The Washington critic., 1888-09-08
SPORTS or THE SEASON,
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Chicago won Yesterdays game with Boston
in the last inning and is still in second place.
The game was about the most exciting that
has ever been seen there Both teams started
to bat hard in the beginning, and both kept
up their hitting TO the end Baldwin was
wild and Clarkson Ineffective Boston was
ahead till the eighth when Chicago made
two runs. Then Boston made three runs,
Quinns home run hit bringing in Johnston
and Brown. Finally in the ninth inning, Chi
cago batted out the game. Duffy began with
throe-baggcr, Arson followed with double,
and Williamson aud Burns with single each,
and then DAILY made tbree-base hit TO left
field. The features Of the game were the
field work of Williamson and Pfeifer and the
batting OF Quinn and Ryan The attendance
was 5000. Score: Chicago II, Boston o. Base
hits-Chicago II, Boston 13. Errors Chicago
3, Boston Z. Batteries Chicago, Baldwin
and DAILY; Boston, Clarkson and Kelly.
Illness nun in the ninth inning lost yester-
days game for the indianapolis. Shreve
pitched magniflcently and was well supported
till the ninth. Bassett made the greatest play
Of the game by stop in the eighth inning
which saved two runs. lie also batted fairly.
Attendance LOO. Score: indianapolis 2, New
York 3. Basehits- indianapolis s, New York
D. Errors-lndianapoll q New York q Bat
ries-Indianapolis Shrevo and Buckley;
New York, Keefe and Brown.
The Athlete and Kansas City were to have
played two games yesterday at Philadelphia,
but rain put stop to the second game at the
end of the second inning, when the score stood
to In favor of the visitors The first game
was won by the Athletics, who jumped on
Sullivan from the start, and earned four of
their seven runs The visitors earned run in
the first iuning but after that they were un-
able to do anything with Stewards fine pitch
ing. The fielding of Esterday and Donahue
and catches by Stovey and Hamilton were the
features. Score: Athletic Z, Kansas City 1.
Observation-Disclosures 12, Kansas T. Errors
Athletics Q, Kansas 4. Batterles--Seward and
Robinson; Sullivan and Brennan.
The Louisville and Brooklyn mines played
an interesting game at Washington Park,
Brooklyn yesterday Owing to tho cold and
threatening weather only about 1900 people
were present The homo nine won the game
through good, hard hitting at opportune
moments. Foutz pitched in good form, and
was well supported. Score: Louisville 5,
Brooklyn g. Basehits-Louisvlle 6, Brooklyn
o. Errors-Louisvlle 6, Brooklyn 3. Bat
teries-Ewing and Vaughn, Foutz and Clark.
The Detroit Washington, Philadelphia Pitts
burg, Cleveland-Cincinnati, and Baltimore
st. Louis games were postponed yesterday by
rain.
Sam Trott joined the Des Moines yesterday.
The Irish Cricketers win.
The international cricket match between the
Irish Gentlemen and the Pittsburg team yes
terday at Plttsburg was declared off on ac-
count of the rain. The score at the end of the
first inning on Thursday was 81 to 1914 in fa-
vor Of the visitors.
The Half-NIile Track Record.
Bosque Bonita beat the worlds three-year-
old half-mile track record quarter of a Sec
ond at the Paris fair yesterday, trotting the
fourth heat in the $3.50 class, purse, In 226t,
winning the race, she having previously cap
tured the first two heats IN 2;33a and 2301.
The performance was all the more remarkable
she defeated a field of older horses. Abbie @.
also made a sensational performance in the
Paris stakes she winning the last two heats
and the race in 2;36i and 2:361, which is the
best average two heats ever made by two
year-old over a half-mile track Bosque Bo-
nita is a bay flly by Macey's Hnmbetonian,
dam by Legal Tender, while Abbie Q. is a
gray tilly by Aberdeen, dam by Pearine.