The daily critic., 1890-07-16
BASEBALL GOSSIP
WASHINGTON WINS THROUGH
DANIELS PITCHING
We ARE GEITNCNEHRER THIRD PLACE
The SPECIAL Meeting Of the Brotherhood to
Bolster Up Its Lines Sunday
Games in Maryland Killed.

the position Of the team. except that
both are a little nearer third place and
gradually pulling up on the leaders.
We may yet have q run for the prize.
for the local club seems to be playing
excellent ball. The pitchers are in good
shape aud Daniels work yesterday
could hardly have been surpassed.
Only two hits were made OF his dc
livery and those Of the scratch variety.
lie only gave two men bases on balls
and bit one, a remarkable record for
lefthander, and altogether justified
Manager Sullivan's estimate of him, as
great pitcher
When Daniels was pitching bad ball
and every one said he was a failure
Sullivan never lost faith In him, but
claimed that as soon as his arm was
well he would surprise people. Sulh-
van was right, and THE CRITIC doffs It's
hat In recognition Of the genial man.
ayers foresight.
Our boys also did some heavy hitting,
Whistler leading with home run and
a single. Gleason got In three hits, and
even Deacon Hill managed to make
pair.
should Washington win again 10 day
and Newark lose, both Worcester aud
the local team would be right on the
heels Of the team from New Jersey,
with excellent prospects OF passing IL
before the week Is out Thus far Il Is
pretty race between the three clubs,
and within the next two weeks the fist
FIVE clubs may be battling right around
tie head and sCCsawiug for the lead.
II such n result is reached Il will prove
The financial salvation Of the Atlantic
Association. for in such race the at.
tendance Is certain to increase.
ERGTuERHooD ~ TROUBLE.
The increased attendance az the
League games since July has startled
the Brotherhood and brought the fact
Of ~ dissolution so prominently be-
fore the cycs of the hackers that they
are hastily running for cover Il Is In.
timated with a great deal OF positive
ness that the League people have se-
cured the controlling interest In two Of
the Brotherhood clubs and are only
bIding the time when they can make
the wreck more complete by letting the
teams 60 under II Is a well devised
scheme and The lines for Il were laid
several months ago
The Brotherhood shelters itself be.
hind The plea that the Increased az.
tendance AZ the League games Is due %
liberal distribution Of paper, and
special meeting has been called 10 at
tempt 10 couuieract this Osienslbly
this may be So, but the Brotherhood
organs are loudly pTating that that or
ganizaiion Is preparing a bomb that
will scatter the League forces When
they do this every one knows they are
iu trouble All the talk Of Consollda-
tion emanaied from brotherhood
az "a Efs
wayering
The special meeting of the Brother
hood is solely for the purpose Of raising
sufficient money to carry two Of the
clubs through the remainder Of the
season These two clubs have been
wanting 20 quit for some time, aud IN
less they receive financial aid very soon
will go 20 pieces The life Of the
Players League depends on whether
the capitalists behind the other clubs
will put up the stuff 10 keep the other
clubs going. IL they DO that 0TganiZa-
ti0n may possibly drift along for another
month IL they refuse it will go 10
pieces in a week Conceived In tFeaChery
and fraud, kept alive by misTepresenta-
ticn II cannot exist much longer
Altogether il has proved the most
colossal failure in the sporting line, aud
few will regret lis downfall
suudsy baseball IN Maryland received
black eye yesterday judge McSherry
acted as umpire Ia the game between
Manager BaTnie an1 the state. for
which the prize was the granting Of a
wit Of ha5s1s Corpus. and decided
against the Baltimore man lie not
only ordered Barnie 0ut Of the game
but remaBdcd him b the custody Of the
Sheriff IN his opinion he said
Baseball Is not mere exercise. and
not intended by those who play II % be
exercise Ii requires violent bodily
eXeTti0n. II is resorted o. as a means
of livelihood and those who play q 0u
Sunday under the conditions stated
pursue on that day their usual aud ae-
Cust8mei QCcupaul lus Playing game
does uot iI IS true necessarily meal
doing work bul sun prohibited w0rk
may be done in playing a game III
wait upon his customers au1 receive
ana sci. his wares i The common labor
Qf merchant ana there Is broad dis
tinCti0u between pursuing tlis agac4
lion and Tie case Of single sale out ol
lie ordinary course gf business. 81
here The playing 81 baseball IS tll
work and labor 81 the petitioners. aud
Wllie tlis W9rs may 1ilel ID Kind from
tlat u Tie merchant mechanic on aEI
san on that of the humble tlller u
ueuilI II IS slll lLg work QI labor q
dlg baseball player and rs pursuit on
Sunday Is L8seIzlTe Of that resi-
from daily aElCallgus which. q
mere police measure sl.
legislature has seen Et
prescribe This Il seems b me- q
fle plain ana obvious meaning at Oh