The Critic and record., 1891-04-15
BOSTON BOYS BEATEN.
THE LOCAL TEAM WINS ITS FIRST
GAME AT HOME.

Bufinton Battcd Out OF the Box-Excel-
lent Fielding Of Trott's Men-Echoes
Of the Game--TennY Broken Down
Other News Of the Turf and Prize
Ring.
The Washington team reversed Mon
days verdict at the new grounds yester-
day and greatly TO the delight Of the 1900
people present, took game from the ag-
grcgation of ball tossers from Boston by q
score of Z to 3. Buninton, who has
pitched more winning games for teams
from the Hub than any man who ever
tvirled ball. went into the box for the
visitors, but he was not the same old
"Bun" Of several seasons ago. His
curves had no terrors for the local batters
and his celebrated drop even seemed to
have lost its efficacy. The home team
batted heavily, and what proved more
valuable factor in the victory, collectively.
Hatfield led the batting, making three
doubles and would have added single to
this, had the game not been called at the
beginning of the ninth inning, Just after
he had made q hit. BeeCher and McQuery
also fattcned their batting averages ut the
expense of the burly Buflinton, each
being credited with n single and double.
Washington started the scoring In the
first inning and kept II up until the fifth,
when they had six runs to their credit,
while their opponents had but one.
Both teams went out in regular order in
the fifth, but in the following inning the
visitors got the hang of Bakely's delivery
and pounded out four runs, thus making
the score to .. At this juncture Manager
Trott took the ex-Cleveland pitcher out
and substituted Keefe. The left-handed
twirler kept the heavy-hitting Bostonians
down, and in the two remaining innings
they were unable to score hit.
The fielding on both sides was sharp and
excellent, Brown particularly distn-
gushing himself by capturing long fly
in centre and making double play on 1t
by quick fielding. The home team played
without an error, and its work was in
marked contrast to that of the previous
day.
II was not brilliant game by any
means, but it sufiiced to show that the
home team has some excellent material in
il, although the men showed disposition
to get ratified in the sixth inning when
the Bosions punched their hits.
The score by innings is as follows:
Boston. .....,0 0 0 0 0 %
Washington ...1 / 1 3 0 1 %
Earned runs-Washington q Boston,
4. Two-base hits-Hatlield, 3; McQuery,
Brown, Dunlap, Beecher Richardson,
| Duble plays-Brown, Brouthers o. Brien,
Farrell, Stricken. Stolen bases-Beecher
| ]; Rrown, 2. First base on balls-By
Bakely, i; Keefe, 3; by Buffinton, ..
| Sacrifice hits - Beecher, Brouthers
| Stricken, Smalley, Radford. First base on
errors Washington, >. Left on bases
Washington, b Boston, 8. Struck out
| by Bakely, B. by Keefe, d; by Butfinton,
| .; by O'Brien, 8. Passed balls-McGuire
| Buflnton, /. Time of game-1:56. Um
| pire-Jones.
Other Games.
| AT BALTIMORE Baltimore, .; Athletic
0. AT Louisyille-Louisville, s; Cincin
natl, 8.
| BEHIND the Hat.
st, Louis played an exhibition gam,
| and was defeated by Columbus yesterday
in an eleven-inning contest, 8 toS.
Buiiinton wants to get about thirty
pounds off him. He did not have worl
enough last season to keep him in condi
tion.
Washington and Boston will cross bat
again to-day, and the local team vii
| probably put Miller in the box.
Tom Brown did as rank piece of dirty
ball playing in the seventh inning as wa
ever attempted on the ball field. He hit
high foul, and as Mcclure was running
for il deliberately threw his bat IN from
of the catcher. II was dirty trick tina
should have been promptly punished.
George Haddock is looking in excellen
trim although somewhat stouter than h
was when he was connected with tn
local team.
The accommodations for the press at tn
new grounds are miserably inadequate
There was a largesized howl from th
boys yesterday.
Tim Murnan and Jake Morse, who rep
resent the Boston Globe and Herdld, ar
travelling with the team. Tim says tn
League club is not in it with Irwin'steam
So Spaulding is going to retire. Yester
day Jim Hart was elected to the presi
dency of the Chicago Club and Spauldin
announced his retirement from activ
participation in the club.
Sam Trott should feel iubilant over hi
victory yesterday. There are no flies o.
the team, after all.-BaltinlOre american.
How They Stand.
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