Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-17
American Tearue
Lbs' Standing.
National League Clubs, Standing.

Inc contest was one of the sort that makes
the national game SO popular, there being
enough misplays and batting in evidence
at all times to make the picking of the win
ner difficult until the final out had been
scored. After the fourth inning a book
maker would have laid 200 to l against the
Senators winning. principally account
of the Tigers big lead and "Wild Bill
Donovans being the rubber. But Man
ager LOTUS kept cheering his players on.
and by sticking persistently at it the Sen
ators finally located the ball and batted out
as clean victory as has come Washing
tons way this season.
How the Locals Won.
There were two things in the Senator'S
game that contributed substantially toward
the victory-a sensational one-handed stop
by Mccormick back of second, which re-
suited in double play and prevented the
Detroits from scoring. and beautiful dou-
BILE to the right field fence by Setback In
the seventh inning, which drove in three
runs. Sell has been somewhat backward
in his hitting this season. but he was up
in his old-time form yesterday. Charley
Moran was the principal offender in the
misplay line, and his bad throw to first in
the second inning gave the Detroits five
runs. Had he got the ball over to Clarke in
good shape the side would have been out
with only one run scored, but after that
the Tigers got busy with their bats and
sent five additional tallies over the rubber.
1t was fortunate for the Senators that all
of the game, because the Tigers got busy
in the latter part with errors and headless
plays which made run-scorng somewhat
easy for the locals With Lush at short
Yeager at third and Kitson in left field
that part of the diamond looked awfully
weak. The Senators apparently found this
out toward the end Of the game and batted
the balls in that direction and as a result
the victory was pulled Off
Wyatt Lee was Sent to the rubber to op-
pose Mr.. Donovan Of the Detroits, and the
southpaw acquitted himself WELL as his
work was really fine at critical points The
crowd yelled for Lees retirement when his
curves were hit hard in the second, but he
was In no way responsible for the bonn
bardment. as the side should have been out.
In the last five innings he went through
his work like a thoroughbred. his comrades
gave him good support and not another run
was scored by the visitors.
Donovan. who did the twirling for the
Tigers. worked as though he knew defeat
was coming his way. although his own err
ror in the seventh inning started the Sem
ators on their whirl around the bases.
Scoring the Runs.
Neither side scored in the first inning, al
though Lush made clean single into right
In the second every Tiger ambled up to
the plate. Yeager started off with strike
out but Long singled into right, and Bue-
low singled over second. Buelow started to
steal second. and on the throw down and
return Long beat the ball to the plate by
an eyelash. Kitson then struck out and
Donovan sent the roller to Moran, on which
the latter made bad throw. Lee hit Bar
rett and Lush followed with a triple to the
center field fence. scoring Donovan and
Barrett. Crawford also tripled and Lush
scored. Carr singled to right and Craw-
ford scored. Yeager wound up the inning
with line fly to Moran.
The locals also got their first tallies In
the second, scoring two runs. Setback
started off with single over second, but
Clarke filed out to Kitson. Coughlin sin
second sent in Setback and Coughlin to
third While Kittredge was being put out
at first by Long Coughlin scored.
Both sides were blanked in the third, but
of the game. Barrett started off with
hit. and in trying to sacrifice Lush was
safe. as Lee fumbled the ball. Lee then
tried to throw fast inshoot clear through
ground for a few minutes. but quickly re-
covered and walked to first. filling the
bases At this point Barry Mccormick got
into the calcium glare. Carr hit a high
bounder over second, which Mac captured
with one hand, passed to Moran, and Craw-
ford and Carr were put out. Barrett scoring
on the play. Had the ball got away from
Barry there Is no telling where the Tigers
would have stopped Yeager singled Into
right and Lush scored. Long also singled,
but he went to sleep at first and a quick
throw by Lee to Clarke put him out. This
was the visitors dying effort, and they
were heard from no more.
Started the Senator's.
The sixth inning started the Senators 60
ing, Setback getting hit going to second
on Clarke's out at first which should have
been a double. and scoring on Coughlin's
single to center.
In the lucky" seventh the locals won the
game. Kittredge led off with a single to
left, and on Lees roller to Donovan the lat
ter threw the ball into center trying to re-
tire Kilt at second. Robinson's single
scored Kittredge and single by Hendricks
scored Lee. Moran tried to sacrifice but
got hit instead filling the bases. Setback
then walked to the plate, adjusted his belt
and cap, and then drove out beautiful
double to right center. scoring every one
OF the locals on the bases and stopping at
second himself. 1t was a timely drive In
every sense Of the word. After Clarke had
been thrown out at first by Donovan
Coughlin pulled OF his third single and sell
bach raced homo. Coughlin Quickly stole
second and went home on McCormick's sin
gle into left. Barry then tried to steal. but
was thrown out. and after Kittredee had
been given base on balls Lee closed the
inning with q fly to Kitson in left
Lush got base on balls in the ninth but
he stayed there while Crawford flied ont to
Mccormick; Carr fiied out to Robinson. and
Yeager closed the game with q strike-onf
Score: