The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-25
CLEVELAND BEAT
DUNKLE TO DEATH
Smote Him Full Sorely in
Sixth Inning.
TEAM WORK SADLY LACKING
Moran and Mccormick Show Poor
Judgment in Covering Bases.
Nobody Backs Up.
TEAM WORK SADLY LACKING

Cleveland 10. Washington 6.
It's another long, sad story this
time.
Much hitting was done by both sides.
but the Cleveland crowd got its
In a bunch. and the sixth inning was
one Of the most horrible sessions the
young man Dunkle is likely TO expert
encc IL he stays in baseball the next
142 years. Five times was he bumped
with enthusiastic earnestness by the
swat artists from Cleveland. and Eve of
the same cursed crew chased them
se4ves around the circuit.
1t was. indeed. a sad awakening. and
few more such doings Will cause the
oyergrown pitcher TO receive instruc-
tons to hunt another job.
Orth on Deck.
Al Orth's appearance in the box in
the seventh inning, vice Dunkle, was
very properly greeted with warm ap-
plause from the populace 1t was his
first stab at box work in the cham
though he has not fully recovered from
his recent illness he seems TO have the
goods. and in a few days more may be
counted upon as one Of the regulars.
Orth was bumped for double and a
single in the seventh. and gave a pass.
but his third victim was found in
Bradley. who popped up an easy one
to him. and the side was retired with
out a run. In the other two innings
not a Blue reached first.
Brainless Work.
The man who can explain why the
Washington team makes no effort to
display teamwork on the field can make
a handsome living solving puzzles in the
newspapers. II is only by the rarest
chance that a man tries to back up, and
when he does it is not done with any
impressive display of brains or baseball
knowledge A case very much in point
yesterday was when Flick made his
triple to center in the fourth inning
The ball was thrown in TO Coughlin anu,
because OF the distance and necessity for
haste. there was a good prospect that IL
would 90 wild. Did Dunkle back up?
Nay. deceive not yourself with such Idle
fancies. He stood alongside of Cough
lin and gave him moral encouragement.
but never q step made he TO the south
OF the third baseman to nab the ball IN
case It got BY.
The throw was Wild and nothing but a
quick and clever play on the part Of
Scranton BIZ prevented Il from going
10 the stand and scoring Flick
Should Correct Faults.
This sort Of thing goes on game after
game. There is no desire 10 roast OF
scold the club. especially in view OF its
recent greatly improved playing, but il
will never be a successful baseball team
IN a thousand years unless some steps
are taken to correct such glaring faults
Another weak spot is in the lni:eld in
side work OF Mccormick and Moran II
IS the easiest thing in>the world 10 get
them so tangled that they have no idea
what they are doing. 1t is not at al
unsual TO see second or third. and
sometimes both. entirely uncovered ana
men scooiing around the bases as d
they were sent for and had 80 set there
Most eny kind OF play requiring quick
action viii bring about this condition.
Already it has cost the team runs and
games and drastic measures should be
taken 20 correct the fault
O'Loughlin Was Right.
Bin Clarke was there or thereabouts
yesterday with two hits. On one he
drove in a run and on the other nc
scored himself.
il was entirely unnecessary on ths
raft Of the spectators yesterday &c
roast O'Loughlin about that decision
which allowed Bradley 10 walk around
the bases, because Coughlin accidental
~ threw the ball into the bleachers. II
IS true that the ball bounded out inn
lnediatelv and Bradley could have been
l.elG 20 second. but IL was a ground
rule made bv the home club. and WAS
enforced according TO the official IN
struCfiOns to umpires.
The Sccre.