The Critic and record., 1891-04-18
DIAMOND DASHES.
CLOSE OF THE SECOND WEEK OF
THE SEASON.

To-Day the Old Rivals Of Waslingtons
Team win Play uere--Bad Base
Running Responsible for Defeats
How the Other Clubs stand--Gcneral
Gossip.
The Eastern clubs took q day of yes
terday and the local team devoted the
afternoon to practice To-day it will
meet Billy Barnie5 aggregation Of Oriol2s,
who have been thrashing the AAsietics
with such painful and monotonous regu-
larity. Contrary to the custom inaugu-
rated by the Bostons, but three games
will be played, unless 1t is deemed ad
visable TO advance one Of the games
scheduled for the latter part of the season.
The boys from the Monumental City
are putting up pretty still article of ball
and the local team Will have its work cut
ont for II from the jump While the
Baltimoreans are by no neans popular
here owing to the rivalry between the
two cities, bascballically, yet they are GER
tain to attract a big crowd.
The Washington battery will probably
be Carsey and Mcclure. Big Jim Davis
reported yesterday and practiced with the
team, and in to-days game he will replace
Smalloy at third base. Davis is a heavy
hitter, and has quite a reputation as q
fielder. His work with Baltimore and
Kansas City stamps him as a good man,
and If he keeps up to the pace he set i'm
the former city he will prove decidedly
valuable acquisition to the team.
Resume of the Week.
The second week Of the Association
championship season closes to-day. Thus
far it has proved highly successful, in 50
20 10.
crowds at the games being considerably
above the average. The Washington Club
has drawn excellently, and this in spite of
| the fact that ii has been playing poor ball.
| This is significant rs showing that with q
| winning team the attendance would be
materially increased, and equal to any
city in the country, with the possible eX-
| ception of Boston.
The declarations of the pessimists who
yociferously proclaimed that this city was
not a good baseball one has received a
| very black eye. In the four games with
| Boston over 10000 persons paid admission
| If that is not q good showing for q city
that will not support ball club, perhaps
some of the men who are trying to howl
down the city rs baseball centre can find
comfort in looking over the figures of the
attendance in the other cities.
The work of the team during the Boston
series was far from satisfactory. True,
the men from the Hub have gilt-edged
team and one that will be well to the fore
when the season closes. Yet the local
club should have made better showing
than II did, particularly in the first and
fourth games. Both times q shut out
could have been avoided by the exercise
of proper judgment in base running and
intelligent coaching. That is where the
club is lamentably weak. The men take
chances on running when there is neither
rhyme nor reason in it, and when they
should take advantage of the situation
they do not do it. The coachers are gen.
orally supposed to look after this impor.
tant matter, but thus far they have failed
to do so.
During the coming week the CLUB will
play Baltimore on Monday and Tuesday
and the Athletics the last three days oi
the week.
Last seasons champions and st. Loui!
are battling for first honors, and it looks a
If the strength of the Colonels had beer
very much underestimated. The team
was set down on paper as very weak bu
it has shown remarkable playing strength
and, in the parlance of the street, car
fairly be considered sin it,"