Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-17
AND ONCE AGAIN.
The Ninth Victory for the Washington
Ball TOssers-But TO-Day-


Once more visiting ban club has come and
gone after having presented the home team
with game. This was the ninth victory and
the score was Is to against the Gorhams of
New York. 1t was the same sort of game as
those that have been played before at Stand
Pipe Park, big hitting and sharp fielding by
the Senators, and an inability to bat and loose
handling of the ball by the visitors. Phillips
and Nicholas officiated for three innings for the
home team and Mace and Riddle for the rest
of the game. Vacton and Conover did the
work for the other side. Washington made 8
runs in the first inning, in the second, in the
fourth, in the sixth and in the ninth. The
Germans made their only run in the fourth
inning by means of a wild throw by Mace to
second to catch a runner and then base hit
by Green Washington made Is hits and 2
errors and the Gorhams hits and IL errors.
Jordan made two singles and a two-bagger,
Whistler triple and a single, Gleason and
Bird triple each. Bader reached first on
balls twice, was hit once. made one single, stole
two bases and scored four runs. O'Brien made
great double play IN the first inning and
Bader in the third secured fly after a long
run; but beyond these plays the game was
without features.
THE GREAT GAME TO-DAY.
But today's game will be different sort of
an affair. The Philadelphia team. which yes
terday won its seventh successive victory over
the Athletics, will face the hitherto uncon-
quered Statesmen and a hot fight should re-
suit. The preliminary games have developed
the fact that Philadelphia probably saved q
better team from the wreck than any other
league club and have encouraged high league
feeling in the Quaker City. Washington will
put her best foot forward today in an effort to
make her record ten straight.
THE CoLUMBIAs DEFEATED.
There was a game of ball yesterday at Capitol
Park between the Columbia Athletic Club
team and the Lafayette College nine. The col
lege boys won by the score of 9 to l. The CO.
lumbias had never played together before and
their work was consequently ragged. Their main
fault lay In their weakness at the bat, but two
men being able to hit safely Burke and Dick
enson and Baxter and Wells were the batteries
Lafayette made hits and errors and Column
bia hits aud errors.
The Georgetown College team upheld their
reputation by polishing off the Alerts by the
neat score of IL 70 0. Shoemaker and Rackey
did great work for the college boys in the
points. Today the University team will play
lafayette College on the university grounds.
The Lafayette team has not yet been defeated
by any college nine this season.
OTHER GAMES
yesterday resulted follows: At Philadel-
phia- Philadelphia, g. Athletics g. At New
York-Brooklyn Qeague), %; Jersey City, 5.
At Newark-Newark, 8; Boston, 2. At New
Haven-Yale, 4; New Haven, 1. At Pittsburg--
Pittsburg, IL; Erie, O. At Baltimore-Balt
more, 10; Richmond. g At st. Louis
Chicago (P.L.), 4; Pittsburg (P.L.), 0.
NOTES.
Gorhams again tomorrow.
The Philhes are eager for blood.
The American Association championship
season opens today.
The peanuts and cigars score cards and
soft-drinks" boy is sharpening up his voice for
a hard seasons work
Poor Boston! Her league team is falling a
victim to minor clubs at every turn What
pity it is that it raIned during the two DAYS
when the Hubbites were hereI
The opening games of the Atlantic Associa-
ton championship season will be as follows:
Hartford at Washington. Worcester at Will
mington, New Haven at Baltimore and JERSEY
City at Newark.
Ezra b. Sutton has signed with Hartford to
play second base. He is one Of the oldest of
the veterans, his last league work having been
with Boston two or three years ago. Last
year he wore Milwaukee uniform and made a
good record.
President Young has addressed f'confiden-
tial circular" to the managers OF league teams.
copy of which was given away by Manager
hecker OF Plttsburg last night. 1t Is full OF
the long medicines of the shrewd league pres
ldent Managers are cautioned especially
about keeping their teams neat in appearance
and also about letting the batteries be known
ahead OF time for advertising purposes They
are reminded of the extraordinary bitterness
OF the competition that now exists, and special
stress Is laid on the necessity of strict disci-
pline and temperance.