The Washington times., 1902-05-23
Pitcher Lee an Easy Mark
for the Visiting
BatSnnen.
SENATORS POWERLESS TO RESIST
The Locals Could Not Do
Anything With Reidy's
Slow Curves.
DELEHANTY THE EXCEPTION
st. Louis Men Have Luck With Them
From the Very Start-They Make a
Great Squirt in the Last Inning and
Get Six Runs.

No, dear reader, the report that the
Washington Baseball Club is to give VI
its American League franchise and en-
ter the Connecticut Avenue Ping-Pine
Association is eanard. no DOUBT, start
ed by some enemy of the local ball
players, after witnessing their efforts
to play the national game with St. Louis
yesterday afternoon.
The game OF ping-pong is a bit toe
difficult for the professional baseball
lists who play very much like amateurs
every other day or so. They may give
up the great game Of baseball in favor
OF pinochle, but ping-pong. never. The
chances are they would make Just as
unsuccessful ping pongers as baseball
lists.
While this denial lacks the official
seal of Manager Lotus, yet it comes
from an authoritative source and is not
to be doubted.
Certainly, Washington did not play
baseball yesterday with st. Louis. The
gentlemen from the Missouri town gave
a good exhibition of the game. but the
local fellows were trying some new
tangled thing very much removed from
ball. And besides. all the team was
not working the same sort of a game.
During the early part Of the game-the
first inning, to be more exact-Pitcher
Col. Wyatt Lee was ballooning. Some
OF his attempts would have caused the
green-eyed monster to hunt up Mr.. San
tos Dumont. and Mr.. "Bill" Coughlip. the
gentlemanly and genial guardian of the
second base. was roller skating for the
greater part Of the afternoon.
Coughlin's Skating Feats.
No prettier sight can be imagined
than to see Mr.. Coughlin get his lamps
on a hit coming his way, hurriedly ad-
just his rollers, AMI start in mad pur-
suit of the sphere. Sometimes, yester-
day. Colonel Coughlin would succeed in
getting in front Of the ball. and then cut
the grape vine figure, and :.nally squat
on mother earth and throw the ball to
stopping place.
Mr.. Coughlir admits that the pedal
coverings provided by the local baseball
management lack the customary equip
ment Of spikes, and for this reason he
uses a pair OF roller skates In getting
around his business territory.
The baseball department of The Times
ever alert to the requirements OF the
Washington gladiators, will receive con-
tributions and duly acknowledge the
same to a fund to purchase Mr.. Cough
lin a pair of spikes for his ball shoes.
And to Make II the more apparent that
Mr.. Coughlin is in dire need of these
spikes, The Times baseball DEF srtment
will head the list Of contribution with
3 cents. No street car transfers or
punched meal tickets will be accepted
It is thought that Mr.. Coughlin can be
made to forget the possession OF his
roller skates II a 30 cent pair OF spikes
comes his way.
Lee an Easy Mark.
Colonel Lee wasn't much of q success
~ q pitcher, yet for that matter the
entire Washington baseball team, with
the possible exception of Mr.. Delehanty,
the eminent contract hurdler and lassoer
Of recalcitrant catchers. Be 1t said TO
the credit OF Mr.. Del. that he
COPIED out two nice doubles, and that
he did what he could to show his asso-
ciates how to play ball. But Del.
Is not the entire Washington baseball
team, and too much should not be eK-
pected Of him.
The simple fact OF the matter is that
Lee was a great big easy mark. and
while the St Louis batfers were having
lots OF fun with him. his companions
were unable TO do anything with young |
Mr.. Reidy. who relied mainly upon q |
slow ball to deceive the locals.
Lee was responsible for the three runs |
that the American League babies Sc
cured in the first inning. for he was |
credited with an error and after hitting |
Wallace In the back with the ball. |
thereby filling the bases. he repeated |
the performance and forced in run. |
Then, with the bases still filled, he |
pushed UP an easy one and Mccormick |
knocked the life out of II, and by the |
time Manager Lotus. over or the play
ers' bench, quit talking to himself. two |
more ST. Louis men had crossed the
plate. Colonel Lee has never before
given quite as picturesque demonstra
ZION Of how the great game of baseball
should not be played az in this inh.hg.
Disastrous Ninth Inning.
He quickly settled down to hard work.
Ind up TO the last inning ST. Louis
ound IL difficult matter TO get a man
fross the rubber. But when the ninth
Irrived the Browns proceeded TO clinch
heir game In the most substantial man
Ter. They landed upon Lee seven times.
III singles except oae-a double by Bur-
,ett.
The result was six runs.
II was q terribly depressing inning
or the out and out fans, but many OF
hem stayed heroically ut their posts,
that by some accident the
.oftusites might be able to knock out
en- runs.
Ae n matter of fact they were not