The Washington times., 1902-06-05
DISTRICT CLERKS DOWN
THE CENSUS OFFICE
Tabulators Defeated by the
Score of 5 to 5.
A Tie in the Third Irning-onc of the
Best Games of the
Season.

With several new players and having
gotten together what he considered
formidable aggregation of balitcssers,
Manager Sybray, of the Census Office
team, tramped out to National ball park
yesterday afternoon with his cohorts at
his heels They We're slated 10 meet
the crack contingent from the District
Commissioners Office.
The Commissioners locked like dark
horses at first. but they managed to
squirm ahead OF the taoulators late in
the game. The score column OF the
big Three team showed that live i'm
pressions Iad been Ilade in IL during the
game, while the figure ) was all that
the stausticiaEs could squeeze out OF
theirs.
Il VAS one of Tie best games p aged
this season. Kenny I4octor vas In the
game, ana played more aid ta.k,u less
yesterday ti.an Lie -.s- IOr It .ons L me.
all o! me Comlui@.lCnrrs cIei rs ttay.d
u gooa game. kTrCrs were cnaihtd W
no" and then, but that is ~nat makes the
game an amateur one, ana ADDS lle 10
the game and evens matters up.
Tie district building men Lad Il couple
OF new payers also. ACriarty, wLo is
said 10 ave been the suakv editor on a
Celtic gazette, eft his saHctum IN ca. &c
OIL e, : boy yesterday and trudged OFT
to the park TO hold down statIou 40.
iDr the Big Three aesre gat-on, and did
II in I most approved sty.e. 1t was tie
first game that he has participated in,
but he Played good game.
Although he did not secure hit every
time re came up TO the plate, he made
drives at the leather that would have pat
TIE village butcher TO shame. Lad ths
Celtic earl made connections with the
horsehide when he swung his shiIlelah
at 1t. the mdgnates of the league would
have been forced to get another assert
ment OF balls, for he would have put
ru:keTs in the covers of every one of
them.
hing put up the best article of ball in
the nela. his hitting Uas not UP to his
average. for he leads the league in hit
ting, bat at that he did the best hitting
on his team. In the second inning, when
Atchison was on second base, Charlie
plunked the pellet 10 the suburban terri
tory and chased himself around to the
third stopping place.
Again III the seventh session, when
Atchison lambasted the leather to the
tall shrubbery. and dropped anchor on
third bolster. Charlie made good with
hit, and moored him to the plate Atch.-
sen scored three OF the runs n Kings
hits, and King scored the other two.
Fulcher. the lad who ye!ls fares.
please" knocked off punching tickets
and transfers, and went out to join the
Census team, which he deserted sever
al weeks ago to grasp the bell rope on
a trolley car. j..
Fulcher struck out six men, and gave
three passes to first base The hits
were punched in two innings, and two
errors were made in the same INNINGS.
This was what lest the game for the
statisticians.
The Census lads took first rap at the
horsehide and managed to get two men
across the finishing line before the gong
sounded the end OF the round. Service
led off with hit and scored on Slye's
bungle. White got home run On al
error by an iniielder
In the fifth inning the Census gang
again got sight of the forbidden shore
Richardson plunked the globule Ii
rectly down to Proctor at first base. hut
Kenny did not catch it, A fielder began
to juggle the sphere and Richardson
scored. This was ali the taoulat0.s
COulu uO.
Atchison got his base on an error by
Slye. and came home OF second nr-or
In the third inning Atchison got nit.
and Kings three gger set Ine scorers
busy again. Fuller picked out a nice
slow one and sent 1t whizzing to the
neld, while King scored. The score was
tied in this inning. and remained so until
the sixth. when Atchison got three
sacker and scored on Kings hit to short.
The ball was hit with terrific force.
and. although White got his hands on It.
he could not hold it. King scored on
COliflower's safe hit.
This was the last scoring done by
either team. Both pitchers settled down
to business and prevented any further
scoring being done.
Today the Engravers will meet the
Marine Corps team.
The score: