Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-20
CITY AND DISTRICT.
THE NEWARKs BADLY BEATEN.
The Nationals Score q Victory Over
Their New Jersey Visitors - Other
Games YESTERDAY.

The Nationals captured the largest audience
OF tho season yesterday. as well as a game from
the famous Newark club, by their sharp field
ing and heavy hitting. The score was 13 to o.
The visitors could do but little with Shaw's de-
ceptive curves, while the home team batted
Pyle, OF last years Virginia club, and good
pitcher, too, all over the grounds. Two and
three baxgers were the order of the day. The
local con ingent first began the smuggling, Baker,
Gladmon and Knowles all taking kindly TO the
pitching. As one peanut boy remarked to an
other. They're doin' Pyle up. They're on to
work OF Shaw and Gilligan was ad-
mirable. Shaw made some very pretty
stops, and pitched very effectively Only one
lgan and he found Knowles waiting for him
twelve feet Off the base with the ball in his
In throwing the ball. He does not make a sim
gle unnecessary motion. The same clubs play
again to-day, when the phenomenal Smith
will probably pitch for the visitors.
Joe Start watched the game yesterday from
The grand stand and was well pleased with the
certainly picks them up cleverly," he re-
marked, as Knowles took care of one grounder
A closer game yesterday would have been
more interesting TO the general spectator, per-
haps, but such decided victory was big
thing for the Nationals. An impression had
gone abroad that the Nationals were weak
Two defeats by the Metropolitans and two by
the Baltimores account for this impression.
Lack OF practice together account for the de-
feats. Either of these clubs would fare badly
at the hands of the Nationals tomorrow.
The good attendance yesterday shows what
may be expected during the season II things are
managed properly. II the management could
hear the comments of spectators when players
are advertised to play and do not appear care
would probably be taken hereafter to announce
only what is positive. Smith and Trott were
announced for the Newark battery yesterday.
Neither one played. Joe Start, it was
nouDced, would make his first appearance at
first base for the home team. He had no inten-
ton OF playing, and will not play until Friday
or Saturday. He handled ball yesterday
morning for the first time this season and very
sensibly postponed his appearance in public
until he has limbered up little.
Many bets We're made yesterday on the sup
position that Smith and Trott would be the
Newark battery and that Start would play
with the Nationals Other games yesterday re-
suited as follows: At ST. Louis-Pittsburg, 6; St.
Louis, 5. At Memphis-Macon, -; Memphis, 1.
At Ricbmond-Boston, ii; Rochester,2. At
neutrality-suspicious., 4; Athletic, 1. AT
Savannah-Savannah, 5: Chattanooga, 2. At
Baltimore-Baltimore, 8; Brooklyn, o. At
Acknowledgements, Z; Nashville, L. AT Charles
ton, 5 C.-Charleston, 3; Atlanta, 2. At Hart
ford, Ct.-Detroit, g. Hartford, 1.
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