The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-04-11
OUTDOOR SPORTS.


leurs against the Washington nine, bu, It was q
| poor exhibition.
| dcphla clubs met to-day for the fourth time this
season and played the greatest game ever witnessed
here, and 1t doubt the finest baseball con
test ever enjoyed by baseball patrons In tho country
| Up 10 the last inning the only runs scored were
ninth inning iarkins, of the Athletics, drove liner
| totlgh Held which would have nettcd home-run had
not seen s'onped by wire Set, screen, which aiSwea
on the hit lie was then brought home and scored
the winning run on = hard right field hit by Cole;
man, which Farrar made q desperate but Intellectual
attemp, TO neld. The Athletics clearly out-battcd
their opponents, but the almost marvellous catches
OF the Philadelphia ou, nclders prevented good hits
| from being productive. Not an error was made 10y
the Philadelphia club, and the two errors against the
Athletics gave no material advantage to their oppo-
ncnis over niue thousand persons paid admission
| TO witness the game. Score by innings:
fa5aSSp9as OhS base Ss Sh,s'cs
Athlecsi =. Errors fhiladelphlas, o; Athletics, ..
BALTIMORE, April io,-Bostons, 0, i,l,o,o, c,s, 0,
L., Baitlmores' Z, ., O. 2, / o.o-SS; BASE
| 8; Baltimores,l.
MACON, GA, April lo.-Macons, i9; Columbus, 5.
| SAVANNAH, GA, April 10.-Chicago, $: savan.
| nah. L.
At st. Louis-st. Louis League, o, 800, ,o,o-o;
St. Louis Association, o, l. l, 20, o,o-2. Base hits
| League, 8; Associations.
AT Loulsville-Loulsvle, o, ., 0, 3, 0, |, OiI;
| Pittsbure, o, o, o, 0, 0, 0, l, |, l-3.
Al Clncinnati-Clncnnati, 9, o. o, |, o. |, o.;
Detroit, ;, o. 2, /, l, o. l, o,O-s.
Games AT Capitol Park this week will be as fol-
| lows; wednesday and Thursday, the fortlands, OF
Maine.
Manager scanlon has arranged two games with
the Jersey Citys for Friday and Saturday of next
| week. Both will be Interesting contests, as the
Jerseyites are very promising set OF players. Ne
roiiaiions were pending last night with the famous
| Newark Club for games on Monday and Tuesday,
which the managers hope will succeed, as they are
DESTROYS OF getting In all the practice possible ere
| the 10Th.
| President Young, OF the League, has written q
letter to Joe Start, asking him TO come TO washing.
ton and talk over the situation. II Is expected that
start will arrive this week, and then hopes eX-
| pressed that he Will sign.
| Powell, Fulmer, and Hoover met with quite
These three good players are a credit to any team,
and the Baliimores In possessing the trio have as
| good as can be found anywhere.
The National Club has secured the services Of Mr..
James Ginnaty, the lightning ticket-seller and
change manipnla,or. Mr.. Glnnaty, stands at the
| head of his class in disposing OF the pasteboards
| and hauling In the silver coins.
The Nationals played in Baltimore Wednesday
last, and sustained their third successive defeat of
the season, the score being to 4. The Washington
team could de nothing with the delivery OF Kiiroy,
| fifteen OF them. Crane was the only man who got
| in hits Hines made q marvellous running catch,
under ordinary circumstances would have been q
home-run.
The baseball season has not opened very ausp,c-
iously for the home team ont OF the four import
mores they have not only suffered defeat by runs.
but also been oupayed IN every respect especially
show up fairly well at the bat, but thus far when pit
ted against strong pitchers they have made misera'
able failures Ball players OF experience, as they are,
1t is rather disgusting TO them after the other
go up TO the home base, carve the air three times
make little pop hit to the telders. In fielding the
team Is above the average, being about nifty per
cent. better OF In this regard than with the bat,
though they run the bases and coach each other like
village club Manager Scanlon ought to get out
his little memorandum book and commence to draw
the line on his men. They must be held down to
hard practice or else make sorry show OF them
selves when they come to open the League season.
Good practice and rigid discipline will produce bene
fetal results and now that for while the club is to
have a short seasons play with clubs of the smaller
| Leagues We hope to see marked improvement.
and the result was that the club stood at the heal 81
their class. such should be the programme for the
present club.
When the Nets visited this city the spectators
all the disputes were raised by Foster, their second
baseman, whose manner, to say the least, was al
ways ungentlemanly. on Thursday he struck u
snag at Newark. lie was bulvragging the umpire,
when Burns. the captain OF the Newarks, Joined in,
and when Foster applied very harsh name to him
! Burns gave Foster very hard blow under the chin
that sent him to grass in quick order. The game
J was stopped by the police.
The new grounds in West Washington for the
Olympic Club of the Am lteur League are situated
at the junction of High aud Fayette Streets Work
men commenced on Thursday last to lay OF the
TO finish it In about two weeks The grounds are
under the control OF a stock company.
The celebrated Barley case will no doubt be COM
promised by the pittsburgs aud Baltimore Clubs.
The Pttsburgs have offered to ieinstale Barkley
with line of $500, he to play on the Pittsburgs,
while they will release Scott, their fine frat base
man, to Baltimores. As the BaltimOres are after a
first baseman 1t Is quite likely the affair will be
ranged.
The Kansas City Club are now putting the finish
Ing touches to their grounds. They will nave seat
Ing capacity OF 5000.
Acting upon the desires of the members of the
press, the seats at Capitol Park have been moved up
into the upper grand stand
Honck was to have played on Thursiay, but was
taken sick and had to retire. The National Club
should hurry up and engage tnat extra battery II
they desire to do any effective work this
In order to please everybody the suits of the Wash
lngton club will be made by both Reach, OF Phila.
dephla and Spaldlng, OF Chicago, each tirm having
field work in Thursdays game. The Government
Printing ONCE employeesare endeavoring to secure a
rule by which they can leave OF work one half hour
Z trots have released Ftz Simmons, one OF theiI
! pitchers, and he has Joined the Augustus, OF
; Georgia In recent game In which he pitched
+ against the I'ttsburgs his slow delivery only al
lowed the PMS omake three hits. The Deirolts
League Guide there ' are several mistakes, the one
most noticeable here being the retention Of thu
i Yewell has opened his place right under the nrs
tier o. open seats It Is supplied with everything
| THE Philadelphas warmed the Athletics las
a !, week Kansas CITY has not yet played a sngl,
y game Good weather has Set In at last; now fo
splendid ball playing.
!. The Amateur League OF the District held meet
: ing on Friday night at the National Hotel, and dele
e gates from the Capital, Columbia, olympic, Pen
! sion Once, and Merchant Clubs were represented
Inc following permanent qn1 e were elected iS
. u: King; secretary, J. ID. Farden; treasurer, W
! Warren White. The spalding League Ball and thu
i League playing rules were adopted as the sandar,
for the association The number OF clubs Was lin
tied to eight and AS there remain only three vacan
the secretary, at his residence, 2lG street north
the prospects ar, are yeIy bright or ye
y meeting, on Friday night, at the same note sched
il ule will be adopted.
In the four games played by the Nationals agains
lie the Nets and Baltimores they only secured total
eighteen hits, divided up follows: r. Hines three
T. Baker, three Knowles, three Carroll, two; Crane
two; NJ; Hines. two: GIadman Force, and Gilligan
ia one each.
e For guidance OF our readers 1t might be well I,
state that all games reported Ia TnE SUNDAY HER
i, AID Will be under the League rules, which state
that Wild pitches and passed balls are TO appear on
"A In the summary, and are not TO he charged agans
the player In the error column. The pitcher receive
an error when he sends man TO bases on a ba.k o
six balls, besides noting the fact In the summary
~ In the opening games TINS season of the various
n clubs the Philadelphia League team has show
y III Harry Wright and Al Reach have at last Sc
q cured team that stands In a fair way TO win tn
l. championship. 1t would be great feather In ihei
N caps
Its said that the reason Joe start will not com
| 10 " ne NtIHaunS tHdt ne u
given full charge OF the team, terms the manager
= will not agree TO- Now, the simple truth Ia sol
!, Reliability" IL kept In Providence by warmer AM
Al dearer attachment than the ball neld with all IT.
alluremenis offers. II he plays at all II Will be witt
A the Washingtons
II on Thursday last the Georgetown College team
defeated the one from the Deaf AMI Dumb Asylum
~ Kendall Green, by score OF l3 toi The nne pitch
i, ing and catching OF Taylor and Mccarthy aud III
ine fielding OF q. Jones and Mccarthy were the fea
lures OF the contest.
Rowing.
l. JOhn Teemer, the professional oaraman and cham
plOn scuIer OF America, was IN town on FRIDAY. III
" IN very anxious 10 arrange match here the POtd
mac with Hanan, provided the people OF this city ar
fools enough 10 raise purse sufficiently large 10
y the hlppOdrome. Our boating people have too vivi
h. remembrance OF the HanlAn- COnrtney-Le fiasc
re TO lend any aid to another such deal. The POtoma
" River Ia best OIL without professional races and
the Interest OF hsnest rowing II Ia 10 be hoped tina
II Will never be polluted by their presence
re K0ndrup OF The C0lumbias, Ia out with his usus
"a spring sauiatOn OF his determination not 10
4 the f0ur-0ared shells this year. just the sam
"J0sey" Will he on hand when the big four com
msnces 10 train.