The Washington times., 1903-09-15
In a Game Which Was a
Nightmare to the Few
Fans Present. the Sena-
tors Lay Down Behind
Patten.
Connie Mack's Men Bang
Out Hits. Long and Short,
While Connolly Tries to
Umpire and Tom Lotus
Smokes Up.

Those few and faithful fanatics who
mad the temerity to journey to American
League Park yesterday afternoon to see
the spawned Senators go up against
that hustling band of ball tossers from
Quakerville had treat which they will
long remember.
Never was the great and glorious ma
uonai game so caricatured as II was
by Lotus bunch of has beens. would
oes" or never wases''-take your choice.
unfortunately. the error column gives
but a poor idea of the misplays which
occurred in rapid-fire order, since the
majority Of them were errors of omis-
sion. only three being chalked up against
the offenders.
charlie Moran, the leading shortstop
IN the American League, played as
though he had on a pair OF India rubber
gloves, three of Kittredge's perfect
throws bounding out of his hands in the
most pronouncedly amateurish fashion.
Lee Makes Mess of 1t.
Lee, ordinarily good fielder. cavorted
about in Jimmy Ryan's outergarden. Two
nys he mistudged miserably. giving the
batter in each instance a three saeker.
while his error was nothing more nor
less than a clean muff. It is needless to
add that the poor disheartened fans cast
languishing glances at good old "Jeems. -
who tantalizingly sat upon the bench in
plain view of everybody and LATED" in
his sleeve; but it was great game
one long to be remembered by spectator
and player alike.
Tom Lotus sat upon the bench. his
sphinx-like eountenance never betraying
Tor moment the utter humiliation
which he should have felt Whether he
did or not viii never be known. since he
mas become a past grand master in the
art OF dissembling-that is, since his
advent into the baseball affairs of the
National Capital
, Case Was a Martyr.
Case Patten was selected to do the
twirling for the home team. He had not
pitched half dozen balls before a blind
man could have seen that 1t was not
Cases day. Yet Lotus remained tram
GULLY oblivious TO the fact, and smoked
away at his panatella with all the sang
froid of manager who knows what It Is
TO have winning ball team
Meanwhile base hits fairly rained. A
home run. two triples, a two-bagger and
twelve singles falling to the lot of Con-
NE Mack's men. who. growing weary Of
the farce and realizing that the hotel
they are patronizing, set5 a pretty good
table, went out OF their way, on more
than one occasion. TO be put out
II is not the intention of the writer 10
criticise Patten for moment. All pitch
er's have their of days, and il his man
Sc
the game by keeping him at his work, il
is his own funeral, but one fact is proof
positive, If that manager has no regard
for the wishes OF the public (which i'm
plored and begged that Patten be taken
OUT, then most assuredly he is not de-
serving. OF the support Of that public
which gives him his livelihood.
Redskins Debut.
Meanwhile Henley was pitching both
steady and heady ball and the weak hit
ting Senator'S were like so many wooden
men in his hands. Finding he had the
game safely tucked away, Mack put PIN
ance, his latest redskin twirIer on the
slab. The youngster, by allowing a
single and triple in the ninth, gave
Washington its only ran.
After rolling up thirteen runs to one
measly little tally OF the Weaklings. the
Athletics hustled for their brake TO make
a hurry-up trip to their hotel while
the well-walloped Senators sought their
clubhouse TO empty the walls of their
wrath, upon the head of Tom Connolly,
whose decisions on balls and strikes and
base rulings generally were as poor as
even Connolly could make them, and
that Is saying a whole lot.
No wonder Case Patten looked as
though he had been run through a
thrashing machine at the conclusion Of
the farce. With the team behind him
laying down and Connolly roasting him
at every stage OF the game, how could
he VIM Don't try 10 guess it--Just read
the score and th@e will afford you worry
enough for one hot day.