Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-16
TWO IN SUCCESSION.
The Washington Ball Team Improving
its RecOrd-Other Ball Games.

| The Washington club is two games ahead Of
the record, having defeated the Newark team
On Saturday and the Wilmington team yester-
day. In this way the Senators moved up close
to Jersey City. and within speaking distance of
Worcester and Newark. The game of Saturday
resulted in a score of 4 to 2. Washington won
/ by means of opportune hits alongside of
! equally fortunate errors by the other side.
i Underwood. playing in right field led the bat
| ting for Washington with three singles. Mace
stayed ill the game for two innings, just long
enough to let the Senators bang out three runs
and the game. and he then retired. Newark
came close to a tie in the fourth. making two
runs. Washington pulled further ahead i'll the
eighth. when Jordan scored. The ninth started
in with a shower, but Washington managed to
score on double by Bader and single by
Bird. The score, however, had to be called
back.
Washington made hits and errors and
Newark hits and errors.
YESTERDAYS GAME.
President Hewett wisely concluded Saturday
night not to tempt fate in the garb Of WASH
ington policeman and abandoned his plan Of
playing game at Atlantic Park. Accordingly
the game took place at the Driving Park. near
Alexandra. IN the presence of about 1000 peo-
pie. Washington won from Wilmington-23 to
The field was miserably rough. The batteries
were Underwood ana Nicholas and Stein Nc
Toy and Williams For four innings Under
wood was III perfect shape but one run being
made by his opponents. Washington was
making runs with great regularity IN the mean
time. and at the end of the fourth the score
stood 16 to !. Then he weakened and the
taIlenders began 70 score. In the third Bird
made a home run with two Oh the bases. and
in the fourth Whistler hit the ball out of sight
tf.ah haze t,,h l.,O Ia
2 singles and q triple and Hill made
singles. The final score was % to IA. Wash
lnSton made 10 hits andS errors, and Whining
ton 10 hits and errors.
OTHER GAMES.
On Saturday Baltimore annihilated Whining
ten, 13 to 0. Baltimore made II hits and /
error and Wilmington hits and errors.
Jersey City beat Hartford. Jersey City made
9 hits and errors and Hartford hits and 2
errors.
Spill made a home run for Worcester with
the bases full aud defeated New Haven. to 5.
Worcester made hits and errors and New
Have 10 hits and 2 errors.
Yesterday Baltimore won from Hartford. II
20 3. in The presence Of 5000 spectators. Balt-
more made hits and errors and Hartford 8
hits and errors.
At Newark the Gladiators were whitewashed
to D. Jersey City could get but hits, while
Newark made Z. each team making errors.
Other Saturday games were as follows:
National League.-Boston, 8; Philadelphia, s.
Philadelphia, 3; Boston. 0. Brooklyn, To; New
York. 2 Cincinnati, 8: Cleveland, o.
American Associatlon.-BroOklyn 10; Ath-
letic. 9. Syracuse. 4; Rochester. 3. Rochester.
3: Syracuse. 0. st. Louis, 6; Columbus, g.
Louisville, IL; Toledo. l.
Players League-BostOn. 6; Philadelphia 5.
Philadelphia. q; Boston, 4. Buffalo, 8; Pitts
burg. 6. Pittsburg, 5; Buffalo, . Chicago,
s; Cleveland.2 Brooklyn, Z; New York, 6.
Manager Vim. Barnie of the Baltimore club
was arrested yesterday afternoon on charge of
playing ball OH Sunday i'll violation of state law
During the week he was warned that he would
be arrested if he insisted upon continuing the
games. He paid no heed to the warning and
after the game Sheriff Arniger served papers
on him. After preliminary hearing he was
released on $500 security for hearing at An
napOlis on Wednesday. The arrest was made
quietly and caused no excitement.
Birds hOme-rUn hit in the THIRD inning was
the longest ever seen. The runner reached the
ball.
Underwood has now played in eight games
for Washington and has made IA hits, with
total of 70 bases.
Today's game will be played at Atlantic Park
with Wilmington. Tomorrow the same teams
meet and on Wednesday and Thursday Newark
furnishes the visiting club. On Friday. Satar-
day and Sunday the Senators play with Will
mingtOn at Wilmington and Atlantic City, re-
turning on Monday.
The Columbus were defeated by the street
nine Saturday. Score IL to5 We. the street
nine, will play any club composed of boys under
fourteen years of age.
The race stands thus: