The Washington times., 1902-07-22

lis Credit-Padden Makes a Number
oI Brilliant one-Handed Stops.
Much obliged 20 you. Mr. Wallace, 70,
that b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l throw into th'
bleachers IN the eighth inning yester
oay afternoon.
And the editorial lid is dipped to yor
also, Mr.. Sugden. for your extreme kind
ness in butting into the soiree anC
blocking :he ball when it was returned
to the field. No wonder Manager McAlee1
uttered a few choice opinions about you
expertness as butter-in. Anyway. yoi
assisted Shortstop Wallace in handing
US a game that was chock full of inter
est, and we'll never forget your good
ness in the matter.
You permitted us to hunch away from
those Cleve.snd Spiders. and by the tim
the young athletes from the Ohio tow
get through with their forthcoming visi
to the Capital we may find that gam
of yesterday will come in mighty handy
Anyway, the thanks of the entire loca
baseball populace are due to you TIVE
ordinarily unfriondly baliists, from tn,
big Missouri city
Plenty of Fast Plays.
Nobody at the Westinghouse. Louii
game yesterday could complain at no
any number of fast plays executed, ant
the windup came cur way in a manner
to make most of the out and out fan
label the Senators real ITS In the base
bali business-for one day. anyway.
The game was most orderly and vel
conducted affair up to the eighth inning
True, Admiral Bill Clarke had display
ed his Drowess as a swatter by liftini
one of Powelrs curves over the lef
fence, after we were one run to the bad
and this tieing of the score made tn
contest more interesting than ever
Things proceeded very evenly and un
eventually up to the eighth inning, al
though every time Clarke came to tn,
the ball over the fence once more
Clarke was unequal to this Hurculear
task. but along toward the end of tht
game, fortune proved that she was will
the admiral for fair.
Wallace's Awful Throw.
With the tally an even-up affair wher
the eighth stage of the proceedings wa.
inaugurated. ''Bones" Ely provoked bit
OF enthusiasm ty smashing out clea1
base hit.
Then when Clarke stepped up to the
plate he was reminded of his immense
swat of the third inning. Did he then
proceed to lif. the ball over into tbs
lake again? Not bit of it: he con
tented himself with cracking corkinl
hit down to Powell, who stopped II, and
threw to Wallace at second
Jus. at this point is where Wallace
stopped over in his anxiety to make his
third double play of the afternoon.
Instead o. carefully taking aim. as is
his wont. he hurled the ball ten feet
wide OF John Anderson. my son 10, who
was located on the initial cushion. pre-
Iarcd TO receive the throw and retir;
Clarke. TIE sphere landed on the Dis
trict of Columbia few feet in front Of
the railing separating the tleachers
from the field and giving a bound, rolled
over into the CT fowd. Big Anderson was
after it in a iiffy, too. and when Re re-
covered the ball he fred it in the d.
Iection OF the home plate.
Sugden Butts In.
Catcher SugGen, who works on the st
Louis club every once in a while. had
become very much excited. and had has
tened up to the home plate. When tht
ball came rolling up o him he imagined
for the moment that he was in the
game, and picking UP the leather. h
throw it into the middle OF the diamond
evidently thinking that he would rut a.
cud to the blocked ball" business.
But his action was most unfortunate
for the ball was not, blocked-that ft
II was not up to the time he handled
II.
Bill Clarke in the meantime was hurry
i.s around the bags, assisted by many
pairs OF waving Senatorial arms. shrieks
OF encouragement, and howls OF unal-
loyed delight. BY the time Clarke came
putting into the third station, he mo-
mentarily halted. until he perceived
Sugden's butt-!n. and then he came
romping in with the run that won the
game.
Enthusiasm and Excitement.
Perhaps there wasn't lots of anthu-
siasm and excitement prevailing Just
then.
Whew.
1t seemed as If everybody was trying
to outdo his neighbor In the matter OF
making a racket. The cheering con-
tinued for several minutes, the ST. Louis
men the while wondering how 1t all hap
pened. and Manager McAleer saying un-
kind things TO Sugden. and when the
managerial vocal organs became tired
he started 10 talk with his fingers. Blu,
the damage was all done, and even II
the Washington men were una Bile 10 get
another player over the home plate Our
Ing the rest OF the inning the visitors
were not equal TO the task Of tieing the
score when they had their turn at the
hitting in the last inning.
1t was a great finish TO game that