Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-04-30
CITY AND DISTRICT.


Notes md Com menss.
The home team played another good game Of
ball on Saturday, but lost to Boston, BY score OF
4to 3 the winning run being made In the tenth
inning. Daily and Murray were the washington
battery and did well, but the Huobtes secured
eleven hits The first run was made on a foolish
throw OF Murray's past the pitcher, allowing
Johnston 70 score from third. The game was lost
20 washington In the eighth by the miserable luck
that has seemed to follow the club. WIlmot tied
the score by driving In two men By hit that
missed going over the fence by less than foot He
should have scored on shoch's long ny 70 right
neld that with almost any other player than Kelly
would have been a safe and winning hit. But the
King Clown OF the Diamond. by magnificent rum
ming catch retired Che side. WllmOt who had raced
20 third before the ball was caught, was put out
The total hits were D by Washington and IL by
Boston; errors, Washington 4, Boston J.
OTHER SATURDAY CANES
At New YOrk-New York, IA; Philadelphia /.
At dianapolis-Detroit, 4; Indianapolis, O AT
Observation-Disclosures, 3; Chicago, T. AT Balti-
more-Baltimcre, /; Cleveland, 8. AT Brooklyn
Athletic, .; Brooklyn, o. AT LOulsville-Louis-
Vile. 8; Cincinnati, h Kansas City-St Louis
postponed; wet grounds
The Kendall team defeated the Alexandria Epis-
eopal High school By score OF IL to 9, on the
latter'S grounds.
me Association games yesterday resulted as
follows: At L0uisVllle-Cinelnnau, 8; Louisville
3 AT New York-Athletic, 3; Brooklyn, 2.
NOTES.
The home management entered protest on Sat-
urday before the game against the continuance OF
Umpire Lynch's services, but President Young
overruled IT.
GilmOre's unsatisfactory work In the box has
canSed a howl from some Tor his release. II should
be remembered, however, that he is one OF the
pitchers who warns up with the weather. IL viii
be well, perhaps, TO walt bit He has good stun
In him
The team that LEFT for Philadelphia this morning
was composed OF every signed player but Gardner,
whose mother Is seriously Ill
With the PhillleS crippled the two tail-enderS
ought TO divide honorS and take two games apiece.
whitney has COME around all right, and Is now
In condition for fair share OF the work during the
trip.
The playing OF Shoch at short is no longer All
experiment, but a wise move. He handles hard
balls with great skin, and with little more famil-
iarify with the position VIII do remarkably well
AT any rate his batting entities him to place on
the team. In addition 70 this the public likes him,
and that counts for great deal IL Shoch makes
a success at short, new third baseman Is next In
order. Both Donnelly and Irwin are good at times
In the field, but seldom OF much account at the
bat. We must have hitterS. 1t Is understood that
the management Is thinking OF obtaining Bur-
docks services from Boston and trying him at the
third bag.
Boston was the principal sufferer at the hands
OF Umpire Lynch on saturday. Hoy, who can
speak very few words, has learned to say that
the work that this man has been doing Is ''rob-
berry,"
Chas. J. Ferguson. the well-known pitcher OF the
Philadelphia Base Ball Club, died last evening OF
est pitchers In the country but one OF the nnest
general players and the Philies Will miss his yalu
able serv1ces
LRAGUE CANES TO-DAY.
AT Philadelphia-W asnington vs. Philadelphia.
At NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. vs.. Indianapolis. AT
Pftssourg-Chicago Va PittsDurg. At New York
Boston va New York