The times., 1901-06-08

I vill have the mental comfort of knowing
! tnat his place is admirably filled. The To-
/ Gals played dopey sort of a game and
| seemed utterly unable to land on Clarke
! Gritith's delivery a times when hits
! would have scored runs They did moth
| ing much 10 brag Of in the hitting line,
| but the perverseness of fate was well
| illustrated in the sixth inning. when Fos-
| ter. the first man up Knocked a home
! run the first crack ont of the box. where
! as a little later in the same inning, with
/ three men on bases, it was almost impos-
Slble to get even q me2Sly single. The
muchly tOuted hoOdoO that Washington
uses against the Chicago club was never
IN evidence yesterday and il is doubtful
if IL would have done any good, anyway,
for the visitors put up a snappy, fast
game, totally at variance with that of the
Meaningless.
Umpire Haskell proved to be the best
decider of balls and strikes that has yet
been seen on the home grounds. He has
voice that would make a fortune for
! him if it were utilized in announcing that
| "gentlemanly agents will now pass among
you with tickets for the grand concert;
ana remember, ladies and gentlemen, that
the big show is not half over" Never has
circus barker displayed such a rare
vocal power as does this newest of UNI
pireS. And the way he dwelis upon his
decisions is remarkable. There IS no
doubling his meaning. 'Strew-ri-yt-k-k-K
one is his favorite method Of announcing
that the batsman has had a strike re-
corded against him on the Indicator. Sew
II ldi lli4ltS yesterday tldIht NIllliAH lpph
exceptions to the Haskell decisions, and
Notwithstanding the fact that Griffith is
anager-captain-p pitcher and few other
things about the Chicagos, his protests
went for naught. Haskell was uniform
ly fair in his work and neither team had
any advantage.
The Senatorial scoring commenced in
the second inning, when Foster reached
first on HartmanS error. Mercer hit
sharp one to Griffith, but the pitcher was
not accurate in his aim and by the time
the throw was recovered the Washington
man was planted on second and Foster
had got around as far as third. A mo-
ment later Clarke raped out fierce
protest against scientific pitching, that
enabled Foster to trOt home. Another
error by Griffith served Mercer well and
he scored the second run for the locals,
when Clingman's hit was handled badly
by the visiting pitcher. In the sixth, Eos
ter drove the ball over the left field fence
into a neighbcring pond and leisurely
made the circuit of the cushions. Mer-
Ger was fortunate in drawing a base on
balls, was advanced to second on Clarke s
hit to Hartman, which he failed to field
Cleanly, and got home on Carrick $ out
TO Hoy, in deep centre; This ended the
run getting Of the Washington men, agd
at no time during the remainder OF the
game did they have any chance to tie the
score. Three consecutive hits in the third
enabled Hoy to score ChicagO's s first run
and thereafter il was cinCh for the visi-
tors. They increased their tally by three
runs in the fourth. one in the fifth inning,
ana IN" SKIN Drought 10 JhelE cItult uNt
more scores. BY some mistake they did
not add to their score in the seventh, but
made up for il in the eighth, when Jones,
Isbell. and Mertes crossed the rubber on
4 base on balls, a hit, and "a wild throw
Of Carrick into the bleachers which was
as good as home run. Hoy made his
fourth run OF the afternoon in the last
inning on a base on balls, being advanced
to second on another present TO Jones,
and Mertes two-bagger.
OF course. had not Carrick made that
wager with Mercer, Washington might
have stood a better chance to win, but
with the pitcher out TO make a record for
himself Manager Manning's disciples had
but little hope at any stage of the pro-
ceedings This win show what q really
fine record Mr.. Carrick succeeded in max
ing. and how near he came to equaling
the Milwaukee achievement of his fellow
tMirler. M Mercer.