Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-26
THE GREEDY GIANTS.
They Defeat the Senators In New York
I'm Their March to the Top.


Wild and ineffective pitching on the part Of
young Geo. Keefe and the very reverse on that
of Smiling Micky WEIGH caused the defeat Of
the senatorial base ball team yesterday by the
ex-champions by the score of 2 to s. The days
fielding poor, very poor, and the batting
was so light that the game dragged on with
out much interest. Days catching and the
fielding of Wise, Ward, and Ewing were the
features Of the contest. DAILY had large con-
tract on his hands to receive the erratic de-
| livery of Keefe, and it was due to him that
there were no wild pitches made by the Sena-
torial twirler. Owen Clarke played third in
| place Of Peter Sweeney and did very WELL tax
ing his three chances without an error. Wilmot
| reappeared in left field, but showed that he had
not quite recovered his form, for the scores
| credit him with error. But he compensated
| for this with home run that brought forth great
| applause. With the score to against them,
| the Giants made runs in the fourth inning
and won the game. DAILY made a two-bagger,
and Hoy, Wise. Mack and Carney each a single.
! DAILY had IL chances and accepted IL of them.
Keefe struck out men and gave bases on
balls and WEIGH struck out men and gave 4
bases. Washington made hits and 3 errors
and New York hits and errors.
OTHER GAMES.
Boston squeezed out of a small aperture and
y
Each team scored in the ninth the Phillies 2
and the Beaneaters L. The batteries we're
Garrison and Bennett and Sanders and Schriver.
Schrivers' two wild throws lost the game, Civ
ing the Hubbites runs. Boston made IL hits
and errors and Philadelphia 10 hits and
errors.
Pittsburg punched some hits in the fifth in
ming and by scoring three earned runs won
from Cleveland by the score of 3 to 2. The
game was close and exciting, the field work
being sharp and clean. Sowders and Miller
and Gruber and thinner were the batteries.
Pittsburg made hits and 2 errors and Cleve-
land hits and errors.
Chicago won an eleven-inning game from
Indianapolis by the score of z to G. Anson's
men scored in the second, and then the
Hoosiers pulled up and by the ninth had tied
the score, making in that inning. The tenth
was unproductive. but in the eleventh the
Indians made and the Chicagoans g. An
error by Hines was responsible for 2 Of the
runs made by Chicago. Getzein and Daily and
Dwyer and Farrell were the batteries. Chicago
made hits and l error and indianapolis Is
hits and error. McGeachy made a wonderful
batting record, hits and five times at the bat
three of them two-baggers. Hines made q
single, double and home run.
ASSOCIATION GAMES.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn, z; Kansas City, s.
At Observation-Disclosures, 8; Louisville, 4. At
adelphia-Cincinnati, 10; Athletics, 6. At
Columbus-St. Louis, 10; Columbus 8.
THAT RUMoRED DEAL.
The revival of the rumors pointing to the
transfer of the st. Louis Browns to this city
next year, as printed in yesterdays STAR, has
caused considerable local gossip. The pre-
vailing opinion is that such a move would be
greatly to the benefit of this city, and base ball
lovers say that they fear it is only too good to
be true. On the heels of the dispatch from
Plttsburg comes one from st. Louis giving an
interview with Won der Abe, in which he laugh
ingly said that he had never negotiated with
Washington, had no intention of leaving the
association, and that the story was one of those
periodical yarns that are always flying around
about the Browns. Notwithstanding this how
ever, knowing ones place great deal of conf
dence in the truth of the rumor and say that
1t Is a most probable event. There can be no
doubt that the elimination of the deal would
give Washington team that would make the
pennant-winners hustle for their honors It
would build up base ball in this city to profit
able extent and would cause a general strength
ening OF the league.
THE ANNUAL Loss.
The association loses a team to the league
every year, and there is no change in the field
more probable than the transfer of the Browns
to the capital, for both cities are ripe for a
change. ST. Louis is nauseated with victory
Year after year the Browns have won penants
until there Is no longer the interest of uncer-
talnty in their records, q condition that kills
enthusiasm. On the other hand, the people of
this city are about tired out with successive
leather medals, and every year the home team
ends up the league list the interest dies out
little more. There are no two cities that are
in better condition for transfer than these, and
the denial of Won der Ahe veteran base ballist
that he is, must be construed in rather differ
ent light than that which emanates from its
face. Won der Abe does not care to have this
thing known too soon; he is sufficiently well
versed in the quips and foibles of human ma
ture, and especially that section of it that pa
tronizes the bleaching boards, to foresee
clearly the dwindling OF his gate receipts all
the rest of this seasonif he should acknowledge
the truth of this prematurely-told plan
With these facts in mind the baseball public
Of Washington had better be prepared for all
sorts of happenings within the next four
months.