National Republican., 1877-08-25
BASE BALL.
THE GREEN ABOVE THE RED -cREIaHToSs vs..
TEMPLARs-THE cREIGHToNs VICTORIOUS
ny sCohE Of 12 To IL

THE GREEN ABOVE THE RED -cREtdHToNs Vs.
TEMPLARs-THE cREIGuToNs VICTORIOUS
ny scoLE OF IL To IL.
Yesterday afteiIoOu the FIRST game Of the
series took place between the Creighton and
TeInplar club. OIL the old Olympic grounds,
aud was witnessed by about one thousand
people. The small attendance, In comparison
with that at the samcs IotNccn the Astoria
aud Eagle and National and Astoria, was no
doubt caused by the situation Of the grounds,
which are located at Sixteenth and s streets,
while the hsturias grounds are al,aOSt la the
heart Of the city, being located AT Moth Cap
itUl aud q streets. There Is one objection
aud that Is one VI long standins-to be found
with the managers Of Washington base ball
clubs. They advertise 10 begin play at GER
tain hour, aay o'clock. aad invariably delay
starting until almost Ave, und yesterday was
| L0 exception to the rule, This should he
| Trmrdiul. Thcie are plenty Of people that
wOuld like to pattOniLe the ball-held who are
deferred frUu. 50 doing simply oil this account.
There arc also some things which the
players should taks note Of The captain Of
niue ~ supposed to he the man who does all
tho talking and ohbOcting, If there is any
tu he Done during tho progress of game,
aud lie alone should have that right. The
other players should stay jn their positions
aud lot tho two captains settle their differ
cnc,s The spectators at the game yesterday
delayed by the pcttishncss shown by some of
Tho players who from their looks are big
unnagh aud old enough to have better shuse.
When big, sLrpping fellow lies dnWu on the
grnss and mnlishly calls Tor new umpire,
simply becaTse his decisions do not suit him,
tho player,) he makes himself ridicnlons.
The position Of umpire was evidently new
one to Mr.. Deggcs and he undpubiedly gave
some wrong decisions, hut they were errors of
Judgment, and not ptional On the whole,
viewed by . disinterestsd spectator, his UNI
piring was impartial
Tho CreightOns wont 10 tho bat first, end up
to tho close Of the second inning It looked
rs II It would be = one sided game, they fail
Ing To score. while their opponents made four
ious. But In the third inning the boys"
suctrcded In gstting in two runs, while. they
whitswashed their rivals ln the fourth
inning the Creights got single, and gave their
opponents another goose.egg, which lsft them
only one behind, and Creighton stock in,me-
distoly took . rise. In the fifth inning the
green legs scored two, and again "Chicneoed"
iis reds which gave them lead Of one. and
In tho succeeding four iuniugs thny improved
this, a ths score stood when tho Tcnplars
went to the bat for their last inning l2 to 7.
II was now craving dark, and tho Ten,plars
improved their opportunity, for by "a splendid
strnk Of hatting, aided by eirors On the part
Of thu Creightons. they suncreicd in making
four runs, but McKonna's lightning like
thnw to Handy at second put out tho
third man. AMI saTcd the Creightons their
| hard earned victory
"Hoearth," Burch Doyle and McKouna distin.
suisLed Themselves on the part Of the Creigh.
ton. On the part Of the Tcmplars McGuigan
and Mills did some line playing, while Conway
distinguished himself IN the ninth inning by
. magnificent hit to centre. scoring clean
home run. Mcuraw, catcher Of the Tcmplars,
sustained severe Injury. having his finger
broken by a foul tip in the second inning,
which disabled hun, and he had to procure a
substitute This was ap irreparable loss to
the Templars, ard materially assisted the
Cfcightons. The folio wing Is the summary OF
Il thu paius.