Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-23
THE BABY,s FIRST VICTIM.
Harrisburg Defeats tho Washington
Ball Team.

Ball Team.
The Statesmen found yesterday that the
| dropping out Of Jersey City from the Atlantic
Association and the dropping in Of Harrisburg
made a great difference with the ease with
which they are to win games. They started in
to take a scalp from the new member in the
! same manner in which they would have re-
moved one from their former friends but they
made a great mistake about ii. Harrisburg
won the game-5 to safer as pretty q fight as
any one could wish, ten innings being neces-
sary TO decide the contest. Daniels and Riddle
and Baxter and Rooms we're the batteries. For
eight innings Daniels was q terror to the
Burghers, but one hit being made off him, but
he weakened very badly in the ninth and
allowed three runs to be banged out of his de-
livery. teing the score. This took his breath
away badly that i'll the tenth he let three of
the weakest batters on the other side make hits
and produce the winning runs. Baxter, instead
OF weakening, improved with time. The field
work of both teams was fine. that Of Washing
ton being slightly better, while the Senators
stole bases without the least difficulty.
THE RUNS.
The first run Of the game was made in the
fifth inning by Washington. Daniels made
scratch hit, stole second and was scored by
Gleasons ringing single. In the seventh Wentz
made a two-bagger. went to third on a sacrifice
by Bird and scored on another by Daniels. The
lead was further increased in the eighth when
Bader was enabled to go around the circuit.by
the errors of the other side. The chances Of
the Burghers seemed slim when they went to
the bat in the ninth with the score to
against them. but they made the most of their
slimness and knocked ont enough runs to tie.
Eagan started with threc-bagger and scored
on a wild pitch. Grant and Jones then made
singles and tailed on three-base hit by
Rooms. The Senators almost scored in their
half, and in the opinion of Capt.
Gleason actually did SO. Riddle went to first
on balls. stole second, went to third on passed
ball and tried to score on Daniels hit to the
infield. 1t was a scratch decision when Mr..
Householder, who was ulnpiring in the place
of the regular man, called him out. and 'Brud-
der Bills" blood was boiling to the fighting
point for couple of minutes. But the game
had to go on. Daniels was by this time thor
oughly ratified, and he let Carman hit for
single, Vallee for three bases and Baxter for
another base, scoring two runs before any one
was put out In the last half Washington went
out In order. Washington made hits and
errors and Harrisburg hits and errors.
OTHER GAMES.
Baltimore took New Haven's place at the top
by downing Hartford IS to 9. Baker and
Townsend and Stab and Moore were the bat
teries. Baltimore made 16 hits and errors and
udrtIOru IL Nus ana errors.
Newark defeated New Haven, to 2, and
showed the leaders from first place. Newark
made hits and error and New Haven hits
and errors.
Worcester defeated Wilmington. 9 to 9, by
by clever hitting. The points were occupied
by Stafford and Terrier and Anderson and
Nicholas. Worcester made hits, error and
Wilmington s hits, errors.
Other championship games resulted thus:
National League.-At Chicago-Chicago, IA;
New York, 7. At acknowledgements. 5;
Brooklyn. 16. At Cleveiand-C Cleveland. 2;
Boston, 8. At Pittsburg-Pittsburg, 8; Phila-
delphia. 10 (ifteen innings).
Players League.-At Buffalo-Buffalo, 6;
New York. Z. At Cleveand-Cleveland.1 IL;
Brooklyn, 10. At Chicago-Chicago /; Boston,
American AssOciation.-At Philadelphia
Athletics, 3; st Louis, g. At Syracuse--Syra-
cuse, 10; Columbus: 4.
The baby promises well.
Wentz and Grant divided the honors of the
day in field work.
Harrisburg presented two players as umpires
yesterday, Braden's telegraph schedule again
failing to work.
There were about 1000 spectators at the
game yesterday, and there will probably be
more today. Harrisburg is good winning
city. but loses hard. A few defeats knocks the
attendance down into the dozens.
The home team will play at Harrisburg today
and Thursday, there being no game scheduled
Friday and Saturday they will play the Orioles
here. These games ought to draw well.
Jordan has been placed at the head o: the
batting list. He stole four bases Yesterday and
made an error, but secured neither hits nor
runs. Gleason, Whistler, Wentz, Bird and
Daniels made the hits
Second Baseman Wentz is proving himself a
jewel. He has played in twenty five games for
the home team, of which there are individual
records at hand Of twenty-four the second one
with Worcester last week having been lost on
account of the telegraph building fire. In these
twenty-four games he has made IL runs, "a
hits, with total of 80 bases 70 outs, SO assists
and ID errors. This places him among the
leaders in batting and gives him a fielding per
centage of .909, which entities him to front
rank. Last year, as second base for Galveston.
his fielding average was .914
The Amats defeated the Shows at Capitol
Park yesterday by the score of 20 to 8. The
features of the game were the battery work Of
Holbrooke and Johnson and the heavy batting
of CaulIhower, Johnson, and Proctor of the
Amats. The Amats would like to hear from
all the amateur clubs in the District. Address
G: II. Markward, manager Riggs House.
The race stands: