The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-04-25
YIELDS WILLOW VIII EFFECT
Only Senator Able to Solve
Farmer 70 ng's Curves.
-CY WAS IN SPLENDID FORM
Backed Up by Team Mates, Ee Makes
Senators Look Cheap - Beanoaters
Find Leather When II Is Necessary
to Tally Needed Runs.

While Col. Bill Clarke was putting in
his spare time at Annapolis yesterday
afternoon. telling the future admirals Of
the United States Navy how to accomplish
The trick of knocking cut base hits and
perform divers other stunts familiar 10
the baseball expert, his understudy.
stockily built chap named Drill. who pre-
fers the free life of the professional ball
tosser to a hampered existence under the
rules of amateurdom, was doing his level
best to make some three thousand land
lubbers forget that such person rs Col.
Bill Clarke ever drew salary from the
Washington baseball club.
And he succeeded splendidly. too.
This Drill youth. be it known, is the
sole reliance of the head and front of the
local ball aggregation. for his partner in
the possession of the mask and inflated
pad, one Bridget Donohoe, is still en-
joying sick, leave and the task of facing
the Senatorial force OF twirlers devolyes
upon this ambitious young receiver 81
high balls-not the kind that are served
by the gentlemen with the white coats.
Il
and the like.
Yesterday afternoon this Drill daddy
was about the only one of the Lotus
family that could hit old DR.. Young with
any degree OF effieiency. Drill started in
at the very commencement Of the matinee
and slammed Cyrus swiftly propelled
twisters all over the campus. The scorers
recorded brace of neat looking singles
TO the Drill record and then they had to
work a trifle harder the third time he
came to the bat
Drills Home Run.
The estimable DIR. Young. of Beanville.
was doing very well with the other mem
hers of the Washington forces. and he
imagined that simply because Drill was
young and inexperienced in the artful
ways of the league veterans any old
sort of shoot would fool him.
Right here is where Mr.. Young's think
ing apparatus became badly bagged at
,hc knees
He handed Drill ball about waist high.
u vaudeville actor were the historian
of the occasion he would bring into requi-
sition the simile Of the noise made by a
COW in pulling her hoof from the mud.
Anyway, when Drill landed on that
choice Young shoot there was resounc
ing whack and the sphere started on
voyage of discovery in the territory ad
jacent TO Gainesville, the high cliffs that
surround the ball park. and which yester
day afternoon afforded something lii a
thousand poor but highly honest and h--a-
ly enthusiastic fans, who believe not in
paying tribute TO the Washington ex-
chequer, a chance to view the game for
nothing. Everybody commenced to yell in
honor OF the Georgetown lad and Drill
himself imagined for the moment that he
was eligible for the hero class But the
umpire. one Sheridan. was not twenty
miles away on this particular occasion.
and he yelled 'f-o-u-r' and wig-wagged
Drill to return 10 home station.
The next ball that Mr.. Young, CT Bos-
ton, lobbed up in the direction OF Catcher
Drill came in contact with his piece of
wagon tongue and this time the Drill aim
was bit better, for the ball dropped out
side of the advertising fence. and home
ward trotted Ely, who had reached first
earlier in the proceedings on a pass from
Young.
By the time the Senatorial shortstop
had played tag with the home rubber
Drill was but a few feet behind him, and
he was kept mighty busy for the next few
moments acknowledging the plaudi;s CT
the multitude.
Over en- the players bench Manager
LOTUS quietly hummed TO himself 81
Don't Care if You Never Come Back" IS
he regarded with an eye cold and steely
Col. Bill Clarke's visiting card, with Col
pnei Bills latest boarding house address
written ncross the handsomely executed
Spenceria- saBdiwork.
wolverton's Magnificent Stop.
That Drill performance with the stick
~,as easily the star feature OF the after