Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-09
A VICTORY AT LAST!
How the Senators Won Game from the
Philadelphia Team.

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tremor shook the earth in the vicinity Of
Washington yesterday evening. 1t was not an
earthquake. nor was it the firing Of guns but it
could be directly traced to the astounding news
that pulsed over the wires late in the afternoon
and told the long-expectant, half-hoping, al
most discouraged base ball people of the Dis
trict that the unfortunate Washington base
ball club had actually succeeded in winning a
game, after losing eight in succession. Those
who heard this were at first inclined to disbe-
ieve, to think that their informants were
joking, but the facts persisted until they had
worked themselves into a secure foundation of
credence. The victims were the Philadelphians
who are in the race for the pennant, and are
| therefore greatly chsgrined to think that the
tail-enders, goose-eggers, had beaten them by
the score Of to 6, for such were the figures
! thereof.
| Row 1T WAS DONE
The Statesmen won the game by means Of
harder, better batting, and sharper more
effective team work in the field The Phillies
| lost because of their inability to hit the ball
| when they most needed to, and played with a
lack OF that altogether quality that has dis
tInguished them in games gone by. In a word
| they felt Twins absence wofully. The batteries
were Haddock and Mack and Casey, Gleason
and Clements. Haddock's work was his first of
| the championship season, and it was as fine as
could be desired. The Phillies hit him hard,
but he managed to keep their hits sufficiently
scattered to prevent them from doing very
| much damage. The first inning was begun as
though it were to be the same old story, and by
| means OF base on balls. three singles and
\ Wlse's error, the Phillies scored thrice But in
the Statesmen's half they tailed even. and
scored their three on Woods tumble, singles
| by Shoch and Myers, and a double by Sam
| Wise. Then in the second Donnelly went to
first on balls, stole second, and scored on Hoy's
single. In the third the Philadelphians scored
one when Fogarty hit for three bases and Null
| vey for two. But the Statesmen kept right
| along IN their progress for. says the Philadel-
! phia Press, 1.-The visitors. like the man grasp
ing at the last straw. went into the game with a
determination to do or die. They had not won
| game and were long overdue to do sou
! Hence in their half of the third they began
! again and banged the ball some more scoring
| three times. Myers hit safely and Sam Wise
| lifted the ball over the wall for home run
| Donnelly let four bad balls 60 over the plate
! and scored when Andrews failed to catch
Mack's long fly. The Phillies, nothing daunted.
| did some more run-getting in the fourth, scor-
| ing once on a base on balls, a steal, passed
| ball. and Woods fly out. This made the score
to 3, and the game was interesting The
Statesmen could not strike a combination again
| until the seventh inning, when they made two
runs. Donnely hit to left center for three
| bases, and then Mack, Haddock, and Hoy each
hit safely for a base. The last expiring effort
| of the Phillies was home-run hit by Farrar in
the eighth inning, and the game was won by
| the Senators.
WHAT Is SAID IN PHILADELPHIA
The Philadelphia Enquirer says of the game:
The Philadelphia club lost game to Wash
ington yesterday because of the absence of a
competent captain. Had John Montgomery
Ward or Arthur Irwin been playing on the
team the game would have been won. There
was lamentable lack of team work. and the
Senators were given enough runs to win the
game. True, the visitors hit hard and often,
but enough chances were offered to cut down
their score three or four runs, but none of
them were accepted. 1t was a strange thing to
see the crowd of $500 cheering for the visiting
club, yet such was the case. More than
majority of those present hoped that Washing
ton would win after the second inning and
whenever q Senator was on base such re-
marks as Il hope he gets in L hope he makes
hit i wish he would make a home run
were heard all over the ground.
John Morrill's CHEEKY coaching left no doubt
in the minds of the people as to who was cap
tain of the Washingtons, and was in direct con-
| trast to Fogarty's silence.
There were two features of the game. One
wa splendid team work of the Senators
aft first inning and the other was their
bal. They made 10 hits, off Casey in two
innings and II off Gleason. Wise led the bat
ting with hits, including a home run and a
lNO-D3seT- plIcneQ Tor the visitors,
and while he was hit hard he was effective at
critical points OF the Phillies IL hits Mulvey
made 4, one for two bases. 1t was good
fielding game, and every one of Sam Wise's
three errors were excusable, all being made on
hard chances.
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY
Boston whitewashed the Giants by the score
of to in the presence of 10, 900 people. Crane
and Brown and Clarkson and Bennett were the
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New York hits and errors.
Cleveland scalped the HOosiers, 8 to 6. The
batteries were Beattin and Sutcliffe and Getzein
and Buckley. The Infants made IL hits and 8
errors and indianapolis II hits and Z errors.
Pittsburg downed Chicago, to 2, by means
of an accident III the ninth inning, two fielders
colliding in such manner that the winning
run wasscored. Chicago made hits and 8
| errors and Pittsburg 10 hits and errors. Staley
and Miller and Krock and Flint were the bat
teries.
At Cincinnati-Cincinnati, G; Athletics. 2. At
Kansas City-Baltimore, 10; Kansas City, T.
At Louisville-Brooklyn, q; Louisville, 2 At
st. Louis-St Louis, 3; Columbus, 4.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has the following
comments this morning:
1.-The Phillies need captain"
'John Morrill, is an ideal captain
sanders will probably pitch for the Phillies
| to-day
Yesterdays game was thrown away by the
| Philadelphia management"
THE Senators showed what good team work
| amounted to after the first inning"
1.-THE question for the Philadelphia manage
| ment TO decide is whether the team is stronger
| with Irwin or Andrews on it"
The managers of the Philadelphia club
should remember that ground lost now will be
| very hard to recover later in the season when
| all the clubs will be playing their best"
| wAsHINGToN's POSITION.
This last is peculiarly applicable to our stu
alton here. The eight zeros make formida-
BILE background, and in some breasts all hope
| is lost. But il must be remembered that there
are three clubs that have lost seven games each
| and have won but very few more than the one
of which Washington is so proud to-day. For
| instance: Chicago has won five and lost seven
| A little more good luck here, three or four
more games won, and we shall be in easy reach
| ing distance of at least one club, if not two
more. The fierce fight In progress between
| Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg,
ali for first place will operate greatly in favor
| of the home club in its hour of need.
| The Philadelphia public is bowling for three
| or four things at once. One faction wants IT.
| win released Internationally. larger crowd
want him retained, and strong voice is heard
| for his exchange for John Ward. 1t is possible
| that President Hewett may be able to make a
bargain in this by selling his option on Ward
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