The Washington times., 1902-07-27

Your historian of the turf will tell
you. perhaps. that the greatest horse
race ever ran was the match between
Salvador and Tenny. when the former
gallant thoroughbred beat the mighty
swayback by q short head in the last
jump.
There was Just such a contest at the
American League Baseball Park yester-
day afternoon, only the contestants
were not horses. They were the Wash
ington baseball team and the Chi-agG
White Sex, under the command of the
"big little" captain. Clarke Griffith.
The contest between the two teams
was a good one from the start. It
locked especially coed 10 the 1000 fans
who occupied seats in the grandstand
and tleachers for seven innings, for the
Senators were comfortably in the le1G.
jogging along under gentle restraint.
1t seemed as If the game was already
chalkcd up in the winning column for
the Washington club; but Just when the
fans were figuring out the percentage;
and calling TO mind that the defeat
would send Chicago from the lead down
tc second place, Captain Griffith and his
men walked up. like Tenny did in his
race with Salvador.
A Great Finish.
Then the contest resulted in a finish
that brought the spectators to their
feet and made them forget all about
percentages and cold dinners. Griflth's
men differed from Tenny in his race
with Saltwater in this: They won at the
end by shcrt head, whereas Tenney
didn't
The game was chockful of sensational
plays and mighty swatting of the leath-
ct. Such slugging would do the heart
OF any baseball crank good, and such
work in the field as was accomplished
BIZ the players of both teams has very
rarely been seen on local diamon1
The one great sting was that the local
Club lost. 1t was such a hard game to
lcse. too. II half-dozen little things
hadn't happened that did happen. We
should have won; but. then. they did
happen; SO we lost
IN placing tie Lame for defeat, the
names of Doyle. CouGhlin. Ely, and Drill
loom up vividlf. Drill. it Is true, made
ho error OF commission, hut he failed
just as he did yesterday and erred by
omission. His work emphasized TIE dif-
terence between an old professional and
the college player In his first year in a
big league in very pronounced manner
Drill Makes Mistake.
Had Clarke heen playing behind the
lat yesterday IL is quite likely that the
Senators would have wen. Drills mis-
take was cne that any young player
would be likely to make, but II let In a
run and lost the game, and such mis-
takes are costly. 1t was in the eighth
inning. Green had opened batting
rally tor the White Sox. after Jones had
gene out. and had been brought home
by Davis home run over the fence.
Mertes followed with single, as did
also IsbeiL The former got as far as
third, when Daily went to the bat and
hit ball to Coughlin. and the latter
threw 20 the plate to catch Mertcs, who
had started home. Then resulted Jug
Washington players to catch the Chi
cagoan at the plate. Drill took a hand
and left the home plate uncovered, and
when the Chicagoan started back toward
the plate Coughln was there to receive
the ball. He caught It all right, but
dropped It when Mertes ran into him,
and The run counted for the Chicagos
Had Drill remained where he should
have, at the home plate, II is more than
MnrTag would hava haa
out, and three runs would have been
blocked.
Doyle's Costly Error.
Doyle not only made a costly error in
fielding the ball. which resulted In the
winning run being scored. but he allowed
himself to be caught off third base after
he had made a dandy three -bagger with
only ore man out. There may be some
question whether or not Griffith did net
make 4 balk. but the umpire said he
didn't, and that settled It. although Jack
put up a vigorous kick. Ely's sin was a
bad throw TO first base In the fourth In
ming, which resulted in run.
With all these misplays on the part OF
the Senators. II took ten innings for the
Chicagos TO win the game. and there was
sufficient good work on the part OF the
local players to merit much praise and
acclaims Of appreciation from the crowd.
A Case of Hard Luck.
II was only case of hard luck. real
triple-plated hard luck. tha. lost the
game after all II 1t had not been for an
exceptionally lucky one-handed catch in
the ninth inning the game would have |
been ours anyway.
But Davis. who holds down the short |
field for Chicago. had to get smart in the |
ninth inning and deliberately and mn-
liciously commit grand larceny.
Ryan had Just previously made home |
run, bringing in Lee ahead Of him, and |
making the score within one of being a
tie. Doyle went TO the bat and hit q