Evening star., 1902-08-23
American League Teams Standing.
National League Teams Standing.

The Chicago Champions closed their sea-
son in Washington yesterday with victory
over the Senators, the score being to 9.
The contest reminded one of a bad dream,
starting off with pleasant visions and end
ing with the dreamer hugging the bedpost
and yelling murder.
The retirement of Ryan and Clarke from
the game has weakened the Senators very
perceptibly, as Carey can do nothing at the
bat. on account of his injured wrist, and
Drill has several seasons yet before him
to take out the amateur kinks. Clever
Jack Townsend was on the rubber for the
Senators. and Notwithstanding his numer
Gus bases on balls worked like fine piece
of machinery. For seven innings the Chi
cagos had been unable to get run over
the plate and had made exactly four hits
off Townsend's delivery. OF this number
three were of the scratchy order, and not
until the seventh inning was a good, hard
single registered.
In the eighth inning Drill dropped foul
fly not a dozen feet from the home plate,
and Keister let two high flies get away
from him which should have been gobbled
up in easy style. These breaks appeared to
rattle every body, and of course Town
send the most He took to the clouds and
for the remainder of the afternoon refused
to touch the earth again Had Drill kept
cool he might have helped to pull Town
send together, but the foul fly mun of the
Georgetown lad ratified him so badly that
he was of little help to the senatorial
twirIer. The veterans on the Chicago team
were not slow to notice the general de-
moralization and several little tricks at the
blocking game were pulled off unseen by
the umpires. A throw home from right
would probably have nailed Daily at the
plate. but IsbelI very innocently got into
Drills way and the ball rolled to the grand
stand Then. in the ninth, when Strang
,1I IN1ly- t%l rod
Drill. passed ball resulted and three run
ners scored. These blocking tactics are not
in the line of clean sport but when they
can be palIed off without being noticed by
the umpires it must be admitted that there
is considerable cleverness displayed
Neither side scored in the first three In
nings, but in the fourth the Senators man
aged to hang up one run. After Dele
hanty had been retired, keiSter reached
first on Strang's bad throw to first. Cough
lin beat out hit toward left, keister TAX
ing third on the play. Elys out, Daily to
Isbell, allowed KeiSter to cross the plate.
In the sixth, Mr.. Delehanty gently tapped
the ball over the left field fence for a home
run, making tally No q
In the seventh. everybody got busy with
Griffith's curves and a result four runs
were scored by the Senator'S Ely started
business with a triple into left center and
Carey got a base on balls. Drill singled
into left and Ely scored. Townsend sacrt-
feed, moving Carey and Drill UP a base.
Townsend lost point here. as by hard
sprinting he may have made his sacrifice
safe hit. Jack Doyle got in his third sin-
gle, scoring Carey Doyle then started to
steal second, and on McFarlands bad
throw Drill raced home. DeIehanty's sim
gle tailed Doyle.
Then came the eighth inning with its
nightmare attachment Mcfarland started
business with a single to left and Griffith
walked StranS also negotiated a pass to
first, filing the bases. Jones hated mat
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COughlin. Davis then came up and gave
Drill his chance for a second out with no
runs scored, but Lew dropped the ball.
Davis responded with a hit into right that
keistFr let get away from him and Nc
Farland scored The fly looked so sure
for Keister that the Chicago men refused
to move up base and but one run was
scored.
Mertes followed with a bounder toward
second that just escaped DOyle's eager fin
gers, Griffith and Strang scoring Tom
Daily followed with another hit into right
field and again Keister failed to do busi-
ness with the ball, the bases being cleared
with the batter resting on third. Gala
han sent a nice easy one to Keister, and
this time he managed to connect with the
ball, but DAILY scored on the out McFar-
land closed the inning with another fly to
keister.
Figure Townsend in the worst possible
light in this inning and with half-way sup
port. but two runs should have resulted
Instead six runs crossed the plate, and the
score tied up.
In the ninth inning Townsend was all to
the bad and the game went glimmering
Griffith started off with fly to Coughlfn,
but Strang was passed and Jones hit safely
into center. A pass to Davis filled the
bases. Then came the try for home by
Strang, Days block of Drill and the
passed ball result. A boy picked up the
ball making block. and before Townsend
could get back in the box all three run
ners had scored. The White Sox team then
went out in quick order. ii was getting
dark and they didn't want their advantage
to go for nothing through a called game.
Griffith put on steam in the last inning
and the Senators went out In order.
Following is the official score: