The Washington times., 1902-05-22
PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT In IT
Home Players Took the
Lead at the Outset,
But Lost 1t
0RTH'S BAD FIFTH INNING
The st. Louis Hitters Make Four Runs
and Hold the Lead Until Keister
Sends in Wolverton With the Win
ming Run in the Tenth Inning.

The finish that Washington made in
the ten-,nning game with St. Louis yes
terday afternoon was exciting enough
to suit the best triple plated fan that
ever passed through turnstile. 1t was
an easy victory when the Senator's final
" got down to cases, but up to the
very minute the third st. Louisan was
put out in the tenth inning there was
the greatest doubt as to whether Mr..
Lotus young men would be able to land
the game.
1t was the first appearance of the
American League baby in the East, and
II one may Judge from single perform
ancc these infants from the Mound City
are rather 1urty babies. With such an
aggregation of hitters as Jesse Burkett.
Heidrick. Maloney. Anderson. and Wal
lace. even the best of twirlers may be
excused from experiencing a sudden at
tack Of timidity when facing them.
The visitors showed that they know
how to play the game, that they APP
preciate all the fine points of the sport.
and work every trick they can. while
in the field they performed perfectly.
Powell tried his hand at fooling the
Washingtonians, and he succeeded ad-
mirably up to the Inauguration Of the
tenth inning, when the score was a tie
and when the single run that would cap
ture the contest would cntitle the maker
to place in the hero column Of local
fandom.
Time and again Gid the hitters of the
Senators face Powell, with anything but
encouraging results. That is. with the
exception of the opening and the sixth
inning.
An Exciting Wind-Up.
In these two innings there was some
thing doing in the Senatorial run get
ting line, but it did seem for a spell
that we would have to accept another
setback in our championship aspira-
tenth, Powell's curves took on an en-
iarged size and instead of being popped
up to the fielders they bounded from the
bats in all directions.
First, Wolverton laced the sphere out
to left for a base. and Delehanty i'm
followed with a corking dou-
BILE to deep center. At the time the
ball was hit Wolverton was occupying
. position Of prominence on second bag,
and was afraid to move, as there was
a good chance that Heidrick out in
center would get under Del's fly. But
the st. Louis fielder was unequal to the
task. and before the ball had been re-
turned to the diamond the big local
captain had squatted himself on second,
and wolverton had halted at third.
There were, at this moment, many
lurid remarks regarding Wolverton's
failure to start sooner, but the third
baseman evidently knew what he was
about. for little Willie Keister whacked
~ Inc iuliu bhil tHhl IoNth SeuN ONei
the plate and away 1t sped. far over the
head OF Mr.. Heidrick. and at the same
time Wolverton ran in with the winning
run, while the crowd expressed Its in
tense pleasure in cheering urduly loud
and long for a Washington assemblage.
Tor such occasions are mighty few and
lar between.
II was smashing finish that the local
fellows INDUCED in and made the regu-
ar attendants pinch themselves TO as
certain IL 1t had really happened.
A Three-Run Lead.
There was crowd OF something like |
1000 in ATTENDANCE first-class out
OF the faithful when the recent |
performances of the Senators are
brought TO mind.
With the exception of the first inning, |
which nette1 the Loftusites trio Of |
'uns. there was not much OF interest |
Until the home men tied the score in the |
I1th inning. That commanding lead of
hree runs was lnconsiderateIy cut
lown by the visitors in the fifth, when
hey experienced a run OF luck in hit
ing. and orths craftiness seemed TO
,e Of but little worth. and the manner
n which his choicest collection OF home
made shoots was lambasted around the
OF was caution, and would have
made any less experienced pitcher wish
imself back on the farm with nothing
0 remind him OF the 1000 baseball en-
husiasts who had paid their money TO
ee him do good work. and who were
aboring under the impression that they
ad been bricktd.
But when that glorious tenth was
yer everybody lost sight OF Orth's I'm
1rtunate fifth inning.
During the fusilladc OF singles. dou-
les, triples, bases on balls, and hits
y pitcher that came the way Of the
Ortiz never forgot that 1t is
be chief duty Of pitcher to keep on