Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-05-22

A youngster and two veterans in the art OF
ball playing joined their forces yesterday to
make the National ball team win the game from
Louisville, and they succeeded, although they
| worked against heavy odds The score was TO
6 in favor Of Warrington, and it was due TO the
fns pitching of Quarles Of Virginia, the recent
| fnd of the team, the excellent work Of big
Jim Davis" who not only felded perfectly,
but who batted like a fiend, and finally to the
| inspirating captaining Of Manager Snyder, who
donned his breastplate and went behind the
| bat and caught one Of his old-time games
| to the intense delight of the crowd. The game
was won by means Of opportune batting. But
| two of the home teams hits were thrown away
| in innings when there were no runs scored.
GOOD BATTING.
It needed batting to win that game, as the
visitors played perfectly in the field and al
lowed the home side no opportunity to make
bases on errors. Washington, on the other
hand, began to make bad plays in the first in
ming, and il seemed to be certain that the team
would 60 10 pieces in the old-fashiOned style
and throw the game away. But Snyder put life
into them after that and as q result they braced
up and but two more errors were made through
out the game, these being very costly ones
however. Doran and Ryan were in the points
for Louisville and were effective in all but the
first inning, when the Nationals hit safely four
times.
Beeehsr was first hit by pitched ball and
then Burns and Hines dropped safe ones into
the field. McQuery's two Dagger cleared the
bases and the big man, after going to third on
snyder 8 sacrifice, was scored by Davis single.
HATFIELD struck out and Davis was thrown ont
at second. The visitors had o narrow escape
from scoring In their half, two men being
thrown out at the plate. Weaver was given
first on balls and went out at second when
Donovan hit to Hatfield. Smith tried for
double play and threw wild. Then McQuery
had difhculty In picking up the ball and the
runner stopped on third. Cahill hit to Davis,
who showed his head by throwing to Snyder
and cutting the run off. Cahill stole second
and came to grief when he tried to score on
Wolf hit to Smith, which was SO fumbled as
to give the batsman his base, but was recovered
in time to shut off Cahill at the rubber. In the
second Smith hit for base and went to second
on Quarles sacrifice, but he was paralyzed
when Beard caught Beecher's drive on the
line and nailed him at second in q neat double
play.
DARK FOR WASHINGTON.
For two innings things looked dark for
Washington. Louisville scored three runs in
the second and three more in the third. In
the second two were out when Cook hit for
base and Ryan for a double that Beecher
might have caught with a little exertion.
Smith tried to field Doran's grounder with his
shins and failed. Hits by Weaver and Dono-
van scored the second and third runs, and
finally Weaver was thrown out by Snyder
when he tried to steal third.
In the third Cahill struck ont and Wolf was
given four bad balls. Beard hit skinner out
into left for a sure base and was very much
gratned when kind Mr.. Beecher let il roll be-
tween his feet to the fence. 1t went SO far that
both Beard and Wolf scored. Both runs would
have been Tailed anyway however. for the
n the hat Iar0nua hit the ami
hard for four bases. Then Cook struck out
and Ryan was retired at FIRST.
THIS GAVE THE VISITORS LEAD
Of two runs. which the home team proceeded
to wipe out in the fourth. Snyder watched the
signals Of Catcher Ryan so closely that he
finally found ball he liked and hit 1t to right
center for three bases Davis discovered one
almost like it and he sent it to the right field
fence for as many more. Hatfield struck out,
but Smith brough in the tally by his nice sin
gle through Lsroque. He tried stealing but
without success. Thenceforth the game was
close and interesting. Quarles. encouraged by
this batting and coached by Snyder. pitched
magnificent ball, and for the next six Innings
the visitors made but one hit, and that was not
Quarles' fault, for Telegraph Jim, up in the
scorers box, admitted afterward that it wss
due solely to the bad pun which he perpetrated
just as the bat swung. Washington 5 field. too,
was like wall and not an error was made.
WON IN THE EIGHrL
Nothing was done by either sids until the
eighth, although in the fifth Beecher hit for two
bases on q scratch and stayed there while the
next three men went out. In the eighth the game
was won by means Of nice batting. McQuery
hit for base and SNYDER sacrificed. Jim
Davis saw q good one coming and sent 1t howl
ing down the right foul line for two bases,
while McQuery scored the winning run. Hat
field was in hard luck, for Donovan made
phenomenal catch Of his long fly to the foot of
the trees in left In the latter halt of the
eighth, with one out, Laroqus made hit and
was forced at second by Cook. who went to
second himself when Ryan was given base on
balls. Davis, however. made a neat stop and
throw Of Doran's grounder and put the side
out.
Washington made eleven hits and four
errors and Louisville eight hits and no errors.
OTHER GAMES.
American Association.
At delphia-Athletic, g. Cincinnati. 8.
At Observation-Disclosures, 8; Columbus, g.
At Boston-St Louis, 5; Boston,,