The Washington times., 1905-09-27
AGRICULTURE WINS
THE CHAMP|ONSH
First HonOrs in Depart
mental to Farmers.
BEAT P0ST0FFICE OUTFIT
Untimely Errors Cost Letter Carriers
All-Important Game-Agriculture
Rejoices.
BEAT P0ST0FFICE OUTFIT

Agric ,lture clinched the pennant of
the Departmental League yesterday be-
fore the largest crowd OF the year by
downing the Postoflce aggregation in
a seesaw game of six innings. Score, IA
to Is.
The Mail Carriers started off by getting
four runs, and the manner in which they
chased the tallies over the plate for the
first three innings looked as IL they
would win easily. AT the end of the
third inning the Cortelyouites had eight
of the useful bagged. and the Farmers
had only waylaid one lone tally.
Things were much to the discourage
ment OF the tillers of the soil. but
they started a rally in the third that
netted them seven runs. which tied the
xcorc
Weber begoa the rrnmaking in this
inning by batting high fly oyer third
which Herring nluffed Hoffman ard
Sanders followed With singles and Stew
enson and Doyle got on by errors of JtIo
outfield. Weber and Hoffman scored
when Bean bunted with three on base
Rube tried to catch Sanders at the plate
and Stevenson missed the ball.
Got Wrong Ball.
Stevenson, of the Aggies. then made
break for home. and Stevenson tried TO
land him at the pan. but he threw low
to Clark and the ball bounded over in
the crowd. Stevenson, in his hurry to
get the ball 20 catch Doyle, who was
racing home, picked UP the wrong ball
and put IL into play. Bean was caught
at second with the outside ball, but Um-
pire Belts saw the mistake and gave
Bean third. Doyle scored Browns
solitaire to right scored Bean, and Win
chester went out at first. but Brown
scored on Taylor's bingle- Webber WAS
thrown out at the initial sack, HofY-
man got base on balls. but Taylor was
caught mapping at third by the Ruben.
and that ended the 'merry-go-round-" {"
After this hit. run, and error inning,
both sides settled down somewhat, and
the game was very interesting from a
spectators point of view. II was quite
evident that the last side to have a
swat at the ball stood the hest chance of
winning. for il was first one side ahead
and then the other.
The last inning for both sides was the
best of the game. The Mail Carriers
had tie farst say and they landed
enough tailies to win the game IL the
ASgies did not annex any in their half
of the wind-up-
Rube and Gates started tnc Iun Lol
the Nailsiingers, and Pennington scored
then, both with a two-sacker over sec
ond- Mathews singled and scored Pen
nineton mid the wild cneers Oh the
Postoffice and Navy adherents
This was the last of the taiiy-ma King
for the Carriers, and then the Farmers
came In ard spoiled all the en,husias ~ 10
that had been lavished on the Mail
singers when they were chasing tallies
homo. Stevenson handed a hot one 70 20
Bradley. Doyle sent a grass-cutter 20
Adams Reau flied to Harring. VINO
mufred it. Singles by Brown and WIN
chester helped the cause. and then iay
lor was up, with three on oases- re s
sent a hot one TO Mathews, anc IN
throwing the ball 10 second is was mis-
cued and Bean scored Weoper mt
nv to Bradley, which he INJURED anc
the two necessary runs came across tne
plate. The Farmers followers. whicn
incir,ded all the high officials OF the
dansrtment but the Secretary, begar
Cheering, and Taylor and Sanders were
carried OF the fielc-