Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-05
League Teams Standing.
National League Teams Standing.


Philadelphia fandom had occasion to Gel
citrate yesterday afternoon. and it cele-
bratCd. The occasion of the joy was the
success of the Athletics, who played at
home in winning two games from Wash
irEtor. In the morning it was a pitchers
battle. in which Mack's men triumphed.
and in the afternoon they slugged their
way to victory after the hero of the hour.
Waddell. had suddenly dropped to the rat
ing of an ordinary twirler by the Senators
banging his curves for five runs in the
opening inning.
1t was late in the second contest when
the Athletics made a savage attack on
Pitcher Patten. and that youth was made
TO wish he a boy again and shooting
off firecrackers down on the farm The
smuggling at that stage, which the
lucky seventh" set the crowd yelling I'M
til the noise would have drowned all the
cannons in the Quaker city. But more
things were to happen after that In the
ninth the enthusiasm exploded like sky
rockets, for Waddell got himself in a tight
corner and pulled himself out of it with
three Senators on the base lines.
The final innings of the afternoon were
just of the kind to suit holiday crowd,
and they celebrated right royalty Having
exhausted their lung power. as soon as the
game was over hundreds and thousands If
men rushed toward the grand stand Some
one on top OF he roof let drop a cushion.
That was the signal
Cushion Battle.
Almost instantly dozens of soft seats
were let fly from the roof. Then those in
the grand stand followed suit while those
in the field grabbed the ammunition thus
dropped hurled at them, and a pitched
battle followed. This kept up for several
minutes. with cushions flying in all direc-
tons Many a man got his hat smashed,
but all took the bombardment good-natur-
Cdly and filed out of the grounds to get a
FIR Sh supply of ammunition in the shape
OF giant crackers, torpedoes and blank
Cartridges.
In both games the spectators made the
park sound Ike a battlefield, at times It
appearing as If every other man was firing
of a pistol In each contest the players
were sJ!uted with discharge OF pistols
I:.m all parts Of the field when they came
T. BAT, and Captain Lave Cross got more
pistols fired off in his honor than were dis
charged in the Spanish war. To prove that
h. was worth the powder. Lave cracked
out seven hits during the day and then
went home 10 set off his own supply of
Fourth Of July noise producers.
Attendance Record Broken.
Both games broke the record for the
park in the point of attendance In the
morning over 5000 people gulped down an
early breakfast to see Mitchell oIItpitcf
Carrick. In the afternoon nearly IL 900 peo-
pie We're on hand For the second time this
$ ason the field was entirely enc;rcIed nv
spectators when the afternoon contest was
opened. while the roof held a number of
the StItct lew. Even then all those who
wanted To he present could not get in and
were forced TO md amusement elsewhere
The afternoon game had no sooner begun
than it looked as if waddeiI was A hero
OF the past The trouble was that ..Rube.'
aad spt Mt an hour before the game having
ms feet famed BY a small boy After his
peCaI extremities got warmed up. however
ne did good work. Then, too "Rube''
couldn't withstand the temptation to shoot
on some fireworks of his own and insisted
on pitching with a badly scorched hand.
w hen ne awoke yesterday morning and
hsaru the noise "Rube'' thought the city
was celebrating his great feats of last
Tuesday. and he turned in to helm sxhanst
the supply of explosives. He escaped with
a burned hand.
Senators Good Start.
Washington opened by hitting "Rube"
Tor single. two doubles and a home run
which. with a base on balls and a home
run netted five runs
The crowd wasn't very joyful after that
unt! the fifth. Then with the score of :
against them. the Athletics fell ONTO PAT,
tons curves. With two our in The tif,b
singles by Hartsei and F'ultz and doubles
py Davis and l. Cross sent three men
nonie- after an intermission of an inning
the Athletics started off again
In the seventh twelve men went n ba,
and eight hits. including double by Wad
NeI' ana TWO bases on balls sent eight men
across the rubber, The lead looked safe
out there was a i'm the ninth Then
Two singles and two bases on balls TO the
senators filed the bases with one RIM in
an" S"O out Clarke meant well. but Futz
Got the ball against the ropes and the great
crowd cut loose with a scene the like of
which this city hasn't seen for over five
years " H'S
In the fifth inning DOYLE and Ka;s,e- 49,,
iided going after Hartsers fly and Keister.s
hip was so badly hurt that Drill had 20
take his pace. The score: