Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-22
ANOTHER VICTORY.
The Statesmen Easily Defeat the Chi.
cago Team.

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| -wILMoT's PRESENCE FELr-GEyERAL GOOD
PLAYING or THE HOME TEAM-wHAT THE SEN
AToRs ARE EXPECTED TO DO.
| Some good Senatorial batting some bad An
| sonian fielding, a pinch of luck and strong
determination enabled the Washington team to
win game from the Chicago aggregation yes
! terday by the score of Is to g. in the presence
| OF scant thousand people. and on a field slip
perry from the recent rain. The home team
| had more luck in sliding in the mud than did
| their opponents, who gave n miserable exhibit
| ton of fielding. Many of the errors on both
| sides, however, were decidedly excusable, in
view of the condition of the field at least three
OF Washington's four being such. if not
all OF them. The batteries we're Fer
son and Mack and Hutchinson and
Flint. The red-sleeved young man from Man
chester was very effective. and kept the Chica-
goans hits well scattered that they earned but
one run. He showed wonderful headwork.
striking out men where sacrifice hits of almost
any kind meant runs. In the fifth Duffy and
Arson each made two-bagger, the former
scoring. Then with Arson on second and
Duffy yelling like a fog-horn from the coach
box Person steadied down and proceeded to
strike out the next succeeding three batsmen-
Pfetfer, Farrell and Burns-in a most scientific
manner, for which he received great
applause. On the other hand Hutch
inson was very ineffective in the first
part of the game, and sent several men to
bases on balls. He received great support from
Flint at times, the whitehead working like a
beaver behind the bat to steady the youngster
but the rankness of the fielding put up by the
rest OF the team was enough to dishearten any
pitcher.
THE UMPIREs.
Fessenden and Curry were the umpires, and
on the whole did excellent work. Fessenden's
judgement on balls and strikes was first-class
and Curry was pretty level-headed in his base
play decisions, although he showed too much
consideration for his neat new uniform, and
picked his way little too slowly and cautiously
over the mud. Fessenden made one bad break
III the ninth that earned him good round Of
misses. Hoy hit little jumper ball
that stuck in tine mud Just in front of
the plate and enabled the mute to
reach first safely. Arson claimed that the
ball hit Hoy, and for time Fessenden adhered
to his first decision that it was fair He or
dered the game to go on, but Arson planted
himself on the plate and declared that the
game should stop until the decision re-
versed, appealing to Curry. Fessenden's back
broke with snap. and he took Curry's word
and called Hoy back to the plate. 1t was
clear case of buii-doze on Ansons part for
which he deserved heavy fine. and of weaken
ing on Fessenden's side for which he merits
severe censure.
HOW THE RUNS WE'RE MADE.
The home team scored two in the first and
their opponents three Both were BANKED in
the second, and then the Statesmen had a
whirlwind of batting and the Ansonians a Water
loo of erroring and runs were scored in the
third more IN the fourth and in the fifth
Chicago then scored in the sixth and 2 in the
seventh, but that was all. In the ninth, with
no one out, Duffy hit for two bases. and folks
feared that the visitors were going to resort to
their old-time trick of knocking out a victory
IN the last inning. Arson was mt the bat. and
Sam Wise yelled. Put her right out here
Cap" Arson popped up a high fly that Sam
ate without moving six feet. Then Pfeffer
banged one straight out toward right some
distance above the head of Myers. who, nothing
daunted by the speed of the ball, rose to the
occasion, and nabbed 1.-THE ball-tossing it to
Wise, and by executing a very pretty double
play ended the game
The Statesmen made 13 hits and errors and
the AnsoniIns II hits and 10 errors. Duffy did
the heaviest batting, making two doubles and
single. Sam Wise made singles, Wlmot,
Hoy. and Myers each, and Shoch Mack
Morrill,, and Person l apiece. Sweeney did not
touch the ball. but played good field.
OTHER GAMES.
New York defeated Pittsburg. to 4. The
batteries were Staley and Miller, WEIGH and
Ewing The Giants made hits and 5 errors,
and their victims hits and 4 errors.
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3; Baltimore, f.
At ColumDuS-Clncinnati. 13: Columbus. TO-
At st. LOu5-Athletic3. 3: st. Louis 2 (ten
innings) At Kansas City-Brooklyn, ii; Kan
sas City, IL.
Morrill, wants three games from Pittsburg.
This would give US victories and ii defeats
with percentage of 1868. and Pittsburg 10
victories and IL defeats a percentage of $40.
In the meantime Indianapolis will probably
lose at least three games to Boston, which will
bring her record down TO victories and 16 de-
feats, percentage of 800. In the event OF this
program being faithfully carried out. all the
games being played. the end of the week will
see Washington seventh, closely punched with
PlttSburg for 9th place.
Pittsburg has signed 4. r. Beam. a phenome-
nal pitcher. and will probably introduce him to
the base ball public this week in Washington !
The Smoky City team is badly crippled for
pitchers and the home club should have little !
difficulty in fulfilling their end OF the platform
stated above.
President Nimck, of the Pittsbnrg club, ar
rived III town this morning from the city of
smoke, bringing with him his latest find Pitcher
Beam. He carried the young baIl-twirler up to !
see President Young shortly after 10 O'Clock, !
and made him known to the league pnagnate
Mr.. Nimck says that the team is in very bad
shape. Calvin. Conway. and Morris being all |
out of condition. Staley, krumm. and Maui !
are with the club this trip, and are now to be |
reinforced by Beam. Staley is the best of the |
four. and is doing good work Maui is very |
ineffective, and krumm is almost untried. He |
will pitch TODAY and Beam to-mOrrow