Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-05-31
FROM FIRST TO FIFTH.
The Easy Slide Down the Base Ball
Toboggan-Yesterday Games.

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hard on the Washington
club in giving 1t two games to play in Wor
cestsr yesterday. for they thus gave the Sena
tors two opportunities TO lose. which the.
grasped very neatly. Worcester was very luck,
in meeting the dOwn-sIiding Statesmen an,
they took advantage of the occasion TO forg,
ahead and tie Baltimore for second place. whil'
the home team glided gracefully into fifth pc
sitlon- The STAR yesterday told the story o.
the first game. y to 3. The Statesmen couldn'
bat and at the same time they. played poorly
IN the field. Phillips pitched well. but 1t was
great handicap TO have the men behind him
make SO many misplays. Bird Int the ball for
Tour bases and that was almost all WashlnStO
could do az the bat. Washington made hits
and errors, and Worcester hits and / error.
The Post NewsbOys team IL trying to get a
game with the victorious Columbia Athletic
Club. but somehow or other the contest IS held
Off
The game in the afternoon was not quite so
discreditable defeat, but 1t was a defeat just
the same. The score was TO ). the Norcesters
making two runs in the eleventh inning About
$500 people saw the game. Daniels and Mich
olas and Burns and GUinssso were the bat
teries. The field work on both sides was sharp,
although errors by Hill aud Daniels in the
eleventh helped the victors 10 the game. the
other elements being two-bagger by Ken
nedy and "a sacrifice. Daniels pitched "a strong
game. but was eciipsed by Burns. who made
the best record Of the year i'll striking out
men. Eighteen Senators famed the air Bird
three times. O'Brlcn three, Whistler three.
Daniels four. Hill once. Bader once. Nicholas
once, and Underwood. who PLAYED left field.
twice. Four Worcester players succumbed 10
Daniels cures. Burns sent fo3r men to first
on balls, and Daniels seven and struck one.
Each team made four runs IN the fourth inning.
the Worceste-s having scored once IN the first.
and the Senators tied the tally N the seventh
- mn but
the ice was broken in the eleventh. Washing
ton made , hits and errors and Worcester d
hits and I error.
OTHER GAMES
The other afternoon games resulted as fol-
lows:
The Baltimore team went to New Haven and
played the most remarkable game on record
For fourteen innings the two clubs struggled
but not 4 run made. and the game WAS
called tie after three hoars and five minutes
OF strife. Baker and Townsend and Doran and
Hotford were the batteries. New Haven made
hits and errors aud Baltimore hits and 4
errors. The game was witnessed by 6lOO
people.
At Newark the home team won from Jersey
City, 10 10 Z. Redmond. Fitzgerald and
Murphy and Sullivan and Duffy were the bat
teries. Newark made 10 hits and s errors and
Jersey City hits and errors.
At Hartford Wilmington was defeated 9 to 4
The batteries were Stab. Winkleman and
Moore and Stern, Buckley and Williams Hart
ford made hits and errors and Wilmington
6 hits and errors
Games IN other leagues resulted as follows
AFTERNOON GAMES.
National Lesgue-At New York-New YORK.
o; Cincinnati, !. At BrookIyn-BrookIyn !;
Chicago. IL. At Boston-Bosto :, 5: Pittsburg.
0. At Philadelphia-Ph iladelphie, L; Cleve-
land. 4.
Players League-At New York-New York,
6: Pistsbu-g. 9. At Brookiyn-Brooklyr IA:
Cleveland, 10 At Boston-Boston 10: Buffalo
3. At Philadelphia Philadelphia. 9; Chicago. g.
American AssOclatior-At Rochester-Roch-
ester. 4; Louisville. 3. At Syracuse-Syracuse
): Toledo. IL. At Brooklyn rooklyn, l; St
Louis. 3. At Columbus Columbus, s; Ath-
lesic, 2.
Never mind. Wilmington. we know how il is
ourselves. now.
Manager Henry of Hartford has resigned on
account of friction with the directors
The Columbia Athletic Club team defeated
the All Districts Yesterday by the score of 10 to
8. keywOrth and Dickinson and Fuller and
Daily were tine batteries
The brotherhood benefit to Harry Wright in
Philadelphia realized $1,000 and now Mr.
WriRhts family say they won't take the money.
III they persist III their determined ton it has
been decided to make some local charity a
thousand dollars richer
The Atlantic Association race is now as fol-
lows: