Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-27
A FARCICAL CONTEST.


It would seem as though the washington team
plays ball in streaks; that Is, o remarkably fne
game one day and remarkably poor one the
next Yesterday was the ofY-day, and Boston won
the game with ease by score OF to Q Il looked
at first as though the Senators had sized Maddens
delivery for some clever hitting; but hs managed
TO keep their efforts in this line scattered and.
aided oy beautiful support In the Held succeeded
In banking the home team except in the sixth
inning. when, after Hoy had reached first on called
balls, shoch drove the bali over the fence for
four bases On one other occasion with two men
on passes shoch raped the sphere on a dead
Gus chance the little pitcher hauled It down By a
nne one-hand catch, and retired the side Daily,
who was on third, should have scored earlier In
second in order to give him a chance; but the
man from Philadelphia failed TO realize his
opportunity. and stuck to his base, although
rates throw to second was q bad one. Twins
work at third and Murrays ben nd the bat was far
from satisfactory, although Gmore's cratic pitch
Ing was some excuse for the latter. Gilmore was
very wild, and at the same time Ineffective. The
Boston men hit him very hard and too Orten for
comfort Five OF their nine runs were earned.
ABOUT the only noticeable feature OF the game was
Johnstons work In center, that player catching
seven high hit balls. Kelly was taken sick In the
and BTow tSok his place the hits
by Washington and by Boston.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Nearly 1000 spectators saw New York whip
PhLadelphias yesterday by q score Of IL to s.
Gleason was pitching to schriver against Crane to
Ewing. The hits were 9 by New York to 6 by
Philadelphia, and the errors by New York and IL
by Philadelphia
The Indianapolis team scored their nrst victory
OF the season yesterday by defeating Detroit to
3. Getzeins work was very ineffective, the Hoos-
iers hitting him IL times. The champions hit
Shreve times. The errors were by Indianapolis
To by Detroit
Pittsburg barely escaped a shut-out at the hands
OF the chicago team, making one run In the
TO score until they had piled up nine. Morris was
good sport for Chicago, twelve hits being made on
him. This caused the victory, as the home team
could do but little with Van Haltren. Seven errors
were made by Pittsburg and three by Chicago.
AT Philadr lphia-Cleveland, 10; Athletics, 9. At
Baltimore-Baltimore. 5: Brooklyn, 3. At st.
Louis-Cincinnati. 4; ST. Louis, B AT Kansas
Clty-Louisville, q; Kansas City, 3.
The LIE Droits defeated the Columbia College
club yesterday by score OF IL to4
As the championship season progresses It Is be-
coming more and more apparent to the Washing
ton baseball public that there are at least two
weak points in the team that will before the sea-
son Is over cause trouble These points are short
stop and third base. Irwin Is good captain and
plays ball with all his ability, but 1t Is getting
palmer that he is not up TO the standard. Dom
nelly plays hard game at short, but he does not
seem 10 Mt the position His strongest point, that
OF touching runner quickly, is valueless In his
present position. II 1t Is impossible to secure
stronger men for the team the patrons OF Capitol
trial az short. He is a favorite with the public
and is a strong batter. The Washingtons cannot
win games this year any better than last year
without hitting the ball