Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-04
HUNGRY FOR BASE BALL.
A Big Crowd Gathers to See the Brook.
lyn-Chicago Game.

III the old Washington base ball team could
bu: have drawn such a crowd as that which
surged into Capitol Park yesterday afternoon
to see the exhibition game between the two
famous brotherhood clubs there would never
have been a necessity tor assignment or bank
ruptcy and today there would have been a
frst-class team here. 1t was the outpou-ing OF
the hungry ones, those whose appetites for
base ball have long been whetting on the diet
of bad ball and no ball at all Ted Sullivan
and ex-Secretary Durkett raked in the money
at the ticket Office by the handsful and when
the game was over and they were counting up
the sPoils there was a huge pile of coins and
notes spread ont on the table to be divided
There were about three thousand people at the
game. At times the lines of those waiting to
purchase tickets reached across North Capitol
street and square down q past the school
house. The scene at the gates u strange
one to those who have been accustomed to the
spectacle of half = hundred folks shivering on
the bleachers and as many moro in the grand
stand.
But the game was Of very ordinary sort. 1t
was not a brilliant exhibition by any means,
and from the start to the finish the only inter-
est lay in watching the antics of the different
favorites or either side. John Wards team,
the Brooklyns. were not in the game at all
They could not bat and they felded very in
differently. Their opponents. Comiskeys Chi
well worth seeing. but by no means phe-
nonenal as some of the adherents of the
brotherhood would like to believe. Chicago
won. to 4. The famous captain of the Chicago
team did not play. and in his place a tall young
man with superabundancc of shin. named
Jack Boyle. guarded first base i'll a very clever
style. Jack kinslow. Wards best catcher, be-
ing former resident of this city, was the
prime favorite and his least actions were heart
lily applauded. Twice when he went to the bat
he was interrupted and presented with tokens
OF the esteem of his old friends. the gift being
each time handsome medal the first one be-
ing accompanied by magnificent basket Of
roses. These episodes rather confused the
catcher. for he did nothing remarkable after
they occurred
The batteries were Baldwin and Farrell and
Murphy and kinslow. Baldwin was out Of the
reach OF the Brooklyn men, while Murphy was
Just what Chicago wanted. Wards men went
out in one, two, three order with depressing
monotony. The game was played and won in
the hrst inning. when most of the scores were
made. Chicago being first to bat made five
runs on errors by Ward and Cook and four safe
hits. nine men batting. For his side Ward man.
aged to get around on hit, an error, passed
ball and a hit by Orr. After that there was no
chance for his side to win the game. There
We're one or two fine plays but not phenomenal.
Ward made one good stop of a swift liner high
over his head. and then threw high enough to
Orr to make that big fellow almost turn him.
self INSIDE out In order to save his captain from
rank error otherwise the game was without
features unless it the hitting of o Neill and
Pfeffer and the sharp work of Brooklyn in the
seventh inning when two men were shut off at
the plate. Brooklyn made hits and errors
and Chicago II hits and errors. "Brudder
Bill Gleason umpired in a sort of way that did
not please either side very much. The sympa-
thies OF the crowd were altogether in favor of
Wards men. but the result OF the first inning
dampened the ardor that wanted to show itself
at the least prOvOcation. A rally by the Brook
lynites In the ninth resulted in three runs and
aroused the enthusiasm of the people some
what
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.
Other games resulted as follows:
National League.-At BroOhlyn--Brooklyn
10; Boston, T. At Philadelphia game
Philadelphia, 6; New York, 8. Second game
Philadelphia, g; New York 5. At Altoona, Pa
Plttsburg. 6; Cleveland, 10.
Players LeaGue.-At Decentralization, 10;
Cleveland, D. At New York-New York, IL;
Buffalo. 4. At Philadelphia-Philade lphia, 10;
Pittsburg. IL.
Atlantic Association AtLebanon-Lebanon.
8; Harrisburg. t.
American Association.-At Baltimore-To-
ledo. 4; Baltimore. 2. At Syracuse-Syracuse.
.; g. Louis, 8. At Philadelphia 10:
Athletic, 4. At Observation-Disclosures, Z; Co
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