The Washington critic., 1886-06-29
CUT. DONR NPNRrS.
BASEBALL.


always ready ln receive suggestions.
lut can hardly profit from iudscrimt.
nate fault finding. nv lhr casc nf Gun.
eel, for instance. The Philadclphias
released him because he did them no
good. Mr.. SCanlon was right under
the circumstances in not taking him.
AS he remarked. "If Camel isn't good
enough for Philadelphia he isn't for
Washington. Camel has dumb
founded his old associates by the way
in which he is playing at Detroit. 1t
is unfortunate that MIR. Scaulon did not
get him, but Judging Camel in the
only way in which he could be judged
by his record-it was unwisc to en-
gage him. The Philadelphias as well
as the Washingtons erred in letting
Detroit have him. But, as the unfor
iunate criminals say in the "Miiado,"
they "nevcr had the least notion how
Camel could play. Washington tried
TO get Finley, recently secured by New
York, but he preferred to go with the
representatives of his city. New York
secured Devln from Troy, as the Troy
people claim. in an undcrhand manner
lie was not in the market, and the
Nationals could not have secured him.
Now who else could the Nationals
have obtained who has been signed
by other League clubs since the
inIcriOrity of our nine was dis.
CovCrcd2 The management tried
hard TO secure Fulmcr and Cook.
The former, although offered his re-
lease 10y Burnic, absolutely refused to
come. The latter could not be secured
at any price. Large offers have been
made for good men on the Newark
nire, but Newark people say that
Washington has not money enough in
the Treasury to buy them. The
trouble is not So much with the man.
agemcnt. 1t is with the nine. The
men have shown that they can play
the Dciroits and Chicagos closer games
than any nine in the League. Because
they play poor game with an inferior
club like st. Louis Is not Mr.. Scanlon' s
fault. TIE CRITIC has tried to show
wherein the nine was weak aud how
themselves, but it has never discovered
that anything could be gained by blind
abuse of the management, who are
honestly doing their best to give the
city n good ball club.
AS was to have been expected, New York
had no trouble In defeating Kansas City
yesterday. The cowboys made 10 hits to
New York's s and had they Aelded decently
would have won. Whitney was put In after
the third inning and pitched well. In the
eighth inning Devlin, the Giants new ac-
QUESTION, was put in to pitch and he did not
cover himself with glory, as four men went
to bases on balls and the cowboys secured
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New York.
The Philadelpha-Chic game was
remarkably good one, Mccormick doing
remarkably well, only six hits being made
of him. while Chicago secured only eight
of Casey. Chicago made two fielding
errors and Philadelphia one. Score, three
to two.
1t was only by the hardest work that
Detroit defeated Washington yesterday.
Corcoran, the new pitcher, played right
field for the Nationals and mado one Of the
three errors. Detroit made four fielding
errors. 1t was slugging game, Washing
Detroit seventeen off Shaw.
st. Louis surprised the talent by white
washing Boston. Good judges thought
that Boston would win, as st. Louis has
been unable to hit Radbourn, but hit him
yesterday for ten hits.
Not only In Camel, but in McGcachey,
the DetrOi,s seem to have picked up Il prize.
He is playing left field in good style, and
| what is still more important he hits the ball
safely every game. "All things come to
him who waits,n and luck seems to have
come at last to Detroit, to abide awhile.
The makeup Of the League and Associa-
tion teams as now constituted will hardly
undergo change during the remainder of
tln All aYnnrin nptal nj IA, w.
either been dropped or found to be well
able to take care Of the positions assigned
them and may now be considered perma-
nent fixtures.
A Washington exchange says: ''Bob
Barr Is young man of very domestic tastes.
He stipulated when he agreed to take the
road with the team that his wife should ac-
| company him on his travels. Mrs. b. was
| Immediately enrolled by Treasurer Hewitt
and transportation misunderstanding
| Life.
The situation of the American Association
race wonld be told by racing scribe as
follows: sin the run down to the half
mile post the whole field is under the pro-
| verbal blanket. st. Louis has her head
well TO the fore, with Philadelphia and
Brooklyn tapping her to the neck, and Pitts
burg and Louisville at her saddle skirts.
| The other four are all in close bunch
within striking distance of the leader, with
Metropolitan, who has just began her run
closing up at every stride"
1t would be well If managers, now that
the Association has done so much to stoI
fault-hndipg, would ask reporters who at
tend their games to treat the umpires with
some consideration. Press representatives
| can afford to be above the freestand hood
lums.
| The Brooklyn Club Is said to be making
money this year. Their prosperity is de
served, as the cnterprlsing hackers of the
club spent S2i goo before playing a gam,
and had put out over $4,000 before a re
turn came. Such enterprise deserves en-
| Couragement.
The twenty-five hits made by Brooklyn IL
the game with Baltimore Thursday Is the
highest made this year. In total bases
however this record has been eclipsed, st
Louis getting total of forty-two bases In
| game with Cincinnati, while BROOKLYN 90
but thirty-eight in Thursdays game.
The Chicago News evidently don't lilk,
the Chicago Club overmueh. us it wants Il
see the Detroit Club win. 1t says it would
be pleased to see that big fat Swed,
| (Anson), who plays the role Of autocrat II
the Chicago nine, put to his trumps thi'
| season.
The "big four" of the Detroit Club
namely, Brouthers, Rowe, White and Rich
ardson, invited their old associate in tn,
Buffalo Club, Charles Foley, to spend a few
weeks IN Detroit, aud he left for the Wes
on the same train with the Bostons.
The Kansas City Timss devotes three edl
torIal paragraphs each day to its ball club
A very good idea OF the one-sidedness o.
the League race may be derived from tho
fact that in that association there are three
clubs with winning percentage of ove
,G50, while in the American Association no
even the leader has near that percentage.
TURF TOPICS,
Up to the present time the Dwye
Brothers have won 25 races, represent
ing nearly $6i 000 and they have not ye