The Washington times., 1906-05-27
MAPS BATTED OUT
VICTORY IN NINTH
Made Five Runs Off FaIken-
berg in One Round.
LARRY'S HEADWoRK COUNTED
Put Rossman in TO Bat for Joss and
His Single Started Bril-
liant Rally.

Victory was snatched from defeat, but
the Nationals did none OF the snAtching.
and lost by 6 TO 4
That fine judgment of Larry Lajoie.
that Napoleonic leader Of the Maps"
was picnic. but the Nationals were not
in at the feast save as humble ninions
10 serve UP the tasty viands to the cpl
cures from Cleveland. The local men,
in fact. hardly fell heir to the crumbs.
With the game won for Washington
by TO l. Cleveland sailed into Mr..
tFaIkenberg for a triple, a two-bag gger,
and four singles, in the first half of
the ninth inning. 1t sent five runs
across the home slab, making total
of for the Maps"
Tried to Rally.
In their half of the ninth the Nation
ais stayed about the batting box like
tenants lOath tc move 'FaIk." the mis-
fortune of the afternoon, managed to
exc out a hit by hard running and audi
BILE grunting. but he kept his melancholy
watch on the initial sack while Jones
flew out to Bay and Schlafiy's long one
20 left was gathered in by Cong1ltOn.
But the credit for the Cleveland vic
tory goes to the redoubtable Larry and
the operations of his mental machinery
1t was the ninth inning. and the Stahl
brigade was three in the lead Bradley
smashed out double-and Bemis follow
ed with a triple. Two more runs were
needed TO tie the score. and Joss. a good
pitcher. but no miracle with the stick,
was the next batter. So Larry made a
bet with himself that Rossman, he Of
the sandy hair. could line out a hit
Rossnnar went in for Joss.
Rossman Started Rally.
He was conscious Of the things expect.
ed of him FaIkenbere-- delivery still
had lighted laterns on it, and Crossman
only had to be certain that he saw the
light Alright. He did. and he lined out
a single over second base that burnt the
grass as it struck far out in center field
Bemis trotted home.
After that Flick. Turner. and L4ajoie
guessed the answers to ''Falk's" riddles
and put down each q. single. From these
there resulted for the enthusiasts Ia
mentation and grief. despair. and
walls Two more runs. were added to
the Cleveland score. and the Nationals
were beaten again.
F'alkenberg fell in the ninth. and il
was no question Of fielding. The batters
that faced him smote the ball hard and
placed IL with the accuracy that might
have been displayed if they had taken
IL in their hands and carried it out TO
the spots where they wanted it to hit
the ground
Washington Had Chance.
The first four innings were fast and
clean, both sides going out in one-two-
three order, except in the fourth when
the Nationals got two hits but were un-
able TO score. In the fifth the Maps
cot in the first score on hits by Con-
galton and Bemis, and an error by
Williams
In the sixth the Neutrality-suspicious. had
their spot of sunshine. They made
three runs. which were as easy as win
ming at brace faro when you're the
banker. Joss. who pitched a splendid
game most of The time. passed Jones
10 first Schlafly followed with a single.
Then up stepped the smiling Lave Cross.
Close watchers said when he took his
place he looked handsomer than usual.
They held their breath. Whereupon
Lave sent the ball into deep right and a
kind fate took hold Of IL and rolled Il
under the fence.- Thus, what would
have been a double became homer and
three runs were Washington's.
Some Glad Moments.
1t was q gladsome moment And,
when the Maps limped clean through
the eighth with only their lone tally for
company, the fans" applauded gently
and swcetly. approaching the conduct
of real fans at a baseball game Their
decorous murmurs of appreciation were
even more pronounced in the last part
Of the eighth when Cross double and
Hickman's single sent Cross home with
another run.
Then occurred the execution. the
slaughter and the carnage of the ninth.
The Cleveland men had their habits on
and tore all the clothes off the ball.
They got their five runs and the battle
was over. Falkenberg was blamed. He
offered no explanation. He left the ex-
plantations to the score-and went home.
The Score: