The Washington times., 1906-05-01
By THOMAS S. RICE.
Washington. 2: Athletics. g

PHILADELPHIA, May 1-Washing-
tons Brave Boys lost to the Athletics
yesterday by 10 3 IN a game repIete
with amusing Incidents and marked by
sad but glorious anish.
Until the ninth inning Chief Bender
maintained all the naughty reserve for
" ch the dime rovei Indians are ia
nous. He allowed no liberties with his
delivery. In the hrst six innings niHe-
teen men faced him. but after that he
reiaNcd little and the Nationals occa-
81, naliy reached first. In the last round
the chief was decidedly generous. Three
doubles in succession. by Schlahy. Hick-
man. and Lave Cross. followed by. An
dersoh's single. gave US three runs Then
the pipe went out. Kittredge was the
last man at bat and famed
Falkonberg had as many ups and
downs as the nero in a detective story.
n tho second inning a single and A
uCubie produced no runs. two men being
caught al the plate. The NTH round
saw the luck change One single. a
SGiiE NIiiEE ny ana pass. with an error by
Nil nytted three runs The seventh ses-
sion was also dolefuI A hit. an error
ana a sacrifice produced another tally
double and two singles completed the
side.
Stahl Star in Comedy.
stahl was the most prominent Of the
comedians OF the day In The hfth
round there happened a sad accident
10 his pants. which was a source Of great
scandal and the subject of much gossip
among the neighbors He tried 10 steal
second and missed it a mile after a
long slide When he arose he was a
most shocking sight, but amusing with
al His brand new dark blue pants
were split fore and aft and torn at
the sides Also. they needed patching At
the knees
The boy manager attempted the usual
and usefuI sxpedient in such cases OF
backing out gracefully. but he Is not the
first man 10 regret the first backward
step for he had no sooner started
toWHrd the bieacher exit than these
pantaloons gave way IN the seams.
Then he abandoned all diplomacy jump
ed the blelcher fence. and fed isA0bly.
Cure Worse Than Disease.
The reaDpe1rance OF the Born Leader
was greeted with loud outlaws. and even
the most sed8te OF the Quakers rrinned.
he had on pair OF boys side pants.
which were not made for a six-foot ath-
lete. Stahl knew this. and while he was
all the money for the high ones there
was nothing doing I'm reaching for the
low throws. and he SO instructed his
henchmen. That he escaped without a
second catastrophe vas due TO the care
with which balls were sent 10 him.
c. Hickman was an excellent leading
man for Stahl. the star. in the big bur
lesque In the seventh he received e
skyscraper from Monte Cross, o. rather
ne didn't receive Il. SO far no univer- /
sitY has conferred the degree of <. r
teminent felder} upon c. Hickman. and /
~ Is not believed that any viii this ves-
! nat baH from Cross stayed IN in the
AR like tariff reform committee Ii I
seemed glued 10 the azure Finally II
came straight down toward the eXpert-
ant but erratic Q. Hickman BY \ Won
dertul piece Of cOntOrtion ne so twisted 4
his neck and arms that the sphere pass- /
ed right between his nose and hands and /
Iell 10 the ground without being touch
ed. II was 4 magnificent exhibition Of i
how not 10 play right field
Hare and Hounds With Murphy.
Murphy billed himself for "A speciality.
with the Nationals as supers. and made
good He was on third in the second
aiming, with Powers on first. Powers