The Washington times., 1902-08-16

Ever ypody forgave the Senators yes
terday afternoon. And we'll they might.
Such a performance as the Washington
men gave in the two games was good
enough TO warrant forgiveness. They
played ball yesterday. The exhibition
they put IN was the real article, so
much in contrast with their work of
: Wednesday that there is no compari
SON
Manager Lotus must have found The
spring of Ponce De Leon and taken his
men there, for they certainly appeared
tc possess moro youth and ginger than
they did in the previous game with the
Browns. Or was it the shifting about
of the men? Surely the latter seemed
to work well. for Doyle played a great
game at first, while Keister played well
at second. and DeIehanty did much bet
ter work with the stick than he has
done since he mas been holding dowa
first base.
At any rate. whatever the cause, there
was q marked difference in the two
brands of baseball dealt out by the
Localities On the TWO Jays.
Very few of those who went out to the
American League Park yesterday dar-
ed hope that the Senators would Sc
cure even one game from the Browns
they would have been perfectly satisfied
with one. How great the surprise,
therefore, and how agreeable, too, when
the boys took both. The most exacting
fault yestel day. Two games. one Il
twelye-inning affair, and both won bJ
the home team What more could one
get foi his money?
'' Locals Rejuvenated. A'.H ~
1t must Lave been in the air that the
locals had become rejuvenated. for when
e. the second game was begun there were
= fully 5000 people in the grandstan
Z. and bleachers, and as it was ladies' day.
S there was Q great crowd OF the gentier
3 sex occupying seats N the stand.
Perhaps it was this that caused the
Senators to spruce up in their work.
Some pen comedians have represented
woman as 4 creature always looking for
: bargains. If they were on the lookout
for them yesterday afternoon they sure
: ly were well repaid. Besides the two
games and the extra innings, they were
e treated to all sorts of circus work on
3 the diamond. There were triple plays
!. and double plays and phenomenal catch
: es and long hits and timely hits-epery-
. thing in fact that would delight the
heart of a baseball fan.
In the minds of the real cranks moth
. ing would have been too good for Ed
I Delehanty and Billy Keister after their
fine work in the last game. Right well
= did they perform their task and heartily
% were they applauded.
or course. the second game was the
main show; the first affair was only a
curtain raiser in comparison, although
1t included the star feature of the day,
triple play by the Browns.
y In point of interest the second game
could not be surpassed. 1t was a pitch
ers' battle from the start. but it was
not of the dull. uninteresting sort. 1t
: kept the spectators wrought up all the
!, time. and not till Keister had sent the
leather far out into the left garden
bringing in the winning FUN, did they
breathe easily.
A Great Game
That was a great game when one
thinks about it. Twelve innings with
total of fifteen hits by the two teams
= and only four errors.
The Browns used two pitchers to give
!, their share Of the exhibition, but Patten
alone and unaided performed on the rub
I; ber for the locals.
And well did he do his work The
u Browns could get but seven hits off his
twisters and these were scattered
through six innings. In the seventh in
ming he was remarkably fortunate TO es-
cape. but he did not get ratified. and the
three men, who were on bases with but
one out remained there. much TO the re-
lief OF the crowd, and to Mr.. Patten
too.
KeisteT and Delehanty were the heroes
OF the game, SO far as the run getting
WIS concerned. Billy figured in both
runs, while it was Del" who started the
ball rolling fer the winning tally in the
twelfth inning
For six innings neither side could get
& man around the bases. In their half
of the seventh however, the Senators
succeeded in getting one run through
the efforts Of Keister and Coughlin. The
Browns could not connect with Patterns
curves successfully until the ninth and
then one hit was all that was made, but
inasmuch as that was a double. they
succeeded in tying the score. The crowd
settled themselves for another inning
but that did not result in anything;
neither did the eleventh
In the twelfth, however. there was
something doing for the home team
Doyle. who was the first man up was
unfortunate in sending liner right into
McCormick's hand. Ordinarily IL would
have been good. but Doyle died hard
Delehanty stepped forward and was In
plored to hit over the fence. He didn't
do that. but he answered the walls of
the crowd by slamming the sphere way
out toward the sign in center garden "a
Teposins on third before 1t could be
felded in.
ITS up to you, BLY," said the
bleachers. Billy heard the cry, and I'M
mediately sent the ball spinning into
the same territory, from Thich II had