Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-20
PLAYING TO WIN.
The Admirable Manner in which The Sen
tors PLAYED Ball Saturday-Ofher Cameo

The Admirable Manner in which The Sena-
tors Played Ball Saturday-Other Games.
The Senators made great stride Saturday
toward needed popularity by defeating the
Baltimore team in neat manner by the score
Of 2 to 5. principally through splendid team
work and opportune batting. There were
z,5OO or 5000 persons present and the crowd
was noisy and enthusiastic as the fate of the
Orioles became more certain. The batteries
were Carsey and Mcclure and Cunningham
and townsend But seven innings were played
to count, as the rain began to fall in the eighth
inning, when the Statesmen were in the act of
scoring rapidly, five runs having been piled up
when Umpire Jones called game.
HOW THE SCORES WERE MADE
In the first inning Hatfield sent q ball along
the left line for couple of bases and crossed
the plate when Dunlap sent one out to center
for triple. In the second half Van Haltren hit
Tor three bases and scored on Wise's bunt, and
a sacrifice, an error by Carsey and a long fly
hit sent Samuel over the rubber. In the sec
ond Washington made one by Mcguire, who
hit the ball so hard that it buried itself in a
brush heap in the left field and could not be
found until after the runner had crossed the
plate. The visitors scored one and took back
the lead Werden went to first on balls. to
sacrifice by Cunningham The third was un-
productive for either side. In the fourth WASH
lngton took the lead by making two runs.
Davis. who played third in Smalley's place.
went to first on balls and Nc Query hit to left
for base. Pitcher Cunningham tried to catch
McQuery off his base and succeeded all except
that the runner went to second safely while
Davis reached third. Carsey hit out to center
for one base and both men scored. Baltimore
made one in the latter half and tied the score.
A T1l EzIl- 4 L a. "a
and single by Townsend, were the elements
of the tally.
IN THE FIFTH
the Statesmen got aclean lead Of one. Beecher
went to first on balls and stole second. Visner
sacrificed and Townsend dropped the throw of
Hines infield tap. In the sixth McQuery and
Mcclure reached first on balls and scored on
couple OF wild pitches and a sacrafice by Car
sey. 1t was a close call for a tie this inning
Johnson and Gilbert made single apiece and
Werden lifted tall one out to center that
looked safe until Paul Hines got it squarely into
his hands and held it there. So sure was John
son that the ball was safe that he was nearly in
when Hines threw to second and put him out.
townsend struck out and the side was retired
without run. In the seventh Baltimore made
one on base on balls, two sacrifices and a
wild pitch
When the game was called in the eighth
Washington had scored five runs on some hot
hitting coupled with some bad fielding on the
part of Baltimore. Washington. altogether
made seven hits and two errors and Baltimore
eight hits and two errors.
OTHER SATURDAY GAMES.
At Boston-Boston 6. Athletic 3.
AT Columbus-Columbus 8, Cincinnati 2.
At OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 5. st. Louis g.
Manager trott has entered a protest against
the continued presence here of Umpire Jones,
whose work, he says. has become very unpop-
ular with the crowds
Paul Hines father is dead and that PLAYER
may not appear on the field for some DAYS One
of the extra men will take his place. possibly
Smaley, who has not yet been released
The defeat of Louisville yesterday by the ST.
Louis put Boston in the lead. Baltimore and
Washington are very close together and "a
repetition today of Saturdays victory will tie
the two teams for the fourth place.
BASE BALL SUNDAY.
At Louisville-Louisville 5, St. Louis 7;
hits, Louisville !. st. Louis Z; errors, Louis
vile D, st. Louis l.
At Columbus-Co Columbus T. Cincinnati 5: hits.
Columbus g. Cincinnati 8; errors, Columbus 4,
Cincinnati 4.
The Trinity School Club yesterday defeated
the Diamonds by a score of 80 to5. They would
like to hear from all teams under fourteen
years of age. Address Jim Collins, 1929 36th
street northwest.
The Junior Waverlys defeated South Wash
lngton picked team by a score of q to l6. The
former club would like to hear from all clubs
under sixteen years The feature of the game
was the battery work of kimmel and Herbert
Address all challenges to W. l.. Kimmel care
special delivery, city post Office.