Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-26
THE BALL PLAYERS.
The Washington Clubs Struggle-Rec.
ord OF Yesterdays Games.

The rain saved the statesmen from furnish
ing the Orioles with another victory yesterday.
and accordingly Washington is today no further
away from the five hundred mark than before.
The present trip has been quite as disappoint-
Ing as its predecessors in the way OF
the teams advance, and unless the
club takes its start during the COM
ing series at home it will be too late to
hope for much Of a change in the rank OF the
Senators. Manager Sullivan has done wise
thing to get new fielder so as to relieve Bird
OF that sort Of work and enable him to play be-
hind the bat, where he belongs. He says that
Donohue will strengthen the team very much
In fielding as well as in batting, the latter be-
ing his particular forte. The star pitcher, Of
which there is such an urgent need is still to be
signed, though, and until he Is. there will be
weak spot to fill. OF course Manager Ted is
badly handicapped in his actions by the fnan-
cial troubles of the club, but it certainly seems
| as though the plainness of the case would
strike Mr.. Assignee Coleman and induce him to
authorize q slight expenditure for this most
important necessity. The assignee Is still
searching for purchaser of the club, but
without avail as far as results indicate. 1t was
comparatively easy matter to run the club
while 1T is travelling. for the expenses have
been reduced to the point where the guarantee
money just about covers them, but 1t is entirely
different when the team is playing at home, for
then the guarantee to visiting clubs
becomes an additional expense that
Is,oa difficult D to meet sn, inc go sfip ,a.
500 people to begin with, and in order to meet
the other current expenses there should be
fully 400 more. Thus attendance of 700
barely pulls the club out OF the hole leaving
and old debts entirely unprovided for. Wash
ington ought to feel just bit ashamed Of itself
that it cannot turn out at least a thousand peo-
pie to see the performance of a club that
stands higher in its race than any of its prede-
cessors have for four years past.
ONLY ONE ATLANTIC GAME.
There was but one Atlantic Association game
played yesterday, which was won by Whining
ton from Harrisburg, 8 to 2, after eleven stiffiy
contested innings. Cox and Rooms and Wehrle
and Nicholas were the batteries Harrisburg
came near winning. In the eighth inning two
runs were made by the Babes, tying the score, and
the Peach Blossoms had tough time winning
In the eleventh inning Grant made a bad throw
to first and let in the run that won the game
Wilmington made hits and error and Har-
risburg hits and 4 errors.
OTHER GAMES.
Other championship games resulted as fol-
lows:
National League.--At Cleveland - Cleve-
land, 5; Philadelphia, 8. At Cincinnati
Cincinnati, 10; New York, 6. At Chicago
Chicago, 5; Brooklyn, 8. At Pittsburg-Pitts-
burg, 3; Boston,7.
Players League-At Pittsburg-Pittsburg, q;
Boston, 10. At Buffalo-Butfalo, 8; Brooklyn.
3. At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, s; New York. IL.
At ChicagO-Chicago 8; Philadelphia, Z.
American Association.-At Rochester-Ro-
chester, 6; Toledo, Z.
NOTES.
At Baltimore today.
Braden is now running the ass ociation on
temporary schedule.
Capt. VIM. Gleason had chance to talk in
Baltimore yesterday. He said:
Our club is better able to hold it's own now
than it was earlier in the season, owing to
the fact that we are supplied with better
pitchers. Weakness in pitchers has been our
great trouble all along. While we have folded
us well almost as any other team in the associa-
ton and batted hard at times. we had for a
long time only one pitcher upon whom we
could depend at all times. That man was
Phillips, but now we have Daniels and Under
wood to help him OUT
Harrisburg has signed Catcher Gibson of AL
toona to take the place of Williams, released,
and has also signed Foulkrod, third base Of
Hamilton, to play in Grants place wherever
the local sentiment is against the playing of
the coIored man.
Philadelphia Qeague) has won fifteen straight
games.
The Plttsburg league club has the smallest
percentage of any of the clubs of the four
largest associations, POI, and Baltimore has
the largest, .737.
The Imperials have organized for the season.
The players are as follows: c. Green, NJ Strauss
$. Tracy, G. Mcclure, G. Kaufman, W. Wood
ford. G. Schmit, E. Poole and II. Daley Chas
Green, 14l6 Q street northwest, will be glad to
receive challenges from clubs of players fifteen
years old and under.
In the last twenty games Of which there is
record Bader has made % hits; Gleason, 81;
Whistler, 20; Hill, 10; Bird. IS; Jordan, Is,
and Wentz IA. That is remarkable batting for
seyen-ninths Of fifth place team.
The Fenwicks have organized with the fol-
lowing players: Ferris, COrnweli and Mayse
pitchers; l.. Webb catcher; W. Haley LIST base:
j. Fletcher, I'd base; Ferris, Sd base; r. Wood,
shortstop: X. Eisinger, right field; W. Houck,
left field; g. Stevens, center field. All chal-
lenges should be sent to w. Cornwell, So l
street northwest. The club would like to hear
from the Abbots, Corcoran Reds and YMC.
A. Second
Donoghue has reported and will play in the
game today against Baltimore.
The Mount NernOns defeated the America
nine Wednesday by the score of IL to l. South
worth struck out twenty men.
The home team plays here on Monday
The second game of the series between the
Bachelors and the Benedicts will take place
this afternoon at Atlantic Park, 18th and U
streets northwest.
The Cecils have recognized for the season
and would like to hear from all teams whose
members are under fourteen years of age Ad-
dress ID. A. Downey, 14l7 Seth street, George
town.
The Atlantic race now stands thus: