Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-26
National league Clubs, Standing.

Pitcher Jack Townsend ran up against
another hard luck game yesterday with
Cleveland, the Senators being defeated by
the score of to 8. Some day Townsend
will get his team mates to play ball back
of him and he will win a game. Yester-
day five misp1ays were charged up against
the Senators. When Townsend pitched the
tie game with Detroit he had seven errors
back of HIM to contend with. AS SAM
pie of the Senators play, Moran let an
easy grounder from Lajoie get by him in
the fourth inning and he continued on to
second. as 1t also rolled by Stahl Here
were two errors on one ball hit. Then
again in the fifth Bemis hit out a long fly
that Setback got under but muffed. and the
slovenly work appeared to unsettle Town
send. who had allowed but one hit in four
innings. OF course, errors are part of
the game, but it seems strange that the
Senators who have been fielding well should
go to pieces behind good pitching
Earl Moore was on the rubber for the
Clevelands and in the first and second inn
ings 1t looked as though he was in for
drubbing as the Senators made three hits
and hung up many runs. Then came the
disastrous fifth inning, which pulled Moore
together again, and from that time on to
The finish he had the locals completely at
his mercy. striking out seven men in the
last five innings.
CoughIin Drill and Mccormick played
hne game back of Townsend, the first
named covering an acre of ground Harry
bay, the shadow, gave a splendid exhibition
OF base running. although Townsend's long
swing gave him chances to pilfer second
that Drill couldn't overcome.
Both sides got away well by scoring a
run IN the first inning. Bay negotiated a
base on balls and after two were out la
Joie hit up against the left field fence for
ao ooaoie and the feet-footed boy easily
scored. For Washington, Moran was also.
passed to first, went to second on a wild
left "eo "
In the third the Senator's shot 70 tho
front by scoring two runs, and the specta-
tors were happy for few feeting mo-
ments. Moran got a base. on balls. but
was retired trying to steal second. Cough
lin Hied out to Bradley, but Setback got
base on balls and went all the way ia
third as Lush allowed Drills single to go
between his legs. Bill Clarke followed with
a nice drive to the right field fence, good
for two bases. and Setback and Drill rushed
home This ended the Senators scoring.
ciphers being regular diet for the last
six innings.
In the fifth. the Clevelands got busy, ow-
mum. Bemis led Off with a fly to left and
'Sel's error followed. Moore sacrificed
him to third and he scored on Bays single
over second. The hit OF Bays would have
DSCh OH Jul pul lOE INC TACT tnat the IN
field was drawn in to check Bemis at the
plate. situation that would not have
come up but for Selbach's muff Lush
then hit into left for what should have
been three Dagger. but both Setback,
Stahl and Moran gave a glaring exhibition
of slow fielding and the white haired boy
raced all the way home. The next two
batterS were easy outs.
In the seventh, two more runs were hung
UP by the visitors. After Bemis and Moore
had been retired, Bay got in a single and
quickly stole second. Lush hit for dou-
BILE into right and Bay scored. On Bradley
single TO left Lush scored. Lajoie closed
the inning by flying out to Moran
In the eighth, the Blues hung up their
seventh and last run. Flick hit grounder
toward right that got away from Clarke
and he was safe. Hickman then hit up
high fly that Moran got under but allowed
to go between his hands and both runners
were safe. Schwartz hit to Moran, fore
ing Hickman out at secNpd. Bemis fol-
lowed with a single to Fight and Flick
scored. Moore then hit into a quick double
play by Mccormick. Moran and Clark and
the inning was over, the three batters in
the ninth going out In regular order.
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