The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1901-08-17
VICTORY FOR THE BUREAU.
The Printers Unable to Win From,
the Money Makers.

Once again the hoo-doo that has been
keeping such close tab on Mr. Ashley (he
that sends EN- over the plate for the
Government Printing Office contingent of
ball tossers) followed him into the game
yesterday at the National Ball Park. when
he essayed to dish up the goosers to the
nine Bureauites from Southwest.
Ashley did all that any pitcher. whether
professional or amateur, Gould possibly do
to win his game, but his mates cannot
expect the same to be slid of them, for
had it not been for Several costly errors
at the vital part of the game, there would
be a different tale to write.
The Bureauites felt a bit chesty after
having dragged the doughty Census team
to earth. feat which no other team has
so far accomplished. and they sauntered
out to do things to Ashley's delivery that
would even matters up for the defeat
which they suffered at the hands Of the
typos about a week ago.
The typesetters were the first to WELD
the ash rod and they succeeded in getting
two of their number on the sacks and
when another typo swatted the leather
into the outfield there was one run slated
for them. The money makers had no such
luck in their half of the first nor their
half of any inning until the fifth, when
they were presented with two of the ones
tina. count, by their rivals, and through
the courtesy of their friends they re-
ceived two more in the eighth, making a
total of four, which number of runs was
found to be all that was necessary to
capture the game.
The men with the black Ink stains on
their fingers put their heads together in
the fifth, and after a heated discussion
they decided that they needed another
run to make the affair appear as legiti-
mate contest without any taking. and
acting according to the instructions given
them by the leader of the gang, they got
the needed run and were momentariiy
happy. Momentarily, for their happiness
lasted just long enough for them to take
their positions in the tall grass, when
several of the infielders began to try their
wings and incidentally to see how far from
the initial bag they could throw the
sphere without throwing 1t out of the
grounds. BY this performance the men
with the green ink stains on their digits
got two men across the counting slab.
which tied the score. One, two, three was
the order of things in the next two innings
for both sides, but the men from Four
teenth Street had something up their
sleeves which they were going to spring
on their opponents in the eighth inning
In that fatal inning they got a man
on the initial hassock and were not salts
fed until he had advanced another ninety
feet nearer the rubber. Another of the
greenback makers hynotiZed the twirler
and drew a base on balls, then fellow
certificate maker ripped out one to centre
fielder. and the man who had been occu-
plying the second cushion wended his way
homeward. and was quickly followed by
the fieet-footed hynotist who had been
an occupant of the premier pad This
made four runs for the men from the red
brick building on Fourteenth Stree land set
them two to the good. which lead they
maintained until the close of the game.
The printers came in for their ninth swat
at the horsehide, but were unable 10 do
anything. The score: