The Washington times., 1902-09-28
WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.

gree for the disappointments that have
come so frequently all season long, and
it is quite probable that il the season
were to last another month the faithful
could muster quite showing at the
local games.
Manager Lotus wanted to win If he
could. In the first game he sent In Jack
Townsend to do the twirling. with Drill.
occupying the other end of the battery.
Jack was feeling pretty good and he de-
termined to show the people what he
could do. He pitched a magnificent
game The Athletics were only able to
connect with his twisters for five hits.
while the Senators landed on Quinn for
a total of twelve.
Townsend was not we'll supported by
the local felders. In all they made six
errors, and every one of them figured In
the un-gettins of the visitors. with
perfect support. Jack would have had a
shut-out to his credit. The Athletics,
however. were just as bad, and their
misplays, five in number, helped to
swell the run column of the Senators.
Visitors Score First.
The Quakers were the first to score.
Townsend started on by giving Hartsel
base on balls and Immediately advanced
him to second with a wild pitch. The
runner died at third, however, when he
attempted to reach Keisters corner on
Castro's infeld hit. The latter went to
second on Coughlin's error and to third
on Keister's misplay, whence he scored
on Lave Cross out.
The locals could not get run in the
first, but in the second they scored two.
Carey singled to right; was sacrificed
to second, and scored on Coughlin's hit.
The latter went to second on Drills
out, and home on Townsends single.
One more came their way in the third.
Ryan hit safely. stole second, and tailed
on Carey's two-bagger-
In the fifth the visitors secured an
other run on N. Cross two-base hit and
Keister's error Washington got it back
in their half. when Ryan placed the ball
over the fence for home run.
Looked Very Bad.
Things looked little bad for the
Senator's In the seventh, when the Ath-
letics tailed two runs. tying the score.
They were the result Of misplays by the
local men. L. Cross singled. The next
two men were out. but NJ. Cross hit
safely to center, and the ball got away
from Ryan Keister made an error on
the throw to catch L. Cross, and both
runners scored.
Everybody stood up in the Senator's
half and the locals went ahead again
Townsend was given his base; Lee
knocked a dinky little hit to Quinn,
who threw wildly 10 first. and Town
send made the circuit Of the bases. Lee
going to second. He went. to third on
Ryan's strike-out and Powers muff
thereof, and scored on stanley's hit.
Carey brought Stanley home with a
twobagger. Two more runs in the
eighth resulted from errors By L. Cross,
Powers. and Castro. and Lees single
Second Game.
patten went in to do the pitching for
the Senator'S in the last game. He was
hit much harder than Townsend, but he
proved effective at critical times, and
managed tc squirm out OF several tight
holes.
1t looked very much in the early
stages of the game as if the Athletics
would win. Before the Senators were
able to get a run, the visitors had
piled up FIVE, and everybody conceded
them victory. The Washington batsmen
finally gagged the delivery Of Walker.
After Ryan had got the key he passed
the word around and three runs were
banged out, at least three runs were
tailed, for the visitors assisted ma
terially by their misplays.
With the score standing to In favor
OF their opponents, the Senator'S opened
the luck seventh and forged ahead before
the visitors could get them out
Runs to Spare.
In the sixth Cross gave Lee life by
making bad throw OF his grounder.
Ryan singled to left and both came home
on Keister's daisy three -bagger to CEN
ter. The latter tailed on Careys ny
cut to center.
The three runs in the seventh resulted
from Coughlin's two bagger, Castro's
muff of Clarke's long fly, Patterns sac
rifce. Ryan's two-bagger, Stanley's
single and Powers bad throw. One
more was added in the eighth on Ca
rey's two-bagger. Atzs sacrifice and
Coughlin's out
Both Stanley and Atz showed UP we'll
in the two games. Stanley pulled down
several good flies and Atz handled
everything that came his way with
aeatness and dispatch. He had five
chances in the first game and an equal
number in the last. Stanley musfed a
fly in the first game. but 1t was due to
overcon1dence. AT the bat he made two
hits in each game. The scores fellow: :.