Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-11

w. tired and the way they threw
wild and muffed and did
-S other forms Of wretched
work was enough to make the near sighted
spectator believe that ne was looking at the
wrong team. The score was 10 to and it
should have been to 8 in favor of Columbus
Washington Won it in the last two innings
when most of the wild playing occurred.
scoring seven runs in these innings on two safe
hits. widely separated.
The batteries were Foreman and Mcclure
and Easton and Donoghue. Foreman was ef-
fective in keeping the hits scattered, and in no
case were more than two made off his delivery
in the same inning. He grew a bit wild toward
the end of the game, however, and had TO de-
pend very largely upon his support 20 pull
him through. He led the home team in bat
ting, however. making triple and a SINGLE
and thus redeemed himself two or three times
over.
THE SCORES.
No one scored in the first, and then each side
made one In the second. Slattery hit for a
base into left. stole second, went to third on
McQuerys sacrifice grounder to short and
scored on Daily's safe one over second. For
Columbus, after two were out, kuehne put
fly into right that in the first place should have
been caught and in the second place the runner
never should have been allowed to reach Sec
ond, but he did, and he gets credit for two
Dase MT lie Jailed on SAFE urlFe Dv LeUane
through Dowd that got away from Daily.
There was good deal of what is sometimes
called monkey business" on this hit, the
throw in being generally mufied and fumbled.
so that Leblanc rested on third. He could not
score, as Easton gave Murphy chance.
There were no runs in the third. Murphy
hit for base, but was caught OF first. Hat
field made neat stop of a cannon shot from
Duffee bat and Mcclure threw beautifully to
second and caught Sneed after he had hit
81, Al l. II.
diamond for one base and stole second unhln-
dered. there being no one there TO take the
throw, which not made in consequence.
After two men had flied out to the field huehne
hit another fy into right for two bases. This.
too, should have been an out. but Mr.. Daily
did not seem to exert himself very hard and
the ball dropped safe.
Washington took the lead in the fifth. After
AlvOrd was out Foreman hit to right for three
bases, and after Murphy had been nit the run
was scored when the ball thrown down to
catch Murphy IN a purposely weak attempt to
steal. Then Dowd hit the ball ON for base,
stole second and went to third on passed ball,
scoring on Wheeiocks bad throw OF Hatlelds
grounder. The other side went OUT in order,
Murphy making two magnificent catches.
THE SCORE AGAIN TIED.
In the sixth after the home team had been
put out in rotation, the visitors made one run
and tied the score again. Sneed hit over Al
him for doing SO. Alyord took care of the next
| two batters i'll such way that Sneed could not
| tally, one on q swift grounder and the other
ny. But Snecd was destined to tally, for
Wheelock smashed ball again over the head
OF the third baseman and rested on second.
Slattery looked out Tor the next man.
Up To this poin. the game had been close
enough. although slow and draggy. but here
the visitors began to get impatient and TO throw
wild and TO muff. and the fun began for the
| or ,ar
muse was born i'll the breast of one OF the news
paper men in the sky parlor. and to relieve the
tedlum of the way the scribes thenceforth
amused themselves by writing doggerel apropos
of the game and its features.
In the seventh Arord reached second on a
muff by Dutfee and Foreman was given life
! at first by Lehane's muf, Alvord going to
| third. he was put out at the plate when ore
man stole. Murphy sacrificed, but no runs
| were tailed. The visitors also came near MAX
ing something but failed. With two out Crooks
| hit by Dowd tor base, Tommy making grea:
| effort to stop it, and then two men were given
| first on balls. This filled the Triangle bat Nc
Iamany could do no more than lift high fly
| to Dowd.
The eighth inning was a caution and was
only exceeded i'll ylllainy by the ninth. An
error by kuehne put Hatfield on second and lie
and Slattery, who had gone TO first balls,
were sent ahead by McGuire's sacrifice. Nc
Query was presented with a chance TO tally by
3
I and Slattery across the rubber, while McQuery
ambled to second. The wild one was the fourth.
/ Alyord received handsome present IN the
| form of base by Wheelocks bad throw but
he was too ambitious and was put out at the
| plate In trying to score with McQuery on Fore
man single to left. This gave Washington
three runs and the game, and 1t ratified the
other side all the more.
POETS IN THE SCORERS STAND.
In the latter half the visitors could make bat
one run. Alvord made a bad throw of Donog-
hue's hard grounder, and Wheelock hit for a
base to left. This put q man on third.
kuehne was at the bat. The poetic muse grew
excited, and Gus McSween, a foreigner from
Baltimore, wrote as follows:
And KueLne firmly seized his bat,
All with aspect boid
He once more lousrne up his grip,
Then three rull times. with speed and strength.
Alas be did not hit tine bali,
Because 1t VAS not there"
This so enthused the crowd that another poet.
who lives in Alexandria, added this one to the
collection:
TWAS Emperor wilhelm. dubbed Kuehne for short,
Who endeavored TO bat in the run.
But thrice thronsh the air his bat nd cavor.,,
And Ming Wilhelm cTawled out Of the sun"
The run came in. however, as Leblanc was
more fortunate than kuehne. and sent the ball
over second for base. Donoghue tallying and
Wheelock going to third. Easton put up a
very ulmcult ny 10 ANOru ana the lead was
saved.
1t looked like game, and when the informa-
ton flashed over the wire that Louisville had
been beaten by Baltimore. John DOYLE Of the
Sunday Herald thus expressed his feelings, SO
long pent:
| .'Of tail-end place we've had our fill,
Let's now give way to Louisville"
But the man who writes ball for the Bladens-
burg World wrote thus underneath, to express
his doubts in the ability of Daily the captain:
maybe can, but of that I've doubt
Well only give way when Ed Daily gives out"
THE NINTH INNING
had been started in the meantime and was
worse than the eighth, and gave Wash
ington more runs. Murphy went to first
| on balls and Dowd. in trying to sacrifice was
| given a life by Lehanes muff. Hatfield hit
hard for a base tc center, and Slattery was hit
| by the ball. Mcclure sacrificed to left and
McQuery to right, far out that when the
| throw in came the runner was on the plate, and
| in order to ease the hands of Leblanc McQuery
caught the ball himself. Four runs were the
result, bad passed ball helping.
This put the home team much on the
| right side of the tally that Telegraph Jim
| yelled out 1.-The pups defunct," and inspired
| the man who scribbles ball notes for morning
contemporary to say:
| .'Jim said the pup's dead"
That means that we're ahead"
Then the muse took a fresh hold and the
al fleman who edita the official scoro