The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-03
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EASTERN LEAGUE.


llIe championship season opened here Thurs
day last, the Nationals having their opponents
the newly admitted club in the Eastern League
from Wilmington Delaware. owing TO the haste with
which this team was brought together not much was
expected from it, so the public were disappointed
at the poor exhibition of strength of the Visitors
opinion unfavorable to the clubs in the Eastern
League on the appearance OF the Wmingtons, as
There are eight clubs from Jersey City. Newark,
Trenton. Lancaster, Wilmington, Washington Nor
folk, and Richmond. of these the teams from Wash
have held their own very successfully against the
League and American teams they have met re-
Gently, ana VIII play strong ball against each other
may improve materially as the season advances but
at present they are much weaker than the others.
The following games will take place this week at
Capitol Park: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday the
Sorfolks. of Virginia. on Saturday the famous
Richmond team, composed of nearly all the
BI1s here club as5 ssse Will @
strong rivalry. The game will attract large crowd.
Tommy Evers, the fleet little second baseman OF
the Nationals, has been granted his release by Man
care for over month and not able to give the club
his services. He was good fielder facing hot balls
win splendid Judgment, though not strong at the
has set in, II would be well for the reporters of the
press TO remember that the rtts of scoring of that
pitches and bases on balls, and catchers' errors
TO be placed both in the error column and the
summary also.
The st. Louis League team, with the relnstated
dunlap, Shafer Glasscocs, and Briody secured first
blood IN the League pennant Thursday by
defeating the Chcagos in the presence of nearly ten
thousand people.
The New York League team came TO this Mace
heralded as the cream of the baseball profession.
They left here Monday night in disgrace. condemned
by the unanimous verdict of our sport-loyng people.
The games played here attracted the best audiences
OF the season so far, and is safe conjecture to
say mat they received for the four games nearly
$780, and consequently the frequenters of the place
expected far and manly contest between the two
Organizations. II was learned that In Saturdays
game the visitors had substituted dead ball when
the Nationals were at the bat but al their turn they
manged TO get the regular one out for work.
Manager scanlon babe Capt. Baker watch Them
vigilance that was well repaid, for they detected
in the very first inning in the dirty and contemplate
work. Baker went out on hit to Connors, who
ORourke at centre field. In twinkng ne slipped
the regular bal! IN his shirt and tossed back another
he had ready--a ".spaldIng dead ball." He was
called halt and demanded the return to play of the
regulation ball, the shibe make" The fraudulent
ball was given into the possession of The HERALD
representative TO keep and show TO the people in the
grand stand. BY the use of some chemical the
stamp Of spalding CO; had been taken off
was premedltated and concocted scheme OF
Manager Nutrie and his agents. When the facts
excited, and boots, Misses, and yelIs such as Git
edged thieves" New York robbers, !" F" o Rourke,
me hghnriced thief etc, came from every section
without any guarantee was the watchword. The
bal! was plainly visible beneath the folds OF
and showed 1t TO the people. He refused produce
II, and insoently inquired What are you going
to take IT away from him, but Lieut. Kelly, Of the
Metropolitan Police, prevailed upon him 10 stay
away, for II Bourke mad resisted the people would
undoubtedly have taken hand and the consequences
would have been disastrous to New Yorks big team.
Seated in the grand stand as spectators to The DIS
graceful Ecene were President Young, Of the
League; President Appleton, Of the New Yorks, and
the League corps OF uinpres for the present
The anxious expressions OF their faces showed how
keenly they felt the humiliation and disgrace of their
crack team. The finger Of scorn and the breath OF
suspicion will follow the New Workers throughout
their entire career, and every move they make this
year will be watched most aDXiously by their League
opponents. MAY they never visit Washington again
President Young, OF the League, has not yet re-
Ceye1 any Official notice of the action OF the Amerl-
can Association, recently held at Pttsburg, when
measures were adopted that mean an open warfare
between the Two associations. President Young
does not think the League VIII appoint any COmmlt-
tee TO meet the Americans for the purpose of
deylsng some method 10 do away with the reserya-
Mr. Young, you destroy the National Agreement,
for that IL the backbone Of the whole thing The
League VIII cling 10 the reserve rule as long as
promote and retain the national game In the
estimation Of the general public In regard to
tue action OF the American Association in e&peling
Muire, Of the hetrOpOllians, II was something he
could not understand, for there was contract on
ME that MutTie was In the employ Of the Nets
and n they came 10 him and asked for a promuga-
ton Of the expulsion he would nrst ask for produC-
| ton OF contract Of that party with the club In
question Ihey could Just as well e&pel any other
person as Mutric, as II would have Just the same
effect President Young, while not saying So led
one 10 believe that some the hOt-headed members Of
tue American Association had led the others into
making big mistake that Will rebound win IT'S ab-
sufdlly Ia week or so.
The Georgetown College team defeated the
squattersh Thursday evening by 10 To 9. The
game was won In the last inning by bad error Of
KranskoiI and the batting OF the COllegians. Sims,
at second base was the best fielder for the Squat
tcrs, his double play In the third inning being
splendid piece OF head work.
The Eloctrics this season viii select their nine
from LamoTecht, tanning, Wilson, Lacy, keane,
dressed to H. H. Cutler, 222 Third street, will receive
attention.
Bob Barr pitched the best game Of the season
against the New YOrks on Monday. II he had nlled
nave been credited TO the Nationals instead Of to the
New York; Barr Is the equal Of any pitcher in the
the press have done him good.
II the press OF New York and Philadelphia are
good authority, the .iatonas, OF this city, Will be
admitted intO the American Association before the
close of the present week. IKE Philadelphia Press
and the New York World each mad leading articles
on the subject yesterday. Let US hope the thing is
only too true.
The Wayerleys went 10 Annapolis yesterday and
played the Cadets at the Naval Academy. The
game was witnessed by a large crowd, but al the
end OF the seventh inning stopped ia order 10
allow tue Wavereys 10 catch the train, The score
being 10 9. The Wayerey nine was Barr, Ryan,
Warren aud Frank White, Gnnaty, McCaAley, Nil
llFan, kRlOlns, aud Durgan, the catching OF Nc
Cauley was the feature.
The Impression was very strong early last week
that tue Nationals would he admitted into the
American Association before another Issue of this
paper reached rs readers The delay Ia only tempo
faTy for everything points 10 ultimate success, INC
climax Of which VIII be reached by Thursday al This
week. The American Association at its last meeting
expelled James Mutrle, the present manager OF the
! New YORK Exhibition Company, which embraces
] hpfb a. rs and
nned the latter organization $500 Tor their work In
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