Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-07-29

| frst Appearance 10 Boston. He q . man Of
root, presence, has voice loud enough 70
| b. heard ia AL parts Of The field, and pos
sessed Of a dudish accent that created many
| q smile ~ II WAS given uttrrauee. His dis
charge Of his duties was 10 the main satsfac-
| tory. hut in two distances he got In hls bad
work by riyine decisions, enc OF which gave
run to Washington and the other one
took run from Boston. For these de-
cisiens he was
MOST RouSDLr pIssED.
ITS not The desire ~ the Bossen players or
Boston audiences To have more fayors NJ ina
hands of the unrirc than riehuully and
Justly belong 10 them, but the hope was tx'
pressed IN the spectstofS seats Yesterday
that, lnssmuch ~ the Bostons had had sucn
deals given them by the umpifes In the West
and in New York as be cali forth denuocis-
ton from some OF the press IA other league
cities, Boston Nigh. get some Kind OF
show on tie bone grounds IN the case oil
close decisions. Mr.. Powers, however,
Il evidently not OF that mind. In
the seyesth inning he gave the Wash
ingtons run on decissn tnst was
close one, perhaps. but u was one
which any umpire would have been iusiines
| in giving TO the team that was In The tleid.
l VIC ILaU WAS OQt WitU Hthts NV = 49, ~
second base. Wise ran for the ball, secured
II, aud, without waiting to recover himself,
sent toe ball TO Morrill,. and retired Mack
when he was at least two feet from the bnse.
II was brilliant piece OF work, and the yo'
cifereus applause 10 evoked was quickly
! husbe1 ms the spectators saw that the um-
plre refused TO give IL an out. Mack suese-
queutly scored en- Whitney's long hit to right
tieid asd his out by Brown TO Wise, rs ne
attempted TO make the hit two.bagser.
That was how the Washingtons were
given one run. Granting that the base de-
ctsion in this case was close one, and there
might be room for doubt as to its incorrect
ness, an incident occurred in the eighth
inning in which Dir. PswerH cannot defend,
and much less Justify. his decision. Ray was
on second base and Nash en- first base, with
ono man ont. when Johnston got In terrInc
bit 10 left field, which hit the fence anu
then caromed fer cut into the field. " was
bit good for three bases. Fay scsred easily,
and Nash could have done 50 frem hrst base,
but In running past thild base Dennelly not
only Get IN his way, but deliberately irippea
him. throwing hin 10 the ground ana
causing him to roll about considerably be-
fore be could regsia hts feet. Johnston was
speeding for third base and did not notice
Nashs mishap Till he had nearly reached The
bag. when he was compelled 10 return to Sc
Cond. in the mean time Nash regained his
feet and was run cut between third base ane
the plate. Nash ard Manager Morrill, Imme>
diately claimed the run on the
GROUND OF INTERFERENCE
on the part OF Donnelly, but 1t was refused
by the umpire. The interference was so
palpable that the decision OF tho umpire ex-
ssperaied the spectators TO an intense degree.
DonneIly's act was so contemplate and de-
lberate that he deserved severe fine, ana
Nash should, under the rules, have been per-
mitted to score. Had the umpire done his
DUTY righifully the score at the close OF the
ninth inning would have been tie at least,
although 10 the case just cited had Nash
been permitted to score 1t would have been
two runs fer Boston, Johnston at third. one
man out and Wise and Hornung coming TO
the bat--a chance offered for more ruDs.
In spite OF this mauIfestly unjust um-
pring, Boston would have been able to keep
the score a tie at the close OF the eighth In
ming had il not been for q bad break on the
dart OF Hornung. And right here occurred
another OF those instances where an error OF
single PLAYER has turned possible victory
into defeat at critical point OF the game.
With one man cut, Hoy at third and MYERS
at second, Daily hit high fly TO left field.
There was plenty OF time fer Hornung TO
Judge 1t correctly aud get under 1t, hut
he misjudgcd, and as it went over
his head he reached for 1t with one
hand, nearly got It, and then 1t dropped to
the ground. Had he played his part per-
fectly Hoy would only have scored, and the
figures would have been four to four; but
Myers " as also able to run In on the blunder
and score the winning run.