Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-16

Cleveland AT ST. LOUIS
National League Games Today
Pittsburg at Chicago
st. Louis at Cincinnati
Tb. Washington and New York clubs
nut ND two slashing exhibitions yesterday
afternoon before a gathering of over 7,OoO
people. the first game going to the Locals
nv the score of to l. while the second,
which was called at the end of the seventh
inning on account Of darkness, was cap
tured by the visitors. to !. The weather
was cloudy and just cool enough to make
1t an ideal afternoon for the sport, whle
the scores were close enough and the play
ing so fine that the spectators and players
were kept on edge throughout the contests
Two games for one admission have always
been q great magnet for the Washington
fans" and they began arriving early,
overfowed the bleacher seats and crowded
behind the ropes in center field
The Highlanders. buoyed up with pennant
aspirations fought every inch of the way,
insinuations that they would not try their
best to defeat Manager Griffith and his
band.
Patten in Fine Form.
Case Patten, who is in superb form Just
now, was on the firing line in the first
game. and he buffaloed the Highlanders
after the first inning. He had splendid
control and mixed up his fast and slow
deliveries so adroitly that 1t was next to
impossible for the Highlanders to get the
ball into safe territory.
Clarkson, who opposed him on the firing
line, was hit fairly hard, two of the Ma
tonals runs being earned, and the locals
were also helped by two disastrous plays
a throw into the bleachers by Laporte and
kick of the ball undes the left-heid stand
by Conroy, who was trying for high fly
and missed II by a hair after long run.
Both plays cost run.
In the second battle Albert Orth pitched
O skillful game and kept the hits so well
distributed that but a lonesome tally could
be garnered by the locals. Bob Edmund
SON. the new recruit from Texas, was sent
into the box by Manager Stahl, and the
youngster demonstrated that he is a good
ball player, If not first-class pitcher. He
did well for five innings. allowing but four
hits in that time on which only one run
was scored, but In the sixth inning the
New Workers got to him and hammered his
curves all over the lot. Edmundson was
cool and deliberate in the box, and at the
bat laid down perfect bunt In his first
turn up.
Back of the twirlers in both games the
fielding was fairly good, many fine plays
being mixed with the bad, but the errors
served only to add spice to the sport. AL
tizer as usual, got into the limelght by
catching a fly away down the left field
foul line after a very long run. and Mana
ger Stahl made the same sort of a play back
of first, the latter apparently capturing
the ball with two fingers. Laporte did
we'll at third. notwithstanding his disas-
trous throw into the grand stand, while
Blberfeld, Schlafiy and Cross put up their
usual pretty exhibitions In fielding hot
grounders. Anderson led the locals in bat
ting In the first contest, while Elberfeld
and Williams made four of the six hits
credited to the Yankees. In the second
game Schlafy and Stahl were the leaders
with the stick for the Nationals, while
Keller and Laporte were the best for the
visitors.
The First Game.
The New Workers got away well in the
first game. scoring run In their initial
turn at the bat, but it developed. 1t was
their lonesome run of the game. Conroy
worked a base on balls and Keller neatly
sacrificed him to second. Elberfeld then
spanked a Texas League double into right
and Conroy trotted home. Hickman made
n try for the ball with one hand, so as to
throw home. but missed II, ana the hit went
for two bases
a clean single to right, but tarried at firs
while the next three batters went out. Fol
the locals Cross sent an easy roller to La
porte, and the latter, with plenty of time
TO spare. heaved the ball wide 10 Chase
and on the second bound the ball went
INTO tDe nIty-ctui sSdls, Lave SOmIIIB AL
the way home. Hickman then fouled out
a pretty catch by Thomas; Anderson sin
gIed to- left, but died stealing, and Stab
famed.
The locals shot to the front in the fourth
inning and were never headed or caught
thereafter. After Conroy had captured
aes from Jones and Cross, Hickman hit 8
hign one that came down about a yard
inside the left field foul line. Conroy Sc
sail FOR the ball. and on the dead run the
sphere shot through his hands struck him
on the foot and bounded off under the left
field stand. The spectators out there wit
messed the mishap. and. jumping to thei!
feet, urged Hickman to run. and the biz
fellow lost little time getting around tn,