Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-28
National League.
AN UNFORTUNATE DEFEAT.

darkness There were not more than NIFTY OF
the 1000 people present who knew wnen the y
left the grounds that the game was not tied.
When Davis held up his hand In the sixth,
murmured that he could not see there was a
cheer and q rush out of the seats Folks COM
mented on the remarkable coincidence OF there
having been two tie games IN succession and
thought that Davis had evened UP the business
by calling the game back to the fifth inning.
POOH UMPIRIye.
There could scarcely be any worse work than
that done BY Davis in the first three innings on
balls and strikes. 1t was palpably bad when
viewed even from the bleacbers, but to those
Who sat directly behind the catcher and could
see the height and direction of the balls the
decisions given were heart-breaklng. In one
instance Hoy struck at a ball with such force as
TO turn himself completely around, and yet
Davis in that strong. able-bodied voice that Is
his only redeeming feature just now, sang out
that ii was ball But he tried TO even on this
piece Of wretchedness by calling a strike on
another st. Louis man later in the game when
he turned the pitch into afoul. this being on the
ground Of his having made deliberate attempt
TO foul the ball.
a RULE WHICH GAVE THE GAME TO ST. LOUIS.
In fact Davis acquaintance with the rules
was something remarkable, even for an umpire.
When he called the game in the sixth even
Comiskey did not know of his good fortune
and began to kick. The man at the bat smashed
his stick to the ground and used bad language.
while a smile crept over the faces of the States
men that confirmed the popular delusion. The
umpire had the spots on the rules, however, for
he pointed out a clause that states as follows:
IF the umpire calls game on account of
darkness or rain at any time after five innings
have been completed by both sides the score
shall be that of the last equal innings played.
0nless the side second at bat shall have scored
One or more runs than the side first at bat. in
Ohich case the score Of the game shall be the
SOtal number of runs made"
The GAME
The batteries for the day were Eiteljorg and
Mcclure and McGin, Rettger and Darling.
Eiteliorg was very wild and not particularly eff
fective. He sent ten men to bases on balls or
on being hit. and then he was hit when hits
were useful to the other side. He was
severely punished in the second inning, but
the runs made in the third were scarcely his
fault. They were in the sixth, however.
McGin began work if he were going to
fan in the first inning, bnt by the third inning
he began TO weaken and in the fifth he was
pounded right merriiy. Three singles and a
double were made by the Statesmen, and five
runs were scored, tieing the score. Then Com
fskey took him out and substituted Rettger
who was very effective for the two innings that
he pitched
Neither side scored in the first inning, though
Mcclure worked his way around to third on be-
ing hit, and with the aid of two passed balls.
For the visitors, with two out, Mccarthy went
to frst on balls and stole second, but the next
man hit to Hatfield and died on first.
THE FIRST TALLY.
Washington started the run making in the
second. McCauley went to first on balls and
was forced at second by Dowd. who bunted
harder than he meant Dowd stole second and
went TO third on a passed ball, scoring when
AlyOrd hit RIGHT for a base EiteiiOr0 str
out.
St. Louis did better than one run. Lyons led
on with a single to center and Comiskey sacri-
need Boyle lined one down the right streak
Tor two bases and Darling put another double
. little further into right McGill was pre-
Dented with a base and Hoy flied out to Dowd
but Fuller cleared the bases with his smash to
left center for three bags. Then Mccarthy put
Up high fy night in front of the plate that
MEG tool -Four runs were scored.
The Senator's reduced the lead in the third
by tallying twice. Murphy sent ont a hot
single past RovIe ut short and then was forced
atsecond by Mcclure. who put up a high fly back
OF second that Fuller dropped. Sutcliffe kept
mp his record by smashing out a single through
short and Mcclure went to third. McGill lost
his eye for q minute and put in a very wild ball
that went to the stand and stuck in the mud,
McGuire scoring easily. Sutcliffe also scram-
bled around from second and was given a life
by the error of McGill, who dropped the ball
when il was thrown. Comiskey held the run
ner of the plate and claimed the out, but Davis
saw the play, for a wonder.
PLENTY OF RUNS.
This put the spectators in joyful mood, for
to was much better than to /, but the joy
was short-lived, for Washington INDUCED in
some rank field work that enabled the visitors
to score four more runs in their half Hatfsld
let ONeilIs grounder go straight through him.
and Lyons put safe one out of the reach of
Alvord, which sent O'Neill to third, he having
stolen Then Comiskey gave Alvord an easy
grounder, which he scooped UP nicely, but his
throw was something fearful and wonderful
going away out 20 center. ONeill scored and
Lyons went to thirG. but Comiskey was thrown
out at second by Curtis, who sent the bali back
with snap that was delightful Boyle went
down on balls and he and Lyons and Darling
scored when the last-named man sent a hot
single to right, which Suiciiffe threw back so
wildly that the ball went among the CARRIAGES
After that the bases were filed by a base on
balls 70 McGlii, force out on Hoy's gronnder,
FULLER 8 two-oagSer TO right and Mccarthy
being hit. but Curtis made a wonderful catch of
the ty that went forth from O'NeiIls bat and
saved good three-bagger.
FINE SPORT.
The way that Washington spurted in the
fourth was charming. Dowd singled 10 r,gbt
center and Hatfield went to first ON balls
Alvord sent a grounder TO Lyons who touched
Dowd out Eiteljorg put up a high ry that
ult0 uusuCC6ocluAAl W Sct anu the hit
was good for two bases, while Hatfield SCORED.
Murphy put one at Comiskey, who threw
home to catch Alvord, but Darling did not hold
the ball and the run scored. McGuire's fine
single to left sent Eiteljorg home, and SUIT
cliffes hit did the same for Murphy. Curtis
put one at Fuller on second that forced SUIT
chile, but sent McGuire to third, and another
run was scored when Lyons fumbled the
grounder from the bat Of McCauley. With five
runs In and the score tied Dowd hit to shor,
and Was thrown out at first
Then. though an error BY Alvord q passed
ball, and another error by Hatfield put Lyons
on third. Boyle being hit and stealing put an
otner on second, and a base on balls 10 Rettger
put him on first with two out the visitors
were BANKED In their half, AIvord taking Hoy's
grounder and touching Boyle out at third.
Ihe Senators went ont in order in the fifth
and the visitors could not score though two
bases were occupied again. Fuller hit over
second Tor base, but was caught mapping OF,
hrst and run down. Mccarthy was hit and
ONein hit over McCauiey's head for a base
sending Mccarthy TO third Lyons put a sharI
one at Hatfeid, which he sent to Dovd. who
threw TO first In time to catch the runner AND
tAAs retire the side.
THE FATAL SIXTH.
In the sixth Murphy sent another past shor
for base, but Mcclure forced him at second
A passed ball put Mcclure on second and SUIT