Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-28
wAsEINGToS's VICTORY.

! the chances were in favor of its being tho
Nationals. He would be wrong. The Athletics
| were the victims. The Washington players put
! up a fine game and hit hard. but the Washing
\ ton pitcher twirled with degree of effective
\ ness that most disheartoning to the crowd.
| The score was to 0, with the accent on the 0.
| Carsey and Sutcliffe and Wevhing and Cross
we're the batteries. Catcher Milligan. who has
| been catching for so many days i'll succession,
| broke his record yesterday and gave way to
| Cross. the little bOw-legged man who covered
Ghird base so well while Mulvey was ill.
The game was SHARP and short taking only
| an hour and thirty-fye minutes to be played.
The Athletics came very near scoring several
| times. but the sharp intield work of Washing
| ton prevented them from crossing the rubber.
McCauley appeared at trst for Washington and
did good work, accepting fifteen of his sixteen
chances and making two singles. Hatfield was
| in left field and took his one fly with ease,
| while he hit twice safely at times when the rest
of the team.was not batting. Hence lie did not
| score.
THE SCORES
The only runs of the game were scored in the
sixth and seventh innings, when Washington
took a streak of batting along with some bad
playing on the part of the Athletics and Tailed
Just often enough to win with Il small margin.
In the sixth Griffin waited for four bad balls
he does very frequently on Il tumble
and a wild throw by Wood on SutclifIes
grounder to third Griffin scored. while Sutcliffe
went to third After Shannon had flied to left
HATFIELD put ball to Larkin In such way that
he was put out while Sutciiffe was scoring. AL
word tried to keep the thing going and he put a
ball out safely, but McCauley could not dupli-
cate the hit and Alvord was forced at second.
Two runs in the sixth gave the Nationals some
courage. and there more in the sew
enth that strengthened this feeling into one of
positive bravery. Carsey was out on a fly
when Murphy hit for base. and after Dowd
had flied out to Corcoran Murphy stole
second and scored when Griffin banged the ball
for three buses. Sutcliffe could not score him.
as his hy dropped into Sanders hands.
QUICK FINISH.
That ended the run getting and the rest of
the game was quickly played out The Ath-
letics were very near to scores in the third,
sixth. eighth and ninth, having man on third
in each of those innings. In the third Cross
started the work with a three-base hit to left
center, and after weighing pad struck out Wood
put one down to Dowd and Cross tried to score.
but he was thrown out at the plate. In the
sixth, after one man was out Larkin went to
| first on balls and to third on McTarAany's
single to right. but the next man struck out
and Corcoran put up a fly for Lawrence Patrick
| Murphy in right. In the eighth three safe hits
were made. Wood made the first and he
aud Sanders walked of together when Nc
Cauley handled the latters grounder as to
/ make a double with shannon Then Larkin
made another and McTamany still one more.
| Mailman. i'll trying to score Larkin. hunted I'M
Intentionally aud was thrown out AT first by
| Sutcliffe. In the ninth Corcoran reached third
| on wild throw by Alvord and sacrifices by
Corkhill and Cross, and then Carsey put on
| some extra steam and struck out weighing and
| saved the game.
Washington made nine hits and three errors
| and the Athletics five hits and three errors.
OTHER ASSOCIATION GAMES
Louisville, by losing. went down the list ard
1 81. t..
whom they had discarded who proved their
stumbling block Bell by name and a pitcher
| by profession. Cincinnati won easily In the
| latter part of the game by the score of 8 to q
I Bell and Vaughan and Stratton and RYAN were
| in the points. The Colonies made hits and
| errors and kellys men Is hits and errors
| Bell was very effective agains: hir former team
| Boston played badly in the fourth inning and
| lost the game TO Baltimore i'll consequence by
| the score Of TO 8. Madden and Robinson and
| Fitzgerald and Murphy were the batteries
Madden kept his old club guessing, and il was
| due to him that the leaders were humbled. The
| Orioles made hits and errors, and the Bean
| eaters hits and errors.
There was q very interesting fight between
| Columbus and St. Louis which was finally won
! by Comiskey ; men by the score OF tos, the
| Browns scoring one in the ninth McGill.
! Duryea and Boyle and Clarke and Donohue
| were working at the deliveries. Clark could
| not puzzle the batsmen who faced him, and he
| went to pieces az interesting junctures St.
Louis made II hits and errors and Columbus
8 hits and errors.
LEAGUE GAMES.
Boston Took game from New York by the
score of to by hard hitting and better field
] ing. The Giants played poorly and lost the
| game on errors Staley and Camel and WEIGH
and Clarke were the batteries New York made
s hits and a. many errors and Boston secured 8
! hits and errors.
Arson could not have lost the game with
Cleveland II he had tried. As il was he did not
try and he won-li to 81 After a bad decisioE
by the umpire in the third inning his men who
| were benefited by the rankness took heart and
hit the ball hard and often. Gruber Wan and
thinner and Hutchinson and kittridse were in
the points. Chicago made IL hits and 4 errors
and Cleveland . hits and . errors.
| Mark Baldwin was inyulnerable in Pitts
; burgs box against Cincinnati ana won the
game for his clab by the score of 10 toll He
was opposed by Rhines. Pittsburg made ten
hits and one error and Cincinnati three hits
| anu seven errors.
Philadelphia turned around and thrashed the
Brooklyn team as easily a. it was drubbed it.
self the other day. The score was 10 to 3. The
Phillies made eleven hits and two errors and the
Bridegrooms SIX hits and eight errors. Ca
ruthers, Hemmirg, Daley and Kinslow were
put in the points for Brooklyn and Gleason and
Clemens sufhced for Philadelphia.
LINERS.
Once more In Philadelphia.
Carsey has struck his gait at last.
Hatfield is a fielder after all, if his mas:ache
il white.
Griffin and Murphy are rivals for getting to
first on balls
,Halligans signing with Cincinnati the worse
the case becomes.
Washington may suffer geographical change
before long. The idea now is 20 put it in the