The Washington times., 1901-07-05
How The Clubs stand.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

PHILADELPHIA, July 4-Hank Plank
the left-winged pitching phenom from
Gettysburg, tipped his hat over his lef
eye this morning when be faced the frs
! Washington batsman and then proceeded
TO live up 10 his reputation as a pitching
! wonder. Throughout the entire game he
put up sample of ball that was magnifi-
cent to gaze upon. from the viewpoint OF
/ Quaker. but from the bench where Man
| ager Manning sat it was awful to see the
youthful Mr. Plank NOW down the re-
puted sluggers from the Capital as though
! they were ninepins and he the boss roller
| of the alley. While several of the visitors
succeeded in getting an introduction to
the ball during the conflict. they did not
get together, and there was nothing in
their work that entitled them to a vic
tory.
AS in their preceding games in this
city, the Washington players did not get
down to real hard work until the game
! was well under way and the home fell
lows had been given credit for five runs
This lead the 5000 spectators did not eX-
pect to see overcome, but in the ninth the
Meaningless got into the game for
while and gave Connie Mack an attack of
vertigo. C2rrick looked after the tossing
for his side and worked well after the
first inning. He was given good support
by Clarke. who threw accurately and cut
off several Athletics who had an idea that
they wanted to get to second in a hurry.
In the first inning, F'utz drew a pass
and got as far as third on Davis out,
Clingman to DUNCAN. Then Foster con-
tributed to the joy of the local celebra-
tion by dropping Cross fly, letting Futz
get home. Cross purloined the second
cushion, and a moment later Lajoie
banged out a single. Larry stole to sec
and. and when Seybold hit TO left, both
Cross and I-aioie scored. Here were three
runs for a starter and the spectators
were feeling mighty glad they had braved
the heat. 1t promised to be something o.
a ball game, after all. Davis and Sey-
bold scored additional runs in the third
and again in the seventh Plank got home
on a single Coughlins error and an out
Washington got its first man across the
rubber in the third inning when Ciingman
made the circuit of the bases on Dolans
error and FarrelTs double to right. In
the seventh. Coughlin hit a slow one to
third, and beat out the throw. and soon
after was permitted to test his sprinting
abilities on Carr.cks hit for two bags to
left In the ninth it really looked as If
the Senators had been playing possum
with the home fellows. Gear opened the
inning with single and then Lee went
out on a fly to DoIan. Quinn banged out
a neat little hit that netted him one base
and Coughlin did the same, giving Gear
a chance to tally.
ClIngman was weak in the joints, and
the best he could do was TO strike out
greatly to the relief of the crowd, who
thought he might be the possessor of a |
fat batting average. With two men out
the atmosphere was considerably clear !
ed. But there was more excitement in !
a moment when one of the Plank shoots |
was fired without taking the customary |
aim and the ball went wide of the tar !
get, letting Quinn score. Carrick hit safe !
ly and in trotted Coughlin. The wonder !
was now as TO whether Farrell would be |
able to slam out a double and tie the |
score. But the visiting centre fielder could |
not size up to the task and Lajoie took |
care of his hit.
Manager Manning was naturally disap-
pointed over the result Of the morning |
game, but asked for another chance in |
the afternoon. This was denied him. how
ever, as rain interfered with the sched-
uled contest.
The scoYa foIIpvrc.