The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-20
PRINTERS AGAIN DEFEATED
The Census Clerks Add Another
Victory to Their List.
Pitcher Ashley Makes m Excursion
Into the Air. Assisted by Poor Sup
pOrt-BOnd Fails to HIT when the
Eases Are Filled The Score

Santos Dumonts territory was invaded
| yesterday afternoon by ''Silvers'' Ashley.
who was slated to keep the sphere zig
| tagging to the plate in order to fool the
| Census contingent of ball players. In the
| third inning Ashley went up into the air
| like an Eddy kite on breezy afternoon,
and when he returned to mother earth
the Census men had scored five runs. But
he alone is not responsible for the loss of
the game. There is another individual on
the Government Printing Office team who
can share the blame.
That person is one Mr.. Bond. who might
reasonably share the responsibility, for
had he held to a high fly that dropped
right into his paws the men from First
Street would not have scored three of
their runs, and had he hit the spheroid
when three men occupied the bags on two
occasions the printers would have won
easily with hands down. With all the
bags full this exponent of the Govern
ment typesetters' team came up to the
plate and famed out without having hit
much as foul.
Ashley had the population takers guess
ing for the first two rounds, but in the
third the manipulators of the tabulating
machines took to his delivery with the
earnestness with which the proverbiai
tramp takes to pie and matted milk. When
the smoke cleared away in that fatal
round they had secured eight bingles and
made them count as five runs, much to
the disappointment of the typos.
1t was decided by tossing coin that
the printers should try their luck at the
bat first and they got one man around
the four-bag circuit with comparative
ease 1t looked like they would have
waik-over. and they went smiling into
the field, and the grins grew broader as
they came in again, without having al
lowed their opponents to get as far as u e
third pad. In the second inning, when
they were in the field, the smiles began
to fade from their countenances as they
saw a man CARRIED in a census uniform
frsk across the rubber. tying the sco:e.
In the third, when the ascension took
place, and the Census men scored five
runs, those smiles were frozen on the
faces of all of the men wearing the grey
suits Both teams wer harshly treated
in the fourth inning, neither getting a
man on the third sack. But in the fifth
there was something doing for the print
ers in the scoring line. With two men OUT
Ashley went to the plate and Strengthened
out one of Fuichers out curves, and
cd by Moriarity, who, II is said. was at
one time, the snake editor of an Irish
journal. but be this it may, when he
stalked up to the slab with bat on shold-
er, everyone felt queer, as If some thing
unusual was about to happen. Present
~ as the globule hoated over the rubber,
there was a smacking sound resembling
the kick of healthy mule against a
barn door, and the leather was seen to
soar over the heads of all the infielders,
and continue on its journey until run
down by one of the men OH the outposts.
Moriarity was now planted on first and
Ashley was camped second
They both moved ninety feet nearer the
counting block on a passed ball and on
home. but Moriarity was not
so slow. He had already ambled to third
when Ashley started of. and he also
started homeward; The, catcher finally
it to the pitcher, who was then guarding
the rubber. The runner saw that the
race was &. hot one. so he threw himself
lengthwisc across the plate in order to
dodge the worthy with the ball. In SO
doing he sprained his foot, and 1t was
all he could do to make his way to the
players bench. After a short rest he
took his stand at third corner again and
played like a veteran.
The typos now had three runs while
their opponents counted SIX, but try SIS
they might. the printers could not score
in the sixth, although they got a man
within hailing distance of the slab. The
First Street men could not locate the
leather again until the eighth, when they
added two more to their total In the sew
enth inning the North Capitol Street men |
had succeeded in getting three of the men |
on the cushions and then sent Mr.. Bond |
to the bat to see what he could do to |
the horsehde in the line of loosening the |
cover on it Bond distinguished himself |
at once. for as the first ball came in. one |
about six feet from the slab, he made |
vicious swipe at it and missed it. He was |
cheered loudly for this and proceeded to |
make two more vain attempts He had |
struck out for the fourth time, and twice |
with three men on the pads. The printers !
took their eighth swipe at the leather. but |
could not complete the circuit
To the strains of Good morning, Car |
RE" the Census aggregation marched |
from the field with the printers scalps |
dangling from their belts and wearing a |
broad expansive grin on their faces. The |
score: