The Washington times., 1901-09-19
How the Clubs stand.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Cincinnati ............. 46 IA $50
Four hundred of the faithful old guard
fans who would no doubt hasten out to
the baseball park in midwinter if they
thought they could see half a contest, sat
aud shivered through the Washington
milwaukee bargain afternoon in baseball
yesterday. They were a disappointed lot
TOO, for almost everybody who endured
the drizzle of the first game confidently
believed the locals would have no trouble
in getting a grip on the Brewers and
holding them down until the end of the
game hove in sight. But the reverse hap
pened. The visitors got the gauge of the
wind and located the distance between
colonel Lees position in the box and the
home plate early in the conflict, and al
most every shot he fired struck visiting
bat
The fusillade kept up until the end of
the fifth, when. after getting a cluInp of
four doubles and a single, which netted
Hughey Duffy's followers five runs. Dale
Gear was called from his typewriter
where he was industriously humping out
notices to the members of the baseball
players association advising them to hold
out for more salaries and denying the
newspaper statements that Buck Ewings
baseball college would turn out enough
graduates in the spring to equip any
league in the business. Playing the type
writer is much more TO Gears fancy now
adays than playing ball, and he is con-
siderably more successful in the former
occupation. but he went into the lost
cause yesterday with large lump of con-
fidence in his ability to wallop the Brew
ers, Notwithstanding the fact that they
had a lead of eight runs. And he would
have done so had his associates been able
to accumulate nine more runs than they
did. Gear did his part of the work en-
tirely satisfactorily, but when 1t was up
to the Senators to do some hitting they
pushed their business sticks around in
q wild endeavor to connect with one of
Pitcher Garvins drops and usually with
out any results. Once in while local
fellow would hit a foul over the fence and
then the spectators would cheer long and
loud, but whether these huzzas were in |
the nature of encouragement to the |
Washington players or merely warming |
up exercise is. of course, unknown. If |
they were intended tc give cheer and COM |
fort and hope to the Meaningless they |
failed of their mission. for no amount of |
encouragement could have made the locals |
get down to real business.
When Winnie Mercer entered the box in
the second game lnt Up went dIounu
that he was in rare form and that the
batting records of the Milwaukee gentle
men would be smashed into smithereens.
Winnie was, in truth, in splendid shape
for working. and ia is equally true that |
none of the Brewers hit him very hard or
at oppcrtune moments, and had it not
been for a stupid play on the part of Col.
Bill Clarke II is extremely doubtful If
the men from the West would have cir
cled the bags at all.
Ir the sixth inning. with one man out
and Anderson on first, Gilbert dropped the
ball in front of the plate and made a
hurry up dash for first. Clarke leisure
ly picked up the sphere. and. taking care
full aim, proceeded to hUrI it at the fee
ing Milwaukee second baseman, instead
of to Grady. The ball bit Gilbert on the
head and bounded over among the bleach
ers. and before it was returned both
Anderson and Gilbert had scored. Wheth-
er Clarke was given the customary cigar
for hitting the head was unknown up to
the hour of going TO press. but several of
his admiring friends are contributing TO
fund to purchase him a secondhand
medal won by a former roller skating
professor. 1t is expected Clarke will keep
the medal as n souvenir of one of the
most brilliantly stupid plays of the sea-
son.
Even with the handicap of Colonel
Clarke's misplay. Mercer was enabled to
win out, and with the exception of Dun
gan, who collected three hits. none of the
Senators did more to capture the game
from hitting point Of view than did
Mercer His two singles were pretty ones,
particularly the first, which scocted along
the foul line and jumped over the third
bag with Conroy a full foot away. There
were no brilliant features displayed dur
Ing the game. II was plain everyday bail.
and rainy day ball at that, and nobody
was sorry when Umpire Hart called the
contest at the conclusion OF the seventh
inning. assigning darkness as the reason.
Jones, Maloney and Gilbert tailed for [
in the initial inning of the first
game, and again, in the fourth, Bone, a
new player from Waterbury, got over the
plate with the fourth run for his side.
But II remained for the fifth inning for
Colonel Lee to be compelled to go way
back and sit down. The Brewers mussed
his curves all up and he threw out the | .
distress signal at the end of the inning,
not however, until after five runs had
been scored on doubles by Anderson, ,
Bone Friel and Hallman. and single by
Gilbert. Washington made two runs in
the third inning, when Clingman singled
and scored on Lees triple. The local
pitcher then got home on an effort 20 put
out Farrell, who failed to hit the third {
strike. which Maloney dropped, giving the /
Senator chance to run to first
In the second game. Grady knocked the
ball over the left fence in the second in !
ming. Mercer tailed in the next on hit !
and Dungan's drive to right field. and in ,
the fourth Grady and Clingman scored on !
the formers hit for one base and the !
shortstop's hi; for a trio of sacks. Wal !
1rons bit in the seventh. Hastings error
n TIalf
enabled the local centre fielder to Increase
the Senator'S record by one run. Milwau-
kee did its run getting in the last two in
nings of the game. Anderson and Gilbert :
scored In the sixth on Clarke's error and
In the seventh Jones made the circuit Of
the bases.
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