Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08

Washington PLAYED a strong losing game in
Columbus Yesterday. IL was good game and
full OF interest btt IL went the other way The
score Wa To s, and Washington was striving
TO wipe out the lead of Columbus from the
start. The Blu 'keyes took big hump on them
selves in the first inning and scored four runs
through some timely and well punched batting.
aud this Was too much for the Statesmen to
overcome. Carsey and Mcclure and Dolan
and Donohue we're in the points Columbus
batted Just a little more heavily than Washing
ton. but each side earned the same number of
runs The field work 81 the Senators
eellent but Mcclure a trifie off his feed in
hls work behind the bat, letting two balls pass
HIM and making one poor throw. which proved
costly. Mctauley took his second wind and
batted very hard. making a triple and two
singles, while SutelIffe kept up his good work
with the wagon tongue and lined out couple
of singles.
Columbus took advantage Of a little poor
throwing by the Nationals in the first inning
and supplemented il with some hits that Melted
four rims They were the biggest runs In the
game. too. Crooks went to first on balls and to
third when Carsey threw badly in an effort to
catch him of the bag. scoring. after Duffee had
been thrown out by Alvord. when Sneed hit to
shannon. who threw crooked to the plate.
sneed stole second and went on TO third on Nc
Cures bad throw. Twitchen had flied out to
Shannon when Donohue hit a triple and Sneed
scored Wheelock went to first on balls and
stole second, and on the throw down Donohne
q
and Wheelock added his mite to the rapidly
growing collection Of Buckeye runs.
Washington reduced the lead one-half in the
second inning. when Hatfield given first
through Donnelly's tumble. Sutcliffe hit for
base, and wild pitch put Hatfield on third and
'-sut" on second. McGuire's safe drive scored
Hatfield. and Sutcliffe Tailed between the times
of q double play, when McGuire, thinking Nc
Cauleys hot hy Was safe. Owed for second. and
thrown out at first when Crooks made a
catch and lined the ball back in time. The run
counted.
In the third each team made one, but it was
Columbus turn to 20 Washington one better.
The Senators secured their one through a
single BY Carsey, sacrifice by Murphy, an
error by NheelOck on Shannon's grounder and
Dowds sacrifice. the ball going to Wheeiock
who threw 1t To first The pair that was drawn
by Columbus bad its origin IN a triple hit by
DOnOhne. a single BY Wheelock a sacrifice by
Leblanc and another single by Donnelly.
Ibis put Columbus. which had the last bats,
three runs In the lead, and Washington kept
saving wood In the effort to reduce the handi-
cap. One Was added to the tally of the States
men IN the fourth, when Hatfield Tailed on his
own single. base balls to Sutcliffe and a
ene-base Int by McCauley.
Then both sides took a breathing spell and
In the seventh went at il again. Washington's
effort was abortive. az NcCauley who made a
strong bid for a run with his triple, was unable
70 score. though there was but one out when
he made IL Columbus was more fortunate and
won the game right here by banging out a
couple Of t.allies- Duffee stole second after
hitting for a bare, Sneed went to first on balls
and both went ahead on a sacrifice by Twit-
chell passed ball LETT Duffee in and after !
base had been presented to Dcnohue on a sill
Yer platter Carsey sent in a ball that cavorted
all around the audience before it could be cor
rallied and SUeed scored.
Washington tried to wind up with one Of
those celebrated rush finishes that has mar ked
the career OF the present team for several
pleasant surprises But this game was a little
too far gone to be pulled out IN such a fashion
though "AshIngton's tOssers did their best 10
win Two runs were tailed Hatfield was
out, when SutclIffe hit for a base and went
ahead on MctiuIre's sacrifice in the infield
McCauley's safe hit let Sutcliffe cross the plate
and the OIg first baseman tailed when Alyord
hat TO the center field fence for three bags
There we're two out and two runs were needed
70 tie the score, but Carsey, the next batter
Int small grounder to short and died on first
Washington made 3 hits and errors and
Columbus IL hits and errors
OTHER ASSOCIATION GAMES
Louisville had some more extra-inning hard
luck, Boston making enough in the tenth to win
by q score of ! 10 6. Louisville had already
tailed one and the game seemed good for the
Colonies. but Boston made a rally and two runs
resulted In the ninth the Beaneaters had
forged ahead with the game two talhes to the
bad anu tied the score by batting out a brace
VI runs heehih- tahHi and fitzgerald and
GrIfhth and Murphy were in the points Bos-
ton male twelve AIts and three errors and
louisville ten hits and three errors.
81 Louis began by taking good long lead over
the Athletics. making SIX runs ia the first and
then the Browns went TO sleep while the visit
or rolled up nine runs in TOUR innings and
went 10 the front. COmIskey then admins
Tered waking potion of some sort or other to
his men and they awoke with a vim and batted
our Tour runs III the sixth inning. thus taking
IIf ~ Leaf
the score VI 10 To y az no more runs were tai
he'd after the sixth. EastOn and Munyan started
In as the battery OF the browns. but Munyan
was hurt and EastOn was hit hard and SO
Dreneh''ein anu schultz, the new battery. was
substituted with wonderful effect. The Athletics
worked with Sanders and Milligan in the I,oints
st Louis made Is hits and errors and the
Athletics hits and errors.
Baltimore Int like weak infant but Cincin-
nati nelied hke blind man and tn, balanre
WAS IN favor OF the Orioles for the game w.u,
10 baltimore by the score of > To l. Zach slde
Tailed IN the ninth, but Baltimore had mail.
three runs IN the FIRST and the lead was never
beaded The batteries were Crane Mains
Nelly and Vaughan and Mc1lahon and ROBIN,
son Baltimore made bits and MANY errors
sad Cincinnati hits and two more errors
The A. L. CHAMPIONSHIP.
The Light Infantry ball players took game
from the young men OF the Christian Associa-
lion yesterday by the score Of IL to 10. Ii was
close and exciting, though full Of some very
bad bal playing IL Was interesting to see jus,
when man would do the right thing, and the
main attraction Law In the uncertainty as to
what sort Of an error would come next. The
losers tried the ST. Louis act and made SIX runs
IN one inning and four in another but these
we're not enough, for the soldiers were scatter
ing enough runs all through the game to get
Nc victory by neck Heydler and Hagan
-ere In the points for the Infantry and Fitz-
gerald and Townsend for Y. NJ &. A. The win
sers made hits and errors and the losers 3
hits and errors.
MOTIFS OF THE GAME.
In Louisville today.
SaIar 2ar rdax IL.