Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-17
GOOD BALL PLAYING.
How the Senators Defeated the Hoosiers
Yesterday.

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exciting game yesterday. in which the interest
did not flag from the beginning until the end.
The home team won, to /, by dint of almost
perfect playing and harder hitting. although
they lost many opportunities for run-getting in
the early part of the game through stupid base
running. The score should have been at least
Ito 1. The Hoosiers could not bat, but played
plucky game, and made their run in the last
inning, when it looked as though they might
tie the score or even win the game As it was.
their hopes we're blasted by the pretty work of
the infeld and neat double play cut short
their career of run-getting. They made half of
their hits in this inning and their one
run was earned. The batteries were Person
and Mack, and Getzein and Buckley The
Statesmen seemed to like the pretzel curves
that Getzein shoots over the plate, and they
started in to pound him hard. Three hits were
made In the first inning but availed nothing
for Hoy stupidity stood off second and allowed
himself to be caught out when Shochs hit was
returned by McGeachy. Meyers forced Shoch
out and went to third on wise's hit, but Nor
rlll struck out. One run at least should have
been made in this inning. The Hoosiers
went out in order. More stupidity in the second
lost two or three runs. Sweeny hit safely. and
so did Mack, the latter's ball being nasty
bounder to Denny that gave him no chance to
put himself in position, and hence he threw
short to Hines. Buckley lined the ball
to Hines moment later and caught
Mack off the base. Hines wisely watched
Sweeny and threw to Glasscock who ran his
man down. Mack held fast to first and went
down when Ebright hit towards Hines; Paul
was off his base and tried to get Mack at
second. but Glasscock muffed his throw After
Person had struck out, Hoy Int for base and
Mack foOllshy tried to reach home, being put
out at the plate. Six hits had been made
coupled with error. and not a run was
scored. This rather dampened the enthusiasm
of the crowd. who thought that. although the
team batted everything in sight, they would
never win a game with such base running. In
the Hoosier's half of the second. with one out
Sullivan hit safely but was thrown out at
second.
WINNING THE GAME.
The Statesmen won the game in the third by
means of three hits. a sacrifice and an error
Shoch fled to Glasscock. and then Myers hit
safely. Wise hit to Glasscock, but the captain
fumbled it and both men were safe. Morrill,
hit for "a base to the disgust of some folks in
the audience. and Myers scored Then Sweeny
made p neat sacrifice fy out to McGeachy and
Wise scored. Mack's single brought Morrill, ill.,
and the crowd yelled itself into hoarseness
Mack. in the enthusiasm of the moment tried
10 steal second with very bad results After
this the Senators hits were scattered and the
Hooslers settled down to good work. prevent
ing the home team from scoring another run
In the fourth after Ebright and Person
time and stole second. Shoch was given his
base on balls and Hoy, without the slightest
proyocatiOn, tried to reach third and was run
out In the fifth Myers hit for base and stole
second. but the next three men could not help
hlm around. Then III the seventh with two
men out Wise lifted beautiful ball to the left
center fence for three bases. Morrill, flied to
Glasscock and left Sam on third. The most
aSgravatlng case was in the eighth, when
Sweeny. the first batter. hit hard for three
bases Mack hlt IN the nitchpr nd
first. Ebrlght flied ont to Denny and Person
struck out. leaving Sweeny still on third when
any sort of a sacrifice would have brought him
IL.
GOOD PLAYING.
The home team kept runs from the Hoosiers
on three occasions by means of double PLAYS.
In the seventh. with Hines out on line foul to
Mack, Denny hit safely and Sullivan lifted
high foul that Mack reached after pluckv run.
Denny dug his toes into the ground and went
for second while Mack lined the ball after him
Denny was there first. but he slid too far and
was put out The one in the sixth was after
sullivan had been hit and went down on
MeGeachys hit to Sweeny. Both men were
thrown out neatly. 1t really looked for a few
minutes IN the last inning as though the visitors
were going TO win. Seery lined out u
beautiful hit that SKINNED along the right
FOUL line and Juggled itself around the fence.
Seery reached second and scored a moment
later when GlasscOck banged one at Sweeny
which went clear of him. Hines was at the
bat and two strikes were called on him Glass
cock was working hard for the run. He held
up two fingers and yelled at Paul Hit the ball:
hit it hard; you've got two strikes" Paul did
hit II hard, but il went straight at Wise who
clinched il and threw to Myers who lined II to
Morrill,, retiring both men amid immense en-
thusiasm- Denny hit safely, but Sullivan pop
PED oaL up TO Sweeny and the game was over.
PERSONS WORK.
The Senators ,lava1 a ,arfooy oo.u.
field except tumble by Myers in the eighth.
that awaited nothing. Persons work in the box
was gilt-edged, and worthy of support; NV
ers played great game, and Sweeny did all he
had to do in good shape. Hoy made three
neat catches in center. Ebright played Car
neys heid very well and ShOch also folded
well The Senators made ID hits and 1 error,
and the Hoosiers hits and errors.
OTHER GAMES.
Philadelphia and Chicago INDUCED in slug
gng match, the Phillies winning, 10 to T.
Ansons men made nine of their runs in the last
two innings The batteries were Gumbert.
Hutchinson and Farrell and Gleason and
Sehriver. Philadelphia made IA hits and err
rors, and Chicago 10 hits and errors.
New York won from Cleveland to
;. by virtue Of better fielding, the Giants
making hits and errors to the Babes 8 hits
and errors. Ewing and Brown and Gruber
and thinner were the batteries
Boston had an easy time with Pittsburp
winning without difficulty by the score of "a
TO 4. The batteries were Clarkson and Ben
nett and Maui and Fields. Boston secured Ia
Lifts and errors, and Pittsburg IL hits and 7
errors.
At Observation-Disclosures. 10; Louisville. G.
AT Kansas CIty-Kansas City. IL; Athletic 9
The Capitol Hill Athletics defeated the
Junior Juffersons, 10 to s.
At Cincinnati-CIncinnati. 4: Baltimore. 9
AT st. Louis-St Louis, 8; Brooklyn. o.
The big batting keeps up. Altogether 81
hits were made yesterday, aud "a the day be-
fore.
Hoy is hitting with the leaders, but he lacks
woefully in base running this year.
Persons pitching won the day Yesterday
without much doubt. This makes his third
game pitched of which two have been won.
The third was against GARRISON and the score
was to 2.
Chicago plays to-day. The Senators will be
doing well il they get more than one of the
four games. Indianapolis is at Philadelphia,
Cleveland at Boston, and Pittsburg at New
York.
At meeting of the Merchant Rifles base
ball club last night, they adopted a new uni
form, to consist of blue and white. The follow
ing are the players A. A. King. captain; A.
Jarbo, A. Coleman, J. j. Costinette. T.. Wilson,
n j. Costinette, Chas. Darnell, j. Geier. s.
hlng. j. Heiser; W. F. Walter, manager, No.
6SJ street northwest
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