Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-29
SLAUGHTERED IN BALTIMORE.
How the Senatorial Ball Team Became De
moralized.

moralized.
Manager Snyder's Senatorial aggregation was
slaughtered in Baltimore YESTERDAY bv the
Oriole team. the score being 10 to g. The rea-
son for this cataclysm was to be found in the
weak and Ineffective pitching of Mr. George
Keefe, who wss pounded and mauled and
demoralized to the extent of IL hits, with total
Of 90 bases. The Washington team went all to
pieces behind such an onslaught on the pitcher,
and made error after error. while the Balti-
more men seemed to gain in nerve and skill as
their opponents lost their grip on the game
The batteries were Keefe. Visner and Hart and
Mcmahon and Robinson. Smalley played at
as well as driving out three-base hit in the
nth inning.
THE GAME
The Baltimore Sun says of the game: Before
such a determined attack as the Baltimores
made upon the wsshingtons at Oriole Park
yesterday afternoon any club, no matter how
strong, might have recoiled in defeat. 1t was
n dashing and simultaneous assault all along
the hne-in batting, fielding and base run
ning-with vigor which would brook no re-
slstance and swept everything before il. Van
Haltren. Ray and Robinson drummed Pitcher
heefe most select twisters for two-baggers
and three-baggers as if they we're possessed of
some sort of base ball fury. and Gilbert John
son and Werdeu handled grounders and hhoot-
ing ny balls with remarkable skill. werden
and WEIGH stole second and third bases i'm sue
cession and all the Orioles darted around the
paths In reckless disregard of the Washington
catchers.
MMAHoxs PRESENCE
In the box alone had a wonderful effect upon
the team Cool, smiling. vigilant and strategic,
he gave the Nationals just five base hits, dis
tributed over four innings. In the fifth inning
Smailey. who filed the place of Davis at third
base, drove clean, sharp three-bagger to left
center field. McQuery's sacrifice. with a
ground ball which bounded over Gilbert's
head. scored him, and, after Hart had been
retired on foul keefe managed to rap out a
single. Another sharp grounder by the WASH
lngton pitcher took a clear path between Wise 8
legs in the eighth inning. and a single by Right
Fielder Burns. with one more sacrifice, flied
out the visiting teams complement of three
runs The Baltimores scored until they almost
grew tired on chances, big and little, with I'M
willing assistance from errors by Smalley,
DOwd and others.
stopping their herculean work with the bat.
Van Haltrens two triples in the second and
third innings skirted through the grass near
the right field foul flag, and one of them cleared
the bases when they were full. Gilbert and
Robinson made three-basers successfully in the
ninth inning. Seventeen hits for a total of
twenty-nine bases was severe treatment for
Left-hander keefe. and the exhibition of bat
ting delighted the crowd of ZOO persons
So many bases did the Baltimores steal on
Visner that he was taken from behind the bat
and Hart substituted in the third inning.
OTHER GAMES.
American Association
At delphia-Athletic, 4; Boston, Q.
At Columbus-Columbus 8; Cincinnati, 9.
At ST. Louis-St. Louis, Is; Louisville. O.
National League.
At Boston-Boston, IL; Philadelphia, 6.
At MISUNDERSTANDING. II; Cleveland, 6.
At Observation-Disclosures, 6; Chicago, IL.
At Brooklyn-New York, 5; Brooklyn, 4.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.