The Washington times., 1902-08-17
Ten Innings Required to
Decide the Con-
test.
BATTLE FROM START TO FINISH
Bays Muff of Doyle's Fly
Gives Senator's a Fight
ing Chance.
GOCHNAUER SHUTS OFF RUN
Carrick and Moore Both Pitch Good
Ball, But Cleveland Twirler Has the
Best of It-Ryan Makes Home Run
Over the Fence.

They we're not fighting for the cham
pionship yesterday, the Cleveland and
Washington teams. but they played as
though they were. and Cleveland
won by a head after running in the lead
fer nearly the whole distance. 1t would
really have been too bad for the Sena-
tors to have taken the game from Ar
mour's men. for it belonged to Cleve
land. The Ohio men won it on their
merits. They played better ball than
the local men did, both in the field and
st the bat Indeed. the Senators were
lucky that the blues did not pile up
more runs than they did. The latter
were unfortunate in number of in
stances and runs were cut off which
looked almost sure.
1t was Just the merest luck, how
ever, that Washington did not win, after
all. Had Admiral Bill Clarke possessed
just the least more speed; had he been
able TO negotiate the distance between
the home plate and first base in the
smallest fraction of a second less time.
Coughlin would have come in with the
winning run. and the Senators would
have had another victory chalked up in
their column, and today would have
been only one point behind the Spiders,
who head the second division of teams
In the race for the pennant. But Clarke,
you know is about the slowest runner
that ever travelled the bases. and the
4. L., - h.. hafl Gvrt
Just ahead of him. though he made
great slide for the base Had he reached
the bag in safety, Coughlin would have
tailed the winning run. and the extra
inning would not have been necessary.
Gochnauer Was Accurate.
Then, too. if the Cleveland shortstop,
Gochnauer, had not been quite so quick
TO get hold OF Clarkes hit, which was
q slow one, that bounded over Moore's
head. and had not been so accurate in
lis throwing. the sailor would have
reached first anyway. But he didn't, so
there's an end on it,
Little Bay. who holds down the CEN
ter garden for Armour's men. looked so
crestfallen after he had given the Ser
ators.a chance to tie the score in the
eighth inning, that it would have been
the most uncharitable act imaginable
for the Lotus men to have taken the
game. Bay would not have slept last
night had the locals won the game. for
when he mutfed Doyles high fly In the
eighth inning. allowing two runs to
come in, the little fellow stood still out
in the field. and 1t is pretty safe to
say that ne Wept. AT any rate, h.
looked like 1t. When he returned to
the bench after the inning was over
he received a trapped look from Man
ager Armour that would have narrowed
up the blood of a much sturdier man
than Mr. Bay. "It was pitiful: twas
really pitiful' the way the little fellow
went up 10 the plate after that dis
astrous misplay. His nerve apparent
ly was all gone. and he all but struck
out. However. he bit down hard on his |
tutti frutti. chewed a piece out OF his |
lower lip. and refused to strike out. |
Instead, he hit little weakling ground |
er right in front of the plate and Clarke |
threw him out at first. His fellow-play- |
ers gave him the cold shoulder as he |
walked slowly back TO the bench AMI |
sat down at a respectful distance from |
The Cleveland manager. whose face |
wore "Bill Sykes" frown. Anyone |
with the least milk of human kindness |
in his soul could not have taken the |
game from Cleveland after that There !
happened TO Bay had Cleveland lost the !
game. Manager Armour looked Wild |
eyed enough to eat the little fellow up
right fhe-e on tho field