The Washington times., 1904-04-17
FAILURE To HIT
RUINED SENATORS
Athletics Ran Away With
Game by Il TO :
WADDELL WAS IN RARE FORM
Fooled Westinghouse Just Wien Hits
Were Most Needed-Lack Of Brains
Displayed by Locals.
WADDELL WAS IN RARE FORM
Athletics, u; washington, 2.


Wadden, loose fielding, and the tendency
of Philadelphia TO lambast Jack Town
sends shoots to every imaginable corner
Of the Seventh Street grounds. were re-
sPonsible for the Senator's defeat yes
terday.
Although only two errors are charged
up against them, their work afield could
not have been more stupid On three
occasions two or more Washington men
started after fly balls and allowed them
to reach terra firma without anybody
so much as touching them. This and
dumb battery work by Townsend would
have alone won the game for Connie
Mack's pennsnt chasers. even had they
not been so heartless with their bats.
Slow Field Work.
The Athletics got three hits in their
first session. and OF the trio pair Of
them resulted from slow work. Then
came another piece of bungling work
in the third. Seybold started Off for
the visitors with fly to short right.
Il should have been an easy Qua. Mc-
COrmicR. Thcney, and Stad each set
sail for the dying sphere Ike an Ameri-
can cup defender after one of Sii
Thomas Lipton's advertising schemes
ThOney and Mccormick got there al
right. Then a gabfest followed as tc
which of them should catch the ball
Finally Thoney decided il was up tc
him. He made a last desperate lungC
for the leather. and just missed it
When he recovered the sphere the Phila
deIphian had anchored on second base
Again, in the fourth inning fly was hit
over first and StahI. Mccormick and
Thoney allowed it to drop between them
Waddell Same as Ever.
wadden made monkeys Of the sena
| tors at times when hits were rlos
/ needed by the locals. In the fifth in
ming two bases on balls and a two bag
/ ser put three Senators on the bases
/ with only one out RUDE walked ou
! Of the box, took of the cuff on hi
/ twirling wing. and struck out Stahl ant
/ Mccormick.
Thoney was. the only Senator to con
/ meet with his puzzling delivery on NOR
I than one occasion. He reached frs
/ base three time out OF The four Ia
stepped TO the plate. on a twO-bagger Z
I right center. a single and error %!
! Monte. Cross. who made the only mis-
/ play for the Quakers.
Thoney Good Runner.
: In the third 5uning Thoney pulled Of
an excellent piece OF base running
when he stretched a single down il
! Seybold's patch into double. On tn
( next play he attempted to score Of
/ Hoffman's short single 10 left but wa
called out at plate. although ne reaches
! II in safety. Mccormick. however, in
/ terfered with Schreckengost on tn
thrown in. and Connolly properly callet
! Thonev out.
In direct contrast TO the fielding o
I Washington was that of the Athletics
! The indelders were all over the dia
/ mond. Murphy in particular playing
I good game. He Cleanly accepted all o
/ the ten chances which came his wa.
at second base, and shared the batting
honors with Davis and Lave Gross
! Iartsq carried Off the honOrs in tn
/ outheId. In the seventh inning he mad
, q difficult catch. after a hard run. o
/ McCOrmicks smashing liner TO left. an
threw Thonvy out a. the plate In III
! fourth
KittIedge Was Busy.
Kittredge had busy day behind tn
plate He got seven putouts and 81