Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-31

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| IL the Senator's keep mp the gait they showed
| yesterday in the game with the Athletics at
| National Park throughout their coming series
| OF twelve games in the west they are very likely
to return to Washington on August 10 with
! more than half . dozen acslps hanging from
their belt. They played ball every minute and
| Tor all that 1t was worth. ard under the cap
| tsincy Of Manager Shannon they exhibited q
degree Of sprightiness and cleverness that was
really surprising. The score was II to 5 In
favor of Washington and the game was hardly
| in doubt at any time during this contest. WASH
lngton went in to win just to tickle the fine
| crowd OF spectators present and they were
tlckled to their hearts content. There were a
| few over 3, LOG of them vto paid their way
| through the gates and about 400 more i'll
skirts who did net pay. This made Eot only
an enthusiastic but profitable assemblsge and
thsre was more smiling dcLe IL the directors
| box than ct any othsr time this season.
srATUEsoUE uMPixE.
IL was enough 20 make a spsckled horse curl
up his lips and grin at the way in which the
| Senatorial ba'smen drove into the reputation
| OF Senior Gus Weyhng and smashed II into
smithereens They began to pound his curves
from the start ana shsy kspi up fhe process SC
etfectua!ly that i'll but one intins did ,hey fail
| to get a safe hit Ii WAS trying to his nerves,
and he chafed under the punishment, veE. ting
| his temper out On Umpire MahoIey, the new
official who wac recently engaged from the
New England league Mahouey 10 familiar
tiglre here. for he umpired last year in the At
lantic Association De is little man with
statuesque methods and a large voice, who
kindly explains things to the pitcher anG the
batsnen by means Of obi set lessons in the form
| OF diagrams that he draws all over lis anatomy
with his hands TO show where. in lis u lmbie
but final opinion, the ball cIc.sad ,he plate
1t might De remarked that hut few of the
spectators shared in the opiuion OF the Boston
newspaper man who WAS here recently
and VINO declared that Mahcney a sec
ond Gafney, for to the eyes OF a
great majority he was very deficient in call
ing balls and strikes, always standing behind
the pitcher whatever the stage of the game,
while some OF his base decisions we're Of a de-
cldedly saffron hue. He did not lean either
way particularly, but he was apt to wObble to .
disappointing degree in all directions.
The batteries were Foreman and Mcclure
and weighing and Cross Washington's combi-
nation was far the stronger of the two, and it
worked so well that the home team was never
headed in the race. Mcclure and Sutcliffe took
the honors of the day in batting, the former
scoring four runs in the early part of the game,
and the latter being the factor that enabled
three others to cross the rubber. Shannon did
some remarkably good work at short, and Fore.
man, besides pitching in his best form and lin
ing out a timely triple, put up q splendid field.
ing game and caught four high flies.
WASHINGTON BEGAN SCORING AT ONCE.
Washington began to score in the beginning.
making two runs that were never exceeded.
Murphy was out at first when Dowd lined
safe one past Corcorsn. Griffin caught the
ball on the muscles of his arm and trotted
down the alley. Sutcliffe tried to hit but he
famed the air and sat down. while shannon.
who.was more in touch with the pitcher went
to first on balls and filled the bases MCGUIRE
responded to the applause that greeted Lis sp-
pearance at the bat by driving out single to
center, on which Dowd ard Griffin scored
Shannon tried to reach third on the hit but
was thrown out. In the latter half Griffin and
Sutcliffe caught easy ties and McCauley made
| a great stop of Larkin's grounder.
The home team went out IN order in the Sec
ond, the only tins during the game. while the
visitors scored one rue and kicked because tney
did not make more Sanders hit past Shannon
for base and Mailman popped up a dy to Fore
man Corcoran s@uta hot one Gown to Tommy
Dowd. that bounced over lis head and Null
vey was ait sharply On the wrist by a pitched
bali, filing the bases But Che man vas out
anG several runs seemed inevitable. Cross sent
long Ey to right that NGTlby, after a hard
run. Captured, and Sanders scored WevLiag
could not hit, bU. struck out, and the side re-
tired.
MURPHY led with hit in the third, but was
forced at second on Dowds bunt and poud
IN trying to steal on Griffius third strike. came
10 grief and contributed material Tor u double
play. The Athletics tied the seore IN their
half. Wood went 20 first on balls and to sec
ond on Nclamanys sacrifice, which seemed
to be handled by half Of the National team at
first. toward which he drove it, before tine
runner was out. A passed ball put Wood On
third and let him score.
The VICTORY SECURED BEYOND DOUBT.
The home team settled al doubts that might
have arisen when they VT ut to the bat in the
fourth, for three runs resulted from some very
Gutc Snt 10 S,-,< I'LL
and 20 third on HaJlman's bad throw to first of
Sbannon's d',ticult grounder, that first went
through LarLin. Mcclure thereupon scored
both men by his smashing triple along the
left foul line and he tailed himself ON Alvord's
single to left. Alvord was out on a double
when McCauley struck out and Foreman flied
TO left. The visitors retired in order.
The fifth sent the home team so far ahead
that no one tTembled for the victory. Murphy
aud Dowd went out on easy chances and
Griffin hit to extreme right for two bags, fol-
lowed BY Sutcliffe with single and Shannon
with another. Shannon's hit went out into
left and be ambled all the way home on the
,hrow-in 10 catch Sutcliffe ard the Wild throw
Dy MLvey to the plate Theu, after the runs
were tailed and there were no men on bases,
McGuire took it easy and went out from short
TO first
The foreigners scored as well in their hall,
two runs being their stint. Cross was out to
Murphy and Weyhing hit to right for . base
Wood planted q long hit among the right
center trees that really home run, but he
was stopped at third by the antics of Alvord,
who gave an excellent imitation of q third
baseman in the act Of catching a ball being
thrown in from the field and Wood was bluffed
into sliding. After McTamany had struck out
Wood scored on a single by Larkin that should
have been easy out by Murphy had not
Tommy Dowd run SO far out into the field in
his eageIness. Sanders forced LarkiL by hit
ting 10 Dowd-
Washington could rot tally in the sixth. Al
word after h. !tiI to right foe . base going out
on double plav A single by HallmaL and q
double by Corcoran scored an AIMED ruL for
Philadelphia. Corcoisn was well caught be
tween the bases by Mcclure. Shannon and Al
vCrd
wAsHISGIoS sPURrs AGAIN.
In rhe seventh Washington pulled away from
Gle :a:ber too ciose proximity of tue visitors.
hcrPLy hit 10 left Cor tase ard stole another.
resiins , nj, While Powd struck out and
c. FIN i'ed 70 Haliman. Then he ba6e adieu
20 .he bag. and tailed along with Satellite wheI.
the latter lined the here out iIto left 50 far
past 1ir. Wood among his plural nan.esakes in
the corrsr OF the lot that he galloped around
/ the circuit before he WAS stopped.
| The Athletics had some hard luck in this
/ inning. double by weighing and single by
I Wood, together with Larkins being hit, filled
/ me bases. with but one out, Nc famany Oh
I strikes and then the ne 1t two men put up flies
! 80 that no one could score. Dowd took that
! from Sanders bat, well out into center, and
/ shannon made a marvellous capture OF a ball
! from ltallman wagon tonQue that o Y hihited N