National Republican., 1888-06-07
MISERABLE BALL PLAYING,
TIE SENATOR'S MAKE9A VERY
POOR SHOWING.
Errors in the Field and Weakness at
the Bat-Detroit Wins Their Fourth
Game with Ease washingtons PLAY
To-day in New York.

Only $50 weary and disgusted spectators
saw Detroit win the fourth consecutive
game from the local club yesterday, and
thereby step into second position In the race
for the pennant
That the result was not different Is no
fault of O'Day's; he pitched winning
game, the champions securing only seven
hits, no more than two of which came to-
gethcr, aud half decent support either In
the field or with the bat would have turned
the scale in favor of the home team.
Dcaseys work was simply execra-
BILE. lie let In two runs by throwing
the ball out to center field when
mtn were stealing to second and sulkcd all
through the last part of the game after
Daniels had refused to allow him TO leave the
field ON account of alleged sickness. O'Brlen
SchOch, and Donnelly also made errors,
but only the one ut first affected the score :
Myers played good game at second
Wilmot covered left field In grand style
aud Daily made the star play ot the game
on fly from White, which he captured
close to the ground at the foul line aud
threw out Rowe, who had gone 10 second,
thinking the hit a safe one.
Grubcr was as much Of u stumbling block
to the Senators MS all pitchers seem to be
one short inleld roller, which the nimble
Hoy beat to fret. The battery work Of
GrJber and the veteran Bennett was Il pleas
uro to look at, and the whole Detroit inliold
played an even and machine.like game,
which had little interference from any hard
drives Of the Washingtons. The home team
got the first run on a force hit by Myers, u
steal, lloy's hit, and Donnelly's sacrifice
The second was scored in the sixth on Rich
ardsons tumble of Daily's grounder, a short
throw by Bennett, Selioch's out at first, and
Wilmot's grOunder to right. O'Bren gave
| foul tip to Bennett, who shot the ball to
first and caught Wilmot Off the bag.
Detroit scored IN the second on Rowe's
grOunder TO left, Dunncly's failure to
| handle Twitchcll's hot shot, and Deasley's
| wild throw. a base ON balls for Brouthers,
| a steal and good hits by Thompson and
Rowe gave Detroit the only earned run in
| the third. llanlon beat slaw ball In the
| fourth, and reached third on Dcasley's bad
| throw, but was caught at the plate, when
| Bennett hit to O'Brien. Gruber's three
base hit to left brought the catcher home.
| O'Brien dropped the ball after Donnelly
| had made a beautiful pick up of Gruber' 5
hit in the seventh, hut the little pitcher was
| forced out by Richardson's hit to Schoch.
| llardie stole second, and came home on Il
| wild pitch.
No games are scheduled for to-day, but
| the Washingtons will take the I:l5 u. IN.
train for New York to play the game of May
| 20, postponed ON account of rain. This
will probably enable New York to regain
her position lost yesterday, but 1t is hard to
see what good it will do Washington. Per
| haps If a goodly proportion of the nine
should get lost in New York nobody would
| greatly lament it,. ..
Still Mr.. Hewitt had better bring them
back. indianapolis, Pittsburg, and Phila
delphia are very different timber from New
York and Detroit, and in twelve games
with them the team ought to better it
| position. The score: