National Republican., 1888-05-31
Total.... II a1 20 8 Total....1 / s27 10 9
INNINGS.

M9shington..... ! 9
base hits-Wilmot, Baldwin, Farrell Three
base hit-Farrcil. Home run-O'Brien. Stolen
bases-o'Brien, Irwin 2 Myerss, Deasley. Left
on bases-Washington 8, ChicagoS s. First base
on errors.,Washlngton J. Chicago 1. First
base on balls-0G o'Day 3, Baldwin @. Struck
out-,By oDay 8, by Baldwin 4. Wild pitches
Baldwin q Passed bals-Daly9. Hit by
pitched ball-WilInot, Ryan. Time of game
hours and minutes. Umpire-Daniels.
THE AFTERNOON GAME.
well Well Well Could you believe It if
you hadn't seen the man who told youI Two
who travel with Anson and wear dress coats
and make such lovely grand march upon the
grounds And did you say that Boston laid
only one game behind themS Truly there are
days even % IN the he liie Of tail.ender that are
worth living, and 4 this thing goes on much
the League will become little shaky, just
when we thought ourselves comfortably set
tied for. the season." These We're some of the
expressions used at the close of the second
The drawback to the satisfactory outcome
OF, yesterdays play was the, attendance,
which the threatening weather, both morning
and evening, kept much below what might be
pecialy after the brilliant victory of the
morning by turnstile count 4,59i passed the
gates, over 5000 of whom saw the second con-
test, and u is safe to say that no better salts
fed crowd ever went home to q late dinner
than that which filed through the gates at
y. IN. yesterday.
No one was prepared to see the home team
play with such snap and energy, and, although
the first contest was won with comparative
ease, thanks TO o'Day and excellent batting,
yet when the score card showed that Whitney
n9 to %Fas aG Sf e R Upe a RaY s
would be able to stand against the -auslluGht-
OF the League leaders, eaSsr 70 Wipe out the
Alalu " INST defeat on the eastern
rRc Of his graHd ssSf a6es or E' wSs S'Ss he
pitched a game that kept the strong batters
q the visiting nine guessing gI, from start to to
finish, ne also heided the the position as hoiS T. !;
hits that would be safe nine times out of ten.
And what splendid support he he got from l,G the
behind the bat and base hits without end were
eaten by the seven lively chaps within the
foul lines one foolish little ,misplay at second
alone marrng, the otherwise perfect work;
in scolding about the poor base running of the
senators, by people who seem to forget that
bag When the Senators do any batting they
seem to have no difficulty about stealing, In
the two games yesterday they made twelve
larcenles to one for Chicago, and ,Wilmot has
ss n4 lis nnas ses9nd q s.; hts' on psPaa Ss5
when wben "nI oprea Hen ht little ESq roller about Ra
way TO the pitcher. By the time KrOck got to
the ball Wilmot was past there, and without
Stacking speed for an instant as the big pitcher
threw to first the lively left fielder dashed for
home and crossed the plate with time to spare
amid thunders of applause at one of the pret-
tiest bits of base running ever seen here. Hoy
again distinguished himself, but Shoch was
the hero of the game by two great catches,
one close to the ground ON short fly, and
another after a hard run by the bleaching
boards.
Krock, too pitched a fine game but was hit
hard In one inning, and received poor support
in another, which insured his defeat. In spite
of the formidable list of errors, the visitors
and Burns We're conspicuous, one-handed
running pickup by the former being truly a
"starn play. Krock depends mainly on his
speed, and he gave Silver Flint hard work to
handle him, but the veteran stood up to II
manfully, and did not make n single slip.
ChicagO's first run was made on n hit to
right by pfeffer, a steal, and two outs. In the
third a base ON balls and good hits by Don
nelly, Shoch, and 0,Brlen netted three runs.
Loose work b, Pfeffer and Anson and
scratchy hit by Donnelly added one in the
fourth and Wimot's good running the last
In the ninth AnsOn came to the bat with
five runs TO win. lie smashed the ball to left
and Pfe1fer followed with one of the same
sort that went TO the fence and landed the big
captain on third; then Williamson's drive to
right sent Anson home; Burns fouled to
to,Brlen end Pieffer scored on Flint,s fly to
Shoch, Williamson narrowly escaping death
at first before he could get back, TO be forced
out a moment later by Krock's hit to Irwin.
The boys have fully Justified all the llEpUB-
LICAE claimed for them since they struck their
improved gait and should be rewarded by big
crowds, irwin IL playing a game not eXCelled
by any shortstop in the League at present.