National Republican., 1888-06-03
THE WOLVERINES PICNIC.
THEY HAVE CONSIDERABLE III y
WITH TIE SENATORS.
Seven Runs Secured in the First In
ming without Hard work-All the
other Eastern Clubs win-Happen-
ings on the Turf.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children ought to compel the Washing
ton Base Ball Club to keep Gilmore out of
the reach Of those sluggers from Detroit,
To see the poor, inoiIcnsiyc fellow stand up
facing the storm Of leather which flies IN all
directions about his ears, that helpless, ap-
pcaling way in which he essays to
make connection with some of the hot shots
fired over the plate by Pete Conway, is q
spectacle calculated to move any man with
spark of humanity in his breast to hot In.
dignation.
This conclusion is the natural outcome ot
sitting through nine drcary innings of au
alleged ball game yesterday, in which all
the batting and all the fun was on one side, and
that not our side The big aud hungry
Wolverines jumped on the Senators with
both feet, and when they were through their
be ST friends couldn't recognize them, and
they were done quickly, too, for the most of
this pulveri2ing process was carried out in
the first inning. after that 1t was an ordinary
| game enOugh-very ordinary for the Sena-
| tors Just a common, every day sort OF a
| game for them-and the Detroits having the
| thing well in hand took matters easily, once
| In n while lashng out with cOrlting
| giounder or n thrce-base hit, just to let the
| boys know they We're still there and not
| TO be fooled with on account of their good
| nature. Biz Sam Thompson alone was like
| the poor little lion in the Coliseum w's"
didn't get q bit of the martyrca tnrlstian.
| Nothing in the shape of u base hit came
| his way, but, after he had tried four times,
| Gilmore gave him five balls to keep him
| from crying. As for Conway, he simply
made monkeys of the Statesmen, and four
| little hits were all that could be found when
| tie diamond was swept up after the game.
| OF these only one--Myers's grass cutter to
center-was a real hit. The Others were all
slow hits inside the diamond, and the good
running Of WilmOt. Hoy, and Irwin
enabled them to beat the bali to
first. The fielding of both clubs was
excellent. The errors of Hoy, Irwin, and
White were close on the line where judg-
ment of the scorer might have relieved
| them, and the only out and out bad play
was wretched throw by Gilmore in the
fourth, which did not affect the score.
| Myers, Irwin, and DOnnelly played sharply,
and the outfeld stopped six long flies.
| Richardson, llanlon, and the battery did
most of Detroit's work, and did 1t well.
The deluge came in the first inning.
Richardson was presented with base on
balls, and then big Brouthers sent hopper
| to Schoch, and Ilardie galloped to third.
| Thompson drove one to O'Brien who was
| so anxious to catch Hardie that he didn't
| touch first, aud was too late for the active
| second haseman, 50 both were safe, and
Rowe's fly to Hoy let Denny in. White
dropped Il ball out Of reach IN left garden.
| Donnelly made Il fine catch of Twitchell's
| difficult fly. ON llanlOn's singing rap over
| second Thompson scored, and the Deacon
reached third Camel smashed grounder
| past O'Brien, and brought in two runs, aud
TO round things up nicely Pete Conway
smote the ball squarely on the trademark,
| and lifted it into the coal yards. Rich
| ardson came to the bat second time,
but gave an easy chance to Myers and sat
down. Total damage, seven runs, six earned.
Brouthers's base hit, dropped ball by
Irwin at second, and Whites rifle shot into
ShoCh's territory gave another in the second,
| After this Gilmore caught his wind and
| pitched fair game for the rest of the con-
lest. Washington had nine men to the bat
in the first three innings. In the fourth
| ShUch and Mycls were given first on balls,
| und Hoy beat the ball on his little roller to
Rowe, iilling the bases with two men out,
but Mack was not equal to the occasion, and
| gave Richardson Il chance for fly catch.
irwin took base on balls in the fifth, made
| q beautiful steal to second and, on Don.
Hcily's lald hit to Richardson, made brave
dash for home, but was caught by
Brouthers's throw after retiring Donnelly.
WilmOt secured the Senator's only run in
the sixth by beating a slow hit ball to first,
going down on pass, to third on O'Brien's
out, and scoring on Myerss good hit to
center. Hits 10y Twitchel, Ianlon, and
Conway gave the visitors two runs in the
| fifth, and Brouthcrs's hit, which bounded
over IIoy's shoulder, enabled him to make
| third base in the eighth. and Rowe sent him
in by safe hit to right. The score: