The Washington times., 1902-06-26
Local Captain Got q Double,
Triple, and a Home
Run.
ONE OF THE BEST
GAMES OF THE YEAR
Orth Sent in to Bat in Place of Patten
in the Last Inning, With Two Men
on the Bases, and Hits Safely, Win
ming Amid Great Excitement.

Talk about Garrison finishes and other
comparisons that are supposed to call
to mind exciting wind-ups, the tag end
of the Washington-Bos game yester-
day can give them all pointers.
1t was one of those nerve-racking,
goose-feshy sort of affairs, that makes
one forget that there is such a thing
as q dinner awaiting tho arrival CT the
enthusiastic admirer of the game after
the street cars have doddled their way
into town.
OF course, Washington won, or it
wouldn't have been SO exciting.
That is, more properly speaking, big
Capt. Delehanty won, for it was all on
account of his ability TO knock the ball
all over the lot that we had anything
like a chance for our white alley, and
then at the very last moment, when
Case Patten strolled up to the bat with
something like the air of frightened
fawn at the tremendous task before him
that of knocking out base hit. and
thereby scoring Coughlin-Ders crafti-
ness manifested itself by calling upon
Patten to betake himself to the rear,
and summoning Orth 10 do the deed that
would make the entire aggregation of
local baseballists heroes for the time
being.
orth had been squatting on the cod
Turing the afternoon, clad in a bath
fobe, and when he was ordered to go
in and do something, all of the wise
acres prepared to utter, 81 told you
SOS" without number.
Crowd Was Surprised.
Delehanty was roundly denounced in
advance for taking a chance with orth.
But happily the twirIer was not too
told to send hot one with fancy rib
sons attached TO it TO Parent, who could
aot handle it in time to prevent the
5enator from getting to first and
coughlin across the rubber.
Whew,
Exciting?
Well, fast a triflei
The poIloi manifested its appreciation
II Orth's crack by pounding him on the
anu Dlutl lOi libAAS Vi lllH al
ltomy when he ran in from the initial
lag, after he had convinced himself that
he had actually done something that
rould lift Manager Lotus ballists high
popular esteem Seldom this year
ave the Senators been so well thought
II as after that game yesterday, and
hey deserved all the nice things that
Fere said of them, too.
Boston's Early Lead.
Throughout the contest it was appar-
mt that the locals would have to depend
Ipon phenomenal work TO bag the game.
Boston early took the lead, and from
he manner in which they played it was
quite evident that they were after a
iictory.
They got one run in the very first part
If the event, and four innings later Sc
ured two more tallies through the kind
less of Patten and Wolverton and
olneen's hit The local fellows pegged
long In z quiet sort OF a fashion, hit
ing Dineen every once in a while. and
howing tendency to uncork something
efore the crowd was sent home
Keister first raised the hopes of the
aithful by coping out a crackerjack
iomer that splashed in the middle OF
he adjacent lake, and then Delehanty
ook his hand at the home run business
1d drove the ball high above the
eft-center fence. This was Del's sec
nd hit of the soiree, he having pre-
iously distinguished himself by lam
asting one of Dineeus shoots for two
ases.
Washington increased its record By
mother run IN the eighth inning. and
Incidentally tied the score. when. with
wo men 20 the bad, Wolverton reached
!rst on an error OF Parent, who had
cen putting up Z magnificent Folding
anne. getting seemingly impossible
alls. and otherwise conducting himself
Ike bali player who knew the busi-
iess from the ground up But he was
nable TO do anything with Wo.Verton s
it besides juggle il Just a second too
ong TO get II over to LaChance in
ime 10 catch the local third base
1an. When Delehanty walked up TO
be plate. some wellmeaning individual
the grand stand handed out bunch
advice TO Dineen, 10 the effect that
give Del a pass - first, but the
loston twirler scorned the hint, and
pined that he was able to make MIR.
lei forget the fact that he Is some
hing o. a swatter
The Score Is Tied.
But Del proved good for triple
nd by the time the bali was returned
the diamond. wolverton had crossed
be rubber with the tying tally.
Boston was unable to do anything in
be ninth although, with one man out.
'arent singled, but was caught on q
sst double play when LaChance hit 20
VclYcrton. The bail was fielded with
ghtning rapidity to Coughlin. who re-
lred Parent, and then the Scranton
lddyhuck got the leather over TO hrst
efore LaChance came putting in to the
ret efoffoD