Evening star., 1901-07-19

National League Clubs' Standing.

The senatorial aggregation. now in De-
troit. used their bats very effectively in
yesterdays game. and defeated the Tigers
by the score of to 9. The Detroit lads
had the hollow honor Of making more hits.
but they were scattered. and for the most
part ineffective. while the Washington
boys got theirs in nice clusters in the third
and fourth innings and landed the game.
Wyatt Lee did the twiriing for the Sena-
tors. Tho Detroits got good start off his
delivery in the first three innings and
things looked sdually. but thereafter Mr..
Lee served up his curves and shoots in the
most clever style. with the result that
there was very little doing in the base-hit
line. The other eight Senators were also
seen to good advantage. Billy Clingman
making the only misplay Of the game; but
the veteran short stop made many brill
liant stops and throws that his one mis-
play was forgotten.
Billy Coughlin had nursed his injured
wrist so well the day previous that he was
enabled to get back in the game yester-
day. and. in addition to playing gilt-edged
ball. gave the other players confidence.
Detroits premier twirler, Yeager was on
the rubber for the Wolverines. and he
started out like a three-time winner For
two innings the Senators could do nothing
with their little sticks, but in the third and
fourth they sent the ball whizzing to all
parts Of the field and drove Mr.. Yeager
into retirement. Lefty" High, late of the
Virginia League. then took up the running
and was effective the rest of the game, but
the battle had been won, as Lee held the
Detrots safe all the way. The fielding of
the Wolverines was very loose and was
the prime cause of Yeager's retirement
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After Casey had been retired in the first
Holmes singled into right and went to sec
ond while Barrett was being thrown out
at first. Gleason then hit hot one to
Clingman, and on the latter's wild throw
to first Holmes crossed the plate. In the
second Detroit got two more runs, and the
contest began to look like runaway race
Nance started the trouble with a double
to left. and went to third on Crockett's
single in the same territory. Buelow then
hit long fly to Farrell. and Nance crossed
the plate. A timely double by Yeager
sent Crockett in with the second tally.
1t was time for Washington to wake up,
and at their third turn at the bat they did
so. Quinn sent a grounder to short and
Elberfeld made a disastrous tumble. Billy
Clngman was then passed to first by being
hit with a pitched ball. and when Yeager
made an error on Lees intended sacrifice
Quinn crossed the plate. Yeager lost his
timely singles by Waldron, Farrell and
DUNCAN followed, showing three more runs
over the plate.
The Tigers got one of these back in the
same inning. tying the score. on three rat
tling hits by Gleason. Elberfeld and Nance
In the fourth Washington went to the
front and was never headed thereafter.
Foster began business with clean drive
to center and when Coughln tried to sac
rice him to second Crockett made an error
and both were safe. Quinn then succeeded
in making a sacrifice. moving both runners
up a base. Billy Clingman sent line
single into left and went all the way to
third when Nance let the ball get by him,
Foster and Coughlin scoring. Lee caught
OutshoOt on the end Of his bat, and
when Barrett gathered 1t in out in center
field. Clingman had no trouble in scoring
In the fifth and sixth innings neither
side scored, but in the lucky" seventh the
Senators chased their eighth and last run
over the plate. Waldron sent one of those
tantaiizing short flies into right and on
Dungan's beautiful double crossed the
plate.
Holmes drove out a triple in the same
inning and scored on a fly to Waldron. In
the eighth another tally was placed to their
credit. Nance tore off a triple this time
and scored on an out at first. But it was
their dying effort, neither side scoring in
their last turn at the bat. About 16OO
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