Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Senators Lost Seven Inning
Game to Cleveland.
RALLY CAME TOO LATE
CONTEST HAD TO BE STOPPED so
LOCALS COULD CATCH TRAIN.
The Picket Won Brooklyn Handicap
Holy Cross Beat Georgetown
Base Ball Notes.
American League Games Today.
Washington at Boston,
Philadelphia at New York.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
National League Games Today.
Boston at Philadelphia.
st. Louis at Chicago.
Cincinnati at Plttsburg.
Brooklyn at New York.
American League Games Today.
Washington at Boston.
Philadelphia at New York.
St Louis at Clevelan,
National League Games Toda,
American league CLUBS, Standing.

Cleveland wound up its series in this city
with the Senators yesterday. winning out
by the of to 3 in one of the most
sensational games for a decade
In order to catch a train that would land
the Washington club in Boston in time for
today's game yesterdays contest was
started at o'clock, and it was agreed to
stop playing at 4:30. With the score stand
ing to in favor of the Blues, the Sena-
tors went to the bat in the eighth inning.
and it was thought the full inning would be
played inside the time limit. Coughlin
| started off with roller to Bradley, which
the latter threw into the grand stand. and
Scranton BIZ continued on home Orth
| followed with double into left his fourth
hit of the game, and Drill was hit by the
pitcher. Cassidy hit into short left for a
single, and the bases were filled McCor-
mick drove out timely single into left
| center. scoring Orth and Drill.
BY this time the spectators were on their
| feet, yelling like Comanches forgetting all
| the time that the seconds were flying fast
| Stahl then made the first out, sacrificing
nicely, and sending Cassidy and McCor-
| mick to third and second respectively
Donovan then walked to the bat, with only
one out, one run needed to tie the score
and little Cassidy on third, with his toes in
| the ground, ready to break for home At
| TINS particular moment Pitcher Bernhard
| realizing that he was in a very deep hole
| commenced to use his think tank" and
played for time. He sent in several bad
Dalls TO Donovan, and took his time doing
| 1t. At about the time when everybody ex-
pected Donovan to at least hit long hy
and score the tying run Umpire OI,aughlin
pulled out his watch, and as the minute
hand reached the thirty mark time was
called and the score reverted to the sew
enth inning. 1t was certainly a heart
breaking finish for the players as we'll as
the spectators but the time was set and
agreed upon before the game started, and
there was nothing else for the umpire to do
specified. '--A'o
Wnen Manager Donovan reached the
grounds he found new bunch of cripples
On MS hands, and rearrangement Of tho
batting order was necessary Selbacb hroke
hnger in Wednesdays game chasing
long foul fly. and First Baseman Clarke's
ankle, that was twisted in the same con-
test, was too sore to permit him to work
AS result Orth went into right field and
played phenomenal ball, getting a hit every
time he went to the bat. and fielded his DO
sition perfectly, and Stahl covered frst
Cassidy was shifted into center and Man
ager Donovan was pushed into his first
full game of the season. playing right field
MS nome position. When he came to the
bat the first time he was given a nice re-
cept1on. The broken-up look of the Sena-
tors made the spectators confident that
they had no chance against the Blues but
II
ing game followed. Jacobsen pitched good
ball at the start-off, but like all youngsters
he weakened as the game progressed and
the Cleveland batters are just the men to
take advantage of the slightest waver by
an opposing tw6ler. Bunched hits came
to them in the fourth, sixth and seventh
innings, and enough runs were made to ap-
worked in lazy fashion, and the Senators
made enough hits to keep up the interest
until the end. He was a lucky man to get
off with a victory.
After the Blues had been retired in the
first without run the Senators got busy
and hung up one run. Moran got a base on
balls, was sacrificed to second by Cough
toward center. In the fourth the Cleve-
lands made one run, tying the score, the
result of doubles by Bradley and Lajoie.
In the sixth the Clevelands hung up two
runs, and the spectators began grooming, as
the game seemed lost, but when the Sena-
tors came to the bat In the same inning
they also made a pair Of runs and every
body was once more happy. For Cleveland
Bay led off with a triple to right, the
speedy boy getting around the bases like a
shadow. Lush singled to left and Bay
scored. Bradley doubled to left. and on
Lajoie's long fly to Orth. Lush ran home
from third For Washington Orth started
off with his third single, and scored on
Drills triple to right. the ball bounding
over Flick's head. On Cassidy long fly to
Lush Drill came home.
Errors by Mccormick and Drill. mixed
up with singles by Schwartz Abbott and
Lush, gave Clevelands four runs in the
seventh. In the same inning the Senators
went out in order. In the eighth came the
fun. Flick struck out but Hickman hit
over Cassidy's head for three bases, and
rested on third while the next two batters
went out Then came the sensational bat
ting streak of the Senators. the flashing of
the watch by Umpire O'Laughln. and
very sorrowful crowd of base ball fans
filed out of the park. Score:
WASHINGTON. ABB R. 1B Pc. A. E.