The Washington critic., 1890-05-20
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
NEWS OF THE BALL FIELD, RACE
TRACK AND PRIZE RING.

w ash1ngtOn braced up in Its old
form yesterday and succeeded in taking
game from New Haven after close
and exciting contest of ten innings
The boys played brilliant fielding
game, only one error being charged
against them, that of Whistler. Both
pitchers, Maloney and Horner, pitched
excellent games, and held their op-
ponents down TO a minimum number
of hits. Washington was out batted,
but It's hitting was more timely than
that of the New Havens, anil the few
hits that were made were when men
were on the bases.
Whistler distinguished himself by
making home run and sending in a
run ahead of him, and Nicholas won
the game in the last inning on his single,
on which Bader scored.
Gleason, Hill and O'Brien felded
their positions excellently. Bird was
substituted for Jordan at left, and played
that difficult position well. The club
plays in New Haven again to-day, and
with Phillips in the box the boys ought
to be able to secure another victory from
The Connecticut lads.
No other Atlantic Association games
were played, although the Newarks
played an exhibition game in Boston
with the Harvard College team, and
narrowly escaped being defeated, the
game requiring ten innings to decide.
Judging by yesterdays game at New
Haven, the men are getting all right
again and seem to be playing with their
old snap and vim. True they are not
hitting the ball to any great extent, but
good base running and sacrifice hitting
such as characterized their play in the
first part of the season, and which as:
sisted in winning so many games for
them, is helping them to victories
when they are outplayed in the total
number Of hits made. Maloney seems
TO have got over his attack of illness,
and Jordan will be all right In O few
days. This Will enable Bird to take a
much-needed rest
The club is drawing excellently on
this trip, and considerably better than
it has at home. Five thousand people
witnessed Sundays game and about
1900 were present yesterday. There is
no reason why it should not attract the
largest crowds of any team in the AS
sociation, and it probably will so long
as 1t retains the lead, which, from
present appearances, promises to be
the remainder of the season. The
question why there are not larger
crowds when it is playing on its own
grounds is difficult one to answer.
The only reason, apart from the sup
posed inaccessibility of the grounds, is
that people are either tired of baseball
alec hnuinn hpnr1 al 10
ing League games they are not satisfied
with Atlantic Association games. 1t is
hardly probable they are tired of base
ball, for winning club, no matter in
what association it is, is sure to arouse
certain amount of local pride. Com
pared with the games of last year the
Washingtons are playing infinitely bet.
ter ball, although against weaker clubs,
and why 1t does not attract larger au-
diences is a mystery.
The confident assertion of the League
adherents that as the season progressed
that organization would begin to out
draw the Brotherhood Is being verified.
The season is but few days more than
month old and yet already 1t is at
tracing larger crowds than the Brother
hood, which started out with such a
great flourish Of trumpets. In yester-
days games the attendance at the
League games was 4,651 and that at the
Players games 3,413 Ia other words
the League attracted 30 per cent. more
people than the Brotherhood. 1t has
been steady gain and the kind of
patronage that remains steadfast. OF
course such attendance as either re-
ceives is not paying one, but the
League is in much better position to
stand an exhaustive drain on its treasury
while the Brotherhood is not. President
Byrne of the Brooklyn Club is au-
thority for the statement that the
Brotherhood will not live through the
month of August. If information,
which has reached The CRITIC, be cor
rect, 1t will not survive the month of
June. A we'll known Brooklyn man,
who Is on the inside in the workings
of the Brotherhood, several days ago
wrote that the Brooklyn Club was In a
very bad way, thus confirming what
one of its own players said about it.
In speaking of its future prospects, he
added that, should 1t rain on Decoration
Day, the club could not possibly sur
vive the month of June, and, even
should II be clear, unless there was an
tiOWu PiOoOhtt hO way ihaSAi
doubted whether 1t would go through
the following month. This comes from
man who enjoys the conf ;nce of the
Brotherhood people; who i; on the In
side and knows whereof he speaks.
Jack Hopper has returned to New
York and Billy Dacy is now in Newark
so there is lull in prize fighting talk
in this locality. The sports have had
so much of it in the past two month:
that il is not likely that match OF any
kind will be made for some weeks yet
There are number of people who are
searching around for man to pu
against G. G. Smith, the colore(
middle-weight, but, as yet, no one ha.
been found who cares to try conclu
sions with him. Billy Young ha
failed TO make match with Sullivan
and the rest of the boys are keepin!
quiet and waiting for an opportunity t
get something good in the way of
fight.
When Dominick McCaffrey come
here next week we shall very likel,
learn something in regard to the pro
posed match between him and Ryan
Everything else is arranged, forfei
being up, and all that Is necessary TO
Whether they will do 1t or not is
doubtful question. If they should tn
fight would make a rattling good one
although McCaffrey ought to be dea'
easy winner.
Within the next few days there /
likely TO be an interesting mill betwee
couple of amateurs. Both are goo
friends, but lately have been disputin
the others superiority in the fistic line