The Washington times., 1905-05-05
LEADERS UNABLE
TO HIT VADDELL
Rube Pitched One of His
Best Games.
NO ONE REACHED SECOND
Clouds of Dust Swept Across Field
at Times, Binding the
Players.
NO ONE REACHED SECOND

PHILADELPHIA, May 5,-George Ed
ward Waddell, left-handed pitcher. erst-
while actor. emerged from his enforced
professional sacluston yesterday after
noon and sigrEalized his return to the
diamond by pitching one of the best
games of his varied career
Terrific speed, superb command. and
sharp curves We're Ghe hypaotizing forces
that Waddeu used on the Washington
batsmen so effectively that he accom-
plished a shut-out andl further humiliat-
ed the all-conauering nationals by allow
ing them but Il single Init The game sa-
vorsd Of nothing out Wadde1iism from
beginning to ,'Id'> In q word, he was
the whole show.
Hit in Eighth.
clear idea of AVaddelTs effectiveness
may be gained by an analysis of the
game. Not until t6o eighth inning did
Washington make athE, the nearest ap-
: proach TO it being in the fifth, when
Cassidy pushed out a long fly to left
Z field. which HartsaI dropped after long
run. In the preceding inning Seybold
gallantly came to >rhe big twirIers res
cue by executing\t = sensational one
: handed catch, taking the bali with his
gioved hand just asN it was going over
his head.
This saved George Edwards pitching
: average to the extent Of hit. So
completely mystifying was WaddelFs 5
first base; one on a wild Nhrow by Da-
Wis, one on a tumble by Knight one
en- Hartsefs nluff. and the other by a
clean single Not runner proceeded
beyond the initial bag. Not one of the
visitors benefited by his generosity. He
put the ball squarely over the plate,
true and speedy, no bases on balls or
hit batsusen marreu his brilliant pitch
ing feat Waddel1 truly said to 'Ru-
ben in an audible soliloquy as he'waIk-
ed off the field after Hoffman had
caught Tfill'S 81 fly which ended the con-
test. Verify. sGeorge Edward, you are
great.
Dust and lWind.
The gametwas played under the great
est Handicapped wind and dust that has
been seen in this city for a long time.
The northeast wind blew a gale across
the field. raising clouds of dirt and
to stop in1umerabLe times to clear their
eyes and wait until dust cloud of
more than usual proportions had passed
away. Not only was the wind high, but
it was bleak, players and spectators
feeling the effects OF the very sudden
change OF temperature The high gale
troubled the helderS in Judging fly balls,
several fouls being missed on account
of the strong wind.
The fielding features Were Seyboid's
catch OF Huelsma.n's S hard drive in the
fourth inning, the big right fielder TAX
ing the ball with his gloved hand while
running backward, and knights catch
of Knoll's line drive in the fifth inning
on which Cassidy was doubled at first
by a quick throw. Davis made an excel
lent stop OF StahT's hard groInder in
the opening inning, while Mil made a
good running catch sof Cross fly in the
sixth.
Two in First.
The Athletics profited in the first in
ming TO the extent of two runs on
blunders of Jacobsen. The latter threw
wildly to first on Hoffman's easy
grounder. and then passed Hartsel to
first on balls. Davis sacriicesand Cross
single sent both men across the plate.
Not until the eighth inning did the
Athletics get on sufficiently familiar
terms with Jacobsen's delivery to score