The Washington critic., 1890-05-14
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
NEWS OF THE BALL FIELD, RACE
TRACK AND PRIZE RING.


terday In an uninteresting game. The
visitors fielded miserably, and could not
hit the ball when It was needed, while
the local team played faultess game,
and hit Gilmore's delivery all over the
field. Galligan was put In for the first
inning, but the Washington batters
easily solved his curves and Gilmore
was substituted. Very much to the regret
Of his friends he made a very poor
showing. Man after man was sent to
his base on balls, four wild pitches con-
tributed their share towards run getting,
and when the ball was put near the
plate it was viciously driven all over the
field.
Jordan made remarkable fly catch,
and so did Coogsn. Outside of these
two plays the game was devoid of in
terest. O'Brien was struck in the head
with pitched ball in the first inning
and severely injured. He will not be
able to play for few days.
To-day the same clubs will play again.
The local battery will be Mccoy and
Nicholas, while Stein and Corcoran will
officiate for the visitors.
There will be. but four more games
played by the local team before it goes
on Its long trip.
Saturday will witness the last of the
local games until June 10, and during
that time the team will play each club
In the Association. 1t goes upon this
trip with good working margin of the
lead, and if any disaster should befall
~ " yunfl1H houa n hn 10
put the club out of first place. The
factis readily becoming apparent that
the club. is out of its class and too
won its eleventh consecutive game, and
there is no reason why 1t should not
beat all previous records in this direc-
ton and win more games without de-
feat than any other club has done of
late years. The men have rapidly
acquired the valuable art of team
work, and although 1t is often out
batted yet 1t continues to make more
runs usually than it has hits. This has
followed because the men are clever
base.runners and thoroughly under
stand how to shove man around the
bases by good sacrifice hitting when it
becomes necessary. To this fact alone
is a great deal of its success due. The
pitchers are all in good trim and play
ing great ball, and while there are some
who believe that the team should have
another twirler in reserve, yet the policy
of having too. many pitchers some
times proves disastrous. 1t Is time,
though, to cross a bridge when you
come TO ii, and 1t will be time enough
TO get other pitchers when the present
ones are disabled.
Very few people. In commencing the
success of the team give the credit to
the persons to whom 1t belongs. When
Ted Sullivan took charge he had secured
a number of individual good players,
who were strangers to each others style
of play, and 1t became his duty to weld
the men together and make them team
workers. This he has done in much ths
same manner as he did the old st. Loni:
Browns. Every play that is likely tc
occur. or every play which suggests it.
self to the ingenuity of the manager Is
practiced at the morning practice, and
the result is that when such play
comes up in game the men know just
what to do.
1t is seldom they are thrown on theil
own resources, so to speak. So it is in
batting. Each man is told what to dc
when he goes to the bat, and wher
there is a man on first or second the
4 play is made up on the bench. By this
means head work cuts bigger elemen
in the success of the team than mos
people give it credit for. Whatever tht
team does toward winning the pennan
will be the result of Ted Sullivan!
labors, and to him the credit belongs.
The attendance at the grounds Is be
gining TO pick up. People are begin
ing to realize that we not only have &
good team, but that the grounds are moi
so ineligibly located as they thought
When one speaks of Seventeenth and
u streets TO a man on the avenue
visions of some point near the Distric
line arise and an hours prospective
ride TO reach the park. For this reason
great many people have remained
away because they thought the distance
was too far, but after one visit, If they
can be induced to take that visit, tn,
fallacy is removed. As matter o
fact the grounds are about as near t
the centre Of the city as the old on
and IL does not take any longer to reacl
them, while the accommodations ia
surpass those at Capitol Park,
The Baltimore american several day
ago said that eve are now in secon,
place and few consecutive games vii
put us in first place" The able write
for that paper apparently left out of hi
calculations the Washington team
What did he think it was going to do
Was 1t to be beaten that the pride o
the Monumental City should step int
first placer Well, hardly. The Bait
mores have had few conseentiv
games, but alas they have been defeats
and such defeats. Why every hair Q
the very few on the glistening pate @
Billy Barnie assumed perpendicula
attitude when he witnessed the slaugt
ter of his pets on Monday, and the mar
ner in which they failed to make cor
nections with victory yesterday wa
sufficient TO retain Barnie's locks in
rigidly upright position.
Paul Hines is In the city, and, a
though he denies that he has been r,
leased by Pittsburg, the papers of thS
city have never denied the hithert
published statements to that effect.
looks very much as if the veteran ha
received his walking papers. He ougl
not to have any difficulty in catchin
on, for there are any number of clui
to whom he would make valuab
man.
Jack Hopper's benefit comes o
o.night at Portner's Hall on Virgin
avenue, between Sixth and Sevent
streets southwest, and there ought to
large crowd present to give him
rousing send. of Twelve set-tos hay
been arranged for between well. know
professionals of this city, and the ben
fciary will wind up with Georl
Northedge,
There came very near being two figh
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