Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-24
American League Teams Standing.
National League Teams Standing.

Manager Lotus and his band of Senators
reached Washington last evening at
o'clock. The club left Fort Wayne. Ind.
the night before and had been on the cars
for almost twenty-four hours. Everybody
was pretty tired. but glad to get back home
The players are in good shape and after
a good rest last night should be able to
play good ball this afternoon. Captain Dele
hanty reached Washington Saturday night,
being called home on account of the serious
Illness of his wife. but an improvement has
been noted in her condition. and he will
probably go into today's game. Many of
the Washington fans visited the Oxford
last night, the stopping place of the Sena-
tors and congratulated them on their good
showing on the trip More games might
have been won. but when the strength of
the western clubs is considered. the conclu-
sion is reached that six victories and nine
defeats is far from being a bad record.
While coming east yesterday afternoon
the Senator'S had narrow escape from a
bad railroad accident. A fast freight train
was passing the east-bound Baltimore and
Ohio express this side of Cumberland. when
a swinging freight car door side-swiped the
first three cars of the express. All the windows
Were broken, and numerous panels were
torn out of the three cars. the door finally
dropping to the road just as the car con-
tanning the team was reached. Everybody
on the train was pretty badly scared, as
the express was running at the rate of a
mile a minute. and the quick application of
the airDrakes made the cars bump and jump
like bTOnChO-
Manager Lotus had very little to say
about the trip when seen last night by The
Evening Star reporter. He said that sew
eral more games should have been won by
the Washingtons. but unforeseen circum-
stances bobbed up and defeats instead of
victories came the Senators way.
In Chicago The grounds were very sOggy
and hits that would have been good for
triples and home runs had To go down as
singles Many balls of this sort were hit
by the Washingtons. while the Chicagos
were laying down little bunts and getting
around the bases as the infielders slid in
the mud. Then Patterson, pitcher VINO
hits the ball about once month, had to
break into one of the games with time
ly bingle which proved enough to win the
contest.
AT St. Louis the start was good enough,
but Powell, another periodical hitter, got
in a home run after two were out and won
his own game. This was the game in which
Townsend held St Louis down to six hits
while the Senators got thirteen. 1t was
certainly a heart-breaking defeat. but the
boys woke up the next day and afterward
took three straight from the Browns in re-
taliation.
In Detroit the Senator's went backward
again after getting a good start and in
Cleveland We had to be content with an
even break. Base ball is having a great
boom over the western circuit. and in ev-
cry city visited by Washington large crowds
turned out.
AS regards outfielder Mcfarland, who has
refused to sign with Washington, Manager
LOTUS said he had offered him the same
salary that received in Chicago but
that the man had an aversion to playing
with an eastern club and would probably
catch on with a western team Nothing
was heard from ShOrtstop Fred Ely and it
will probably be some time before the vet
eran rejoins the team The first two fin
gers of Ely's throwing hand were badly
smashed and later on became stiff and very
sore so that the clasping of ball was an
impossibility. AS to the signing of other
men. Mr.. LOTUS had nothing to say as he
is of the sort who generally gives out in
formation after a deal has been accom-
plished He is undoubtedly after an extra
outfielder. but who it is could not be
learned.
Capt. Delehanty was quite enthusiastic
over the senatorial aggregation. and in
conversation last night with a Star reporter
said that Washington would finish in the
first division to a dead certainty.
Il only wish the boys would hit at home
as they did on the road said the 'Only
DELL land L sure the Washington
people would go wild over their perform
ance. 1 have been with a hard-hitting
team for many years, but the way Ryan,
Wolverton. Keister. Coughlin, Carey and
Clarke have been lining out the ball on
the western trip has been simply wonder
full. The hits were not of the fluke order,
but made with men on the bases. AS to
the reason for not scoring more runs, it
should be understood that We have very
few fast men on the bases, and it was al
most impossibility to steal second on
catchers like Mcfarland. Mcclure and
Earpt
pitchers have not been working up to their
true form. with the exception Of Orth and
Patten. This pair has landed a majority
Of the games for us. but 1 am sure Town
send. Carrick and Lee will shortly strike
their gait.
I'm trying to get up the championship
ladder the Washington fans should not
lose sight of the fact that all our games
IN Philadelphia are practically gifts to the
Athletics. as We have to play all our itch
ers and catchers in the in and out fields.
But We have only six more games with
the Athletics. and base ball is uncertain
enough to lead us to hope that game or
two may come our way
AS a souvenir of the western trip Jack
Townsend and Case Patten brought home
from st. Louis a pair of white mice as pets
The boys carry them around in their pock-
cts, and 1t frequently happened that the
little animals would crawl out and take
a tour of investigation. On one of these
=
Inns clothes. and he didn't make the dis
covery until he had them on his body. Now,
Coughlin hates mouse like a nervous
woman, and the way he carried on when he
discovered the little thing crawling over
his body must have been ludricrous. Town
send declares that Coughlin jumped al
most to the ceiling and tore off his clothes
as though they were on fire, yelling all the
time like Commanche. Finally, in one
of Bll's dervish whirls, the mouse was
thrown on the bed. and strong efforts had
to be adopted to keep the clever short
stop from annihilating the little animal
right there and then.
The story about the rat being put in
Coughlin's glove by kid" Gleason while
in Detroit is true. and the antics of the
Scranton lad when he made the discovery
set the entire crowd of players and specta-
tors laughing heartily. Coughlan is one OF
the nervest players in the professional
ranks, but he cannot overcome his abhor-
renee for snakes and rodents.
The group of players at the Oxford last
night were discussing the showing Of the
Philadelphia National League Club since
Hughey Jennings Joined the outfit. The
placing of Jennings at the head Of the club