Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08

error is credited to their account, and that
to Mullen. The Commissioners played a
heady game. but seemed to have scare
which did not leave them the game
progressed. Gathes, their catcher, at times
seemed undecided as to whether or not he
would throw to second base to catch
runner who stealing. Hook, Handiboe.
Venable and Downing played the best game
for the Commissioners. Jacobsen, for the
Nationals, pitched his first game, and was
kept in the box by Manager Stahl for six
innings, when he was replaced by W.
Wolfe. During JacobSen'S occupancy of the
box the Commissioners did not touch his
delivery for more than one safe hit. The
game started off with Hill throwing Hoff-
man out at first after he had hit a slow
grounder to third. Fitzpatrick, the next
man up, singled to left. but Beall was call
ed out on strikes. Venab!e hit a slow
grounder to Mullen, who slipped, but was
forced out a moment later on Hooks fly to
Cassidy.
For the Nationals Jones lead off with a
three-base hit. Hill smashed the first ball
over the plate for a single over second and
Jones went home. Hill stole second and
Gates threw to Venable to catch him, but
the throw was poor one, which permitted
Hill to go to third. Stahl was on first
and while the whole infield of the Commits
sioners was engaged in running him down.
Hill scored and .the former continued to
second. The next three batters could not
connect with the sphere. and the side was
out. In the second Handiboe started off with
two-base hit but Bowling and Wolfe
struck out and Gates sent a sharp grounder
to Cassidy, and was out at first With
two out in the third, Beall hit liner to
Jacobsen. who ducked, but Venable was
unable to do likewise and only succeeded
in sending a hot grounder to Mullen and
being thrown out at first In the fourth
Jacobsen toyed with the Commissioners as
he cared to and three of them sent up easy
flies, which We're taken in easily by the
waiting fielders of the Nationals In the
fifth inning Gates hit safely to left field
and Wolfe got to first by beating out bunt
Hoffman and Fitzpatrick sawed the air
and Beall forced Wolfe. During the sixth
Venable, the first man up singled but
Hook was unable to beat out a bunt and
Venable was forced out. Handiboe sent a
hot liner to Stahl, who sent the ball to
Cassiday at second retiring Hook and COM
pletlng the double In the seventh the
Commissioners could do nothing better with
Wolfes delivery han send up flies which
were taken into camp. During the next
Two innings they managed to get one sin
gle when Fitzpatrick hit to the infield
For the Nationals in the second inning
Cassidy hunted and beat it out, but Wolf
pulled him off first on a semi-balk and he
was caught between the bases: Kittredge
sent liner over third base which netted a
single, and Jacobsen hit to left, but Jones
and Hill sent up flies. In the fourth Mullen
singled to left field which Fitzpatrick al
lowed to get past him and before the ball
had been recovered was on third base Cas-
sidy hit slow one to second and on the
throw to the plate to catch Mullen, Cassidy
went to second. Kittredge was retired on
slow grounder to Handiboe. Jacobsen
hunted the ball to Wolfe and CASSIDY was
caught between third and the plate
Jacobsen going to second, and seeing Cas-
sidy put out thought the side had been
retired. walked toward the stand, and was
touched out by Handiboe, who was assisted
by Wolfe and Venable In the fifth inning
Jones was put out at second, Handboe
had recovered the ball he had arrived at
the first sack. Then Hill hit to Hook and
Jones was put out at second; Handiboe
completing the double play by sending the
ball to Bowling al first. Hook fumbled
Stahls grounder and then Wolfe threw
wild to Bowling in an attempt to catch
Stahl who was playing off the first base,
he going to second and scoring moment
later on Huelsrnan's single between short
and third. Cassidy forced Huelsman and
the side was out In the beginning of the
seventh Wolfe smashed the ball, which look
ed as though ii was gong over the fence,
but it fielied so quickly that he only
reached second. Hill hit to short and man
aged to reach first and attempted to work
the double steal with Wolfe but the latter
was touched out as he crossed the plate
Cassidy got a hit in the eighth inning and
Cassaday was hit by CantWell, who had
been substituted in the box for Wolfe but
who managed to keep the hits well scat
tered that one got any further than
second during the two remaining innings.