The Washington times., 1902-07-16


That Detroit Washington yam. yes
terday afternoon was orc Of those affairs
that keep :he audience within the inclo-
sure until the ve-" last yisi-or has been
retired. .or Townsend was liable al any
time to naLe az ascension, or one ui
those lirelr ycung mcn from the Michi-
gan metropolis was apt 20 give the BAH
crack cv,r the fence arG tic the score.
Detroit cnIy needed one run TO come
Up 10 au- ruc record g. the commence
ment Of ;ho ninth inning. and when
Jecnis Mcclure, once a Washington
standby. smashed one of Townsends
curves up against the left field fence,
within = foot Of the top. the timid ones
announced that they perceived the finish
OF the Lcfusites.
Joems said he was too weak in the
knees to complete the circuit. so Catcher
Bueiow was called into the game. to run
from second in place OF Mcclure. If the
old man OF the mask had remained in
the function the tale might be different
this morning. d.
Buelow had scarcely touched the sec
ond bag before MulIin drove a fierce one
to Ely. Instead OF getting back to the
base or drawing the throw over to first,
Buelow made a dash for third.
Lost Chance for Tie.
It was mighty foolish play, inasmuch
as Ely had plenty OF time to hustle
the ball over to Coughlin, who tagged
The Detroit man. cutting off all chances
OF the Tigers tieing the score. Barrett
next hit TO Boyle, VINO retired Mullin at
second. and Casey's mighty effort to
send the sphere scooting over the fence
fell down, and the best he could do was
10 pop up a weak little fly that Carey
took care OF.
And thus did the visitors lose their
chance to sprag the Senatorial rush COR
first division hoRors
The game was not a particularly bril-
liant one. Outside of a couple of de-
cidedly hard catches by Ryan in center
there We're not many spectacular plays
uncorked. Coughlin at third did some
good work. but neither side had an op-
portunity TO make plays that are read
lily recalled after the dinner hour.
Townsend Was Wild.
Townsend was in the box for the To-
Gals, and while he held the Detroiters
down to seven hits, he was very reck-
less in his distribution of passes. He
yelled upon speed for the greater part
OF tho game, but every once in while
he tried 4 slow ball. which invariably
went wide Of the plate and was largely
responsible for the trio OF bases on
talls corralled by the Wolverines The
young gentleman from Chester chewed
lis spruce gum and got as red in the
;ace as boiled lobster. but his bust
ress arm wou.i not respond when call
Ell upon to toss up slow ones.
Townsend was opposed by Mr. Null
len. a graduate OF the Three I
League, and who was recently pulled
from train to satisfy some legal
claims of the owners OF the team with
which he previously worked.
Mullen stood the ordeal of facing such
g crowd of hitters as the locals in first
class shape He never wayered for an
instant when Captain Delehanty had his
war club in hand, and Lee was the only
Senator who secured more than one hit.
Lees Home Run.
One of Lees cracks was OF the beaut
variety. 1t came in the sixth inning,
just after Elberfeld had juggled Cough
Inns hit. The ball was given savage
poke that sent It spinning In the direc-
ton of left field. Dick" Harley got
himself all planted to pull it down from
the fence. but the leather just SKINNED
over the top oi the boards, with about
an inch TO spare. 1t WIS most oppor- /
tune hit. for without it the visitors |
would have walked eff with a victory. /
fdmiral Bill Clarke was on sea duty, |
although he was detailed for battery
honors with Mr.. Townsend, but at the /
last moment when Clarke failed to put /
81 en- appearance Lew Drill was sent In
TO stand tho brunt OF Townsend's shoots +.
and they do say that this youth can do .
more damage to the hands OF a hard /
working catcher :han the rest OF the
local .wirlsrs nut together.
Drill gave "A good account of himself /
and after he got the hang OF the throw I
10 second, nabbeG several Of the Tigers, /
who had an idea that they could sneak /
down to the second precinct without any |
objection from the eX eX-GeorgptgWn laGgy- |