The Washington critic., 1888-07-31
BASEBALL SMALLTALK.

The cry still goes up against Umpire Valen-
tine, says the Washington correspondent Of
the Boston Globe, and it begins to look as
though this is an organized effort TO try and
run him out Of the League. He may not be
the equal Of Gaffney or John Kelly, but he is
regarded as good umpire In several cities, not
including Boston and Chicago. President
Young has watched Valentines work here
very closely, and he pronounces his decisions
entirely satisfactorily, excepting when he al
lowed Donnelly to come home from third base
In the second Boston game on an alleged
illegal pitch by Clarkson. IL Is but proper
that Mr. Young should sustain the mem
bers Of his staff when he thinks they are
right, for If he allows himself to be in
fuenced by the complaints of certain players,
there will be continual changing of umpires.
From the foundation of the national game up
70 the present time there has always been a
kick over the umpire in a closely-contested
game. Mr. Young assures me that he has no
disposition to force incompetent men into the
league rs umpires, but he feels II his duty to
stand by them in the performance Of their
duties, and he says that no further changes in
the staff are contemplated.
Tho Washington players were put out in
quick order until the third inning In yester-
days game at New York, when Crane lost his
cunning and two earned runs resulted. The
visiting players increased their lead by two
runs In the fifth inning. Shoch was sent to
the latters home-run drive to left field. The
visiting players drew further ahead in the sixth
inning, and scored one more run. Donnelly
reached first on an error by Tiernan, and got
to second on poor throw by Brown. Whitney
made another hit and Donnelly scored.
The exhibition began to grow tiresome for
the spectators when the Washington players
scored three more runs in the seventh inning
on hits by Mack and Myers, a base ON called
balls, and errors by Gore and Crane. The
local nine made Its only run in the ninth in,
ming, on two-basehit by Ward, passed bal
and Connor's out at first base, and the game
was over, and the thoroughly disguised 3,7OC
went home
The worlds champions were beaten by In
dianapolis yesterday, after one of the mos
stubbornly contested games ever played IL
Detroit. Larouque played with the local clut
for the first time, and made good impression
The Indianapolis players batted hard In thu
second and third innings but only held tn,
lead to the fourth, when the home club tleC
the score. No more runs were made until tn,
eleventh, when the indianapolis players woI
the game. The score was q to 5.
After two men were out In the eleventh in
ming, in the Boston game with the Phillies
Wise dropped Clemeuts' fly, and Wood ant
Andrews followed with singles, enablin!
Clements to score the winning run. Ra,
presented the visitors with run In the tenth
Irwin was responsible for Boston's run In th
same inning, while Umpire Powers presented
the home team with score In the fifth, de
claring Hornung safe at second, when he wa
plainly out. Buillnton, MS usual, held his op
ponents at his mercy. Bastian's fielding wa
feature of the game. The score was 10 4
Yesterdays game between the Chicago ant
Pittsburg clubs was an exciting one through
out, not being decided until the last man ha
been put out In the ninth inning. The Chloag
players batted hard, but could not bunc
their hits except In the first and last innings
The score was TO Z, Pittsburg winning,
Washington O. New York /; hits--Wosh
ington II, New York 8; errors-Washingto
3, New York @.
Louisville 8, Baltimore Il Cleveland l, 81
Louis O..
Five games on this trip That's as good a
any one could hope for.
The st. Louis Club was shut out yesterda
for the first time this season, In the game wit
the Cleveland team.
Eleven innings were required to decide tn
Philadelphia Boston game yesterday, whic
the former club won. The winning run wa
made after two hands were out through Il
error by WISE who dropped short fly hit b
Clements
Amateur Ball GosSip.-The Mount Vernon
defeated the ID, C.'s on Sunday by the score q
10 to b, Battery, Mount Vernon, Lewis an
D. Koyworth; ID. C,'s, Schrot Buchanan an
Winkleman.
The Jeiferson's play the Post newsboys
Capitol Park to-day ut 480,
Eight magnificent elms must go to max
way for Hale's new building.