The Critic and record., 1891-04-14
THE H00D0O WAS THERE.
HIS BLIGHTING INFLUENCE HELPS
TO DEFEAT THE wAsHINGTONs.

team, but the "hOOdoo' was more potent
than the wcllwishes of the thousands,
and he weaved his magical spell around
the Senators and dropped them down at
The tbboggan slide Of defeat so rapidly
that they didn't even have time enough
to make solitary run. The "hoodoo" is
great parsonage at a ball game. Yester-
day he showed up under the alias of
George Haddock, the well-known pitcher.
The young pitcher twirled one of the
best games Of his life. lie had speed, ex-
cellent command of the ball, and received
perfect support from his colleagues.
The Boston team played as If the men
had been together for years. They were
strong at the bat, ran the bases yesterday
in q dashing manner, and with excellent
judgment, and iclded superbly. The
loca! club had no license TO win the game
against such playing, and it was painfully
apparent they were overmatched from the
start.
The work Of Farrell, Radford and
Brouthers was brilliant. Brown batted
well and his base running added materi-
ally to the success Of his club.
The Washington team also did some
excellent fielding Beecher leading in this
respect. His work in left was magnificent,
and when he took long fly after hard
rum and by magnificent throw TO the
plate cut off fleet-footed Tom Brown, the
applause was long continued. McGuire's
catching was another brilliant feature of
the game. He handled Carseys delivery
with excellent skill and showed he had
not lost his cunning as back.stop.
The score by innings is as follows:
Boston....,0 0 / 0 % o x-G
Washington. 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 90
Base hits-Washingto 3; Boston. If.
Errors-W Washington, 2. Earned runs
Boston, .. Two-base hits--Stricker,
Brown (2). Three-base hits-Brouthers.
Stolen bases Hatfield, Carsey, Brown (2),
Richardson. Double plays-Stricker Rad
ford, Brouthers, Beecher and McGuire.
First base ON balls-By Carsey, 4; Had
dock, 3. First base on errors-Boston, /.
struck o9ut,-By, Carsey, 3 HaddoGk, 7.
Passed balls-McGuire, /; Farrell, 3.
Time Of game-2 hours. Umpire-Jones.
other Games.
AT Baltimore-hthletic, 4; Baltimore.
3. At st, Louis-St. Louis, -; Cincin-
natl, 6.
Behind the Bat.
The attendance was nearly five thou
sand, the actual number of paid admis-
sions being 1856.
It was great crowd but a poor game
Tor the local enthusiasts.
The trees in centre field should be re-
moved. Had they not been in the road
big Brouthers would not have made his
triple.
Arthur Irwin looks brighter and chip
| pier than ever, although somewhat stouter
| than when he used to mourn the daily de.
| feat of the Senators.
Boston will be n formidable factor in
| the championship race. 1t is certainly a
strong aggregation Of players, and has
/ G 10 gal n hAul .aln a..
| League or Association.
| Carsey seemed to have excellent con-
troll of the ball, but yesterday did not
4 seem 10 nave the stamina to continue at
the pace he started. He let down per
ceplibly after the fourth inning.
Haddock had all the old curves and
made the ball do a Carmencita whirl
around the necks of the local batters
whenever. Farrell said, Now, George"
Great pitcher, that boy.
| The w. y g. II. r. ought to provide
better facilities for getting to the game.
Yesterday there were not enough cars to
accommodate the crowd.
| Jones, the umpire, is one of the most
impartial in the business. He unmerci.
fully roasted both pitchers on balls and
strikes. He ought to use rejecting tele-
scope to judge them hereafter.
Mcclure is as sprightlv as ever, and
caught in his 'sS form.
II may be well to remark at this juno
ture that one swallow does not make q
summer, and 1t is equally true that one
defeat does not make tail.ender.
The grand-stand is the best the city has
ever had. The folding chairs are de.
Cided Improvement
The schedule committee of the Eastern
Association of Baseball Clubs, comprising
the Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Troy
Albany, New Haven, Providence and
Lebanon clubs, have adopted n schedule
for the season Of 1891.
The Methodist ministers of Cincinnati
took action at their meeting yesterday
looking toward preventing the American
Association from playing games of base
ball in the city on Sundays. A commit.
tee was appointed to ask the Mayor to Co
operate in enforcing the law against Sun
day games.
Managers Barnie and Sharsig received
kilograms yesterday from President
Kramer announcing that Umpire Jimmy
Macullar had resigned from the staff
Macullar left here last Sunday one weel
ago for Louisville and umpired the serie.
at that place between the Louisville ant
Columbus teams. The cause is not known
Macullar is the second one of the staff ap
pointed by President Kramer who resigned
III one week. From all accounts, Jacl
Kerins, who was with the American As
sociation once before will get the position
Louisville and st. Louis are now ii,
for first honors; Boston anu Athletic are
tie for third honors; Baltimore and Wash
ington for fifth honors; Cincinnati an(
Columbus for seventh hOnors.
Won der Ahe VIII Sue.
ST. LOUIS, April l4.-President Won de
Abe will not try to hold Pitcher King t
his st, Louis contract, but says he will su,
the Pittsburg club for damages later il
the season. II is stated here that Presi
dent j. Palmer ONeil signed King las
Saturday at Hamilton, Ohio. The genera
belief is that the pitcher signed a Pitts
burg contract long ago, but dared no
make the fact public because Mark Bald
win of I'ittsburg was under a charge o
criminally conspiring with Presiden
O'Neil and others to entice st. Louis play
ers from the club they had agreed t
serve. As soon as the charge agains
Baldwin was dismissed the ST. Lom
pitcher jumped his contract with the cluI
here and signed with Pittsburg,
How They Stand,
%. W. /. re, W. :. &c