Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-09

Boston secured Soou start Nesteioas
afternoon in the closing series of the sea-
son with Washington. winning out by the
score of = to |.
The Honorable Cyrus Young was on the
rubber for the Beaneaters, and after the
struggle the most conservative ran is
willing to wager weeks salary that
the veteran carries around with MN
talisman of some sort For about the
steenth time this season the Nationals
got the start on Cyrus and it looked
as though they might at last pull off
a victory. but in the twinkle OF an eye a
hit and an error bobbed up and all the
local fans hopes went slimmering. What
made the Nationals look the better was
the fact that the veteran twirler mad
Sipned in a wild pitch, something that
rarely happens To Cyrus. and II had re-
suited in u run. There was a sloatinS yell
from almost every throat inside the park
when the miShap came to the veteran ana
the run was scored, from the way both
the twrlers were being hit runs Would
come high. very high, during the alter
noon. Then came the disastrous sixth
inning with its tumble of Delehanty and
CIymer's miscue on GesSlers drive 10
right. and three runs resulted. Three runs
are not large score. but they more
than Sufficed to win yesterday.
Charley Smith was on the rubber for
the Nationals. and the Cleveland boy did
mastery work for five innings. practI-
caly outpitching the grand old man
Charley had his we'll known speed with
him and good control and the players
back of him were Sobbling up everything
they could get their hands on. but base
ball games run nine instead of five in
nngs and the sixth proved the Cleveland
lads undOing.
Disastrous Sixth.
Mcconnell started the inning with a
clean single into left. but Lord forced him
out at second in trying to sacrifice. He
hit the bali right in front of the plate
and Street was on the ball like streak
of creased lightning. Grabbing up the
sphere. Street shot it TO Mcbride at sec
ond. and Mcconnell was out by a yard.
Some base ball that ell. Bob? Thoney
followed with "A slow roller to right that
Delehanty should have eaten up but
Younc's talisman was working and he
failed to- connect. making measly
tumble. This put man on second and
first with one out and the tooth puller.
Dr. Gessler. ambled up to the plate. Doc
has been hitting the ball for keeps on
The Washington lot. and once more he was
there with the goods. clean line Single
into right. 1t was wickedly hit ball.
Clymcr was in front of it. but. taking a
bad bound it shot by the right fielder
and rolled almost to the fence. BY the
time the ball retrieved Lord. Thoney
and Gessler were over the pan. Once
more the taliSman had got in its deadly
work and the day was lost. The crowd
sank back in the seats as If Jerked there
by invisible wires and the signs that went
UP resembIed a windStorm shooting
through n forest. Poor Clymer. Del
and Smith came i'm for all sorts of male
dictionS. the first two for their errors and
the last for allowing the hit: but why
HOY haI
fore without mishap to their team. but
they were simply struggling against the
old mans luck.
Locals Lonely Run.
The Nationals lonely run developed In
the second inning. little too early to heat
Young's luck Delehanty had persisted on
roller to Mcconnell, and then Clymer.
the unlucky kid, soaked a clean single
into right. Jerry Freeman followed with
a roller 10 Wagner and Clymer was head
cd off at second
Mcbride then knocked up a little fly
that came down directly back of the
pitchers box and Wagner and Stahl both
raced over to capture it. The pair yelled
like Indians that they had it. drowning
each others voice. and as result they
came together ka-souse. the ball being
Knocked out of Garland's hands. he being
the taller and reaching the sphere. Free
man like wise boy. had been lickety-
splitting it around the bases. and when
the ball was recovered he had COPIED
third. The mishap doubtless made Wag-
ner, Stahl and Young sore, and the latter
cut loose with wild pitch. and Jerry lost
little time galloping home 70 ,he merry
yells of the multitude II was certainly
the right time to yell. as the opportunity
did not come up again during the re-
mainder of the game.
In the fourth the locals made a bold
bid for another run. but it was simply
a bid. Unglaub had been called out on
strikes, when Delenanty followed with a
clean single into right center. The hit
and-run game was tried and Del. reach
ed second in safety. when Clymer sent a
fast roller to Wagner and was thrown
out at first. Freeman then laced a beau
tiful single into left and Delehanty set
sail for home, but ThOney came dashing
in and made such a pretty pickup of
the bail and throw-home that the coach
er pulled Jim back To the bag in hurry.
jerry making second on the play by a
good slide. A single then would have
looked handsome but McBride's best was
roller to Mcconnell, and he died at
first.
That was the final chapter for the To-
Gals. as Cyrus put on puzzling speed in
the last five innings, and the locals went