Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-26
DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE.
Standing Of the Clubs.
Today's Game.
Treasury VS.. Commerce and Labor.
Navy Lads Nosed Out Post Office.

Navy Lads Nosed Out Post Office.
Navy participated In another extra
inning game on the White Lot yesterday
afternoon. this time taking Post Office into
camp. to l. 1t was an excellent game
and was thoroughly appreciated by the inn
mense crowd that always turns out to see
Navy and the leaders play. Curnane and
Haring were on the firing line and the
game settled down to a pitchers battle
from the start. and until the last two
innings it was the fastest contest ever seen
on the White Lot. Both pitchers started a
little wild. but soon settled down, and but
for the two or three battery and fielding
errors, that came Just at the wrong time
1t would have resulted In runless tie.
Curnane had the Post Office sluggers COM
pletely at his mercy. and had the best of
the argument throughout. Even the fam
Gus Rube, who has gotten eight hits out
OF nine times up In his two previous games
against such pitchers as Sanders, Titus
and Kinney. went hitless. There was only
one clean hit made off Curnane. and that
came In the third inning, when Orrison
beat out neat hunt with two down. He
stole second. but Adams flew out to left
In the fourth, with one down. NJ. Fenton
was given a pass. Kerr sacrificed Fenton
got a good start and kept on to third, but
by fast and clean play he was thrown out,
completing double. And so 1T was all the
way. Navy got hit in each of the second,
third and fourth. but good pitching and
sharp fielding put the side down without a
man reaching third. Rubs Clarke received
hearty round of applause when he made
fine stop and throw of Rau's difficult
chance In the fifth
In the seventh the strain broke and NAVY
scored the first run. Clements was passed
McCarron hit to center and Kerr let the
bail bound off his Sims, making the first
error OF the game As a consequence
Clements reached third and McCarron sec
ond. Sutton flew out to short left and Muir
ray was passed, filling the bases. Curnane
struck out, but Stevenson missed the third
strike. Thinking. in the wild excitement
and racket set up by the rooters, that the
man on third was forced. Stevenson grab
bed the ball. touched the plate and then
made a fatal mistake in throwing to first
for double. Clements came home with
the first run of the game. Both sides went
out in order until the last half of the ninth
when Post Office made a desperate effort
and tied the score Bradley beat out
scratch inf1eld hit. Orrison struck out and
Adams was safe on another scratch that
got by Rau. Just at this juncture Curnane
made wild pitch. Bradley came on home
from second and then the widest excite
ment followed when the umpire allowed
this. instead of giving him one base as
called for in the ground rule When the
crowd had been driven back and the up
roar subsidized play was again resumed and
Clarke and Fenton went out on easy
chances to second and short. In the tenth,
Curnane, first up for Navy, was hit Ran
struck out and Ellis fouled to Adams for
the second one. Bryan hit one to Orrison,
but Orrie, In his over anxiety. could not
pick the ball UP and both men were safe
Then followed pretty double steal Kraft
was passed filling the bases. Then the
crowd called madly for a hit from Glenn
ents. but he responded with tap to Har-
ing. But he like Orrison. was over anx-
tous and fumbled too long, Curnane scor-
ing with what turned out TO be the WIN
ming run. McCarron struck out and Post
Office went out in order in their half.