The Washington times., 1901-08-15
How the Clubs stand.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.

MuCn ObnBeu, MT. IluNlus.
1t was very thoughtful to send a storm
out to the ball park yesterday when the
Meaningless had the first game of the
afternoon with Baltimore well in hand
The visitors were just commencing to
size up Pitcher Patten and the fourteen
hundred or so of the faithful who still
cherish the idea that the Senators can
play the game were frightened as to the
probable consequences # the other fellows
kept hammering away at Patten with
such good success as they showed in the
fifth and sixth innings But when the
rain, which had been coming down in a
drizzle ever since the beginning of the
contest, settled down to real business and
the spectators were forced to seek shell
ter, Umpire Haskell called the game, and
with the score in favor of the local men,
at that.
a game won; actually. Any local fan
will be pardoned for exclaiming -'hooroo."
At a conference of the pitchers on the
salary list of the Washington team with
Manager Manning in the morning, it was
determined that Patten was the youth
who would be sent in to do things TO the
batting records of the Orioles. He started
in TO win honors at they very commencement
the most brilliant displays of the pitcher
art that has been seen hereabouts for
some time. And while Mr. Patten was
mon success, the hitters of the Manning
crowd were mussing up the ambition of
Pitcher Nops TO pose as a winning twirier.
They started in to pummel his shoots
and benders right away, and kept at the
task so faithfully that he was compelled
to give way to Mr.. Harms, who was as
wild as they turn them ont. One of the
achievements of Pitcher Harms was to
fill the bases with complimentary trans
portation in the fifth inning. This pro-
ceeding wasn't so bad, because IT was ac-
coniplished by visitor, but if Patten had
been guilty of the crime he would have
come in for all sorts of criticism.
The Neutrality-suspicious. made three runs in
the initial inning by Farrell walking to
first, Nops misplay on Gears hit. a
crack for one bag. Although Waldron and
Clingman drew singles in the second,
there was nothing doing in the line of
run-getting. but in the succeeding round
the air was filled with hits, runs and the
like. The entertainment was opened by
Clarke, who landed a hit that permitted
him TO tarry at first. DUNCAN waited I'M
til four balls had sailed by the plate,
when he walked to the first station. Jor-
dan made a reputation by finding the bali
for a couple of bags and Clarke and Dun
gan scored. Coughlin saw Jordans dou-
BILE and went him one better and gave
the young man from Hoboken a chance
10 be credited with run. An error of
Second Baseman Williams let Coughlin
cross the rubber. Jordan was presented
with pass in the fifth. the first of a trio
of bases on balls handed out by Pitcher
Harms and came home on the play on
Clingman. who was unfortunate enough
to send his hit in the direction of Keis-
ter allowing the Bird TO inaugurate
double play.
Williams scored for the visitors in the
fourth on double, Keister's out at first.
and Brodies sacrifice. Bresnahan. Nc
Graw, and Seymour tailed in the fifth
on three singles. a base on balls given to
McGraw and Harms, and an error of
Coughlin. The cranks had a scare of the
goose-feshy sort in the sixth inning, when