Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-19
AN EXCITING CONTEST.
Cleveland and Washington Play Ten
Inning Tie Game.

nomenal achievements in the ball field this
year, coupled with the recent good work Of the
home club, caused good-sized audience to as
semble at Capitol park yesterday afternoon to
witness the first drawn game the Senators have
played this year. For ten innings 800 threats
were busy shouting out encouragement to the
home team, and at the end Of two hours, with
the score standing to 8, most folks thought
that Washington was pretty lucky, after all, TO
| escape defeat. The game was intensely ex-
citing throughout, and as the play improved
with time and the situation became more in
teresting the spectators were seized with that
species Of mania that comes only with a deli
cately-balanced contest, when the slip of q
hnger means victory or defeat.
SHARP PLAYING.
Both teams played exceedingly well in the
field, but the errors Of Washington were more
costly than those of Cleveland and each meant
run. O'Day and Daily and O'Brien and Zim-
mer were the batteries, and were very well
matched. O'Day was Q triAe steadier than
bad times. and two Of them scored runs fo-
Cleveland. The support given O'Day was per-
haps not what it should have been at times,
but it was just about what his pitching war
ranted. The failure to win was due more to that
great good luck that has characterized Cleve-
lands progress this year. The trouble lay, in
fact, that the other side the Infants did exactly
as well as the home team, and it was fight for
blood: As consequence neither would give
in and the game had to be called at the end Of
Curry, the growing darkness would not permit
the playing Of another inning.
THE RUNS.
Cleveland scored the first run in the second
on Clarke's wild throw to the benches, on
which Twitchell scampered around the diamond.
In the fourth Washington pulled ahead with
= runs. O'Brien pitched an easy ball that Sam
Wise lifted for base. Carney's hit to short
was safe, and Immediately Sam Wise stole
third IN fine style. Clarke put pretty ball
into right the next moment and Wise scored,
Carney going to third and Clarke to second.
A Wild pitch let Carney in and Clarke scored on
Macks sacrifice to left. The inning was full of
noise on the part of the crowd and kicking on
the part OF Faatz and Tebeau and was ex-
tremely exciting. The visitors paid up for this
squirt in their half, when they made 3 runs
also. Two bases on balls, Clarkes mutf, Days
foolish throw to second and OBrien's hit did
the business.
IN THE FIFTH
hoy went to second on Tebeau's bad throw to
first, to third on Wilmot's out. and scored on
Wise's scratch hit With the score tied, each
team made a run in the sixth. The Senator's
tally came from Macks slow hit to short and
steal and Sweeney's out at first; Hoy hit to
Gilks, whose fumblug lasted long enough to
let Mack in. while Hoy went out Faatz and
Radford hit safely in their half and q score
went up for Cleveland.
NIP AND TUCK.
From that point out the game was a nip and
tuck race, and though plenty Of men were on
the bases none of them could score on account
OF the fine pitching and fielding done in the
latter part OF the game. The wonderful work
Of Clarke and Gilks at short saved the day for
their respective clubs, and the enthusiasm ran
high toward the end
DALY's CATCHING
was perfect, except his useless throw to second
in the ninth. A marvellous catch of long
foul made him even more of hero than he
was before. Wise's game at second was Just as
steady as clock work, and Peter Sweeney put
up some satisfactory work at third Wise led
the batting with hits, while Sweeney made 2,
aud Hoy, Carney, Clarke and Mack each /.
Washington made 8. hits and errors and
Cleveland hits and errors.
OTHER GAMES.
Philadelphia simply annihilated Pittsburg,
the score being Is to 0. The batting was tre-
mendous on one side and woefully weak on
the other, while both teams fielded well and
sharply. Casey and Clements and Calvin and
Miller were the batteries Philadelphia made
% hits and error and Pittsburg hits and
errors.
Boston took it easy and defeated Chicago. s
to l. the Ansonian run being made on a scratch
passed ball in the eighth. Clarkson and Ben
nett and Healy and Flint were the batteries.
Boston made hits and errors and Chicago 6
hits and errors
New York played just hard enough to win
from the Hoosiers by the score of to q Keefe
and Ewing and Boyle and Buckley filed the
points, New York made IL hits and errors
and indianapolis hits and errors.
ASSOCIATION GAMES.
At Observation-Disclosures, s; st. Louis. I.
At Columbus-Baltimore, 5; Columbus, e. At
Brooklyn-Brooklyn, IL; Athletics, Z. At Louis
ville-Louisville, s; Kansas City, l.
NOTES.
DAILY is doing as good work as Ewing ever
did and shows no signs of weakening.
Mike Kelly stole five basis yesterday. Peter
Sweeney stole three. The Senators together
purloned eight.
1t was pretty even game Washingtons
had ii men left on bases and Clevelands 10:
Washingtons let two visitors to first on errors
and Clevelands allowed two Senators to the
same. ODay gave three basis on balls and
struck out four men and O'Brien gave five
bases and struck out five men.
One game, at least, of the remaining two to
be played with the Clevelands belongs to the
Senators.