Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-07
Standing of American League Clubs
Standing of National League Clubs.

The Athletics played their last game In
Washington for the season of 1906 yester-
day afternoon and they failed to get run
over the plate, the Nationals winning by
the score of to o. The game was started
at O'Clock to allow the Washington team
time to catch the o'clock train for Bos-
ton. and as this barred out the employees
of the government departments. a small
crowd was on hand to witness the victory
of the Nationals.
Falkenberg was on the rubber for the
locals, and the tall boy pitched one of the
finest games of the season, striking out
ten batsmen and allowing but five scattered
hits In but one inning did the Athletics
get a runner around to third and the WIS.,
itors had great difficulty getting the ball
outside the diamond.
The celebrated -spit-ball artist, Dygert.
was on the firing line for the Athletics at
the starting. of the game and for three in
nings he retired the batters In their reg
uar order OF going to the plate. but in the
fourth the locals got on to the puzzing de-
livery and drove him to the bench with a
base on balls. two singles and triple.
Manager Stahl was the lucky man to get
the three-bagger. and as all the bases were
occupied. he made a killing" to use
racing phrase, by scoring a trio Of runs on
the hit.
Another Find for Mack.
Cunningham, another spit-bal twirler.
relieved Dygert, and for the remaining
four innings there was nothing doing In the
run-scoring line. He halls from Strouds-
burg Pa, and although very deliberate
and slow in his movements gives evidence
of being a find for Connie Mack. In the
eighth inning the locals secured three hits
on Cunningham, but he managed to set
the third man down before run was
scored.
Outside the pitching of Falkenberg.
which was the feature of the game, Mil Is
entitled to praise for his splendid playing
at second and the making of wonderful
one-handed catch in short right field while
he had his back to the ball. Lave Cross
also made a pretty one-handed stop OF
Administers speedy roller in the sixth.
while Jack Warner displayed nice head
work when. catching Hartsel forcing Cum
ningham OFF second. he rushed into the dia-
mond and finally retired the pitcher at
third on quick throw to Cross.
Hartsel. in the second inning. ran away
over the foul line and pulled down long
sky-scraping foul from Anderson's bat. and
Knight dashed into left field and captured
Warmers budding Texas Lacquer. getting
the ball on the dead run as it was coming
down over his right shoulder.
Runs in Bunch.
The story of the game is told in detailing
Washington's fourth inning. Mill waited
patiently on Dygert and was rewarded with
a pass TO nrSt. Jones trieu TO Sdcrlnce, Dut
he was so speedy going down the line that
he beat out his slow roller to right Hick-
man followed with slashing single to left
and Mil came home. Lave Cross then
moved Jones and Hickman up a base with
a neat sacrifice, but the best Anderson
could do was strike-out. Altizer looked
dangerous to Dygert. or perhaps Manager
Mack signaled him from the bench, and he
was purposely given base on balls, filling
up the corners.
and after having a strike called on him,
cut loose at a speedy outcurve and away 1t
sailed into right field. Had he taken the
ball in his hands he could hardly have
thrown 1t into better place, the ball car
oming off the fence, and when Seybold
got the ball back inside the diamond, three
runners had crossed the plate and Stahl
was resting on third base. The small crowd
yelled with delight over the hit and made
enough noise for three times their num-
bers.
Following Is the official score of the