Evening star., 1907-09-04
American League Clubs Standing.
National League Clubs Standing.

FeittsbuTg u 80 5s5 Boston; Be- a a g -saS 81,
PHILADELPHIA, September 1.-Two
easy victories over Washington yesterday
erased the pangs of the defeat of Labor
day morning and brought the Athletics so
close to Detroit that on the first occasion
the Tigers lose when the Athletics win the
Mack men will assume the lead.
Detroit trimmed the Sox easily. and St
Louis helped a whole lot by shutting out
the fast-movlng CIevelanders. Mack's men
are five points behind Detroit. lead the Sox
twenty and Cleveland twenty-slX.
Washington was easy yesterday. painfully
easy. as scores OF 15-6 and 81 attest, but
the 1905 spectators didn't mind that. 1t
was really a pleasure to land a couple of
games which involved no nervous tension.
Collins was on the field. limping and un-
able to play. but reports of the injury to
his ankle were much exaggerated. and he
will be back in the game in a few days.
Nothing juicy as the pitching of Ober-
lin. Mcdonald and Falkenberg has come
The Athletics way In a long while, and
when the home team even briefly lost its
bearings from the exhaustion of running
the bases and couldn't get any more hits
O'Brien or Clymer was there with an error
to make the circuit easy.
Hartsel Some Hitter.
For his days work Hartse had four hits
and five runs and he played only half the
first game at that. Nichols had five runs
and six hits. Seybold six hits, Murphy
three Cross two. Oldring three. including.
two doubles in one inning, and Schreck
FIVE Everybody but Lord had at least one
safety. but as Bris only went to the plate
once he had no cause 10 feel bad. He fin
ished out the first game after Hartsel got
tired of running.
Thirty-two hits, twenty-one in the first
game and eleven in the second, was the
crop of safeties.
The team lined up with a changed infeld.
Nichols being at third base in place of
Collins. who was kept on the bench from
the effect of the strained tendon he sus-
tained while sliding into third base in the
last inning of Mondays game Nichols
played a star game ct third, and Monte
performed in his usual finished manner at
shortstop.
The Athletics got busy on Oberlin right
away Hartsel singled, moved up on
passed ball and Nichols sacrifice and
counted on Seybold's out to Delehanty.
Murphy hit safely to right in the second
and took third on Monte's single. He
counted on Schrecks long fly
In the third Topsy walked and Nichols
beat bunt, Seybold tried to sacrifice and
Altizer threw badly to third. all being safe:
Long flies by Davis and Murphy were good
for another brace of runs.
Nine Runs in One Inning.
This 40 lead looked comfortable till the
third when Washington got going. Ober-
lin singled and wents to third when Hart
sci fumbled Ganley's hard single. Clymer
walked. filing the bases. Then came o OBrien
with a double to left center that cleared the
bases
All danger of another close game was
frustrated by what the Athletics DID In
their fourth. Mcdonald made his debut In
place of Oberlin at this auspiciouS moment,
and We will be glad u welcome him at any
time.
During his first inning twelve men bat
ted. nine made hits. one walked and nine
runs were scored. Eight hits came in sue
Cession. which probably establishes rec
ord certainly il does for the Athletics.
This is what they did:
Oldring doubled.
ScreCk singled.
Dygert beat bunt.
Hartsel singled.
Nichols singled
Seybold singled.
Davis singled
Murphy singled
Cross walked.
Oldring made second double.
Schreck famed.
Dygert flied TO Milan.
lust by way of making the going easier.
Ganley let Nichols hit go through him to
the fence. letting in two runs, and Ganley
made a Wild return of Oldrings second
double Oldring was caught trying to steal
home or there is no teiIlnS Wnen the car
mage would have ended.
Dygert Took 1t Easy.
Hartsers single, Nichols sacrifice and
Seybold's single gave another IN the NTH.
Nichols double and Seybolds single made
the total fifteen runs In the ninth.
Dygert went along easily with this safe
al Sipnal