The Washington times., 1902-08-23

The White Sox put up a whirlwind
finish yesterday afternoon in their final
game OF the season on the Washington
grounds and pulled victory out of de-
feat. Up to the eighth inning it was
apparently the Senator'S game Indeed
nearly everybody had ALREADY counted
up another victory; but the Chicago
gentlemen thought of the race for the
pennant, and determined to do some
thing. BY hard, aggressive. keep-at it
playing they managed to make nine
runs in the last two innings and win
out
The game demonstrated several
things. The most important, probably
to majority of the spectators, was
the fact that Manager Captain Clarke
Griffith is an exasperatingly slow artist
in the pitchers box. Griffith, by his
dilatory tactics, delayed the game be =
yond all reason and kept the $500 peo-
pie who were present nearly an hour
beyond a reasonable time. Complaints
were heard all over the stand, and the
umpire was roundly censured for al
lowing Griffith TO continue his senseless
whining and kicking. Indeed, Car
ruthe-s seemed to be afraid to say any
thing to the captain of the White Sox,
and listened without a murmur to what
ever he chose to say. It is such sense
less delay as that caused by the Chi
cago pitcher yesterday that causes
many persons TO remain away from the
games. and it ought to be cut out.
They Never Say Die.
Another thing that was made ap-
parent in yesterdays game was that the
Chicago team has great deal OF the
neYer-say-die quality about its make
up, virtue that it would be well for
the Senators To emulate. 1t IS safe to
say that nearly every man and woman
present yesterday afternoon believed
that Washington had "cinch" on the
game. Most clubs. too, would have been
too much discouraged to take any in
terest in the contest. Not so with tn
White Sox. however. They needed tn.
game in their business. and were de-
termined TO have it if it were possible
TO get. Griffith and his colleagues saw
that something drastic must be done if
The manager-captain was to make good
bis prophecy Of taking two games from
Washington. and so they started in 20
90 il. They did it, very eIfecJually,
too.
However, the ChiCagos may thank one
Jack Townsend, and another Billy KeIs-
ter, TO a large extent for their victory.
Townsend pitched splendid ball for sew
en- innings; but in the eighth he gave
one of the most remarkable exhibitions
of balloon ascensions ever seen on a
ball field. He went away up into the air
and failed 10 take his parachute with
him. for nobody ever saw him after
ward Four bases on balls was his rec
ord in the two innings. and all OF them
yielded runs. These gifts. together with
the stupid work of the whole lot OF local
players, and Keister's disastrous muff of
a high fly in right, gave the visitors tho
game. Carruthers also had hand in
the pie, and deserves a large-sized roast
cn the part of all good fans
Everything was lovely up 10 the eighth
inning. Then Mcfarland started the
trouble and also ended it. Carruthers
sin consisted of allowing three Chicago
men to score when one OF their players
deliberately stood in the way Of Keis-
ters return from right and prevented
Drill from getting hold of the ball. 1t
bounded on past :he college catcher. and
three runners crossed the plate.