Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-22
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| WINNING AND THEN LOSING.
Careless Ball Playing by the Senators
The Team to BE Strengthened.
| The Senators threw q game away yesterday
afternoon after they had won il from Balti-
more and altogether they managed to give a.
clever an exhibition of how not to play ball as
could be wanted. The result was a particular
disappointment to the crowd, .inasmuch as the
home team started in to win. and would have
done 90 had they not gone all to pieces and
done things on the field that any nine OF
amateurs would have been ashamed Of. The
score was ~ to 8 in favor Of Baltimore, whereas
it should have been 6 to in favor Of Washing
ton. The fault lay largely with Davis, who
played third base like an over-grown boy who
does not know what to do with his hands.
McQuery also did his share Of stupid playing.
| losing his head and his nerve at two critical
| points and holding the ball instead of throw
| ing IL home to catch the runner. Hatfield
muffed an easy ball and this set the thing going.
How IT WAS DONE.
The hitting on both sides was fair. Beecher
distinguished himself by making q tremend-
Gus hit into left center on which he made the
| circuit of the bases, a clean infield home run
Werden led for Baltimore, with three hits and
q total of i've bases, a result of which he
bstted in five runs for Baltimore without scor-
ing once himself
The batteries were Carsey and Mcclure and
Cunningham and Townsend for six innings
and Mcmahon and Robinson for the
other three. Carsey did splendid work,
keeping the hits Of the enemy we'll
scattered. He deserved much better sup
port than he received but, to his credit 1t
should be said, he did not seem to loose heart
at the rank work Of the men around him, but
| stood it out manfully and pitched his best
game to the end. Cunningham was a fair
mark for Washington and had he been kept in
the box until the end Of the game the result
might have been different. Mcmahon was
| terror for the Senators and pulled out the vic
tory.
Two runs we're scored for Washington in the
first inning on base on balls by Hatfield, a
sacrifice by Beecher, single by Visner and
double hit by Davis. Another one resulted in
the second on a base on balls to Smalley. long
passed ball and q sacrifice by Carsey. One
more in the third gave the home team a good
lead, as baltimore could not score in the mean
time. This run was made on a single by Visner,
sacrifice by Davis and two-bagger by Nc
Query.
STUPID PLAYING.
The Statesmen had been playing great ball.
In the second Davis, Hatfield and McQuery ex-
ecuted double play in the best style, and in
the third McQuery and Hatfield did even better
on another. In the fourth the visitors made
one on a piece of stupidity. Van Haltren hit
for two bases to right, but kept on to home
when the ball being fielded in by Visner and
Smslley bounded over Davis head to the foul
fence, no one being behind him to stop it.
After two men were out johnson went to first
on balls and the next two men hit safely. Two
runs were the result of the inning.
The fifth was a terror. 1t was in this inning
that Beecher made his long hit, and after he
did so Davis hit for two bases and Mcclure for
the same length. and two runs were scored in
the inning. Baltimore was not satisfied with
less than six tallies, all unearned. Hatfield
dropped fly very near the pitcher. Davis let
ball 60 by him and Van Haltren hit for a base.
Wise went to first on balls and hay sacrificed.
johnson hit down into the intield and was safe,
because the ball was thrown to home TO get a
runner. Mcclure dropped Gilbert's third
strike and the man was safe at first because Nc
Query did not touch him on the throw-down
in his haste to get the sphere back to the plate
With the bases full werden hit to left center
for three bases.
Up AND DOWN.
The Statesmen had great luck after this
piece Of razzle-dazzle work in the sixth inning
Two men were out when Beecher was hit and
Visner and Davis went to first on balls. Nc
Query hit to third-short and two runs resulted
from Gilberts error. Baltimore did not score
anu Inc INNING lclt tue Tally baltimore
made one in the seventh. With Ray out john
son went to first on balls and stole. Gilbert
struck out and Werden hit to right for a base
Visner felded the bal. badly and the run was
Tailed. In the eighth Baltimore made three
more and made the game sure. Smalley let
McMahons grounder carom of his finger and
WEIGH was hit. Van Haltren sacrificed and Wise
made a single. Ray struck out and johnson
put a small one over Carseys head for base.
Washington put man on third in the ninth,
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balls and stole, and Mcclure sacrificed.
Washington made hits and errors, and
Baltimore hits and errors-all by Gilbert.
OTHER GAMES.
At Boston-Boston, H. Athletic, 4. Hits
Boston, 10; Athletic, g. Errors-Boston, B.
Athletic, 3. Batteries-Haddock and Murphy;
Callahan and McKeough. Umpire, Snyder.
At Columbus-Columbus, 8; Cincinnati, 5.
Hits-Columbus. 8: Cincinnati ). Errors
and Donohue; McGil and Kelly. Umpire,
Kerins.
STRENGTHENING THE TEAM
The directors Of the home club are making
earnest efforts to strengthen the team. As was
stated in The STAR yesterday Dowd Of Boston
has been signed and will probably play in to-
morrow's game with the Athletics. Davis has
done such poor work at third that his services
are Of little value to the team, although he has
hit the ball hard once or twice. He has a bad
fielding record, having stood last in the list of
third basemen in the American Association last
year. He seems to have retained his reputa-
ton by managing to hit out a safe one occa-
sionally. His place at third will be taken by
Alvord or by Kuehne, both of whom are on the
string. Avord has been on the pay roll of
Cleveland for the past few weeks. He was
thought to be the equal Of Tebeau, but the
Cleveland management preferred not to let Te-
beau 60, and Alvord was destined to play on
the bench. II he accepts terms offered bv