Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-09-28
National League.

The Nationals lost another game to the
Athletics on Saturday. The score ii to 4
and the result was mostly due to the Ineffective
pitching of Carsey, who was touched up for
ten earned runs. weighing was also hit hard,
but IL did not matter. for the Athletics were
getting the better of the business right along.
Washington's infeld was in very bad form,
seven errors-all the team made-being re-
corded against the -four men Oh the circuit.
McCauley. Dowd and Mclaughlin each made a
couple and Hatfield was content with one.
Tie Athletics had Tailed eight runs before
the Nationals could make one. There was one
in the first and four came in the third, while
the fourth produced three more. These tallies
first runs were made in the latter half of the
fourth, when, after Sutcliffe and Mclaughlin
had gone down on balls, Carsey smashed out u
double.
In the sixth each side scored, the Athletics
five times and the Statesmen once. Mailman
made q homer in this inning. For Washing
ton DOwd made triple to center, and he was
allowed to score on a mutt by Milligan at the
plate.
Each team made one in the seventh. that of
the Athletics on errors by Mclaughlin and
Hatfield, and that of Washington on q triple
by McCauley and a single by Sutcliffe.
Washington made ten hits and seven errors
and the Athletics eighteen hits and four errors.
OTHER GAMES.
st. Louis was humbled again by Louisville,
7 to 2. owing to the effective work of Stratson.
Burrill also pitched WELL Louisville made nine
hits and one error and ST. Louis seven hits
and three errors.
Long John Healy tried his hand at pitching
for Baltimore against Boston without success.
The Beaneaters pounded him for seven runs In
the third inning. after Baltimore had secured q
good lead by hitting O'Brien, and Van Haltren
finished out the game. The score was - to 10.
Baltimore made fifteen hits and seven errors,
and Boston seventeen hits and five errors.
Columbus was plastered white by Milwaukee,
to 0, through the good work OF Davies in the
box Easton was rot very effective. The
Brewers made ten hits and one error, and the
Buckeyes five hits and one error.
SUNDAY GAMES.
ST. Louis dropped two games to the Colonels
and one of them a whitewash. The score Of
the first game was 6 to 8, and harder hitting
did the business. Fitzgerald and Cahill and Nc
Gill and Boyle we're in the points. Louisville
made thirteen hits and five errors and St. Louis
eight hits and two errors.
In the second game but six innings were
played, but that was enough for Comiskey.
The score was IL to 0. The batteries wore
Carthy. Boyle and Munyan. Weaver relieved
CahiIl behind the bat for Louisville and Nc
Carthy went into the box and took BuTrill Q
place. Meekin was superb in his work and kept
the browns down 10 TWO nus- Inc colonies
made twelve safe ones. Louisville played u
perfect game and st. Louis made four errors.
knell had wretched support and was hit
hard, while Killen was very effective and was
well backed up. That made all the difference
in the world in the game III Milwaukee. which
won by the Brewers, IL to l. Milwaukee
made eleven hits and four errors and Columbus
two hits and nine errors
NOTES.
Home againi
The Orioles play today and tomorrow.
Won der Abe must be hot under his collar.
Milwaukee is but one point behind Columbus.
Baitimores series with Washington closes
next week on these grounds.
All of the games played by the Nationals
while ON the trip were marked by hard hitting
The Statesmen batted well, but the other side
always did better.
shannons position is yet indefinite, and yet
he has done all that any man could have done.
1t is doubtful if Il Comiskey or Ward could
have produced anything better with the disor-
ganized team that was put into his hands.
The change of schedule splits the Baltimore
series into two parts. and the Nationals will
play in Boston in the meantime. The season
will close next Tuesday.
There is a growing belief that Dowd will be
retained on the team for next year. There was
a time when he almost "a certainty for go
ing, but there has been a change i'll sentiment.
In a recent game in Seattle, Wash. the mines
were composed of lawyers against preachers.
A bishop played second base. Five innings
were play and the score then stood Is to lS
The lawyers made Is runs In the trst inning,
and the preachers IL in tire last