Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-17
american League Teams Standing.
National League Teams Standing.
From the Philadelphia Press.

welcome Home-Champions.'
On the grassy outfield at Columbia Park,
Philadelphia, this greeting to the Athletics
was calsomined yesterday. To make the
expression Of good will seem more like a
reality than a prediction, Mack's men pro-
ceeded to win the first game Of the series
with Washington.
1t took hard work to do 1t, and six Of the
players had to exhibit their best line Of
goods before the score was pulled up to and
then past that rolled up by the Senator's
Wilson, by his pitching; M. Powers, by his
throwing; M. Cross, by his great fielding
especially when he figured in three put outs
at the plate and three more at second, and
Seybold. Hartsel and Murphy by their bat
ting. saved the day when the GOES specta-
tors had been scared into silence by Wash
ingtons big lead.
These men were the most prominent fac
tors in putting runs together for the leaders
and keeping others away from Washington
and 1t took every ounce of the combined
effort of this sextet to put few more
stitches into the pennant. Had one of the
throws or hits been missing it would have
been case of weep for one afternoon.
Washington made good start by pound
ing Hastings, but little Wilson was a life
saver. He went in in the second and was
greeted with a shower of base hits for four
llHlHSS- fortunately, THANKS to Monte
Cross and Powers who threw the ball with
speed and accuracy of a rifle, only one run
ner squeezed his way to the rubber and in
these four innings Monte threw three of the
visitors out at the plate. while Powers re-
ciprocated by twice getting the ball to
Monte in time to retire Lee, who was on
base-stealing expeditions. After the fifth
the Senators never made hit, and only
two men got to first base, each receiving
four balls. but none made any Roadway.
Ryan was the villain of Washngton's
performance Jimmy was all right where
physical endeavor was necessary. but his
mental bulls would have disgraced a juve-
nile ball tosser. His failure to run to third
on long fly by Keister cost Washington
a run and his inexcuSable wild throw in the
sixth gave the Athletics one or two tallies
Washington fell on Hastings at-the start.
Doyle singled and took third on Ryans
drive to right. the latter being thrown out
trying to reach second. Keister's single
scored Doyle. Coughlin and Carey each
followed with a single, and when the ball
was returned on the latter's drive, Hust-
ings threw over Davis head, Keister and
Coughlin scoring and Carey reaching third
Lee famed Ely's single scored Carey
but the former was forced out at second on
Drills grounder to l.. Cross.
Washington got another run in the Sec
ond and two men were retired at the plate
Wilson took Hastings place and started
off with four balls each to Patten and
Doyle and Ryan moved up the runners
win SACRIFICE On helSterS gr0under
Patten was thrown out at the plate by NJ.
Cross. Coughlin's single scored Doyle, but
when the former started for second NJ
Cross headed Keister off at the plate.
Then the Athletics got to work and l..
Cross single. Seybold's double and MUIR
phys single scored two runs.
The Senators wasted six hits in the next
three innings. one man being retired at the
plate and two while trying to steal second
Mack's men tied things up in the fifth,
through M Cross being hit Powers sin
gle, Wilson's sacrifice, HartsePs triple and
Davis out. They got two more in the
sixth Seybold and Murphy each singled
and moved up base on Ryan's inexcusable
wild throw. Powers drive to Ryan scored
Seybold and Wilson's single sent Murphy
home.
There wasn't much doing after that, ex-
cept in the put-out line The score: