Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07
,nal League Clubs Standing,

In two days the Athletics have given a
hand-painted Illustration of the two ex-
tremes of base ball, as shown by batting.
AT Boston on Thursday they failed to make
hit off Cy Young. and failed to get a man
to first; yesterday they sized up the COM
bined delivery OF Messrs. Patten and Ma
son twenty-five times for total of thirty
two bases, defeating the Washingtons by
the score of 16 to 6. That is batting some.
The hitting was hard, clean and sequential,
seventeen of the drives being made in the
second seventh and eighth innings. when
fourteen of the sixteen runs made were
scored.
Though the Athletics romped home at the
finish, the spectators had a bad quarter
hour at the start. Henley got Off badly,
sending three men to first on balls and hit
ting another in the opening inning. A
scratch single was sandwiched between
these favorS, and as result two runners
were forced across the plate. Then Henley
pulled himself together, and In the remain
ing eight innings he walked only two men.
But in the second inning the fielders took
up the philanthropic work, and on bulls by
Monte Cross, Murphy and Shreckengost the
Senators made three more runs, bringing
their total up to the respectable figure Of
five. Patten disposed of the Athletics in
order in the first inning, but in the second
he was driven to the stable. four singles
and double, pieced out with tumble by
Moran, yielding five runs. Mason, who sue
ceeded him, got away with the game all
right up to the last two innings, when he
was hit to all corners of the lot.
An unusual play occurred In the eighth.
With the bases occupied. Davis made a
tremendous drive toward the flagpole. Tho
ney, who was playing rather deep, set sail
for it at top speed. From the press box 1t
looked as though he had caught the ball all
right. He made bluff of trying to climb
up the score board. but that was thought to
be one of the alleged funny plays which
some players affect. He claims that after
catching the ball he either threw it against
the score board or it fell out of his hand.
Umpire Carpenter, however, AYERS that as
a matter of fact Thoney had not quite
reached the ball, and called Davis safe. If
Thoney really caught the ball and then
bit of byplay he succeeded in fooling the
umpire. 1t might be well for him to cut out
these little tricks in the future; they may
cost his team game some day.
Henley walked the first two men as a
starter, and then struck out Cassidy. Sell
bach sent a slow grounder between third
and short, which Monte could not handle
in time. Coughlin flied to Murphy. Henley
could not keep them over on Mccormick,
and the latter finally walked, scoring
Moran. Then Henley tickled the slack in
Stahl's shirt. and Thoney was forced home.
Drill was called out on strikes.
Patten sneaked in a single in the second
inning, and was promptly advanced to sec
ond by Moran. Murphy batted down
Thoney's line fly, but could not head his
man at first. Cassidy hit to Monte who in
his anxiety to make dauble play. messed
things, Patten scoring. Setback flied to
Lave. Coughlin put up the easiest kind of
a fly, but Murphy failed to close on 1t, and
Thoney counted. Coughlin started for Sec
ond and Shrek made good, vigorous over
throw. Cassidy scoring. Mccormick struck
out. The Athletics then got down to bust
ness, and the Senators failed to count until
| the ninth, when they earned a run on a pair
of doubles.
| Ten men went to bat in the Athletics
second. Lave and Seybold singled, Murphy
doubled, Monte was safe on Moran's FUN
bic. Shrek doubled. Henley flied to Cas-
sidy and Hoffman and Davis singled five
runs resulting. Lave Cross triple and an
attempted out Melted run in the fifth
and Lave's double and Seybolds single pro-
duced another in the sixth. Six singles
enaofed four runners to get around In the
seventh. Three singles, a triple and Harry
DAVIS funny home run hit, already referred
10. were responsible for the five made in
the eighth. Attendance, 1885, The score
foil