National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-05
THE BALL FIELD.
The Columbus Sluggors Get Even for Their
Decoration Day Defeat
And wm Try for the Tie Game To-day
Results Elsewhere.

The Columbus club in their second game
with the Washngtons presented their Cali
fornia battery, Morris and Carroll, and, as
the home boys could not hit horriss pitching
little bit after the FIRST inning, the visitors
won handsomely. Hanna struck out four
times, Prince and Mullin three each, while
Fennolly, Morgan, aud Gladmon each famed
tho air once in Intellectual efforts to hit tho
puzEling delivery of the California "torror."
In the first inning tho home club opened out
as IL they meant business, Fennelly leading
off with a two Dagger and scoring on hits by
HUMPHREYS and Hawkes., his run being
clearly earned. Prince, Morgan, and Mullin
then struck out in succession, leaving Hum
phries and Hawkes. glued to their bases. In
the second inning GladmOn made rafting hit
TO right, the ball going through the tenco in
front of the boys 10 cent corner, permitting
him TO score rather scratchy home run.
In the fifth Fennelly hit liner to left for q
base, but Cahill failed to stop the ball. and
had TO chase it clear to the carriage gate,
whlo Fennelly easily made tho circuit of
tho bases. Run getting for the homo toam
then ceased, none of them thereafter getting
as Ear as second base. The visitors got in two
runs in the fourth, one earned, Smith, Fold,
and Mann making base hits and Mullin
helping with an error. But the seventh
inning settled the game. Up TO that time
base hits wero oven, the western sluggers
finding Hamill rs hard to hit Us tho
homo club did Morris. In that inning
Carroll led of with base hit. Kuehne then
sent n long ay to center, which Mullin
caught nicely. Morris followed with q swift
grounder directly toward Fennelly. Glad
mon foolishly made an effort for the ball, but
was only ablo to partially stop it and change
its direction enough to prevent Fennelly
from making an almost certain double play.
tah. Col. HI, 81, hnn
Brown hit q vicious grounder to Hawkes. and
was fielded out at first, Morris crossing tho
home plate. Hamill gave Smith his base on
balls, and then Field duplicated Gladmon's
homo run by knocking the ball 30 that it got
under tho seats in right center, he scoring a
home run and bringing in Cahill and Smith
before him. In the eighth, after two hands
were out Kuehne mado beautiful hit to
left for three bases and scored an earned
run on base hit by Morris. Up to
the fatal seventh inning tho game
looked like sure victory for Washington,
scored but for Gladmon's error of judgment
1t is no slight testimony to HsmilPs effect.
iveness as pitcher that such powerful
batting team as tho Columbus nine have
proved themselves to be have been able to dc
SO little with his delivery in the two games
played. There is not u moro promising
young pitcher in tho country to-day, but he
should avoid giving the weak batters Of
visiting teams bases on balls, something he
does too often. Sometimes il is good head.
work to send hard hitter to his base, but
the tail end men should be made to hit the
ball.
Taken all around, tho game was very
fine one to look at Prince and Hawkes. each
made beautiful catches, and little Hanna
took two skyscrapers in good style at right
field. HUMPHREYS caught his usual fine
game, but made one wild throw to second
Carrolps work behind the bat was first class
as was also Smiths second base play. Th'
two clubs play again to-day, and on Satur
day the W"shingtons cross bats with tn,
Toledos for The first time