The daily critic., 1890-06-04
THE SAME CID M0N0T0N0US
STORY on DEFEAT.
THE RELEASE OF PITCHER NlLOyEy
BE Does Not Think it Was Justified
Why the Club is Not
Winning.

! tut errors happened lust when th
| Hartford men made hits. and thus en-
ablcd them 10 score The pcculia
thing about The game was that fftee
| Washington men went to bases eithe
on hits, bases on balls, or being hit b,
the pitcher, and yet only one Of then
reached home, and he would not hay,
done that had Il not been for an erro
by the right fielder Of the Harlfords
Such ball playing is simply ineXplicabl,
and nobody can understand it. Tn,
men must have gone TO sleep on tho
bases and not tried to do any base steal.
ing
So FAR as fielding was concerned both
| teams put up an exceptionally good
| game, O'Brien at second doing remark
/ ably we'll
The same clubs play again to-day,
and with Daniels pitching there is some
| hope that Sullivan's S men may break the
/ long string Of defeats and win a game.
II will be an agreeable surprise II they
do If they don't everybody will accept
the result philosophiCally for they are
expecting nothing better
DEFEATED on MONDAY.
Although the Washington Club did
not play a scheduled game on Monday.
they went 10 Cambridge for an exhibit
iiOn game and PLAYED the Harvard
College nine. They had no better sue.
cess with them than they have had with
the Atlantic Association teams, for the
collegians took them into camp to the
tune Of 6 to .. Certainly the home
team must hc suffering from something
or other, when even college team can
beat them.
MALoNEY RELEASED.
Pitcher MaiOney arrived In the city
yesterday morning, and upon going 10
President Hewetrs was givin his re.
lease. No cause was assigned for Il
other than that the club could not afford
TO carry so many pitchers, and Il now
has three on whom Il can depend. Ma
loncy was considerably put out over his
release, as he did not believe Il was
justified by the work he has been doing
lie pitched good ball. but lost games
because the men either did not support
him or because they could not hit the
ball effectively.
Speaking Of the loss Of so many
games, and the reason for II. Maloncy
said the men were batting hard, hut Il
seemed impossible for them 10 place the
ball safely. All the men were In good
condition and taking care OF themselves
but they were playing IA pretty hard
luck In some Of the games the um.
pire had a good deal 10 do with the loss
Of them. fayoring the home team Ia
every close decision, and being particu.
larly hard on the Washington pitchers.
The release OF MalOney leaves the
club with three pllchers-Philllps,
Daniels and Underwood. The first two
are all right. Their work Is known,
and the public know what TO expect
when they 90 into the box IL Is dit.
ieTcnt with Underwood. He has pitched
one good game, the only one In which
he played but whether he can keep Il
up Is a question III he can, we are
well fixed for pitchers. Otherwise it
will be a repetition Of the past few
weeks, when the men were OyerwOrked.
ACLUE Is HARD LUCK.
There were less than 200 people IA
attendance al yesterdays National
League game In Pittsburg, and when
President o Neils attention was called
TO II he said
Wen, we decided to-day that We have 10
come down To cheaper ball / have tele-
graphcd TO the other clubs in the National
League Tor permission TO reduce our prices
20 twenty-five and possibly twenty cents
Pending the decision which, Of course,
must be sanctioned by President Nick
Young, we have decided to accept the
proposition Of the Cincinnati Club, aud
will leave for that city tonight.
10 is hot to-day but ! can stand anything
after the roasting / have been getting Of
lale, ! am ia favor cutting the price Of
BAN iu Pittsburg down 10 fifteen cents, Of
necessary, In order 10 get the people 20 at
tend our games. We will play no more
games here until We can get better crowds
ln some way.
This Is The first break iu the League
lines, and il will give the Brotherhood
shouteTs something 10 crow over. They
forget that The Brotherhood club Ia
Piusburg did the same thing nearly a
month ago. When the League decided
10 reduce the number of clubs from ten
iu eight, those who knew the situation
in lilisbuIg pleaded for the dropping
Of hat city Either Washington on
Indianapolis would do better, bat the
League people declared they would not
give up The city in the face Of opposi
zion. This IS the result IL Is % De
loTCd that The League will refuse b
grant The club permission 10 reduce its
admission price
President Young Is decidedly opposed
% H. lie believes the League 10 be
nifty cent organization aut il is ia duty
bound 10 keep the tariff up 10 that
figure Mr. % Neill talks through his
hat Rhen he says he viii reduce the
price t0 fifteen cents If necessary
Why, baseball Is no dime museum bust
ness, and il viii not DO 10 put it on such
a level If % Neill don't ike the way
things are going transfer the club l1
some otner city, but don't reduce The
admission price
The Mount Vernon Ball Club has re-
organized for The season with the fol-
lowing players Mccarthy Roberts
M0uis. Stone ErnCr- Fuller. Ellis
kCyW0rih Lewis, Evers and King. II
would like 10 hear from other prominent
amateur teams. Address W. I'll. Key
worth 1907 III street northwest
The Great Bankrupt Clothsg sale is
setting hI1l-pHcCd dealers Wild While
tlc ate-War IS going ou 30 viii pay son
NJ aaL Bankrupt sale, 5ll Seventh
street northwest Look Tor tAC number
all -lI lltl street,
kiugrs Daughter Wiu Admit Uni-
tariaus.
The Central Council Of the King
Daughters IazL year issued a leaf.et %
lhg elect that an persons who were de-
siIous OF Joining the order must believe
iu fbe Holy Trinity This caused some
excitement among Tie various circles Of
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