The times., 1901-06-16
How the Clubs stand,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Cleveland. 5: Washington, 3.


Beaten again. and by the despised
Clevelanders, the men who, almost
from the very late of the opening of
the Ban Johnson league, have adorned
the tag-end of the procession! But if
their recent exhibitions as given in
washington are a fair sample of the
article of ball these spider fellows have
been putting up, they had no business
being used as trailers to the other
teams. The Senators would make
mighty fitting successors, for yester-
day, with the advantage of more hits
and less errors, the Manning men could
not land the game, much to the general
disgust of the fifteen hundred or so
fans" who had braved the elements
and trudged out to the American Park
TO see their favorites walloped.
Mr.. Manning, thinking to take a fall
out of Mr.. Hard Luck twisted about
the batting order of the men and sent
Grady in to play first, while Farrell
was succeeded in centre by Mercer.
But this twirl of the wheel failed to
drop the ball in the right pocket, and
the same result that has been recorded
fronted by the Clevelands again turned
up The crank who was not at the
game will be pleased that he remained
at home and thereby saved the price
of car fare, admission, and score card,
when he learns that the Senators were
unable TO get more than three men
across the rubber on a total of twelve
hits while the visitors were pushing
five of their clan across the same loca-
ton, and on eight hits at that
A good illustration of the kind Of
baseball the Washington men provided
occurred in the fifth inning, when, with
Coughlin out, Gear, Mercer, and Dun
gan lined out singles and tenanted all
the bags With a man on each sack
and but one out, the worst knOcker
could figure out nothing less than at
least two taliies for the Senator's. But
Quinn hit weak little one TO Pitcher
Scott, who threw home in plenty Of
time to head off Gear. The bags were
still all occupied, and it looked as if
luck might be yet with US, when big
Foster stalked up to the plate Foster
has the reputation of being a resident
of Hitterville, but he had evidently
strayed from his own freside in this
particular inning, for he allowed the
umpire to call him out on strikes, and
IL return for the favor threw his bat
into pool of mud TO give the crowd the
idea that Mr. HaskeITs eyesight was
deficient. AS a matter Of fact, it was
all right, and the defective vision be
Ionged TO the local fielder. Here, with
three men on bases and only one man
out the Senators were not able to
score, while the visitors had no diff
Guilty in getting men home any time
they seemed so disposed. Again, in the
next inning, the locals got three hits,
but they were productive Of only one
run. and then Grady had TO be literally
pushed home.
If ever the Washington club has
played amateurish bah, it has been
during the games with the men from
Cleveland, and il is up to the Manning
ties to get a move on themselves. Their
present style of play is entirely too
much like the former Washington
teams and the fans in this locality
have been endeavoring to put the hor-
Yible memories CT past seasons behind
them during the last month and a half,
and had partially succeeded until re-
Gently
A Mr. Scott was sent in to do the
laborious box work for Cleveland, and
for some innings he lasted very well
and succeeded in keeping the Washing