Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-25
ANOTHER VICTORY.
The Statesmen Anmihilate the Phjllies-
Other Ball Games Yesterday.

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| The washingtons trounced the Philadelphia
Club handsomely yesterday, the score being IA to
| s. O'Day and Mack and Bufnnton Mailman and
Clements were the batteries. Washington fielded
as loosely as Philadelphia but batted so hard that
| the game was won in two innings. None OF the
| Phillies' runs, and but fve OF the Washingtons
were earned. The Phillies could do nothing with
O'Day, while the Senators solved Bumnton In the
first inning, and did not give him q chance to
straighten. O'Bren led the batting for both sides
with single, a double, and a triple. Widner
made three singles, Hoy and Mack triple and a
single each, Wilmot and Shoch each two singles.
Every other man ON the team made q single
| Washington made Is hits and errors and Phla-
deiphla hits and 8 errors. Tug Arundel umpired
Indianapolis took another scalp from Chicago
score 70 1. The batteries were Shreve and Buck
ley and krock and Flint. The Hoosiers made hits
ana errors, and chicago hits and errors
New York made spirit In the thirteenth inning
and won the game from Boston; score to 3 IL
Ewna aed same Wefh and
L. hits and errors.
score oI the 1rst game was to 2. Conway and
MCGUIRE and Morris and Carroll were the batter
les. Inc champions made II hits and errors,
ana flttSDurg hits and errors. In the second
game the score was Ii TO in favor OF Detroit. The
batteries were Baldwin and Bennett and Staley
and Miller. Detroit made IL hits and errors and
Pittsourg 10 hits and errors.
Al brooklyn-Athietics, 5; Brooklyn, 4; thirteen
innings. AT Observation-Disclosures, q; Kansas
The Philadelphia Press says: 'The Senators
meie atureu IN thelr batting garments, and the
way they hit BufhntOn gave the 1900 spec
tat0rs chill which put good number of
them TO sleep before the game was half over"
The Tunes remarks that Wldner can't Held a lit
te Dlt. but ne can hit the ball. He made brace
OF errors yesterday.
Detroit jumped over Chicago's head yesterday,
and Is now in first place.
" ripr rDnSfn IN olin ohadt boh nid
on lnlro place, and promises to make the light at
the nnlSh a hard triangulaNOne. Boston and Phil
adeiphia are still tie for fourth place
PRESIDENT Young says that SO far this is the
closest race the League has ever Known, and IL 1t
continues this way 1t Will be the finest exhibition
Oh baseball work ever seen.
Not a Violation Of lzarbOr Regulations.
THE CASE OF THE BIG SCHOONER J. R. SMITH AND THE
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB.
Capt. Wills L. Case, OF the schooner j. r Smith
for whose arrest warrant was issued on the
oath OF Harbormaster sutton, charging the cap
tain with violating the harbor regulations, pub
hshed In Saturdays STAR appeared in the Police
Court this morning with his counsel, Mr.. j. j.
Darlington. This is the first case brought under
this law, which was enacted In 1864 The de-
1endant was charged with ObStructing the en-
trance to the Potomac boat-hOuse, SO as TO pre-
vent The passage OF the boats, and refusing to
move when ordered TO do SO.
Harbormaster sutton and members Or the boat
club testified as TO the position OF the schooner
"a W tue refusal OF tnc captain TO move her.
ne defendant admitted the facts He said that
dis vessel arrived at the Independent Ice Company's
wharf last Friday and Was placed in position to
unload Ice al OF O'Clock Saturday morning. He
was asked by members OF the club to haul out but
he expl ined that he had rugged unload the next
morning; that he had a periSnabe cargo and
Would hot move unless ordered by the cOnsignee.
IL he had moved his vessel ) or 10 feet 1t would
have gone aground and rendered IL impossible Tor
min 10 have gone back into position to unload the
next morning.
Mr.. Darns ton called the courts attention to the
law, and claimed that the word ''crarL" therein
does not apply TO pleasure BEATS such as are used
by the boat club.
MI. Padgett argued that the smallness OF the
OoatS or me purposes Tor which they were used
ulu not Affect the case The members OF the club
were certainly entitled 10 the use OF their boat
house and dock, and could not be Obstructed for
the dement, OF another. He held that these shells
anu Otner boats We're included In the word "cralt"
Inc JUICE commented on the law and testimony
and defined the duties or the harbornasuer and
held that The pleasure boats OF the Potomac Boat
cup were not included in the word "craIl" men,
TONED IN the law The Judge said that their right
OF egreSs and fngreSS 10 their place could not be
disputed but the case brought under this law
Idl.ed. Their remedy IS In the civil courts. Tue
case was dismissed.