Evening star., 1901-09-21
Clubs Standing.


Washington defeated Cleveland yester-
day by the score of to s, and to the head
less work of Manager-Captain La Chance
IN taking Cristall out of the box In the
sixth inning the downfall Of the Buckeyes
can be attributed The youngster from
the New York State League was pitching
mastery ball. and the Senators found II
almost impossible to get the ball into safe
territory He began the sixth inning bad
Iy by letting Farrell walk to first, and two
singles sent him over the plate. Grady
followed with hit that Beck should have
taken care of, but which he fumbled.
Luskey then flied out to Beck and base
on balls to Coughlin forced in run. This
latter gift disconnected Cristall, as 1t
seemed to be a strike out. The score at
that time stood to 4 in favor of CleVe-
land. and the Senator's looked far from
dangerous.
La Chance here came to the front and
ordered Cristal to the bench. McNeal
going to the rubber The order was a sur
prise and caught McNeal cold and not in
shape to pitch good ball Clingman sent
a long fly to right and Clarke scored by
the narrowest of margins on the throw
from Donovan. Catcher Conner and Nc
Neal then got mixed on their signals. and
on Carrick's third strike the ball went
through the catcher's hands like a flash
and Grady scored. Waldron was passed
to first on four bad balls and Jack Farrell
a double. and the bases were cleared.
Seven runs were scored in this inning,
where at the most five should have been
the result. Cristall was seen for the first
time in Washington, and the lad made
favorable impression through his GOODNESS
and fielding ability. The Senator'S well
coined the change from a left to right
handed pitcher. and going to the plate
with confidence. hit the balls for keeps.
Two other new faces were among the
Buckeyes-Donovan in right and Mcclure
at short Both men appeared to be ex-
ceptionally clever fielders, but weak at the
bat.
Carrick was on the rubber for the Sena-
tors. and the cold weather probably af-
fected his delivery, the visitors hitting the
ball hard and timely. Erve Beck, in par
ticular, placed three singles to his credit,
while La Chance and Bradley were close
up with two timely safe hits apiece.
The tielding of both teams was some
what off color, wild throw to third by
Carrick being especially disastrous Lus-
key and Clngman also fell down on easy
chances. Two misplays were marked up
against Cleveland, Connor and Beck being
the offenders. and both errors were costly.
Heavy clouds overhung the city all morn
ing. and at o'clock a short shower cane
up and with cold north wind. These con-
ditions were such that but handful Of the
faithful gathered at the park to witness the
game, but what they lacked In number
was filled in with terrific noise when the
winning runs for Washington came over
the plate.
The Clevelands opened the game in a
business-like way. getting two runs over
the plate in the first inning After Picker
ing had walked to first on balls and been
forced out at second by Donovan Bsck got
his first single into right field La Chance
followed with a single to left and Domov an
scored. Bradley whipped out double to
left and Beck crossed the plate. WashIns-
ton got one of these runs back in the same
inning, Farrell reaching first on a fieIder's
choice, going to third on Dungans single
and home as Clarke flied out to center.
In the third inning the Spiders hung uo
two more runs. Pickering singled 70 left
and stole second. Beck's single over Sec
ond sending him home. Bradley's drive to
Clingman should have been the thirt, out
but the usually reliable Billy fumbled the
ball and Harvey's single scored Beck
In the fifth Cleveland hung up three runs
and the game appeared to be lost to the
Senators. Donovan singled to left and Beck
repeated 10 center. La Chance tried to
sacrifice, but Carrick did better for him
than that by making a wild throw to third.
the ball going down to the left field bleacn-
ers. and two runs crossed the plate E1a.-
ley beat out an infield hit La Chance going
to third and then home on a long fly and
out to Luskey. The Senators got one .,c
these runs back to the same inning LUIS
key walking to first and being pushed to
second on another base on balls Waidron
singled to center and Luskey crossed the
plate.
In the sixth inning Pickering reached sec
ond on Luskey's muff of his long fly, went
to third on DonOvan's out at first and
scored on La Chances single to center
Then followed the Senator's great turn
at the bat. seven runs being scored and
the game won, as neither side scored in