Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-09
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
1INAL. STANDINl
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
Chicago. 4: New YORK. =.

The American League season of 1908
was brought TO a close yesterday after
noon by the game between the Wash
lngton and New York clubs the locals
winning. to J. All the other clubs
had finished their season. the western
contingent Tuesday and the Athletics
and Rostons closing Wednesday,
Yesterdays finale was humorous
sort OF affair, the players of both teams
taking things easy. and as a result
errors We're plentiful on both sides
Bert Kelley was on the rubber for the
Nationals. while Lake served them up
Tor the Yankees. Both twirlers lobbed
The ball over the plate in a ma jority of
the innings, and as d result the runs came
1aSt The locals secured a good start
then threw II away by errors only to
come back and win out in their final
turn at the bat.
Ihere were many women present and
over a thousand school children cccu-
pied the left-field pavilion so that the
wlnd-up was quite a pretentious affair
instead of a joke. as has been the rule
when clubs get together for the last
game without anything at stake
me NIUE Riddles We're emphatically
the feature of the afternoon and II did
tne o!dtlmers good To hear their shrieks
or Slee over every sort OF play. Charley
street bounded into the limeIight 1T
the start by falling ever the. bats in
catching high foul fly. and the way
those BOYS and girls hit ii lIp mad The
players on both teams smile M mat
Ter how hard or how easy the different
plays were. the Glad hand was extend. a
I" everybody. the applause for an error
being almost as great as that for :, SEN
sattonal play.
The little ones were also wise to the
piS game IN New York. and when the
hrst inning was posted showing the
Giants in the lead they made the Welkiu
ring with their wells of happiness. II
was great stunt. the invitation TO the
school children, and Managers Cantil-
lon and Elberfeld said last night, iii
should he repeated often during the sea
SON.
After the New Yorks had been retired
in the first. runless. the locals pulled off
two singles and double. and chased
three runs over the rubber. Mcbride be
ing behind the double that scored Ed
mondson and Freeman
In the second the Highlanders broke the
Ice. getting one run. the result of
ORourke's single to left an out at first
and Donovan's single 70 left
In the third inning the Nationals got
this run back. singles by Freeman, Nc
Bride and Street turning the trick.
In the fourth the Highlanders tied up
the score. the result of single by Mo
Rarity. two errors by Milan and Free
man and double TO center by Donovan.
In the fifth the visitors went to the fore,
scoring one run on Gardeners single. Ed
mondson's error and Laporte's single to
right.
The locals lied il up in the same inning
10 the glad acclaim of the kiddies. With
two out freeman singled into left. stole
second and on Blair'S bad throw To Sec
ond 10 head him off Jerry continued all
the way home
The Yankees failed To get any more
runs. but the Nationals got busy in theiI
eighth turn at the bat and whipped two
runs over the rubber. the result of an
error by MOriarity. d single by Shipke.
another error by Laporte and single by
keeley.
After the game the boys and girls