The Washington times., 1902-05-10
Unable to Hit Lefty" Cleveland, One
Armed Twirler for the Mechanics
Marine Corps and Treasury Depart
ment on Card for Today's Game.

team had gotten a man as far as the sec
end portmanteau, and only one safe hit
had been secured. After that inning there
was some swatting, error making and
fancy playing that would have put vet
Grams to sleep.
Navy Men in Form.
The men who are working on Uncle
Sans l3-inch guns at the navy yard were
in fine form, and but for the heavy swat
ting of their opponents they would have
kept the score down to one or two runs
as their fielding was almost perfect. ard
they did not get muddled up and throw the
leather all over the field like number of
others who were participating in the con-
test.
There were two kinds of fevers raging
in yesterdays game. The error making
fever and the swatting fever. There were
also two kinds of batters in the contest
those with the fever of striking out when
three men were on the bags, and those
who would saunter up and lace it out for
three sacks when no enc was on the bases
Taken all in all, the game was as good
as the average amateur league game, but
the men from the shops had a shade the
better of the argument throughout
The pitching of Lefty" Cleveland was
marvellous. A number of strike were
credited to him. and only one man got
free transportation to first. A number OF
hits were secured. but IL was due to the
fact that the Commissioners had donned
their swattlng habiliments and were pre-
pared to do business with almost any
other twirler's benders.
Could Not Bunch Hits.
They did Ut succeed. however, in
bunching the hits, nor counting them as
runs. Out of the dozen they managed to
accumulate they were unable to score but
five counters en- the plate. Cleveland had
a number of easy things at the bat. and
Proctor and several otsers were among
those who failed to get even a good look
at his delivery.
Hughes played his usual good game at
second base. and also made good at the
bat Cleveland. the one-armed wonder did
better work at the bat than a number OF
his messmates. He scored a run for his
team by completing the four bag circuit.
and also scored two runs by his safe hit
to left field. On another occasion he
laced the leather down to the second
be felded.
Bremen was in evidence at third kopie
and got a number of difficult assists and
put-0uts. Demar. the ons-distance swat
ter. got his usual hits. and helped to
boost the team along
Powers Makes Good.
The best catch made during the entire
afternoon was the one made by Powers in
left field. In the ninth inning Atchison
Raxed the horsehide on the nose. and
when the populace get line en- the
sphere it was sailing out between center
field and left. with both fielders twenty
yards from the place where it would
strike.
ITS good for three sacks" shouted the
coachers. but Powers did not think so.
He gave chase to the flying sphere. and
after running about thirty yards. caught
the leather in one hand. completing the
clcverest play OF the game. The crowd
checred him to the echo, and he was COM
PEELED to doff his sky piece when he came
in from the field.
The Commissioners were all in each
others way about half the time. Barr.
the veteran pitcher. who ofIiciated on the
slab for he Washington National League
Der for the Big Three team yesterday. He
did coed work in the center Of the dia-
muud. but .he dozen or more errors ac-
cumuIated served to counteract the effect
of all the good work done by him.
Many Changes Made.
There were 4 number of changes made
during the game. Proctor, manager of
the team, tried by every means he knew
how to land a winner. but it was not in
the team First he would plant a man at
left field, and after the player had sue
ceeded in corraling a bunch of errors,
would shift him to center or somewhere
else in order to give him a chance to get
a few mere before the close of the game.
The Commissioners led of with safe
hit but three men struck out in the in
ming and spoiled their chances of disturb
ing the dust around the counting block
during the first inning. The men from
the shops were blanked in the first and
second innings. but got busy In the third
session and scored their first run. Hughes
got his base on an error. and when Dcmar
hit to left field, ESghes romped home.
In the fourth there were doings also.
Six errors by as many men, coupled with
a two-bagger and two singles, served to
give tUe MtCuduleS NV Va thS ohSo s"'.s
count.
In the sixth inning Hughes was lucky
and got his base on an error and was
moored to the pan by Brennen's long htr
Bremen scored while the Commissioners
were throwing the sphere all over the
diamond Demar also scored on hit to
center field. Two more runs we're added
in the eighth inning when BrenAen got
hit and was followed by threc-baggcr
by Demar, More fancy playing on the
part of the men from the District build
ing allowed Demar to score another run.
Commissioners Had Off Day.
The Commissioners were unable to get
run until the fifth inning. Huck found
hit and stole second. He scored on
Owens single, and when Barr got two
sacker Owens made a contribution to the
score column. Fuller's hit and Hardings
long R,nrle gave them another run in the
sixth
In the seventh KiHg served notice upon
the Navy Yard lads that he was due for
his three bagger. They regarded it as
pipe dream, but when he lambasted 1t to
suburban territory he put the laugh on
them.
The eighth inning netted one run,
which made the Commissioners total FIVE
This allowed them to fall six runs short
of their opponents score. The nihth inn
ing yielded nothing, as Powers spoiled