The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1889-1889, 1889-05-03
THE DIAMONDS AND cLuss.p
a BAN Game That was More Like a
Sprinting Contest.

just MS the game of ball began at the
Capitol Park yesterday afternoon be
tween the Diamonds and Clubs. How
ever, the game went on and the assem-
blcd thousands got their money worth.
The cops went to stick first and Mr..
Pitcher Dyer rot on TO his club with
the grace and finish of connoisseur.
In n minute or two he thwacked the
field where Mr.. Kaufman Of the Star
rejected 1t in scorn, rcmarking, there
are no flies on me. =" Then Mr.. Dyer
trotted along jauntily down to first, and
Mr. Boardmunn rode up to the home
plate on white horse and took up the
bat
1T does not look like bat. " he said.
at has no wings"
You can make Il fly with ii, all the
same" replied that Jolly wag, Mr..
Umpire llewett, and Mr. Boardmann
proceeded TO do So sending the sphere
over to left field, where Mr.. IIarries
stuck out his hands to catch It, but
fell short in his calculations about 100
yards, and the ball dropped into the sod
about six inches. After this two men
went out and Mr.. Dyer went in, gaining
Il fine floral tribute of lilacs for the first
run. Shortly afterward the side retired,
and the Diamonds came in. Mr..
Simms struck out, and McGill went
there, too, on n short lick to left. Mr..
Doyle came up smiling and knocked
the first foul then big fly to right and
organized an excursion down TO second.
llarries followed and took first on II
faE In .n lnf t.ftt al,
Dycr's compliments. Dryer took the
stick next, having hitchcd his white
horse to Boardmann S hitching- post, and
knocked the ball for run. Mr.. IIar.
ries got TO second and made u sliding
jump for third, landing on 1t with d
dull thud which made the Goddess OF
Liberty on the Capitol look around 10
see what had dropped. Mr.. Burrill
hit the ball u swipe, and Mr.. Harries
came home and then tried TO run Bur.
rill in, but not being q policeman he
was not successful and Burrill went out
1T home. Side out
This left the score 4 too in favor of
the Diamonds
In the next innings large and cle
giant goose egg dropped on the Clubs
and the Diamonds made two runs. In
the third the Diamonds were on TO by.
cr's spiralties and they knocked the
ball until the air was full of flies, and
the Clubs were wearing mulfs to keep
their fingers warm. Mr.. Casey of the
right field began to loom up about this
time as maker of points, and he
paved up the sod all over right field as
the runs piled up. Finally the Dia-
AL Nrin 1,al
their opponentsa chance, having pulled
in only fourteen runs. Doyle tipped
the ball during the play and 1t took
Umpire Hewctt in the coat.tail and he
yelled foul with promptness and dis
patch. No appeal was taken from his
decision. In the first half the Clubs
made as many as two runs.
In the fourth the Clubs tailed five
runs and the Diamonds came in Dyer
went out to right to rest his arm and
Mr.. Casey, who was Mr.. Hagan's sub.
itute, came TO the box And Casey
got there. He landed goose.egg into
the Diamonds and again in the next inn.
ing he did the same cruel thing, while
the Clubs added Ia their credit, max.
ing the score at the end of the fifth inn.
ing Is to 90.
And so IL went, up and down, all
around, flies here and there, muffs and
tumbles and errors and good play and
bad, through the next three innings.
When the eighth was finished the
game was called, and the mathcma
tcians got out their adding machine,
and the result was found to be:
Diamonds, 80; Clubs, 30.
Tho ,,1uvnrc trara nc fn1In,ye.
Reporters-Simms, S. s.; McGill, . b.
Doyle. Q b.; Jones, p; Harries, !. f.;
Dryer, c.. BurrilI, b.; Kaufman, C.
f.; McSween, /. {.
Policemen-Dyer, p; Boardmann, 5.
s., Ferguson, l b.; Sandford, b.
Easer, 8 b.; Gherman, c.. WEIGH, C. {.
Narrower, +. f.; Casey, l. (.
Umpire-Walter Hewett.
Score by innings:
Policcmen..2 0 2 5 8 s | 80
Reporters...4 2 IA 0 0 9 q 7-3i
Foul Tips.
The audience was enthusiastic.
The cooling boards were damp.
The tickets were quarter.
Casey is south paw" striker.
Nobody made a home run
Gherman put on e-prescrvcl
when he caught up to the bat
Dwyer can smoke o cigarette and
| play ball at one and the same time.
Kaufman has the figure of Il peHu'
de Milo. He caught fly.
Casey was Il kicker, but he had tn,
crowd.
Dyers arm is sore to-day.
Jones wears his uniform in the shor
sleeve style.
Burrill's mustachc gotin his way SC
he Couldn't run.
Umpire Hewitt was righteous Judge
Simms caught short ball on hi,
finger No insurance.
The CLUBS were better lockers thar
the Diamonds. "
Boardmann and Dryer have twin hair
They don't play 1t on the black.
Doyle knocked foul over the fence
Everybody thought Casey was Hagan
but he wasn't, He was Casey.
McGill is quite pretty in uniform.
Narrower isn't big but he Is lucky.
McSween runs like man for office.
Welch is American in his playing.
Ferguson was put at first because he
takes In whatever he goes after.
Harries is the great American slider
The game lasted two hours and tlfteer
minutes.
Dyer broke bat.
The grand stand is great help L
| the catcher.
Casey will run Jones in the first tim,
he catches him on his beat
Every policeman has beat, but the,
didn't give IL TO the reporters. All
there, copies!
Two more games TO play
| Primroses VS.. Newsboys.
Thn RnL NnNshnNs will nlnN III