Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-16
A TIRESOME CONTEST.
The Base Ball Comedy Presented by the
Chicago and AH-America Teams.

1t was perhaps good thing that the Presi-
dent went down the river yesterday, and was
thus unable to attend the game between the
All-America and Chicago round-the-world
teams He told them that he liked to see good
game, but he would have been sadly disap-
pointed had he witnessed the game of yester-
day. As If was, about $500 people, who had
made the pilgrimage to Capitol Park with the
expectation of seeing some good ball playing.
were treated to as poor an exhibition as is
usually presented by professional players. The
score was IS to 6, in favor of the Chicago team.
The game was won in the first inning, the Chi
cago men piling up runs before they were re-
tired. Crane and Earle, and Baldwin and An
son were the batteries. The people were gener-
ally hopeful that Healy would pitch. in order
to see the kind of man the Statesmen are
going to have in the box this year. Ward evil
IDENTIFY wanted to show the people here as little
favor possible and put Crane IN the box,
making an evident mistake. for he pitched a
lazy. inefficient game, and was very ineffective.
Both pitchers were very wild. sending man
after man to bases on balls Crane seven and
Baldwin eight. Chicago batted hard and often.
and their hits were well aided by the miserable
fielding of their opponents. There was a lack
CT spirit noticeable throughout the game on
the part of both teams. Anson's men seemed
to hit the ball simply because it was easy to do
and they liked to see it sail to the sky. They
ran bases because the air was cold and the
wind keen, and some kind of exercise was
necessary to keep warm. Ryan and Burns were
terrors at the bat. each making four hits, Ryan
with a total of six bases and Burns five. Earle
captiyated the hearts of the crowd and pro-
duced about the only enthusiasm by his work.
He played ball every minute and hit the ball
for three bags twice Ill succession.
WARDS RECEPTION.
Ward was treated very fairly by the crowd.
He was greeted with applause when he came to
the bat, and he started out under good aus
pices. But his work was very poor III the field.
and the spectators. believing that he fair
game, welcomed each of his three errors with
derisiOn. Before the game was over Ward was
the laughing stock of the audience. He not
only made three misplays, but threw so badly
twice that errors were credited to Carroll. who
played first. and on two occasions displayed
bad judgment in his work as captain. The
second basemen. Manning and Pfeffer, both did
beautifully, their playing standing with Earles
in marked contrast to the rest of the exhibition.
A brass band did what it could to enliven the
occasion. Chicago made II hits and errors
and All-America hits and Z errors.
Other games-New York, %, Princeton, 4;
Brooklyn, 9, Newark, o.; indianapolis, Z, st.
Louis, 2; Athletic, 10, Philadelphia, Z; Boston,
II, Baltimore. g.
of the best pitchers in the league. and one
reason why he (Ward) did not go to Washing
ton was because Whitney was released.-Er-
change. \ very poor excuse, John.-Phild-
de'ptid Press. Yet when Walter Hewett saw
John Ward in New York the short-stop told
him that he had by far the best of the Whitney,
Healy trade.