The Washington times., 1901-06-30

James Collins turned the trick yester
day. Washington has lost, at least par
TALLY, fully a half dozen games on ac-
count of four sacl1ers slammed over the
short left field fence. OF course ii is as
fair for one team as the other, but then
the players on the Washington team cam
not hit liners hard enough to clear the
fence. The really good hltterS among the
Senators-they are few enough-all in
cline to the long high fly, which clears
the out6elders heads and is good for
two and three sacks. 1t does not take
long for visitors to find that the left field
is short, and that they endeavor to place
their hits in that direction is evident from
the fact that Foster, the left gardener of
the Washington team, every day has more
chances than any other fielder. 1t would
be the part of good policy to extend that
portion of the foul fence which is higher,
short distance at least, into the left field
fence.
a large number of people were spared
the pain of seeing the Senators trounced
yesterday by the fact that the il Street
cars We're tied up. Some accident occur
red in the operation OF the line, and there
was nothing doing in transportation on
that thoroughfare. 1t was not, however,
until nearly 3,0J0 people had gone to the
grounds When the game was over the
cars did not begin TO run as is usual, and
there was much indigo-hued phoSphor
escence In the ambient of the Northeast.
1t would be a novelty by way of varia-
tion if the Senators some time would play
game in which their opponents scored
heavily in the first inning. For a long
time the Meaningless have started off by
dealing out minus quantities of runs TO
the enemy in the first inning. Unfortu-
nately the habit generally falls off later
in the game.
About the only exciting incident of the
first inning was Stahl's rhetoric and re-
tirement from the game. DUNCAN singled
for the Senators when they came in to
bat, but there was no one who helped
along the good work
Washington was blanked in the second.
of course Win Mercer went to the slab
in the third innings, and the first
thing that happened to him was d home
run by Collins followed by Frseman's
two-sacker Collins was the cnly one to
score in that inning, however. The Sen
atOrs did not even get a hit until the fifth,
when Sir William Coughlin laced one out,
but without any perceptible change com
ing over the appearance Of the score The
visitors drew blanks themselves in the
fourth and in the fifth, but in the sixth
Ferris got mixed up with a single, and
"Cyi' Young, observing that d single
would score him, contributed the needed
article.
But to get down TO the only bright spot
in the game, from Washington stand
point. That was in the ninth. 1t WAS the
last chance TO retrieve what had all the
rks Of 4 weii-executed shut-ouI
whitewash, or any other condition of af-
fairs which indicates that one team has
runs and the other has not
Bill Clarke, the dependable, did a noble
stunt in the shape of two-sacker. Dun
gan-he of the big mit-found one of
'Cy's" for a hit of half that denomina
tion, and the Washington catcher crossed
the plate, and everyone breathed easier,
FOR tile Senators were saved from a shut
out. Every fan on the bleachers was
standing up, and the hot-air factory was
working overtime. Gear was besOught
to do things TO the sphere, and he did.
IL was a single, and DUNCAN reached the
plate just before the ball did Criger
threw wild to second, which base Gear
reached. Foster walked TO the first cor
ner. and Quinn produced a lull in the
uproar by flying out. ''Cy" Young then
forgot all about the hits and. settling
Coughlin and Grady who, in desperation,
was sent TO bat in place of Clingman.
1t was all over. But there are hoUes Of
better things when the Athletics come on
Monday