Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-03
American League Games Today
American League Clubs Standing.

The champion Athletics gave another
mastery exhibition Of how the national
game should be played yesterday afternoon
and as result the Senators were easily de-
feated by the score of IL to 8. Eighteen in
nings without a misplay Of any sort is high
class ball to say the least and this has been
the Quakers aggregation's record during
the past two games Chances that were
hard and chances that were easy looked
just the same to Connie Mack's splendid
team and the club that defeats 1t will have
to outshlne the Quakers in brilliancy on
the field. The Senators in comparison
looked cheap. piling up. five errors and at
the bat were as selling platers alongside
stake horses. 1t was thought that Wad-
dell's great pitching Monday was the main
cause of the Senator'S downfall, but yester-
day a raw-boned Indian youth went on the
slab and made the veteran Orth look like
the proverbial thirty cents.
When Manager Mack put forward Albert
Bender, the Chippewa Indian, as a leader
for the Athletics. it was thought that the
Senators run of losses would be broken.
especially as the chief had not yet won
a game. but 1t appears as though any old
thing will do to pit against the LOTUS clan.
The Indian worked well from start to fin
tory was an easy one. Orth had poor
start then did well for five innings, but
in the last three was hammered for keeps.
When Umpire Sheridan dropped the flag
and called play ball." the Athletics went
away from the start like a flash and won
eased up, to use racing phrase. Pickering
started of with double to right and
scampered home on Davis triple into left
center Lave Cross also singled into right
rod
formidable to Orth and he was given q
free passage to first. Murphy's best was a
pop fly to Carey and Hoffman forced Cross
at third by his hit to Orth. Monte Cross
then whipped q single into center, Seybold
scoring on the hit. Holmes threw to Cough
lin to stop Hoffman at third, but was too
late and try was made for Cross, who
was Logging 1t for second. All this time
Hoffman was digging for home. but should
have been out on Moran's nice throw to
Clarke but the latter muffed the ball ard
tally No. went up for the Athletics.
Shreck ended the agony by going out Rob-
fnson to Carey.
There was nothing doing then for either
side until the sixth inning. although "Der'
got singles In the first and fourth. In the
sixth the spectators were awakened from
their trance-like quiet by Holmes nice
double into left and Selbach's magnificent
drive over the left field fence. These two
runs made the score look better and there
were hopes yet for the Senators, but the
ming with run widening the gap still
further.
In the seventh. M. Cross reached second
as Moran threw wild to first the ball GO
ing to the bleachers. The next two men
went out on files to Holmes but NJ Cross
cleverly stole third and continued on home
when Clarke threw over Coughlins head
into left field Pickering then obligingly
struck out.
In the eighth. the Athletics got very busy.
single by Seybold. triples by Murphy and
Hoffman and Selbach's error giving them
three runs. In the ninth they got still
buster. Moran starting the trouble with a
tumble Of Pickering's grounder. Davis and
L. Cross quickly tore of singles and Sey-
bold whipped out a double. Murphy hit q
long fly to Delehanty. which the big fell
low captured after a long run. but he must
have thought three hands were out as he
held on to the ball while Seybofd scored all
the way from second Hoffman then hit to
Delehanty and was out. and NJ. Cross clos
ed the inning with an easy grounder to
Robinson.
The Senators got their third and last run
In the ninth. After Coughlin had been re-
tired. Carey singled into left and Moran
was hit by a pitched ball. Robinson walk
ed, filling the bases. Clarke hit long fly
to left which Hoffman gathered in, Carey
scoring on the play. After Orth was pass
ed to first. Holmes struck out and another
scalp dangled at the belt of the Quaker
tribe.
The score.