The times., 1901-05-19
How the Clubs stand.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Philadelnhia. u. Maghington. s.

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After winning six consecutive games
rightly handiiy. the Senators sue
cumbed yesterday afternoon before the
Philadelphias The downfall was prin-
cipany due to the excellent pitching of
a young gentleman named Plank, who
halls from an unimportant college at
Gettysburg. Pa. The crowd was very
much inclined to Tidicule the young
varsity southpaw when he first made
his appearance on the slab, but it did
not take long to demonstrate the fact
that the youth was something Of
tWiFler. He chewed gum continuously
with the grace OF sweet girl graduate,
and meanwhile shot all sorts of balls
over the plate in such deceptive man
ner as toe cause large chunks Of worry
to harbor in the vicinity of the Wash
ington players bench. The Plank
pitching movement is deliberate, rhyth-
mical. and nonchalant to an extraor-
binary degree. After going through the
preliminary moves of a song and
dance. and giving the bleachers
chance to count time for him, abe
Quaker pitcher proceeds to hand up an
article Of ball that would fool the best
eagle eye in the business. and as is
known to all who patronize the sport in
this city. the Senators have a good col
lection of this variety of sight. The
heavy hitters Of the local team were
unable to land on the youthful Plank
more than seven times, but in the
meantime the Athletics were doing all
sorts Of stunts with their sticks and
safely lambasted Gears delivery thir
teen times.
The Washington twirler was not
given the best of support and there
were several instances when. had the
home men fielded properly. runs would
have been shut out At times their
play resembled that of the Little Po-
tatoes Hard to Peel playing against
the Excelsior Juniors. back OF the old
red schoolhouse. There was but little
evidence Of team work. and particularly
in the second inning the exhibition was
decidedly sehooIboyish.
Seybold carried of the fielding honors |
when he robbed Clingman Of a sure |
BASE hit in the seventh inning. The |
Washington players clubhouse, and ev- /
eryoue settled back confident in the be |
lief that it was good for at least two |
or three bags; but Seybold had his |
optics glued on the sphere from the /
very moment il was hit. and after /
making a lively sprint Of seventy or |
eighty feet backward. ne planted him
eeTf dfrecff-- rr6or tho faIIfpo balf epd /
grasped il safely and securely in his |
right mitt The spectators could not /
such a brilliant bit OF fielding, |
and as the Philadelphia right fielder |
passed in review in front Of the bleach
ers at the end Of the inning he was |
given a rousing reception, in RESP ponse |
to which he DOTTED his cap just about |
as awkwardly az the average ball |
player does under such trying circum- |
stances.
The visitors played-u a lot of colts; !
they had, no doubt, not yet recovered |
from the joyous effects of the judicial |
decision in their favor which assured |
them of their jobs with the American !
League club, and was a guarantee that |
they would not have TO return to serf- |
dom. The team was shifted around
little, Lajoie evacuating his familiar !
position as second in favor OF Fultz, |
who was brought in from the outfeld. |
Larry stamping around short and
playing it in a remarkably clever man /
ner. too. 1t must be added. The friends
Of Geier, the swift local member Of the
Quakers, were more than delighted with
his fine showing at the bat. out Of
1--WE chances TO hit the ball he accepted
four and led his team in hitting
The first Washington run was scored
In the third inning. when DUNCAN hit
FOR two bases and was enabled TO come |
nome on QUZnn's double. In the sixth
things looked little brighter for the
locals when Quinn. the first man up,