Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21
National League.
YESTERDAYS GAYY.


mense crowds more shan enough of bad
weather throughout the game: an exasperating
amount OF bad umpiring on the part of Col.
herins: several instances of bad field manage
meEt on the part of the home club in permit
ting the crowd to surge over the grounds I'M
necessarily. and some very bad batting on the
part OF the men who faced the visiting pitcher.
THE SCORE
was 70 2, in favor Of Cincinnati, but that was
not the cause of the bad temper on the part of
the crowd. There were fully four thousand
people at the park and nearly every one of
them went to see the new talent. II did not
naterialize. and when the people discovered
tina: they had gone out under false promises
they were very angry and for a few minutes
things looked ugly. But before the last man
was put out there had been enough fun in the
game 20 satisfy the average spectator, and it is
probable that If the home team had won even
with the old men playing. the crowd would
have departed quite well satisfied.
NOT on HAND.
1t seems that the jumping Of Halligan with
his advance money to tine Cincinnati league
team started the general belief on the part Of
the spectators that the whole outfit had
skipped and the deal had been exploded. but
this WAS not true. Three of the men, Eiteljorg
Griffin and Sutcliffe, were on hand. and one of
them, Sutcliffe. was on the bench in uniform.
Shannon. however. had not showed up. al
though he had telegraphed positively that he
would be in Washington ready to play on
Monday. The directors believed him and saw
no reason to think that any of the men but
Hallgan would not take part in the game
when the announcements were made to the
local papers early In the day to that effect.
DIRECTORS PowERLEss. y
The three men who reported did so under
their agreement only, and were not held by
u. -. NJ.
explained to the directors that inasmuch as
their transfer had been wholly negotiated
through shannon they preferred to wait until
he came before they signed, and they did not
care to play until they had signed In the alb
sence of contracts with them the directors were
Powtriess to make them play. and it would
have been very bad policy to have undertaken
to do SO. So Griffin and Eiteljorg sat in the
grand stand and saw the antics of q specimen
Washington crowd and Sutcliffe received his
dose on the bench Of the Cincinnati team The
impression made upon these new men Of the
way in which q Washington base ball crank
treats their homo team could not have been q
very pleasant one.
THE EFFECT ON THE CROWD
Of the discovery of the fact that there was to
be no change in the batting order of the team.
despite the array Of new names on the score
cards. was remarkable. The average spectator
Kissed gently, his neighbor howled and hooted
and said unpleasant Things. and some went so
far to call for the directors of the club by
name and ask that they be turned ont 1t
was a mob that sat on the bleechers. filling
every available seat; mob with every ten
dency to riot and there is no knowing what
might have been done had it not rained and
cooled the tempers OF the worst acting men in
the crowd. AS the old Washington men went
to the bat they were jeered at, and most of
them-those whose places were to have been
taken by the Omaha players-were accosted by
shouts of the names of their supposed success
sors, so that the odd effect produced of
over half Of the team playing under false
names. 1t was as If Manager Chapman had
broken loose again with his Meokin-stewart
trick.
LOSING GAME FROM THE START.
The effect Of this treatment on the men
themselves Was not a good one. They felt
nervous and angry. and they could do little or
nothing with the curves Of Dwyer, who was in
the box for Cincinnati. Washington's battery
was Carsey and Lehman. and that was one Of
the games lost by this combination through no
one elses fault. The runs made by Cincinnati
were all earned but one. and that was on base
on balls Carsey had no one to blame but HIM
sell for the defeat, for his support was practi-
cally perfect the only errors made being iso-
lated and without results. Carsey also had two
fine opportunities to win the game for WASH
ington by little batting on his own account.
being at the bat twice when men were on bases.
He failed to rise to the emergency. and but one
run was scored out of the combination.
OUT IN ORDER.
The first nine Statesmen who went In hat
were put out in order, most of them on infield
hits In the meantime the visitors were tally
ing threetf their runs. They made one in the
first inning on hit by Seery to CENTER another
by Nelly to the same region, after Andrews had
, flied TO Alvord, and q two-bagger by Caravan TO
right. Kelly, who was very lame. but who
played the game out in q plucky manner. was
/ put out at the plate and the home team pulled
| out OF q small hole. In the second inning Al
Whitneys bat, running away down into left
| with the ball before IL settled in his hands.
I This piece Of good work reused the crowd To
| the first exhibition OF true enthusiasm il had
shown, but 1t did not steady Carsey. Dwyer
| hit into extreme right for a base, Seery was
given his base on balls and after Andrews had
4 sacrificed (Carsey 70 McQuery) Kelly hit 10
center for two bases. scoring two men.
Washingtons trst hit was made in the fourth
inning, when Dowd placed one in center. and
after he had come to grief in trying to steal
| Slattery put one out TO the right Of second
base. No one could score him, however. 1,
was in the fourth that Dowd made beautiful
| stop Of a grounder from Kelly bat after Muir
| ply, after q hard run. had muffed Andrews
| Nv. There were men on bases for Washington
! in the fifth, but no ITALICS were made. Alvord
hit to center for a base and McQuery and Hat
| field flied to Canavsn and Seery. Then John.
ston dropped Lohman's fly and Alvord went tc
| third. Carsey had a great chance to score !
man or two, but his grouuder went to Canavar
and the side went out.
\ HfrrrSo THE PITCHER.
| In the sixth, with two out Slattery hit
singer toward center that hit the pitcher full
in the back. The runner reached first safeI,
and Dwyer rolled ON the ground in agony
While the entire outfit WAS trying to revive
| Dwyor a brisk shower came up. and in mo
! iacnt the bleackers disappeared from view be
meath a cloud Of umbrellas. II rained for ter
minutes and then stopped sufficiently TO ALLOW
the game to proceed. but there were frequen
showers after that, aud indeed the entire las
hall was played in the rain.
| FALSE HOPES
In the seventh inning it looked as il tn
home team Nigh. have dropped on to Mr.
Dryers style Of delivery. but il was but III
illusion aud the thing did not last long. Al
word lifted Q pretty single into left, went h
second when Whitney fumbled McQuery'
cannon-ball drive and 10 third when Kell,
throw badly 20 second To catch him Oh tn,