Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-18
American League Clubs Standing.
National League Clubs Standing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, May 1S.-No matter how
hard the White Sox may try. Case Patten
seems to hold a full-sized and husky Buff
falo upon their arden. efforts. He may
flourish or may fade in other cities, but
when he comes to Chicago he Is boss of the
ball yard, and the worlds champions look
like tiny monkeys. Somehow or other,
Patten Is unavailable round this. bailiwick.
To the eye of the man in the stand, he
looks like just a good, clever pitcher, who
ought to have about even chances; to the
eye of the man in the white uniform, he
resembles an elephant with tiger claws.
the breath of a dragon and the ferocity of
q hungry WOLF
One thing is plainly noticeable about the
Washington outfit: When Patten pitches,
that whole gang Is infused with new life.
The men who are half alive on other days
and fall asleep on the bases-as In the game
OF Thrrsday-become moving springs when
Patten works. Yesterday the Washingtons
played like wild men. but wild men with
clever heads. They did everything good
players ought to do, and did 1t at the right
minute. They worked like FURNISHED ma
chinery on the difficult plays, and, to cap
the climax, they outheaded the Sox on
the bases, both In working base-running
tricks and In preventing them. 1t is going
some when you can outhead and outfoot the
sox, but they did 1t and did it elegantly.
Sir David Star.
Altizer was boss of the works This gaunt
and rangy alligator is some ball player
when he wants to be. and yesterday was
special day for him. He made one horrible
throw, the main factor In Chicago's only
run. but he made up for that in a dozen
different ways. Like q long tomcat he
ranged the field, gathering everything that
came along and stopping half a dozen bat
" Of he MID Io
brought of would have done credit to
Hugh Jennings in his prime He made
three hits. and scored two runs, and he
managed to make himself SO popular with
the crowd that he got the glad hand when
ever he did anything at all
Once getting the worst of q close deci-
sion. he was called out as he slid back to
first. and the stand gave him a royal bunch
of cheers. 1t was assuredly a great day
for Altzer, and he looked like towering
monument or the pyramid Of Cheops when
evening came.
White Sox's Only Run.
The one lonely run Of the sox was
acquired In the fifth frame. Davis hit down
to Altizer. and the hero Of the day shot
the ball somewhere over yonder, on the
road to Mandalay. Davis reached third
easy. Thereupon Sullivan whaled a triple
OF exceeding beauty. Davis, of course
Paraded home Man on third. nobody out.
III,
who bluffed Sully back to third and got
the batter. Hahn hit to Mil. and Sully
was run down. After that the Sox worked
hard. but vainly. In the eighth and ninth
they rallied well, and each time a simply
beautiful douple play. with the same AL
tizer right In the center thereof killed them
of.
washington's work in assessing runs was
pretty and well scienced. Ganley started
the game with hit, Charley Jones sac
riiced and Cross hit the leather on the
gizzard. All very simple when you know
how. Why isn't 1t done more frequently?
Two Steals for Kick.
In the fourth, with one dead, Hickman
singled and stole second, running like an
iced COW. Altizer beat one to first. and 1t
was ripe for the double steal They
brought 1t OF elegantly. Hickman sliding
over the pan amid loud applause from the
tickle populace.
The Sox had fainting fit In the seventh.
Altizer the chief pest OF the afternoon.
singled and broke for second. Sullivan's
heave went into the rhubarbs and AL
tier annexed third Anderson hit to
Walsh. who threw TO first in a quaint and
peculiar way. very pretty to look at but
also wide of the bag. Mil forced Ander-
son, Altizer sticking by his fireside A
long fly from Hayden let in the run.
Andy Was Jealous.
The same pest-Altizer-was up in the
ninth and delivered a swat BY this time
Andy Anderson was jealous. He enlarged
Altizer's hit. unfurling spank that Lit In
the far west. between Denver and Pueblo
and Altizer hustled home.
And thus did Altizer beat the Sox. Great
partnership. Patten and Altizer. Hostile
genuine goods. The score:
CHICAGO. Alb R. H. O. A. e.