Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-01
,rican League Clubs.
andiug of National League Clubs.

NEW YORK, September 1.-Fidelity to
facts-and they always insist upon it-com-
pels the bare assertion that in the double
header between the Yankees and the Sena-
tors up on the hilltop yesterday afternoon
"Grif's' boys won both contentious by the
scores of Z to ) and 20 to 5. The figures
sound like betting odds. but no money
changed hands up there. possibly for the
reason that everybody was backing the
same favorite. 1t was one of the most re-
markable base ball matinees in the history
of the local diamond. The opening contest
was as stubborn fight as one often sees;
the second was something worse than a
bad Joke.
Nothing less than criminal was the fash
ion In which those Highland boys pounded
three Capitoline twirlers all over the sub
urbs. Twenty runs to five In six innings
and twenty hits to six In that same period
Is going some. you will admit, and when
the aggressive and seif-possessed Silk
O'Loughlin. who was collaborating with
young Evans in the arbitration, called the
farce OFF it was not ION account of dark
ness as he officially announced. there be-
ing still ample light for at least another
inning. but because everybody was call
ing" him and dinners were growing cold
Yankees Score Rapidly.
Really there is no necessity to discuss
the engagement seriously or even statis-
tcally. Five runs were made by the Yam
KEGS in each of the first three innings. and
nearly all of the fifteen were earned by
clean hitting. The Yankees had their bat
ting eyes with them, and the exhibition
soon became painful out of sympathy for
the victims. In the first inning. for ex-
ample two triples. double and three sim
giles were recorded, not to mention a con-
tributory base on balls. In the second a
home run and triple helped some. two
more singles casually crowding the list
and in the third a mere trife of six more
singles piled up some more figures. In
the remaining three sessions the local boys
let up bit and contented themselves with
only one more home run, one more three
Dagger and a single.
Hardy Hughes and Stanley were the WIS.,
iting victims. but after the slaughter once
got under way nobody could have checked
1t. Look at the hit column on our side and
you will easily find out how the thing went.
Out of five times at bat, for instance. Dele
hanty smashed out two home runs. one
three-bagger and one single; Moriarty ac-
cumulated two triples, and all along the
remainder of the list safe drives for one or
more bases were thick the autumnal
leaves that strew the brooks you've read
about.
While this deadly execution with the big
baton was under way, the Highlanders
were putting up the real article in the way
of fielding. With the exception of MORTAR
ty. who had a sudden access of misplays,
all in the third inning. the garden-work
was without a flaw, and, considering what
he did in the other department there's
no curtain lecture coming to him. ZAP
Orth pitched only two innings. when he
was succeeded by Barger the new boy.
The substitution was made to save ZAP
for one of today's dual engagements.
he was found for only two hits In the
manning four sessions Barger was punished
for only four more, and he showed fairly
good form on the whole.
No Real Interest.
Washington scored only In the third and
fifth innings. the first pair of runs being
helped in by the misplays of Moriarty and
the remaining three by a double, a triple.
a single and base on balls The run
away start of the Yankees. however had
deprived the affair of any real interest.
and there was general relief when
O'Loughln finally declared adjourn
ment. although this was not until well
after o'clock.
In the curtain-raiser OF the afternoon,
even though the visitors did some wretched
fielding. the decisive point was not reached
until the local half of the eighth inning,
when the Yankees ran ahead by three runs.
Chesbro had been punished in lively fashion
in the opening session. when the Senators
piled up trio of tallies. but he was solid
as a rock thereafter, while the Yankees
punched their hits on Falkenberg
At the opening of the eighth the figures
were to In favor of the visitors. Chase,
the first man up, died on a fly to Jones. but
on Delehanty's double to right. A wild
pitch by Falkenberg scored both. Nor
iarty then hiked fly to Jones, who muffed
IL, and the batter ran around to third. He
scored after Jones had caught McGuires
fly. and there was nothing more to it.
The scores:
First Game.
N r-,N