The Washington times., 1901-09-12


| charm, and it is worthy of note that this
| trio of unbelievers failed to hit Mercer
| even once, while their trusting companions
| were knocking the innocent little leather
! ball all over the lot and making the
scorers work overtime. It's a ten to one
| shot that Dowd Hemphill, and Creiger
| will be converted to the mascot idea by
half-past four o'clock this afternoon.
Manager Manning is considering the idea
of writing to Pat Grove and getting rock
bottom professional figures for kidnap-
ping coon mascots before the present Sc
ries with Boston is thing of the past
Something certainly must be done with
this latest find of Collins. Colonel Lee
suggests that he be lured into barber
shop and have his wool sheared- If the
Sappho charm is in good working order
this afternoon Manning and his faithful
may as well commence to pray for rain
during the rest OF the week.
ban Johnson's umpire schedule missed
fire Yesterday and at the time for
beginning the game no umpire was on the
grounds. and Mr.. Belts, the local reliable.
was induced to exchange portion OF ms
glad railnent for a Senator's golf jacket
and cap and earned so by making the rul-
ings during the contest. His work was
excellent in every respect, and the close
decisions he was called upon to make
were invariably correct And he hustled
the men in and out on the field, so that
the game was one OF the quickest oil the
season.
There were number of star plays eX-
ecuted. but 1t remained for Col. Bill
Coughlin to pull OFF the most brilliant bit
of work of recent years. 1t happened in
the third inning when Parent hit siz-
zling liner about three feet over the local
third basemans head. Colonel Bill relied
upon the new set of springs he has re-
Gently had put into his shoes, however,
and counting 'one. two, three, gave
leap into the air. He went up almost
high enough to grab the sphere but the
try was not quite good enough for an Or
dinary star play, so the local man had to
be content with giving the ball playful
tap on its right side, after which he un-
tremendously sat down upon the land of
the free and the home of the brave. The
ball soon commenced to notice the con-
ventional laws of gravitation, and while
Coughiin was outstretched on his back
with one foot gyrating in midair it de-
scended within hailing distance, and the
Senator gracefully said ''howdy," and held
on to the orb until the cheering was but
memory. 1t was undoubtedly the
greatest play that has been witnessed on
Washington field for many years.
Every time the third bag guardian came
TO the bat afterward he was given
clamorous welcome and he deserved all
the applause he got.
The truthful historian of the conflict
cannot overlook the masterful work of
I ncie Cy Young-good natured haze and
hearty and clever Cy, who although well
along toward the three score and ten
chalk mark is Still as youthful and inno-
cent in his baseball endeavors as ever
Cyrus may not be a thing of beauty when
clad in the garb of his profession, but he
certainly possesses the knack of lobbiug
a baseball over the rubber in such mys-
FERROUS manner as to fool the other fell
lows And he does it in such an ingenu-
a n itt .,l,.,r
nor anger on the part of the aforesaid
other fellows. Yesterday his business
wing was well oiled up and during the en-
tire soiree he had lots of fun watching
ambast his most select assortment of |
shoots and the like. Uncle Cy may be |
getting on to the sere and yellow period |
and may still take an interest in the re |
ceipt of green goods circulars and teIe- |
grams TO come on to Jersey City and view |
he admirable specimens of the latest |
klnd made direct from stolen Government |
bates; Cyrus may be guilty of numerous |
,ther evidences of bucolic innocence and |
rusting faith in his fellowmen, but the |
act remains that he is the king pin of |
he American League pitching corps and /
lis work yesterday was fully as good as |
anything he has done during the last
orty-seyen seasons he has hcnored the |
ioblc game with his presence. 1t is al |
most an utter impossibility to get one of
'yrus fast balls out of the way of a Bos-
on fielder. and not one Serator was sent
o first on pass Indeed, local fan
inclined has compiled the
work OF Uncle Cy of late and has found
hat he has not given an opposing player
rec transportation during the past eleven
'ames. This is record some of the
,outhful phenoms might well be proud Of
Jncie Cyrus is, naturally.
Stahl and Collins scored in the first in
ling on the formers single and Collins
ouble, assisted by a timely whack by
3ucky Freeman. The next inning was
Productive OF five tallies for the visitors.
hey were secured by Ferris. Young,
)owd, Stahl and Collins on three singles,
hit for two sacks, and Gears error.
Its by Parent and Ferris enabled the
ormer TO score in the eighth and in the
asst inning Collins scored on his two bag
er and Farrell's failure to stop Hemp
Ills hit. Washington was not able to
et man farther than second during the
fternoon. club cannot do much in the
un- getting line when they can do moth
1S better than three hits while the OPP
onents are swatting their man for four
zen.
The individual work is here set forth: