Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-10
bat in the sixth tina. We. virtually . steal Of .

bat in the sixth that was virtually steal Of .
base hit
John Irwin, after having made couple Of
bad fumbles earlier in the game, did pretty
piece Of work in the eighth on q stinging hit
by Hines.
..pinehnsy Of the Brootlyns h.. played s4s
consecutive championship games with his club,
os6 straight ct third base. the most remarkable
case Of steady play on record. "-Inq1irer.
Hoy has not missed championship game
since he began professional work in 1885, In
that period he has played in 40 games. this
Next season the double umpire system will Be
adopted. and q foul tip caught by the catcher
while close mp under the bat will count q a
strike.-Nec York Herald
Yes, and there will be another change in the
rules If the rule makers keep their wits about
them. The base on balls win be made factor
In earned runs, 80 that pitchers who lose game
or give runs by filing the bases BY their Wild
pitching will no longer be enabled ty the rules
to keep up top-of-the-list records. The pitch
er's average Is made mp from the runs earned
from his delivery, and a batsman who waltz In
a. much entitled to credit Is though he makes
q hit. OF course, nobody advocates return to
the old phantom" hit, but IL would surely
seem middle ground Of justice to make the
base on balls reflect in some way upon the man
who gives It, which the rules Of 1859 certainly
do not accomplish.
Manager Wright has met with unusual sue
cess IN substituting pitchers during the game.
Manager Loftus's experiments in this direction
have not resulted in victory Cleveland Plain
Deoter. Had it not been for the Changing Of
pitchers Philadelphia would have few more
victories to its credit. At least three games
have been lost at home by this means.-Phi!a-
detphio Inquirer. There seems to be q differ
ence OF opinion here.
Capt Arthur Irwin has gone cunning for
catcher and during his absence clarke whose
hand Is now quite well, will take his place at
snort. Irwin has one eye out for 1890 az well
as for the balance Of the present season, and
his departure now might be taken as q hopeful
sign that there will surely be q league team in
this city next year. There has been some
doubt felt about this by some people, and the
lovers OF base ball have felt sad. The chances
are good five to one that Washington will be
represented in the league in 1890.
Apropos Of this well-posted base ball en-
thusiast recently remarked to STAB reporter
In response to his question as TO the reason he
attributed to the lack Of interest in the games
here: THAT Is difficult question to answer.
Various reasons and excuses might be given.
The cause is usually attributed TO the poor
record OF the local club in the championship
race; but am not inclined to accept this theory
as the sole cause. Indianapolis, with less than
half the population of Washington and with A
club whose record is not much better than that
OF the Senators, has better average attendance;
while Pittsburg, with about an equal number of
people to draw from, and with her club also in
the second division and playing uneven ball,
has more than double the patronage One
great drawback to base ball playing here is the
great frequency Of afternoon rain-storms and
threatening weather, especially in the spring.
time, when the interest in the game is at its
height. Washington always suffers more from
visitations Of this kind than any other league
city. But" he continued, Il believe that
winning team would draw paying crowds even
here. 1t is as certain as fate, however, that a
league club cannot be maintained in Washing
ton at the rate of attendance during the present
season."
The league records up to September 1 show
tina. Daley OF Boston leads the pitchers, with
Haddock second and George Keefe third.
Gruber and GARRISON are tied for fifth, with
OBrien sixth and Krock seventh. ODay is
tenth, with Bakely and Healy thirteenth. Fer
son is number sixteen and Tim Keefe twenty
four.
Washington stands sixth in batting in the
league and seventh in fielding and base run
ming. Chicago is first in batting, Cleveland
first in fielding, and Boston first in base run
ming.
The Hoosiers have made the most runs, LOST,
and hits 1852. Washington has made the least
runs, .449, and hits also, .767.
Brouthers leads the league in batting, 1892,
with Delehanty second, .373, Glasscock third,
.342, Common and Herman tied for fourth, .337
Ewing fifth, 1923, Carroll sixth, 1921, Fields and
Sowders seventh, 800, Mack and Ryan eighth,
:3l9, Van Haltren ninth, .3l7, Duffy tenth, 3l6,
Beckley eleventh, .3l2, Hines twelfth, .3l1, Gore
thirteenth, 800, Arson fourteenth, .304,
800.
Mack leads the Senators in batting, .Sl9;
John Irwin second, with 1872, Wilmot third,
.290, DAILY fourth, .288; Hoy fifth, .272; Beecher
sixth. .z6l; Wise seventh, .256; Arthur Irwin
eighth, .2i7; Clark ninth, .240; Keefe tenth,
1877; Haddock eleventh, .187; Ferson twelfth,
JIG.
Wilmot leads the left felders Of the league,
with percentage of .934