Evening star., 1906-06-15
Special Dispatch to The star.

demon OF hard luck hung over any club
1t has hung over Stahl's men since they ar
rived in Chicago. Nowhere, and at no time
since the season opened. have the pitch
ers twirled hetter ball They have been
practically unhittable-and yet the team is
losing steadily. and yesterday made 1t three
In a row since hitting this stockyards burg.
The umplring didn't cut any Ice yester-
day, for the only bad decision that was
handed out hit the Sox full in the upper
end Of the spine. 1t was simply the meas
Hest Of luck that operated against Wash
ington. Case Patten. who has been a ter
Tor to Comiskey's men since the old Kan
sas City days. held them to three scratchy
singles while Walsh was hit for four sin
giles and a double. Yet OF what avail?
Twice the Sox engineered fast double plays
when Washington was getting ambitious
and somehow or other they managed to
sneak in two runs while they were thus
holding the visitors at bay. Would not 1t
make a perfect lady mad?
Schlaf1y Asleep.
The first inning was mutual procession
TO the plate and back to the dog house. In
the second Davis made a fearful throw and
Altizl broke off single. Then, with two
men painting on the bases. up went two
pop flies to the outer garden. Not 50 in
single. Donohue sacrificed and Patten let
go wild pitch. Davis. of course, careerlng
to third. ONeill hit to Schlahy and it
looked though there was loads of time
TO retire the aged and hobblng Davis as
he snaled along toward the plate Instead
Harry tossed the ball 10 first whereat
Stahl addressed him fervently ard fiuently
for a considerable space Of lime
With two out in the tnird Schalfy soaked
a double nothing doing. In Chicago's
haIl' fatten gGve two passes and Klttridge
contributeG a burlesque throw, but. for
Wonper. the luck was missing and nobody
ca'ae in. Altizer singled in the fourth and
Immediately tried to find out If Sullivan
could throw. He could. Charlie Jones
oFened the fifth with nice drive, and, OF
course. Kittrdge had to hit into the In
field. Malachy ran with great speed-for
hin1-and was not more than seventy feet
from first when the south half of the dou-
bic play was completed. Patten retired the
Sox one. two. three In the fourth fifth and
sixth, and Washington also fed benchward
In orderly manner during the sixth round.
Patten Desperate.
In the seventh Tannehill miscued on Hick-
mans grounder, and a moment later
whack went Altzers effort for double
play. Fine business. BY this time Patten
was desperate. and the Sox were going
easy. They decided. however. that another
tally would grace and adorn the score.
After Davis had popped in the seventh,
D0nOhue sent twister past the infield He
stole second unchecked by Kittridge who
was a purely incidental catcher al day
ahd VINO was not even ornamental. O'Neill
came forward with ringing swipe and
Donohue hoofed for home. The ball came
IN from center Ike thing OF life. and rum
ner ana leather arrived simultaneously.
hltEl1ge let the rude thing flop by, ap-
parently considering it improper to stretch
himself. and DonOhue exultantly scored
while O'Neill CayOrted to third O'NeilI and
Sullivan then agreed upon a squeeze play.
ats for lrn r41u "a
vaiiautly forward. but Sully overlooked his
part Of the card, and did not even swing at
the ball. In consequence, O'Neil looked
exceedingly foolish as he encountered Kilt
fridge coming down the front steps with a
glad smile and the ball A moment later
Sullivan shot one at Schlaly, and Harry
fell all over H. Sullivan then essayed a
steal. and miracle happened Kittridge
actually throwing him out by half mile.
Walsh a Puzzle.
I, was one two three. zip. zip, zip. In the
eighth. Walsh famed both Jones and Kit
fridge the latter being so aggrleved that
be stood statue-like at the plate until kind
friends came and led him away. The sox
We're almost as easy, and the ninth was
due Mi grounded arms Harry Schlafy
bumped the b6ll with great vigor and Tan
neiuil gathered some grass In his furry The
grass. however, was all he did gather
Stahl popped 10 the bald-headed, but ever
faithful, isbell II was up TO John Ander-
son The Scandinavian gentleman swung
heavily couple OF times and Hahn there
upon retreated TO the extreme depths of the
jungle. Then John raised one OF those short
flies, too far for the ipfield. but near for
the outfleld. Hahn tore In like an express
train. and. seeming to gather speed as he
came, reached out and nipped the ball with
out the one-thousandth part OF second to
spare. 1t was great catch. and the crowd
gave tttlng ovation.
me game was record-breaker in one
way. II took / hour and o minues, actual
playing time. That's 90 minutes or a frac-
tion over four minutes 10 each half inning
played Batters in all stepped TO the plate
Therefore each man was up but little over
minute. Figuring in the time for changing