Evening star., 1902-08-20

The final game between the Cleyelands
and Washingtons yesterday afternoon at
the local park was a sleepy affair, although
won by the Senators, 5 to 4. For the third
time it required ten innings to settle the
contest and for the first time this season
the CIevelands lost extra inning game.
Captain Lajeie was particularly desirous
of playing against the Bostons today, and
as he could not go through Pennsylvania
for fear of legal entanglements, he started
yesterday afternoon by the route through
Delaware usually taken by Delehanty, Orth
and. Townsend. His absence, Of course,
weakened the Clevelands, and, then, in addi-
ticn, Manager Armour was so short in pitch
ing talent that he had to send mute by
the name OF Leitner. hailing from Balti-
more. into the box to do the twirling. This
youngster lacks the speed to make sue
cessful pitcher and his delivery looked so
easy that he came near winning through
over-cOnfdence of the Senator'S. Almost
every inning found the Washinstons pop
ping up flies or giving easy chances until
II was found necessary to play real bah to
win. Several buntS turned the trick IN the
eighth inning, after the Blues had got busy
with the curves of Mr.. Patten, and then,
IN the tenth, the winning run was scored by
Delehanty.
Patten pitched good ball for the Senators,
although the misplays of keister and Clarke
test should have been won in canter, as
the CIevelands had made up their minds be
fore the game started that a defeat was due
them, but it seemed almost impossible for
the Senators to pull themselves together for
effective work
Almost all the chances offered were easy,
although Lee Doyle and Keister made clev-
er plays for the Senators. while Bradley and
Gochnaur worked in their usual brilliant
style for the Blues.
Neither side scored in the first inning but
the Clevelands secured the first run of the
game in the second inning After two were
out Bernis hit a high fly into Ryan's terri
tory, which the latter lost in the sun and
three-baSe hit resulted. Leitner followed
with grOunder toward first. Doyle getting
the ball, but as Patten failed to cover, a
safe hit had to be registered, Bemis scor-
ing.
In the third inning the Senators woke up
long enough to secure lonesome tally and
tie the score. Patten the first man up,
sneaked a safe one into center and was
sacrificed to second by Ryan. Doyle hit a
hot one into Bradley's nit and Patten was
touched out on the line. Delehanty singled
into center and Doyle raced to third. Keis-
ter also hit safely over second and Doyle
scored. Coughlin ended up the squirt with
an out at first.
For the next four innings neither side
could get runner around the bases, but
in the eighth the Clevelands got after Pat
ten and hit the ball for keeps. scoring three
runs. After Ely had thrown Thoney out at
| first Hickman got a safe one over second.
| Flick placed a nice one in right and Nc
| Carthys drive in the same territory scored
| Hickman and sent Flick to third. The
! bluff steal of second by Mccarthy followed
| and on the throw down Flick scored.
| Clarke's throw to Ketster was poor, but
| the little fellow snatched the ball from the
ground and made beautiful throw home.
! The ball struck Clarke's big NIT and bound
| ed out. Mccarthy keeping on to third on
| the misplay Clarke then Immediately al
| lowed one Of Patterns low ones to get away
| from him and Mccarthy raced home.
This lead of three runs woke the Senators
up to proper realization of their peril of
defeat and everybody started after the
CIevelands with energy. Ryan and Doyle
| both laid down pretty bunts. but the best
| Delehanty and Keister could do were flies
| to the outfield. Coughlin proved the right
! man in the proper place, as his safe rap
| TO left scored Ryan and brought up Wyatt
| Lee The latter tore off a nice single over
| second and Doyle and Coughlin crossed the
| plate with the tieing runs Ely closed the
! inning with fly to Mccarthy
| Southpaw Hess relieved Leitner in the
| eighth inning, and, although he did well
| for a minute or two. his curves We're solved
! by Delehanty and Coughlin in the tenth.
! Neither side had scored In the ninth, and
| the Clevelands went out in quick order in
| the tenth.
| Del was the first man up, and he hit
| the ball to the left-ield fence for two
/ bases, the ball almost going over for a
| home run. Keister flied out to Flick, and
Coughlin hit into right for what would have
! been double. but as a single scored Del
| and won the game that was all the Scran-
| ton boy got credit for.
| About all the point praiseworthy to the
game was that Washington won, but 1t
| would have been a terrible thrown-down
| way.
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