The Washington critic., 1888-04-21
SPORTS OF THE DAY.
Current Gossip About Baseball and
the Players.
WHAT'S NEW IN ATHLETICS.
The Boat Clubs Preparing for
work-Canoc Club Notes.

We are not saying word ....... Tiicomb
IS iewel,oo,q, Hoy and Daily were the
only ones who could hit the ball safely
1.-THE umpire gave the visitors the
benefit of every close decision. That will
never make you popular, Mr.. Lynch..o.,..
Lynch gives his decisions in Il decided
resolutc, though somewhat foggy voice.
and gives promise Of being an excellent
umpire.".."O'D Day pitched one of the
best games of his life; only six hits were
made OIL him. -Four Of the visitors could
not make n hit..,.u..New York played
the best game it ever played here, not an
error was made..,,,..Tiernan and Foster
each stole two bases. They are great
sprintors. Daily stole two and Hoy
eyed Hoy with increased respect
when he saw his magnificent
dive at second.".....The local man
agemont is very well satisfied with the
game and with the battery. Whitney
and Mack fill the points to-day.......
Pittsburg started out well, just as it did
fealed Detroit by to 2..-..., ,Kuehne put
up great game at third for the Pitts
burgs and Arthur Whitney was not
nissed.."..." Sunday, Maui and Dunlap,
the new Pittsburg men, played without
error...."..For five innings the Phillies
couldn't hit Clnrkson In the seventh
the BOstons won by successive drives
and errors by the Phillies. Score to
.........H Hines made Of the IL hits made
by Indianapolis yesterday and caught 2
tiies.. .....sMyers made 3 doubles and a
home run......aCh:cogo won by . to !
1.-THE Athletics defeated Baltimore
again, l6 TO 10,.......P Paul Eaton of this
city is said to have written baseball
Cenic opera called Angela, or the Um-
pire's Revenge" .....,.Cold weather pre-
vailed in all the League cities yesterday
...,.... Esterbrook and Sullivan had row
and each was fined S25 by the umpire.
Tho Georgetown College Nine.
The Georgetown College nine has been
thoroughly reOrganized. and is getting
down TO work in good style. They prao-
tice every. afternoon from to 6 o'clock.
Two victories have been added to their
list during the past week Thursday week
they met the Pallas nine. and defeated
them, after hard work, by score Of 0 Ia
8. This week they played the Mystics
and defeated them by score of II to ?.
The club will put a. heavy. battery in
this season, and will be prepared to meet
all comers. During the season they will
play the Johns Hopkins University nine
the Howards of the Episcopal High
School, Alexandria, and the Naval Acad
emy nine ON the 10Th of May. There has
always been a great rivalry existing be
tween the College nine and the Naval
Academy boys, and in nine consecutive
games victory has perchedlon the banner
of the College boys; but they have main
tained their lead only by the hardest ef
tortsg as in one game of eleven innings the
score stood Alto 4. Last season the seort
was :. to in o nine-inning game.
Theyswill also play the Deaf Mute Col
lege' boys and are anxious to hear from
all clubs who desire to play. They claim
the amateur championship ofthe District
The nine is as follows: Mccarthy, c..
Conif, p,;. Prendergast, lb.; Donlon, 2b.
EcclestQn, 3D.; Bolan, s.. s.; O'Day, /. f.
Taylor, o. f.; d. O'Day, r. f., and ID. ]
Geary, manager.
Conff, the pitcher, is O new man, ant
formerly pitched with good effect on th,
Rock Hill College nine. He takes the
place of Taylor, who is playing centr,
field, on account ofa severe strain suilere,
by him while in the box last season, ant
which incapacitates him from pitching
this season.
Another Tennis Club.
A tennis club has been formed amons
the Georgetown College students, and ha
membership of q. Greater interes
has been. manifested IN this sport thai
ever before.