Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-08
now it is with the Lincoln Western Association


team.
Pittsburg leaped ont Of last place yesterday
by defeating New York. Washington reaches
out sympathetic hand
Four men stole on Mcguire yesterday. while
but one Senator was able to do the act on Dom
ohue. Mcclure had an off day, surely.
There we're 800 people present at the game in
Columbus, 420 in Cincinnati, 800 in Louis
vile and z. 500 in st. Louis. Washington can
hold her own with these figures.
There is a team going through the south I'M
der the name of Washington that is being regu-
larry done up wherever 1t strikes ANOTHER team
Ii is bidding high for reputation on the fact
that it has a pitcher named Leach. who is her
aided as great association pitcher" Mace
Is one OF the leading lights
There has been good deal of experimenting
this year among the association teams. Balti-
more, however. has tried the fewest PLAYERS
having signed but Is. Columbus has had 49,
st. Louis ~, Boston and Philadelphia 20 each,
Cincinnati ", Louisville 20 and Washington 49,
In view of the fact that the last three named
are leading the wrong end of the list there
might be sermon concealed in these figures.
1t might be mentioned that washingtons num-
Der does not include managers
Carsey cannot blame any body but himself for
his defeat yesterday. He was hit hard. gave
hive men bases on balls and made q wild pitch.
week from today the Senators will appear
on the home grounds again in battle with the
Athletics ThJee games will constitute that
Baltimore and after that there win be a series
of twelve games here with the western teams,
including two games with Columbus on Sep
TENDER Z, Labor day.
No club in the country has this season had
so much bad luck as Brooklyn. Superstitiously
Inclined people think that the club is being
pursued by the same mysterious ill-hck that
has haunted Pittsburg and Cincinnati ever
since they deserted the American Association.
Superstition apart. however, it is really "a re-
marksble fact that all the clubs that have
jumped the American Association ever after
fell upon evil days. Life.
EiteljOrg, ii is said, was down on the score
cards III Columbus TO pitch III yesterdays game
but lie refused to take his turn In the box for
some reason or other, and 80 Carsey had to go
IN. There must be some error about this, for
OF all men who could make Eiteljorg pitch
Shannon is the one. He is understood to have
great deal of influence with the young man
with the hard name, who must have had some
good reason for not trying his hand again
against the batters of the association.
shannon seems to be satisfied with the exper-
iment of playing second to Hatfield's short, for
he is continuing the trick with every appear
ance of success.
The Washington typos gave the visiting
stickers from Cincinnati another object lesson
of how to play the game yesterday, and won by
the score of to D. 1T was closer game than
on Thursday and more interesting. The Wis
itors made splendid rally in the ninth, scor-
ing two runs and coming within a scratch Of
the game. The batteries were Wise, Dunning-
ton and Fulton for Washington and Evers and
Lynch for Cincinnati. The hitting was light
and the fielding abominable. Washington
made hits and errors and Cincinnati hits
and II errors The game was full of kicks and
there was good deal of excitement at times.
The Cincinnati printers have left for New York.
The Young Nationals yesterday defeated the
Detroits by 9to0 0. The victors will play any
team whose members are under twelve years
Address Joseph Brooch, 17l2 New Jersey ave-
nue..
The Dew Drops defeated the All Rights in a
close and exciting game by a score OF 8 to 8.
The heavy batting of Feersinger, Robey and
Lacoppiton for the Dew Drops and Sacred and
the game. Battery for Dew Drops, Holden and
Marquette; for All Rights, ]. Walters and Fill
gates. Umpire, Mr.. F. Mattingly.
The Abbotts of North Washington and the
Turner'S of East Washington will cross bats at
River View next Monday on the excursion of
the Stonecutters' Association.
The Orientals defeated the Woodward 4
Lothrop team at the Arsenal grounds Yesterday
by the score of "a to 8. The battery for the
winners was Wright and Beali for the losers
Frlsby, Holbrook ana Jones. G. f. Tilton, 7O3
Z street southwest. will receive challenges
from teams under nineteen years of age.
The Aeriais are composed OF Giusta. catch:
Cross, pitch; Orchard, first base; Barringer,
second base; Green. third base; Mcclure,
short stop; Atchison, left field; Wynne, center
field; Stier, right field. All challenges adj
dressed to VIM. Orchard, 144y Corcoran street.
The United States Pension Agency Ball Club
have been successful in the last two contests,
the latter being with the Neighborhoods yes
terday afternoon, which resulted in an inter-
esting game-score, 6-0-the visitors being
unable to make a hit owing to the good battery
work of W. Frey and Eibel.