Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-07
BURLINGTON INvINCIBLE.
How the Senators were Defeated I'm
Philadelphia-OtherG Games.

The Quaker City team Of ball tossers made
efforts TO retrench themselves after their de-
feats in Boston. and succeeded in partially
doing 30 by downing the senatorial aggre-
CATION by the score Of to l. They
earned their victory by means Of a scien-
tIfc batting squirt in the first inning that re-
suited in five runs. Seven single hits we're
made. five Of them hunts. and big Sam Thomp-
son took frst on balls After this the Phila-
delphians could do but little with the ball. and
were retired without scoring in every inning,
but the third, when they topped off their
score With another run. The Sena-
tors drew blanks from the start only
breaking the goose egg combination
In the ninth, when Connie Mack hit for three
bases, and Haddock drove him home with q
single The batteries for the day were Bufin-
ton and Clements, and Haddock and Mack
Both teams played beautiful games in the field,
and the contest lasted but an hour and half.
Sweeny won attention from the crowd by his
great playing, and Ebright who covered short
field. took everything that came his way.
Shoch played in right.
MACK DID THE BEST BATTING
Of both sides, making triple and two singles
out Of three times at the bat. Hoy, Sweeny,
Ebright, and Haddock each hit for q base.
Buffinton gave seven bases on balls and struck
out i've, and Haddock gave six bases and struck
out one. Washington made hits and l error
(Mack), and Philadelphia IS hits and 1 error.
Curry had not yet recovered from the blow he
received in the face on Wednesday and failed
were selected to do the umpiring and gave sat-
isfactiop.
Boston managed to win from New York, after
taking a strong lead at first, and then, by mis-
cradle fielding, allowing the Giants to creep
up to within Q couple of runs of tying in the
seventh. The final score was 10 TO Z. Clark
son and Bennett and keefe and Will Brown
were the batteries. Boston made Is hits and
2 errors. and New York 10 hits and errors.
Chicago kindly defeated the Hoosiers-II to
l0-by playing better ball. Tener. Gumbert
and Darling. and Getzein and Buckley were the
batteries. Chicago made IL hits and errors,
and Indianapolis II hits and errors. Getzein
pitched the game away in the first inning by
giving four bases on balls, three Of them fore
ing in a run each.
Cleveland took Pittsburg's scalp. 8 to 2. by
better al-around playing. Beatin and SUIT
cliffe and Staley and Miller were the batteries
Pittsburg made 2 hits and errors and Cleye-
land II hits and errors.
At Brooklyn-Kansas City, 6; BROOKLYN. T.
At B,ltlmore-CIneinnati,I 10; Baltimore. g. At
Columbus-St- Louis, 3; Columbus, 8. At
Phiiadeiphia-First game. Athletics 5; Louis
VILE. z. Second game, Athletics, 16; Louis
vile, 3.
THE GAME TOMORROW.
Tomorrow afternoon, at o'clock, eighteen
graceful forms will arrange themselves in
proper attitudes over the surface of CapitC
park. and Mr.. y. E. Young. who holds in his
hands the destlnies OF ball-players will toss a
shining sphere into the diamond and will call
play" Then will begin one OF the fercest,
most scientific contests ever witnessed in the
District, and nine strong reporters will strug-
gle vallantly to overcome many muscular
guardians of the public peace, having once
won from them. If the weather is fair there
will. undoubtedly. = very large attendance,
for the WORTHY charity for which the proceeds
are TO go has opened many sympathetic
purses, and the red tickets going fast. The
teams have been selected as follows: Clubs
a. e., policemen -Boardman. pitcher; San
ford. :. g; WEIGH. C. T.; Easer, 3d.; Ferguson.
Slater, r. T. Diamonds (alias Reporters)-l
Slmms. 3d.; Jones, p; Doyle, s. g.; Dwyer, c.;
Kaufman, l. f.; Lyon, Zb.; Larner, c. f.; Will
hams, H.; McSween. r. I. The teams are
banned IN the order in which they will step to
the square rubber, spit on their hands, whrl
the bat around their heads, and run for the
bases or for the benches.
The enterprise shown by the managers Of the
two mines IN securing the services of Mr.
Young as judge Of the play has been generally
commended He Is eminently fitted for the
position, being content with nothing short of
the top of the heap and guardian angelship
over the local leaguers, and be will go upon
the field fully prepared for all emergencies,
provided with all the literature obtainable on
the subject of the sport, including Spaldings'
and Reads guides, Mike Kellys play Ball."
Fred Ptefer's masterpiece, Ansons record,
The Confessions of an Umpire" by Rider
Haggard, and DIR. Hunts book on surgery for
accidental cases, besides a trade dollar to dip
whenever circumstances demand An unbiased
Judgment.
The Merchant Rifles and Washington Light
Infantry corps will cross bats at the Arsenal
grounds Thursday, June H.
The Merchant Rifles and Washington Rifles
will play game Of base ball at Capitol park
June 70, for the Johnstown sufferers.