National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1879-09-05
YESTERDAYS BALL GAME.
The Nationals Win a Victory Over
the WOrcesters.
Playing in the Dusk-A Close Contest aud n
Disputed Decision--A Card from the
Umpire - banquet Given to tho
Home Club at Harvcy's-Tho
Worcesters Decline TO
Attend tho Repast.
Tho Nationals and worcestcrs.


The National aud Worcester clubs met on
the National grounds yesterday afternoon for
the purpose of playing ono of the two cham
pionship games between them still standing
ON the schedule, aud everything passed off
smoothly until the end of the sixth inning
was reached. 1t was then after 6 o'clock.
Captain Baker of the National team, called
the attention of the umpire, Mr. II. b. Phillips,
of Baltimore, Md, to the latcness of the hour
and the impossibility to complete another in
ming. The latter decided that sufficient light
remained to continue play. aud directed the
game to proceed. The Nationals went in and
obtained their half of the seventh inning
without scoring, aud retired. Again the qucs-
ton of insufficient light was brought to tho
notice of the umpire. but lie decided to go
ahead.
Irwin, of the Worccsters, reached first base,
aud the Nationals were huggiug pretty close to
earth trying to keep the sphere in view, but
with poor success. Bushing went to the bat
and hit ball that struck Lynch, but he man
aged to get the batter out Captain Baker
protested that it was dangerous to his men to
compel them to play with so little light, still
the umpire said 70 on. Wood stood next at
the homc-plate while Irwin had reached sec
ond. He drove a ball to Mcclellan at short
but that player failed TO see IL. and striking
him on the shoulder, IL rolled somewhere in
tho field, and while hunting for it
Irwin came home. Captain Baker then
insisted that the game ought to stop.
The umpire went out to second base
aud admitted that 1t was much darker out
there than he had supposed. Brady, OF the
Worccstcrs chimed In and asserted that there
was an abundance of light for the continuance
of the game. To provo it he directed the
catcher orhis club to throw him a ball from the
home-plate, which was done, but the keen
another player beyond him stopped aud
brought it in. This satisfied the umpire and
the game WAS called ut G:35 o'clock. He then
referred to the rules, aud after reading them
over, decided that under section 3 the game
must 20 back to the sixth inning, and resulted
in favor of the Nationals by u score of A to 3.
There were about $500 spectators that wit
messed the game, and everything passed off
tremendously until the dispute us to sufIi-
cheney of daylight arose. Play was called
promptly Mt o'clock but when Richmond
pitches in the future they had better fl it ut
least ono hour earlier. Tho young man con-
sumcs too much time squeezing aud fondling
the sphere under his fifth rib, with his back to
/ the batter, before he delivers the ball. Be-
sides, he is rather wild aud many minutes are
| lost in waiting for him to get ready to deliver
II ball fair for the striker. Both sides made
costly errors, and only II few base-hits were
recorded for either nine.
| lll-breeding will show itself under all cir
cumstanccs, and Sullivan in his expression
against the umpire, used terms that i'll become
II man. and are never acceptable to ladies, of
whom there were several nea, him. Because
he differed from the umpire, it WAS no reason
that he should disgust the public. and the day
might come when he would have good cause
for remembering his misconduct.
Tho section upon which the umpire based
his decision is us follows.
| SEC. 5.-Nhcn game of five or more innings
Is stopped by rain darkness aud the score at thC
shall be declared drawn, but under no other cir.
culnstances shall game be declared drawn.
Appended is the score: