Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-21
ONE OFT OF THREE.

ONE OFT OF THREE.
The Statesmen have played three games in
st. Louis so far and have won one of them.
Two of these games were PLACED on Saturday
and the teams broke even. Yesterday both
sides played u miserable game il the field and
the Nationals, after getting good lead, allowed
the Browns To- pile up nine runs in the last in
ming, the seventh. and win the game.
The first game on saturday was won by st.
Louis, 10 l. Tho reason lay in some more
punched batting and better team work, though
Washington did the better fielding. The bat
teries were Foreman and Mcclure and Burreli
and Aunyan. st. Louis made three runs be-
fore Washington tailed once and kept the lead
Throughout. tine game. In the eighth, with the
score standing five to one, the Senators made a
couple on All error by BOYLE. single by Nc
CURE, passed ball, sacrifice by McCauley
and hit by Dowd. Each side scored in the
last inning. st. Louis on errors by Hatfield and
Mclaughlin. a passed ball and single by
Boy.e, while WGslington's run was produced
by base Oh balls Il couple of sacrifices and a
passed ball.
Washington made five hits and three errors
and st. Louis eight hits and four errors.
THE ONLY VICTORY.
Washington won the second game by means
of some very pretty hitting i'll the fifth inning,
which was the last, as the darkness made it
necessary TO call tic game back to that point
after the sixth had been almost played The
score was Z 20 4. Carsey and Sutclitfe and
Rettger and Boyle were in the points.
st. Louis scored one i'll the first Oh a single by
Hoy. sacrifice by Fuller, steal Of third and
II missed third strike. In the second Washing
ton went ahead by making two tallics. Curtis
went down on balls. Dowd made two-bagger,
a sacrifice b. Hatfield Tailed Curtis. and Dowd
went home on q wild pitch and sacrifice by
Mclaughlin.
81. Louis tied the score temporarily in the
third, making one on two-baSger by Hoy and
IA hit OF the same size by Fuller The States
men, however. retook the lead i'll their half by
making two. Fuller muffed fly by Murphy
and after Donovan had made a hit the same
player fumblcd SATELLITES grounder. thus let
ting the visitors fill the bases. McCauley's safe
hat let Murphy i'll. Donovan, who tried to score.
YVES put out, but SutcIiffe Tailed when Curtis
hit for base.
The score was tied once more in the fourth
when the Browns made two runs Comiskey and
Boyle each hit for base and Munyan did the
act for double.
The Senators went far ahead in the fifth, three
runs resulting from singles to left BY Curtis and
Dowd. base on balls to Mclaughlin a scratch
safe hit by Carsey past third and clean single
to right by Donovan.
The sixth started and the Browns made
four runs by hard hitting after two men were
out. In the latter half Sutchffe had scored and
Curtis had hit the ball safely. when Old Cy
kicked for darkness and the game called
ack to the fifth. The score then stood to g.
Washington made eight hits and two errors
and St. Louis nine hits and four errors.
YESTERDAYS DEFEAT.
Yesterday the Senators threw a game away
1G to 11-after having it well in hand. 1t was
the intention to play two games in the after
noon. but the frs. one took 30 long that it,
even, could not be finished, and but seven
innings were played.
Cassian and Mcclure and Rettger. Burrill
Boyle and Munyan were the batteries ST. Louis
did some remarkable shifting about In the field
The Browns did the hardest hitting. but the
errors made by both sides were very rank and
numerous.
The Browns made six runs in the first inning
on two singles. double by McSweeney and
four bad errors. The Statesmen did the same
act In the second, making six on singles by
McCSuley and Hatfield. double by Mcclure
two wild throws by Mccarthy, base on balls
and being hit by pitched ball.
Then Washington took noble lead of four
runs III tue third, but it could not be held
Cassiin made single, Murphy double and
McSweeney and Mccarthy each made two very
bad errors.
This lead wGs further increased in the fourth
when one solitary run was Tailed on base OH
balls TO Dowd, Two steals and high throw to
third.
81. Louis reduced the lead tritie in the sixth
n-aAinE one on "a base Oh balls by Boyle. steal
ana Il single by McSweency. The climax came
in the seventh. when Washington went to pieces
and -. Louis began to bat, and the inning
eEdcO with nine runs TO the credit Of ST. Louis
! :;!:d she game There wcEe six singles. a
two-base hit. base Oh balls, Il batsnau hit.
two Wild pitches the part of CassiIu and
some very bad work on the field behind him.
1t was toss-up IS 10 which lost the game, Cas-
sian or his support.
Washington made eight hits and six errors
and ST. Louis thirteen hits and eight errors
st. Louis twice today.
Two games won SO lar.
The team plays here October /.
There Will be games i'll Philadelphia next.
Denny Lyons has been expelled by Won der
Ahe.
McGuire is batting again, but Sutclife has
fallen of.
Mclaughlin leads the team in batting now
with an average OF Oh.
Csssian is a heavy hitter for . pitcher. He
smites the ball i'll every game.
The Statesmen cannot catch the Colonels
now, for there arc not games enough in the re-
nainaer OF the season.
There will be game of ball at National Park
Wednesday between the Husters and Rustiers.
The teams will be com posed OF saleslnen OF
local and Wholesale grocery houses.