Evening star., 1901-05-20
ATHLETICS WIN A GAME.
Plank Was on the Rubber and PuzxJed
the Locals

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the Locals.
Captain Lajoie and his band of Athletics
from the Quaker city pulled themselves to-
gether Saturday, put up a game on a par
with their reputation and defeated the
Senators quite handily by the score Of II
to 6.
That elongated Gettysburg boy Plank
was on the rubber for the Quakers and
the way he twired the ball, batted and
helded speaks volumes for his future. His
movements on the rubber are rather slow
ana the crowd got after him. counting off
the numbers he delivered each ball
but he kept his head in masterful style
and made the Senators look like the pro-
verbal 30 cents But six hits were made
off his delivery, and but for his bases on
balls getting mixed up with errors Wash
ington's runs would have been very few
his one bad inning was the sixth. Plank
started off by sending Quinn to first on
balls, and after Foster had gone out on a
fly to center Everitt was also given free
pass cross then got mixed up on Ciarke's
drive and the bases were filled. Clingman
drove wicked one over third and a beau
tlful stop by Cross nailed Everitt at his
base, but Quinn reached home.
Two singles and a double by Coughln
Gear and Farrell then followed in quick
succession and three more runs crossed
the plate This was the Senator's dying
effort and they were never dangerous
again
Gear was on the rubber for washington
and, besides fielding his position with poor
judgment, his delivery was hit for keeps.
In the first inning Geier began well with
a single to left and was advanced to sec
ond on FultZ's sacrifice. Hayden then flew
out to center, but Lajoie's single into left
scored the Washington boy, and Larry
crossed the rubber on Seybolds double.
TT good work was continued in the sec
ond four runs being chalked up to the
Athletics credit. Powers doubled to- left
and came home on Murphy's attempted
secrifce, which COughlin made mess Of.
Plank then tried the same tactics, and as
the ball was thrown to third Murphy slid
into the bag safe. Geer then singled to
left scoring Murphy, and the bases were
filled on Gears error of Futz's hit. On
Hayden's out, second to first Plank scored
| and Lajoie's single sent in Geier
Blanks then followed for two innings, but
in the fifth another run was chalked up.
Lajoie was given a free pass to
first and went to second on Sey-
bold's out. Cross then sent his
captain home with a nice drive to
center. In the sixth two more runs were
scored Plank singled to center and Geier
| singled to right, and Evertts error of
| Fultz's hit the first named crossed the
plate. Geier came home a moment later
| on Coughlin's error, muffing Clarke's throw.
In the seventh another run went up. Sey-
| bold was hit by the pitcher and came home
on Cross double to right. In the ninth the
! last tally was placed to the Quakers'
| credit. Seybold singled and after Cross
| had died at first crossed the rubber on
| Powers single to left.
| Captain Lajoie shifted the positions once
more Saturday and the change worked
well, he went to short and FultZ TO sec
| ond while Geier covered center. The team
| appeared to work with confidence and
| made many brilliant plays, the work of
| Seybold in right being especially notice.
| able. he killed two home runs through
| great running catches. The threatening
weather kept the crowd down to about
| 5000 The score: