The Washington times., 1905-10-11

II Flashlights on
Attendance. 24.9o2:
| Not an earned run.
Errors helped the Athletics.
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Lord proved a timely hitter.
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| McGann struck out three times.
Hartsel and Lord got four OF the six
hits.
Schreck held the Giants close to the
sacks.
| A close decision bv O'Day saved Nc
Gam from striking out four times
M. Cross was twice called out on
strikes
| Donlin caught three hard liners from
| Seybold's bat.
Donlin leads both teams, with four hits
| in the two games.
McGinnity had Davis. Lave Cross, and
Murphy at his mercy
NJ. Cross handled Shreck's high throw
| finely. retiring Donlin as he was stealing
second IN the fourth
McGann claimed a balk on Bender
in the. second inning, with Dahlen on
nrst, but O'Day waved him away.
Seybold was the only Athletic pIaver
TO land solidly on McGinnity. but "Sox"
couldn't get them beyond Donlin.
As NJ Cross fumbled Bresnahan's
erounder In the eighth Murphy scooped
up the ball and touched Devlin. but
sheridan declared the latter safe
Terry McGovern presented the Giants
with handsome floral horseshoe.
Tom Shibe. one of the White Ele-
phants directors. Is almost yosceless
from roofing for Comics team.
Even John NJ Ward, the old baseball
star, was amazed at the way Schreck
iiahoieo MS glove In practice.
KAN today should improve the Ath-
letics' chances. Every hour of rest
should be help to Plank and Coakley.
Coakley lost fifteen pounds in the last
three weeks of the American League
| lately.
The Kind of war whoops read of in
dime novels didn't bother Bender a hit
he was there TO defeat New York and ne
The Athletics declare that they are
confident OF sizing up Mathewson's de-
nvery M the next time they face the for
Lord said yesterday that he had
fMerteS drive in Mondays game square
" In his hands. but that a spectator s
head pried his hands apart when he
| came down out OF the air.
Bresnahan's two-bagger was scratch
MT Inc LETT field bleachers on the Polo
Grounds encroach upon the playing field,
and Hartsel was afraid TO take a chance
for fear of going full tilt into the fence.
Schreck proved that he had an off-day
on Monday. He was star in every re-
spect yesterday. In the fourth inning
Schreck completed the tanning of Nc
Gam and Mertes by turning foul tips
into third strikes
Lave Cross went shopping. in New
York yesterday He took half an hour
to Eddie Plank with his compliments
IL was a neat appreciation of the Ath-
letics' captain for Plank's fine work this
season.
LIZ Clark Griffith was there yesterday,
as he was when McGraw trounced Mack
In philadelphia on Monday Clark hasn't
had much time this season to see the
Giants play, and his sense of honesty
prompted him to say without reserve:
1T was corking good game"
a. G. Spalding, with Mrs SpaIding
and several family friends. occupied an
upper box. Wouldn't believe II you
heard yesterdays battle was the first
baseball bout the famous man has seen
in ten years, would you? But 1t was
Joseph Gordon. president of the New
York American Club. with Frank Far
reil. owner of the same. were invited to
the game by the Nationals. and they
attended.
A fire started in the press stand just
as the last bunch was leaving the
benches after the game. 1t was started
probably by one of the overheated tele-
during the fight to send the tale
throughout the country.
Bender pitched a stronger game than
Mathewson. although the score was ex-
actly the same He held the Giants to
four hits, two of them being two
baggers; struck out nine. Including
Captain McGann three out of four times
up, Mertes and McGinnity each twice
and Gilbert and Strang once. Donlin
was the only New Yorker 10 reach third
base being left there in the eighth
and again in the ninth inning.
A disappointing feature OF the Ath-
letics' playing was their failure TO run
mt n MnrnhV L.
Cross vert criticised for this and Lave
missed a possible chance to reach first
base by falling TO start for the first base
on his grounder to Gilbert In the sew
enrh Gilbert fumbled the ball, but
beat out Cross. who ran hard after a
half-hearted start.
After the game Connie Mack said:
So We are outclassed, are We as some
wise ones have announced7 Yesterdays
game with the mysterious Bender ON The