The Washington critic., 1888-09-15
WASHINGTON CRITIC.
SPORTS OF THE SEASON.
Baseball.

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New York won the fourth game Of the
series yesterday. Krock and Keefo were
batted equally hard, but the support
Of Chcago's pitcher was poor, while that
Of Keefe was excellent. The game was uuin-
teresting, the only features being the batting
OF Richardson and Burns. Attendance 5000
Score: Chicago 3. New York, Z. Basehits--
Chicago, ~ New York, II. ErrOrs-Chcngo,
Z; New York, 2. Battcries--krock and Far
rell; Kecfo aud Ewing
Philadelphia and Detroit played postponed
game yesterday afternoon at Detroit tho
latter winning through errors Of Far.
rar and Mulycy. The visitors found the
ball in the ninth for four singles scoring
three runs, and leaving men on second and
third when the side was retired. Nicholson,
Detroits new second baseman, made good
impression, notwithstanding his evident ner-
vousncss. Scorc Detroit Z; Philadelphia, B.
Basehits--Detroit, 10; Philadelphia, s. Errors
Detroit, /; Philadelphia, 4 Batteries-De-
troit, Grubor and Bennett Philadelphia,
Casey and Clements.
The game between the Athletic and Brook
lyn clubs at Philadelphia yesterday was well
contested from start to finish and was won by
the home club In the last two Innings by bat
ting streak with the aid Of two costly errors on
the part of the visitors. Seward pitched his
third game in as many days, and MS usual, he
was splendidly caught by Robinson. Foutz
also pitched with effect in the first eight in
nings but weakened little in the ninth when
he was found for a double and two singles.
Score: Athletic 4, Brooklyn 2. Bnsehits-Ath-
letic 8, Brooklyn 4. Errors--Athletic 3, Brook
lyn 9. Batteries--Seward and Robinson;
Foutz and Clark
The st. Louis club jumped on Cincinnati at
st. Louis yesterday and gave them a fearful
drubbing. Mullane was hit very hard in the
frat fot1r fnpiunc I.Vnuq OiNpil. Milltunn and
Comiskey scoring home runs. Chamberlain
had the visitors at his mercy aud they failed to
bunch their hits ut any stage of the game.
There were 1000 persons In attendance. In
the ninth inning, with the bases full, Milligan
sent the ball over the left-feld fence for n
home run. Score: st. Louis IA, Cincinnati 2.
Basehits-St Louis ii, Cincinnati .. Errors
st. Louis i, Cincinnati 2. Botteries-Cham-
berlain and Milligan; Mullane ana Keenan,.
Sharp fielding and good batting by the Cow
boys won the game at Kansas City Tor them
yesterday. Louisville could do nothing with
Porter, while Ewing was hit hard. Two oi
the Louisville reached third base, but the ma
jority stopped at first. Umpire Fergusop
fined Waugh $40 in the eighth inning for guy
ing one of his decisions. Score Kansas City
8, Louisville 0. observation-disclosures City IL,
Louisville 4. Errors-Kansas City 2, Louis
vile 2. Batteres-Porter and Donahue, Ew'
Ing and Waugh.
The Baltimores opened their series at Cleve
land yesterday and won. The Clevelands
could not hit or play ball, and every error they
made let in a run Score: Baltimore o, Cleve
land 8. Basehits-Baltimore o, Cleveland 4
Errors-Baltimore g. Cleveland 3. Batteries
Cunningham and O'Brien, Bakeley and
Snyder.
General Sporting Notes.
Winners in the Boston races yesterday were
Neptunus, Fanita, Osceola, Cartoon, Meadow
Queen.
At Washington Park Chicago, yesterday
the winners were Galen, Pink Cottage, Dyer
Clara G. and Harry Glen.
The trotting races at Cleveland yesterday
were won by Fugue, Harry Wade and Mo
hawk Gift.
The PAGER johnson Tate yesterday beat the
worlds record with running mate Tor quar-
ter mile at the circuit trots at Hampden Park
Mass. The time was 29f seconds. The win
ners of the day were Jack, Roy Wilkes ant
Eida b.
The winners at sheepshead yesterday wert
Joseph, Little Minch, Taragon, Dunboyne
Brahmin and Stockton.