The Washington times., 1901-09-27
How the Clubs Stand.
NATIONAL LEAGUE

1t was with the expectation of seeing
the Senators clip the Detrofts' wings for
the third successive time that the thou
sand more faithful fans trudged out
to see yesterdays game. But, having
been walloped twice by the locals, the
Wolverines were trihe leary of them
and gave them a wide berth until after
the game was called, knowing as they
did that the tricky Senators would get
wise to their plan of defense and queer
the whole thing
The Senators played an errorless game.
and accumulated as many earnings in
the base-hit column as the Tigers. but
We're unable to overcome the lead which
their opponents Lad started off with in
the first inning. Winnie Mercer was on
the rubber for the locals and served up
just the kind of twisters that the Michi-
gan ladies were looking for in order to
fatten their batting averages They be-
gan to swat the sphere into the far out
fields in the initial inning and at its close
they had gotten next to his delivery for
three safeties and counted them as four
runs.
Winnie was not in his old-time form,
for some unacccuntable reason, and was
unable to put enough steam behind his
benders to make them sufficiently elusive
TO fool the Tigers.
Yeager did the Iaborious box work for
the Tigers and although he proved to be
somewhat OF puzzle for the Meaningless
to solve for the first hree innings, and
gave them a lot of trouble during that
time, they finally got the gauge of his
curves and the distance betweeff~the rub
ber and the plate. and touched him up
for eight singles. which, combined with
Barretts costly error, netted them their
three tallies. Yeager was given splendid
support up to the third round, and 1t
looked as II it was case of whitewash
for the locals, but in the third Barrett
made very bad error, which resulted
rather disastrously for his messmates.
His support was rather ragged in two
other innings. but the miscues were not
made at very critical times.
/. The Tigers chariot hove in sight just
as the locals had given them up for lost.
as they did not arrive at the fixed hour.
Their bright red coats were shimmering
in the sun and they presented very
warm and cosy appearance and looked
as If they might put up the game of their
lives. When they came up from the club
house to size up affairs they noticed
Winnie warming up with another Sena-
tor. inorder to get his business arm into
condition to bring HON the fat side of
the purse. they hastily broke the news
to Casey, the Detrats' captain. and he
in turn told Yeager that IT was up to him
to save the team the disgrace of being
defeated In three straight games. Yeager
also began to get in trim, and from the
result of the game it seems that his pre-
paratory stunts aided materially in win
ming
During the performance there were four
double plays made, one by the visitors
and three by the locals, one of which was
made by Grady, unassisted. Grady ac-
complished his feat in the last inning.
when hot liner was waxed to him and
a Tiger ran off the initial hassock, think
ing that his team mate had made safe
hit But Grady was all there and trotted
over to his bag and nailed the Tiger
Despite the double plays. however. the
game was at no time interesting until the
sixth round, when il looked as IL the
Meaningless would even up matters with
the visitors. Notwithstanding the fact
that they succeeded in gathering in sew
eral of Yeager's swiftest ones and wax
ing them into unguarded territory, they
could get but two of their number across
the pan.
The Detroits secured their first four
runs in the initial round. when they
trouched upon Mercer and gave the out
posts a little work to do before they were
finally put out. They got their other
counter In the third. when Gleason hit for
three sacks and scored on Elberfeld's hit
10 right garden. After this they could
not get man passed the second bolster,
for Mercer changed his tactics and be-
;-an to bowl them over in such a fashion
that the Tigers did not know how to meet
thefn and were treated to the one. two,
thsse fare on several following occasions.
The locals first got sight of the forbid
d. u shore in the third, when they had 4
si.s,. # luck Two men were out when
.hpv came to the front. and singled to
c.HIrt field. where the hit was allowed to
continue On its mad rush TO the fence
h. Jarrett, who parades in that terri
fsrV Waldron continued on to station
Na .. and after trying TO slip home he
fiaally concluded to drop anchor there
fof = while at least.
Farrell was the next man up. and he
was fortunate enough TO draw free pass
to the PRIMER ottoman. DUNCAN then
stalked up and Strengthened out an in
Waidron while he hove to at first base.
He could get no further, however. as he
WAS caught at second when slow one
was knocked to second. They got two
in the sixth when two men became oc-
ciipants of the base on errors and Clarke
,yaxed out a two-bagge-, scoring his
mates.
The Chicago aggregation the top-notch-
ers will invade the Capital City today
and endeavor to add three more Victories
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