The Washington times., 1902-08-20
Ten Innings Again Re-
quired to Decide
the Contest.
II LOOKED EASY FOR The LO,ALS
But They Did Not Decide
10 Win Urtll the
EIGHTH
ARMOUR Tries AMATEURS
Two Youngsters Go Into the Box for
Cleveland and Prove HARD Euts 70.
Senators 70 Crack Deiehanty Scores
Winning Run in the Tenth
IT LOOKED EASY FOR The 10, AIS
ARMOUR Tries AMATEURS

Winning Run in the Tenth
1t is getting 10 be tae fashion for
Washington to play eXtra-inning games.
Yesterdays contest with Clecvland. the
last Of the series was the fourth es1ne
that mas gene beyond the usual nine in
ninss. and marked the third ten-inning
, game with the Ohio men. In winning
the game the Senators broke a record
for Cleveland. it being the FIRST extra
inning game that the Blues have lost
this season.
Before going out to the park yester-
day afternoon. Manager Armour re-
marked trar he had little f-pe Of win
ming. for h. had no one to pat in the
pitchers box but an amateur, and Larry
Lajoie was compelled TO be absent from
the second bag in order that he might
reach Boston in time to take part in TO-
DAYS games there. -Laja'e still has an
aversion to the sell of Pennsylvania, and
in order to reach the City CT Culture he
had to take a roundabout way, which
necessitated his departure from Wash
ington ahead OF his team mates.
With this handicap, il did seem as If
the Senators would have an easy thing
CT it. but for long time it looked as if
they were going TO refuse the proffered
courtesy. The Blues offered them the
game on a platter, but for seven innings
the Senators bowed low and went
through an "Alphonse and CASTOR act
on the diamond Something serious
+. seems to be the matter with the Sena-
tors batting eyes. Before the game be-
gan yesterday hey told each other what
fun they wcro going to have with the
amateur that Armour was going to put
in and Jack Doyle Suasted that he would
make record of five hits. He had it
/. ali figured cut how he was going to lam
: bast the bail all over the lot, and then,
3 ne said, when Chicago comes here
: shall repeat the feat and viii take my
{ place among the 800 hi;ters." Just look
at the score. and you viii see what Doyle
did TO :he bail.
Hits Were Scattered.
It is true that the Senator's have
total OF thirteen hits credited TO them,
but they were so scattered that they did
not count for runs. Several OF them we're
OF the scratch variety, and Delehanty
- was the only one who could drive the
sphere far enough out OF the field TO
make an extra base. although Coughlin
probably would have made a three-bag
ger on his hit in the tenth inning had
1t been necessary for him to run.
"Bones" Ely. who mas been a trife shy
with the stick Of recent. was right there
yesterday and hit safely three times.
Only ia orc inning did the lscals sue
coed in punching their hits. so as 10
yield them runs. This was in the eighth.
For a long time Il looked as If Manager
Z Armour would be agrccably disappointed,
and in truth the Cleveland manager had
high hopes OF anneNins another game
after he saw what his amateur was do
ing 10 the Senators.
The young man he sent in 10 do the
twirling was a lad he picked up in
Baltimore. Lci.ner by name. He is both
deaf and dumb and therefore unable 10
hear any unkind remarks that might be
made about him. Perhaps IL was this
that caused him TO pitch 80 well. He
had absolutely no speed and his assort-
ment OF curves WAS limited to q little
cut shoot and tiny drop. However. 1t
might Just as well have been Cy Young
in the box so far as the Senators were
concerned. Leitncr had them faded for
fair FOR seven innings. In the eighth.
however, they dropped on tn him for
. four hits, which Melted them three runs.
Armour Gets Wise.
Manager Armour thought ne would get
wise then, and he ordered Leitner to the
= bench substituting his Ohio amateur,
Hess. Hess is the young man who hand
ed it out to the Senators in Cleveland,
and Armour figured that he ought to be
good enough 10 trim the Washington
heavy hitters for at least two innings.
But therein is where he erred. Had
he allowed Leitner to remain in the box
the locals might not have Won At any
rate he could not have been hit harder
than Hess was DClehanty who had been
e able to find Leitner for only a single
IN the mile previous innings. lit on Hess
the FIRST time he faced him IN the tenth
and lined out a long hit. on which he
took two bases, and Kcister vas robbed
Of a long nit only by a remarkably fine
catch by Flick in right ieid. while
Coughlin swung his bat and sent one Of
Hess curves way out between right and
,
2Iases had It been necessary 10 take
them. Surely Leitner could have done no
worse than Hess.
II cannot be said that the Senators
we're lucky 10 win Rather may il be
Gaid that Cleveland was unlucky not to
win. Had they been able TO gauge the
titan haired Pitcher Patterns curves
successfully they would have won, bu;
l'stten had made up his mind to win
whether the other members Of the team
wanted 10 or not So he dealt cut all
forts Of twistcrs 10 the big little boys in
blue. and kept them guessing how 10 get
runs across the plate. Finally they did
. ret three runs home. thanks TO ClaTke's
Toor plays. However, II would be gn-
grateful 10 censure Clarke for his work.
'Old Reliable Bill has been doing such
good work that II is really wonder he