Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-14

SENATOR'S aeAIy powSEp N MILwArkEE

SENATOR'S AGAIN DOwSED N MILWAUKEE
The Statesmen played perfect game of ball
in the field or Saturday. bu. that did not pre-
vent them from being defeated by the Brewers
by the score Of 10 to L. 1t was mainly the
fault of Mr.. Casslan. the pitcher. sixteen hits
being made nom his delivery. Davis was the
opposing pitcher. and he was Just clever enough
To keep the Statesmen puzZling all the time as
10 what he was going to do next
Milwaukee scored in the first and twice more
IT, the third The Senators were not hitting
and il looked as if they might not score. The
Brewers added one TO their tally IL the fourth
and then the game stood 4toO Mcclure
broke the whltewash with beautiful hit
Dowd had gone down on a single hit Hatfield
was presented with base on balls AMI Shannon
WAS given life when SchOch fumbled his
grOunder. The next two men went ont. and
the base-tull did not promise much until Nc
Cure lifted the ball away out into left field and
Cleared the bases while he was reaching third
Thus the score stood until the Ell ,hth inning.
when Milwaukee. feeling little insecure. per-
haps. made another run and then III the ninth
the Brewers went to the bat ana banged the
ball hard enough TO score five runs This put
the game into their hands beyond an average
chance. yet the result might have been diff
ferent had Cassian hit for more than base in
the latter half As II was his hit was good only
to produce one run. while if il had been longer
il might have given Washington three or four.
and there Is telling where the batting streak
might have stopped. The bases filed.
DOwd and Hatfield hitting safely and shannon
going down on Canayan error. and then Dowd
scored when Cassian hit for a base.
Washington made eight hits and no errors
and Milwaukee sixteen hits and two errors.
IN COLUMBUS YESTERDAY.
After the disastrous series of games in Mil
waukee the Nationals went to Columbus and I'M
proved their opportunity for a double game
with the Buckeyes The teams broke even
thanks TO peculiar accident in The second that
made it impossible for the game to be finished.
The FIRST game went to Columbus account
OF the better pitching Of Leiperas pitted against
Foreman. Leiper Is the left-hander who did
such good work here. and the baIsmen of the
Washington team were at his mercy. The score
was 5 to2.
Both teams played snappy ball and brilliant
PLAYS were the order Of the day on each side.
shannon made two disastrous errors in the play
at short that cost some runs The Columbus
folks won the game IN the third inning, scoring
three runs on a base on balls TO Crooks a single
BY ORourke, another by Sneed and double by
Iwitchell, the last man scoring on error by
Shannon and muf by Mcclure when the ball
was finally put to the plate Each side took one
In the sixth Columbus tailed a muff by
Shannon, who dropped a high Nv from Twitch-
ellis bat, the runner making second. and then a
single was banged out by Wheelock.
In the latter half with Murphy out Mcclure
hit for two bases. Sutcliffe sacrificed and Curtis
hit for a base. Mcclure scoring The Nationals
scored another in the seventh. when Dowd
went down on balls and Hatfield reached first
ON an error BY Wheeloek. Dowd was on third
and tried to score when Hatfield ran down and
the ball was thrown short To Crooks. 1t was
returned in time to catch the runner. Hatfield
scored when shannon hit for a base. A Wild
pitch put shannon on third, but the next two
men went out In the ninth Columbus scored
on base on balls TO Crooks, steal and a
single BY o Kourke.
Washington made five hits and three errors
and Columbus ten hits and three errors
THE SECOND GAME VICTORY
Washington won the second game through
good luck Eight innings only were PLAYED,
but II was not the fault of Columbus nor WAS
Ferguson. the umpire, TO blame. 1t was Pitcher
Carsey who did the act, and he accomplished it
BY smashing Ferguson. after he had refused to
Call the game, IN the pit of his stomach with a
pitched bail and thereby incapaci;atins him so
thai the game ha4 to be called back to the
eighth inning. where the Senators had lead
The score was to l. and the game was won
by good fortune in punching the few hits that
the Statesmen made. The batteries were Ca
sey and MeGuire and 1wItcheII and DOnohue
Both pitchers did their best and worked like
Lends, with very good results. Only five hits
were made IN the game altogether.
AcoUPIE FOR The SENATOR'S
No runs were made until the fifth inning.
when Washington corraled couple and thus
took the winning lead. In the fifth shannon
N
struck Out. when Marphy lined a ball along the
right line shat Leblanc corraled, and "A snrint
race en=ueI between Murphy and the baseman.
Leblanc might have put his man out had not his
FOOT become en;SU glsd IN some way with that
OF Murphy, snG ~ the latters was on top the
uic:er foot was nurt by the spikes and il left
The bag long enough to enable FeI guson to call
the man safe Then McGuire-who. bv the
way, has been dong sA the batting for the
Statesmen on This trip far-slaa-hed .he
ball hard and sent II over the left fence for
Tour bases. and this won the game.
In the seventh Columbus made the only run
mat TIE town secured during the game-thAt
Is. the ouly one that counted. Crooks went
down ON balls aud was forced by D Rourke
Ihe latter Was sent ahead when Duffee sacri-
heed. Hatfield TO McCaaley, and the runner
made the plate when Curtis dropped fly from
Sneed bat IN deep center. Inns was the only
error by the Nationals during the game
The ninth WAS begun with the atmosphere
very DARK Capt. Shannon thought ID time 10
quit, and he and Ferguson argued for a few
minutes The Washington men were finally
ordered to the field and the inning was begun
IL Was never finished, thanks TO Carsey's wild
curve
Crooks made a thrce-bagger, and after
hoGrAe had ssruek cut purfee lined out
double AID he tailed himself on a Wild pitch
and passed ball Warrington was PLAYING
Tor darkness and making no EFFORT to put tie
side ou;- Sneed was up when Carsey' ; wild
Dali went cavorilng over the region of the
pate, aud after passing MeGaire finally landed
IN taas Porticn OF the anatomy OF Mr. Fergu-
s9n that Is commonly q Stranger to swiftly
pitched base balls. The result was very dis
pleasing to Mr.. Ferguson. but quite satisfsc-
terry to the Statesmen, who were thus enabled
70 win IL was found that Ferguson needed a
Physician, and one was secured, and when the
doctor had Strengthened the umpire ous and
ses HIM on mis- feet ag ain the darkness had in
creased so that he could do nothing else than
call the game. There was a row. Of course
and the Columbus people exhibited The great
est concern for the safety of Mr.. Ferguson,
calling the Washington players all sorts OF
names because the poor fellow had been hurt
hut IL did no good, and the game goes down 70
Washington
The Nationals made three hits and one error
and the Buskeyes two hits and one error.
oTHKa SUNDAY GAMES
Loaisvuis was fortunate enough to win again