Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-12
Standing of American League Clubs.
Standing of National League Clubs.
From the Philadelphia Press.

Pt.%mr 81 80 So FhiIadelphia II 80 25i
From the Philadelphia Press.
BY courtesy of the Storm King the Ath-
Ietics landed to victory over WASH
iugton Yesterday at Philadelphia. One of
the smallest crowds of the season. only
SIG persons. being present, saw one OF the
prettiest snappiest. most exciting contests
of the season
In addition to trying to beat each other
the rival mines had race with a thunder
storm Rain came near declaring the game
q tie in the eighth inning, but the hole IN
the clouds through which the moisture
oozed in large quantities was patched up IN
a few minutes and the teams again got
down to business. 1t was soon over after
that. for the Athletics put two men around
the slippery circuit and clinched the VIC
tory.
Only ninety minutes. excluding the delay
of twelve minutes. were required to play
the game. but enough excitement was let
loose in that hour and half to please the
most grasping. Plank and Jacobsen, Dono-
vans young twirler had a "southpaw bat
tie which kept every one on edge. while
fielding plays of extraordinary nature
were unusually frequent.
Senators on Their Toes.
The majority of these fell to the lot Of
the Senators. The latter were on their toes
at all stages and the life they put into the
contest caused the spectators to repeatedly
cheer members of the tail-end troupe.
Jacobsen, O'Neill and Coughlin were the
heroes and the former covered first base on
grounders toward right In such remark
able style in the third inning that several
hundred spectators stood UP and gave him
rousing cheer.
Mullin Harry Davis sub at first base,
broke into the class of sluggers for the first
time. The former Manhattan College youth
got one home run and a two-bagger, and
but for a shift in the wind would have been
credited with two homerS. His first long
drive was a liner to left center, when
rolled to the tfagpole Although the fleet
footed o NELL went after 1t at Duffy speed.
Mullin took the corners in great style ana
beat the throws to the plate by two yards.
This run was made in the fifth inning.
With rain thSeatening TO fall every minute.
II put the Athletics on Easy street, first
giving them look-in for the victory and
after Washington tied the score making a
tie game possible until the storm let up.
Mullins two-bagger was made in the sew
enth inning, with each side having one run,
a man on first base and one out. Although
1t went against the wind the ball struck
the right field screen.
Jacobsen's Fine Work.
Coughlin made a couple of fine stops in
the opening inning. and Jacobsen got into
the class of stars in the third. NJ. Cross
opened the latter with hard drive TO
right. on which Donovan nearly put Monte
out at first. Powers hit to Stahl. and
Jacobsen ran over and took Jake's throw
with one hand There was somewhat of a
only it was even better. PIank's grounder
shot past Stahl, but Mccormick got up to
the ball and headed it off. Plank and
Jacobsen had a race for the bag, and again
the latter got the throw with one hand
while on the full run.
Mullins home run came in the fifth and
was followed by a splendid running catch
by o Neil of Powers foul.
Washington tied the score in the seventh.
With one out Stahl hit to right for two
bases. When he started to steal third
Powers threw wild, and Stahl. who had
slid into the bag, picked himself up and
dashed over the plate. Stahls uniform was
badly wrecked by his slide. and he made
an exchange with another player before
again taking the field
O'Neil sent a fly to short right center.
Pickering made desperate effort to land
the ball but could not hold it. and ONeill
pulled up at second base. The next two
bdtSmen. however. could not score him.
Murphys single and Mullins double fol-
lowed out in the Athletics half of the
seventh, but both men were left.
Played for Rain
Plank made things reasonably safe in