The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-05-13

CLEVELAND, Ohio May 13.--It was a
good thing gone wrong. A McMlllen ZIP
with a Sam Craig finish.
Probably never in baseball did skill
fully conceived bit of generalship result
so disastroasly in such an unexp scted
manner as did the machine lions OF
Stah., Ikittredge and Jacobsen yester-
day when Washington lost TO Cleveland
by 5 to 4.
In the ninth inning the score was
tie, with Bay on third and two out
Lajoie. he of the baneful bat, was next
up. Following him would come Brad
| ley, the bad. who Is infected with home
run germs, and after Bradley would
come Turner, who had not been able
to furnish even light exercise for the
nelders in the eight previous innings
Under these circumstances the National
| trio held a conference and decided TO
| pass Lajoie and Bradley and take
chance on Turner.
One Run Needed.
For dope scheme this was the certi-
| fed article Only one run was needed
| TO win. and it mattered not If Turner
did waliop a triple or homer the one
run would be the only one to count
Also, with three on bases and weak
/
home to play for and make a forced out
j 1t can thus be seen that Washington 8
chances were greatly increased by dis
posing of the two most dangerous men
in the Cleveland batting order, bringing
| q feeble sticker up and having three
| more places at which an out could be
| made and a run choked off. True,
| knowledge of inside baseball OF a high
order was displayed by tins theory and
practice, but the coup proved q Chad
! wick, because of Jacobsen. This anna BILE
| youth bal1ooned SO everlasting high that
| he could not get a single bail over the
| plate for Turner. He sent four high
| ines, Bay walked and the game was lost.
! Jacobsen said afterward thai ne was
| not trying 10 make a star play by
striking out Turner. bur was eIldeavor-
I ing to put a moderately swift straight
ball over the plate, but to save his life
| could not do 1t.
| Many days will pass before the fans
see such peculiar ending to a thrilling
| contest.
Interesting and Diverting.
! Never was a more interesting and
diverting game played. All the elements
Of brilliant work. rank errors sheer luck,
stupidity and splendid generalship were
combined and the spectators were al
ways on their feet. Each side had its
share Of all the elements except errors,
| and they were exclusively Washing
| ton speciality The 5000 persons who
saw the battle voted it one of the best
| ever waged here.
Washington has made a tremendous
hit IN the Forest City. The great
showing yesterday, even if il did lose.
| has aroused tremendous enthusiasm
| among the rooters. Coed plays by the
Nationals We're wildly applauded q
| when Umpire Mccarthy put Cassidy
7 out of the game in the sixth inning for
a little back talk concerning low
] strike The crowd roasted the officials
| loudly demanding that he take the
| handicap off The Nationals and give
| them a fair show with the locals Not
| often has such & such q ch1yaIrous
spirit been shown toward visiting
| team. and old-ttmers can hardly realize
| that this Is the plsZs IN which baseball
| riots were too frequent to attract atten-
| ton elsewhere.
Stahl's Reception.
Jake Stahl was the particular idol
of the crowd. When he went to bat
first time he received a prolonged ova-
ton and the game had to be delayed
| until it was over. He promptly struck
| out, but was cheered as he went to the
| bench. When he next went TO bat the
applause was almost as great as 1t was
| the first time. Then did he arise TO
the occasion like little man. Full well
did he swat the ball full upon the nose
for. a home run over left field fence
and, say. oughter heard 'em yell
| There was one little space in the game
when the sadness OF zsccling in Cleveland
could almost be forgotten. The smoke
laden skies assumed all the bright glo-
ries Of an Italian sunset, the street car
| system seemed the most wonderfully
perfect in the world, the rat graveyard
| under the docks was suggestive of the
Elysian Acids, and the weird two-story
| nuspidoFs were mentally transformed
into classic urns of chastest design. The
| visions came in the fifth inning, when
a single by Knoll, sacrifice by Kittredge
double by Jacobsen and single by Jones
Melted two runs and put the Nationals
one run to the good. Fog full inning