Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-17
National League Clubs Standing.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

CHICAGO, H.. May 17.-There have been
some freaky exhibitions of base ball in this
good old world. and some of them even on
that classic field run by c. Comiskey, but
1t is dollar to a plugged penny that no
prairie game. no back-lot Struggle ever saw
so much comedy base ball as the fracas
pulled off yesterday. 1t was the widest,
wooziest, foolishest performance of seven
teen seasons, and the populace Is still rub
bing sore ribs from excessive laughter
The lemon-limit. the big grape fruit of
the year. and the ounce of merriment came
of In the fifth inning. When Washington
went out in the field only eight men stroll
ed to their positions. Capt. Schlaf1y think
ing Of home and the hits that haven't
come, remained dreaming on the bench, lost
to the world, oblivious of everything. Eight
men went out to their places, and not one
of the eight even noticed that Schlafy was
missing. The umpire didn't notice it. The
Sox didn't notice it. Fielder Jones, the
batsman, sent grounder across second
and nobody came up TO tackle it. Not till
them whep somebody remarked: Queer
how that grounder got away was it dis
covered that eight and only eight men
were fielding for Cantillon. To cap the eli
max, Cantillon himself had failed to see
the emptiness of the infeld.
The umpire didn't seem to understand the
case for while, but finally decided that a
hit isn't hit when only eight men face
the aforesaid hit He called Jones back
just as Schlafy woke up and came out
from the bench amid colossal laughter
That was the funniest outbreak of the day,
but 1t was only one of many. For in
stance, Isbell managed to hit himself in the
back of the neck with a foul tip How a
man could do this is deep and darksome
mystery. but he did it just the same. 1t
nearly put him down for the ten count
Another time, when navigating from first
base, Schlafiy slept along the lines as
Heydon was whaling a triple Schlafy
stopped on third when he could have walk
ed home, and Heydon had to pull. up at
second. Once or twice John Anderson.
taking a throw to retire runner, yanked
his foot off the bag and let the man skip
safely by. In the first inning Smith pulled
off double play by accident. He muned
a pop fly, looked round, heaved madly at
nothing, and then found that he had start
ed a double execution. Again, seeing
man on first, and thinking him easy, Smith
fired at him, and pegged twenty feet too
high and let the runner skip to third.
but was chased away by Silk O'Loughlin.
Ban Johnson says that the incessant tan
giles between Mike and the American Asso-
citation have not been Strengthened to his
whole satisfaction. and he won't let MI
ef Was H s had the Cox & on the run
for time. In the second round. Smith
gave a hilarious exhibition. He passed
fired the ball to the bleachers, and had a
wild pitch, two runs coming IN. After that
he allowed no runs, but II was only the
sleepiness Of Schla1y when Heydon hit
the ball half mile in the seventh. that
prevented some more scoring.
The Sox broke Off one tally In the second.
on hits by Donohue and Rohe. and a cute
some wild pitch. The fourth was the big
noise, though. Isbell singled. Donohue
hunted. and the umpire said safe, although
the Senators howled la Kiowa. Rohe
dumped small one In front OF the plate,
and Heydon fired IT 20 first. John Ander-
son changed feet twice and finally missed
planted. Two men were retired amid dis
NAL walls from the multitude, but Hughes,
who was looking at balloon overhead,
gave Sullivan pass. Smith smote, hahn
walloped Altizer got the throw-in and
chucked II wild to the platter. When the
smoke died away, four runs were In.
Graham supplanted Hughes In the next
inning, and did very WELL having speed and
a lightning snap throw to first to stop the
runners He got his though, In the seventh.
when he gave some free checks, had a
wild pitch. and was poked little, two runs
ensuing.
The only bright spot of washlngton's play
came In the eighth, when a man famed
Just as another wandered off first, and
Heydon's quick shot to second secured the
double play.
Cantillon, who was jogging up and down
the lines In uniform. much resembling a
Jam tart wrapped in half a newspaper, was
madden than fricasseed monkey. He
wanted his men to at least show that they
were sentlent human beings when on eX-
hib!tion before his friends. but the display
they gave was more akin to the antics OF
seasick gyascuti Joe said lot of things
TO his men, nearly all uncomplmentary.