The Washington times., 1905-05-09

When the other fellows 60 anu Sou
| don't you are sure to be done.
| Such was the sad case OF our naughty
Nationals yesterday, only they were not
| a bit naughty. but minded the orders
of Rube Waddeu and his team mates
most obedientiy and humbiy. They
| climbed this" and Jumped through
that" in a hushed and subdued manner.
as if they feared Waddell were in bad
| humor and might spank EN- real hard.
| As an actor the Ri5be is about one
| candie-power, but as a pitcher he Is
searcnlisht and beacon OF hope Tor
the Athletics His speed was like the
| pace he sets when he goes on one OF
i his ra-l,pages, and the National batteFs
had to be told when the ball had gone
by Huelsman was eagle-eyed enough 10
connect safely twice. while Stahl ana
Patten each got one safe lick, thohsh
that one by Patton was sort OF mi
tation affair, with a marhed-doWn tag.
! At other times there WIS nothing doing
Cross Scented Trouble.
| Lave Cross remarked in PhiladelphiA
! that he scented trouble when the double
| series with Washington began. Maybe
| he did teen. but he viii scent anything
| for some time 10 come He stuck MS
| nose into the private affairs OF HuelS-
man yesterday and got it fractured.
/ IIuelsrnan had sworn by the Wnlte
| Goat 20 make a hit and let out drive
| that would have bored a hole through
the thick skull OF some of the prize
! fight managers, and after taxing d
| hound it landed full upon the scenteF
| OF Cross Lave promptly dropped IN MS
track, suffering all sorts of agony. and
had to retire. small artery was sew
cred by the blow and the athlete did
| not stop bleeding until p. H.
The Rube had the local batters COM
pletely euel1ered throughout the contest
: and Just one dozen Of the e1-Senat lots
! famed during the afternoon ehhiDl-
| ton Only four hits We're naade ny
StahPs men and these were SO widely
distributed that they made no great
eifference in the final outcome.
| Patten. who was up for the Ma
tionals. pitched his usual good game
his opponent it would have required
| extra innings for a verdict
Knoll Made Catch.
Tie game was slow throughout and
aside from circus catch by Knoll there
were ne fielding features. In the ninth
Barton shot a low fly along the nFst
base line which looked good fof a
couple. but just as the ball was ABOUT
to nit the ground tItC &iSii1 -1O--
reached down and scooped the sphere
With the exception OF Stahl. the WORK
of the local infield. the strongest de-
partment of the team. was rocky. diii'
who has been putting up a great game
at third was charged with one misplay
| while Mil the dininutiYe second pase-
man. had two bad errors. CASSIDY, py
a sharp throw to first save himself
after he had booted WaddelPs groundeF-
How II Happened.
In the first Hill was safe on fielder $
choice and Huelsmans drive into Cross
face and an error by Waddeli gave the
Nationals a tally,
| TWO hits and an error by Mil sent
two runs across the plate for the Ath-
Ietics IN the second. In the ninth the
Philadelphians got one more. while the
Nationals succeeded IN getting Muilin,
who batted for Patten. around the cir
cult. but with a man on third and an
ether on second Stahl and Cassidy We're
unequal to the occasion and the same
ended to 2