The Washington times., 1902-07-15
LOCALS given 4 good SCARE
Carrick S Let Down Afford
ed Birds Chance
to Hit.
SHIELDS AN EASY MARK
"Iron Man" McGinnity, Sent In to Stem
Tide, Fails Down-Finish a Good One
to a Quartet of Games-Washington
Fans Well Pleased.

These Baltimore ballists certainly
threw a tremendous scare into the SEN
atorial camp yesterday. much TO the dis
comfture of Manager Tom Lotus. who
had it all arranged to have his hire
lings show off before President Ban
Johnson. of the American League. who
oocup led position of prominence in one
of the boxes. and noted the work OF his
umpires, Messrs. Carruthers and John
stone, with more than ordinary inter
est. as the Baltimore directorate had
written to him to the effect that this duo
of deciders of balls and strikes were
about the worst ever.
And the three thousand and some spec
tators who had gotten ready for dash
for the trolley cars decided that after
all 1t would be better to let dinner at
home get cold rather than forego the
excitement of the finish of the game.
Carrick Let Up.
1t all happened because Carrick let
up in his work and allowed Bresnahan
to slam the ball over the fence when
the visitors were two runs behind and
two men wore out. Then, to make mat
ters decidedly more interesting, Ryan
let Howell's nit get through his legs
and pass on to the center field fence,
while the Oriole legged 1t around the
circuit of bases, tieing the score.
My, but how the few admirers of the
.ha ods
whoop it up for their side, while the To-
cal fans looked solemn and wondered
IT, after all, we would be able to pull
out with a victory.
Things had been gcing our way most
of the afternoon. Pitcher Shields was
an easy mark for the locals, and the
runs had arrived in Jumps, two differ
ent innings seeing a quartet of tallies
come our way. Carey was the first
man to try his hand at doing thing; for
his home and country in the last inning.
when We needed one run to win. He
knocked the ball into safe territory.
Then Joe Kelley orined that 1t would be
deal better to try another pitcher, and
called Iron Man" McGlnnity into the
contest
The crack Oriole twirler threw his arm
around his head once or twice and then
let fly an underhand shoot. Ely poked
his bat in front of the ball and 1t popped
toward the Iron Man, who couldn't stoop
low enough to stop it and by the time
Third Baseman Ohler had the ball in his
possession, Ely was safe On first, and
Carey was as ffr toward home as second.
Clarke to the Rescue.
A wild pitch enabled Carey TO advance
a bag. Then Admir- Bill Clarke took his
turn al the hittir business. Some friend
in the grandstand importuned the ad-
miral to knock the stufIlng out of the
ball" and Bill responded most nobly.
He gave a vicious swing at the sphere
and sent it sailing over the left fence.
The moment Left Fielder selbach saw
the size of the hit, he Immediately gave
up the fight and started on a run for the
visitors bench, and Carey trotted In with
the winning run, while Clarke received
the congratulations of the crowd on his
splendid achievement and was told 1t
was a shame that the hit could not be
recorded as home run. and that the
official score must show that the game
was won by a single instead of the four
Dagger that the hit actually was.
1t was a bully sort of windup to the
quartet OF games with Baltimore, and did
much TO wipe out the memories of the |
three games dropped at the Monumental
City last week. Everybody left the |
grounds commenting on the fact that the |
Senators are some pumpkins in the base !
ball world. after all, and expressing the I
hope that Detroit can be trimmed in the l
same manner.
Poker Bill" Carrick looked after the |
twirling for the local crowd William /
was seen at a great disadvantage. as |
he left all of his steam at home, and /
about the best he could do was to lob |
the balls up TO the home plate relying |
on his fielders TO get under the hits.
Had an OFF Day.
Mr.. Carrick has pitched some rattling
good pail since he hurdled his New York /
engagement, but yesterday he displayed /
about as much animation as one of the |
aborigines who passes his time in front |
OF a tobacco shop with a box of phony |
cigars in his outstretched hand. William |
may point with prlde TO the iact that 3
Baltimore secured only eleven hits from
him while our side copped out eighteen,
but those eleven hits netted nine runs
just the same. and the game was won
only by the closest sort Of margin.
Shields was never a puZzler for the
locals. They pounded him at will, and
yet with the grand total OF eighteen
hits we were only able TO collar onc
run more than did the Kclleyites.
The victory. strictly speaking. was
nothing much to brag about, yet it was
chock full OF excitement at the tag end
and sent the crowd away in fine spirits.
Great game, wasn't it?" queried one
fat moist gentleman who was getting
into the city hanging on the rail OF a
trolley, TO a neighbor who was wedged
In between five other out-and- fans.
"Best ever" chorused the entire