The Washington critic., 1890-05-17
GOSSIP OF THE SPORTS.
NEWS OF THE BALL FIELD, RACE
TRACK AND PRIZE RING.

bNHt- EulnC vi lut HthbOus anu
that the local team won was due to o
fortunate combination of good plays In
the last two innings. The Washington
boys had bad case of the rattles early
In the game and gave the visitors sew
eral runs. They held the lead until
the latter part of the game, when
Bader's excellent base running enabled
the local team to tie the score. and thus
1t remained until the ninth inning,
when Gleason led off with triple to left
centre and scored on Birds sacrifice
TO left field. In the previous inning the
Newarks had three men on the bases
and two hands out, when McDermott
cracked out ball to centre which
looked good for at least two bases.
Bader turned and ran swiftly with the
ball, but misjudged 1t, and commenced
to back. 1t looked as if il would go
over his head, but he caught it Just as
he was falling backward. Turning
complete somersault he came up with
the ball in his hands, and the game was.
saved. 1t was wonderful catch, and
the applause which greeted him was
loud and long continued. 1t undoubt-
edly saved the game, for had he not
caught it, two, If not three, runs would
have resulted.
Both Phillips and Sullivan pitched
excellently, although the latter was q
trifle wild and sent a number of men to
bases on balls, in one instance forcing
in run when the bases we're full. Be
sides Bader's great catch, Smiths excel
lent work at short was the distinguish
ing feature Of the game.
To-day the same clubs will play
again, and it will be the last game on
the local grounds until June 10, as the
team starts away on its long trip to-
morrow night.
During the week the local club has
done eXcellently. 1t has not only re-
tanned its lead in the Association, but
has increased its percentage very ma
terially by winning five of the six
games in which 1t has participated,
This is record that no other club in
the Association has come anywhere
near equaling, and if the team can
maintain its present gait the dispute for
the pennant will not take long to settle.
Pitcher Winkleman of the Hartford s,
who was under suspension, has been re-
instated and the release of Lynch has
been recalled and he has been sus.
pended.
Barnie has succeed in securing
O'Rourke and he will play his first
game for the Orioles to-day.
After to-day the public of this city
will have long rest from ball games,
as the team starts on its first long trip
away from home and will not return
until June 10. On the trip it will play
every club in the Association, and it
ought easily to win three -fourths of the
games. Even If IL does not do
as well as this no one will be disposed
TO grumble. A neck. land neck race be-
tween several clubs is a great deal more
desirable and creates more interest in
the game than when one club has a
walk, over, as seems to be the present
case with the Washingtons.
The men go away in somewhat
crippled condition. Maloney is sick
and so Is Jordan. while O'Brien has
not yet recovered from the injury to
his head received in the second Will
mington game. The team will have to
depend on Mccoy and Phillips to alter
Fate in the box, while Bird and Mich
olas will be utilized, the former on
second and Nicholas in right. This
impairs the playing strength of the
team considerably, and fewer victories
can be anticipated than has been the
rule heretofore, although there is no
reason why Washington should not re-
tain its present place at the head of the
procession.
Baltimore is playing good second,
although New Haven is only few
points behind it. Barnie is doing
everything in his power to close the gap
between his club and the leaders, and
is securing good new men wherever he
can find them. During the week he
engaged Joe Sommers and ORourke,
and, II 1t is possible, the Baltimorean
proposes to get a champion team
together.
Paul Hines is once more with the
Pittsburgs. He was released. but as
soon as Dunlap received his release.
Paul was Immediately re-engaged. He
will play in the outfield hereafter.
A great many people seem disposed
10 criticize Valentine for his umpiring
without stopping to think. Val. is one
of the squarest umpires in the business
today and the only reason h. is not in
the League, is due to his own good
nature. He was always tooc sy with the
players and would put up With great
deal more than most men before he
would fine man. So it is in the
Atlantic Association. The men receive
small salaries and they take advantage
of this to say and do things on the
ball field for which they should be
fired, but escape it, because Valentine
knows they need all they get. SO hi
position is made doubly hard. In 81
Tar as his judgment in umpiring is con
cerned, 1t is as good, If not better thar
any umpire in the Association. True
he makes mistakes, but the man neve
lived who did not. Altogether, Valen
tine is as good as they make them.
The desertion of the Philadelphia
club by Jimmy Fogarty marks the be
ginning of the end of the Brotherhood
If one player can jump his club in tn
manner in which Fogarty has, so cal
the rest of them, and It will not be Ion,
before they will commence to do il
The stockholders of the Philadelphi
club are at loggerheads over the affair
and some af them are vainly endeavoI
ing TO sell their stock and get out
What is true of one club Is equally aI
plicable to the others. for there ar
signs of internal dissensions in all q
them that point TO their early disinte
grafton. The whole scheme was built o
contract breaking, intimidation and pei
jury, and under such circumstances
cannot be expected to live. The soone
it dies the better it will be for the nj
tiOnal game.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.
Won. Lost. Per Gel
Washington ,,,,".,.... IA IS.
Baltimore .............., II .6l