Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-23

for a hit into the crowd, except toward left
field, where it was good for three.
1t was entirely through MulenS misplays
that the Washingtons were beaten. Once
he forgot after making q two-baSe hit and
logged toward third, because he was under
the impression that he was entitled to the
base anyhow. In the sixth he muffed a
throw to first, and if he had held the ball
the New Yorks would not have made the
three runs which fell to their lot In that
inning. He played second rather raggedly
throughout the game and acted as If he
were nervous before such a large attend
dnce
Clarkson pitched mastery ball against
the Nationals. but had the latter team
played without making any errors of judg-
ment, well errors in the field, they
would have beaten the Highlanders, who
did not impress the crowd as going very
strong. In fact, some think the team Is not
SO good as that of 1904
Wolfe started badly in the first inning by
giving Dougherty base on balls. keeler
hunted in front of the plate and Kittredge
tried to head Dougherty off at second. He
had plenty of time to do so, but handled the
ball slowly, and Dougherty was safe, while
Keller beat out the throw over to first.
Elberfeld's out, Mullen to Stahl, moved up
both of the base runners, and then Williams
hit for single to left field, Dougherty
scoring. Anderson hit to Wolfe, who tried
to get Williams al second. His throw was
a little short, and in his anxiety to make
a double play Cassidy failed to get his foot
on the bag, and Williams was safe. Cas-
sidy did manage to throw out the Slow
going Anderson, but Keller in the meantime
had scored. That accounts for New York s
first two runs. The other three were made
in the sixth inning. Again Wolfe had bad
luck with a base on balls He gave one to
Williams and Anderson hunted to Stahl
The latter threw the ball to Mullen, but he
dropped it, although the throw was very
easy Conroy hit for base, filling all three
sacks. Chase snapped the ball down to
HILL who threw home and got Williams
at the plate. Had Hill been able to pick
the ball up quickly a double play might
have followed Wolfe had Mcclure going,
but a straight ball permitted Mcclure to
make line hit to center, and Anderson and
Conroy scored Mcclure turned nrSt ana
ran toward second.
Wolfe had him caught between bases,
had he played the ball right He also had
a chance TO get Chase, who was boiling to-
ward home. Either was an easy play. lie
hesitated between them and finally threw
to second and let Chase go home, and the
latter scored while MCGUIRE ran along 10
second and grinned. New York was never
in the going again, but it was unnecessary
for Washington could not get as many as
five The first run of the Nationals was
due to Elberfelds carelessness. Huelsman
hit the ball to him and the shortstop threw
so poorly that Huelsman went to second
Cassidy struck out, but Mullen hit far out
to center field for two bases and Huelsman
scored. Mullen. to the great mystery of
everybody, stopped running as he neared
second and proceeded to jog to third, where
he was touched out. He afterward ex-
planned that he thought he was entitled to
third. Washington lost a chance for run
by that operation. In the third, with two
out, Jones was safe on Elberfeld's tumble
and scored on Hills beautiful drive for
three bases to left field. In the sixth Jones
began with a hit. Hill put him on second
with a sacrifice and Stahl struck out
Huelsman came along with Dagger
TO deep right field and Jones scored Huels-
man could have gone home on Keelers
poor throw if he had been properly coach
ed, so that Washington lost another run
in that inning. In the ninth the Nationals
got after Clarkson sharply and the crowd
expected another balloon flight, but the
young pitcher finally mana ged to pull him
self together and held his game before the
Washingtons batted it away from him.
The score: