National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-12
BASE BALI.
cREIGHToNs vs.. NATIONALS.

| ChElUdIONS VS.. NAIlONALSs
In anticipation Of an exciting game between
the Creightons (amateur champions) and
Nationals quite large crowd assembled on the
Olympic grounds yesterday afternoon, and
were well repaid for their attendance, for q
game Of moro interest has not taken place In
this city for years. Il. will be remembered
that this was the third game Of q series Of five
between these two crack amateur mines, the
first two having been won by the Nationals.
The difficulty heretofore with the Creightons
has been, as they admit, their inability to bat
the effective pitching of WitheroW, but yesterday
they seemed to have got "the hang Of It" and
batted him easily. Game was called at Ais
with the Nationals at the bat.
First InniDg.-Lawrie struck to Gerhardt,
and by wild throw of the latter took first
Kipp struck out Holly, by an error Of Wall,
made first, and Lawrie came home; Stevens hit
to Blue and retired, Holly coming home At
kinson retired on fly to Linney. Side out; 2
runs.
Gerhardt flied out to Lusk; Burch out at
first, and Jennings was retired by Holly.
Second Inning.-Lusk fed out to Wall Han
ney struck out Trott out on foul fly by Ger
hardt. Round o.
Greason was caught out by Stevens in right
field; Frasier out on foul bound by Trott, and
Wall finished the inning by sending fly to
Witherow.
Third Inning.-witherow out on a fly; Law
rIe out at first; Kipp out on fly to Wall.
No runs.
Linuey made safe hit to centre field, and
made first; Price out at first; Blue flied out to
Lusk; Gerhardt flied out to Lusk; Linney left
on third. No runs.
Fourth Inning.-Holly made first on base
hit; Stevens out on fly by Linney; Atkinson
made a base hit; Lusk flied out to Frssier;
Holly home; Hanney out on foul bound to
Jennings. One run.
Burch, on a foul bound to Trott, retired;
Jennings retired at first; Greason out at first.
Fifth Inning.-Trott caught out on a foul
bound; Witherow by an error of Wall got his
first; Lawrie out at first; Witherow home;
Kipp out at first. One run.
Frasier out on foul bound; Wall struck out
and Llnney retired on foul fly to Trott
Sixth Inning.-Holly got bis base on called
base and Holly went home; Lusk out at first;
Hanney fled out to Blue. One run.
Price got his base on an error of the catcher;
Blue hit for his base; Gerharlt out at first;
Burch got his base; Price went home; Jen-
nings by safe hit took first (bases all fuli) and
Frasier by Q tremendous hit to left field took
second and sent Burch and Jennings home
C.
Wall out on foul; Linney out on fly to
Lawrie. Four runs.
Seventh Inning.-Trott, WitheroW and Law
RE went out on fouls to Jennings.
Price out on foul fly; Blue out on a fly to
Lawrie; Gerhardt made safe hit for his base,
and by an error of the catcher got home; Burch
out on a foul. One run, the score being 5 to 5.
Eighth Inning.-Kipp out on a fyto Frasier;
Holly out on fly to Frasier, and Stevens re-
tired on an immense foul-bouud catch by Jen-
nings.
Jennings made q base hit, and in stealing
second got severely injured and was carried
from the field and taken home in q carriage
Greason out at first; Frasier out on foul; Wall
got first and sent Jennings home; Linney out
at first. One run.
Ninth Inning, "a change was here made,
sending Gerhardt to catch. )-Atkinson made
his third base by fly muff by Burch. Lusk
out on a fly to Blue. Hanney got his base by
an error. Trott struck out, Witherow made
a safe hit and sent in Atkinson and Hanney.
Lawrie by base hit sent in Witherow. Kipp
out at first BY Gerhardt. Three runs.
Price out on 9 foul bound to the catcher.
Blue by an error of the short stop got his first.
Gerharlt by safe hit came in, sending Blue
In advance. Burch struck out. Jennings out
at first. Two runs.
Tenth Innlng.-HoIly out on foul bound;
Stevens fled out to Linney, and in 3 beautiful
line fy-catch by Linney, Atkinson retired. No
runs.
Greason out on q foul bound 10 Trott; Frasier
obtained first by wild throw to first; Wall
struck out; Frasier home on passed ball, and
Linney out on the first, giving the game 10 the
Creighton by q score Of 9 to s:
In the closing Of the eighth inning Jennings,
the catcher Of the Creightons, In running from
first to second base, fell heavily at the latter
point, dislocatiug his ankle. He was carried
to the seats, and after an examination of the
limb, BY physician present, was pronounced
unht TO play. Nevertheless he insisted upon
playing the game out, although evidently suf-
fering intensely. He took his position behind
the Bat, but sfter catching . few balls was
compelled to lie down, and was carried from
the grounds. At this point q half hour was
lost In discussing the merits Of every substi-
tute proposed for Jennings by the Creightons,
the latter club insisting upon their right to
play Snyder, of the Baltimore club, who was
on the grounds. The matter was at last SET
tied by sending Gerhardt to catch, Nichols,
substitute, to right field, Wall to third, and
Burch TO short.
When the tenth inning commenced the IN
terest manifested was very great, but the eX-
element was intense when Frasier came rush
ing home, making the winning run. The
friends Of the Creightons crowded around him,
cheering, shaking hands, and coDgratulsting
each other.
a., A. 1890.