Bill mae his first error IN many days
and Brdiey WIS safe. Harvey bit safe
and Ber scored. Mcguire was the third
out.
Three more were added to the Spiders
score I'm The fifth. principally because of
the generosity of the Washington play
ers. Dorovan reached fret on q safe