Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-10

roar that was made. IL twas sUpuueu. ee"de-
manly sort of q garne-no loud words or noisy
coaching. 4 few more games Of the same kind
and there will be no one at the park but the
players, the reporters and Foul-ball Charley.
There were no sensational plays and there was
not enough opportunity for applause to keep
those on the bleachers warm
When the home team didn't hit safely they
knocked the ball right into some waiting field
e-'s hands. The only exception was when Abb
bsy hit a sharp one to Bassett. The latter
fumbled it. and had the young man gone as fast
as a hotel omnibus he could have reached his
base. But he ambled along In most Ieisurely
vay.
The visitors PLAYED without al error. Wash
incton's errors were n wide throw to frat by
Richardson in irving to complete double play
and q muff BY EGdfOrd. The first did not cost
g run. but the latter did of course It would
not be Just to judge player on one error, but
Radford's misplay merely corroborated the
general Judgment tha, third base is not his
proper position
Ex-Manager- Burrs was the umpire, and
pretty evenly distributed his adverse decisions.
lie was frequently booted b. the b!eachers FOR
calling balls on Abbey. but Sanders. who
pitched for Louisville did NOS fare so badly
Sanders was backed by Merritt, who proved
very clever backstop. His throwing 10 bases
was so excellent that not base could be stolen
on him. HOY tried 1T twice in vain.
Sanders pitched a great game. and kept the
seven hits made of him well scattered Not in
any inning were two hits made. Only two Of
the local team reached second land Rich
ardson. They had made hits, and were sent
along by sacrifices
Abbey essayed 70 pitch for the home team,
and. as usual. he failed 10 set the river afire.
very hard. bu; he was hit when hi; was
ree6ed. He Is slow in the box and does not
field his position with alRcrIty nor does lie
Keep a close watch on the bases. II Ia GER
tainlv strange that :he management cannot
pick up something good in the way OF pitching
talent. Abbey certainly cannot complain of
lack Of support. Only one error is certainly
giving hrst-class support.
One thing was demOnstrated-that IL the club
Il take any higher place in the list i. certainly
must be strengthened Soon there will not be
. corporal's guard at the games if the present
state Of affairs continues. Here the club has
been away nearly month and the town Is
hungry FOR base ball. We: although only two
games had been played only beggarly handful
were present This is good ball town. but il
doesn't turn out with enthusiasm to see its club
made q foo. ball.
OF course il is an easy thing to say get men.
II is hard TO find them But there Is one man
who can be obtained who would strengthen the
team and that Is Joe Nulvcy. He would
strengthen third and Radford could
Turn 10 cut-Sau. ludt III Is
pretty late in the day to repair the mistakes
that have been made. There have been too
many Of them. but something can be done to
show the public that it is the intention of the
managers to give the town as good nine as
possible
And it should net be forgotten that we need
o couple Of good pitchers. This is not a tennis
match that the club is engaged in
After al this preface let US proceed to vester-
DAYS game 1t showed that if the club ever
had any animation il has long since parted with
It From the coaching one would have sup
posed that HOY was on the lines. The team had
q man on the bases in nearly every inning but
the eoachers were silent. There was nothing TO
enthuse the PLAYERS or TO remind them that they
were not engaged IN game OF croquet. When
q layer was on tine base he wasn't on the Jump
ali the time. lodging back and forth. irving to
worry the pitcher and work" the catcher. II
there ever was anything, that Arthur Irwin did
excel in il was hveliness on his feet when he
was on the base. He tried to instill this snappy
manner Of PLAYING into the local team, but
failed Radford is the onlv one who tries it.
How and Dowd understand il TO some extent
1t is being on the alert. ready to take advantage
Of any close point, that wins closely contested
games. The local team are weighed down by
the title OF Senstors-it must be. Let them
remember that it WAS only Nationals that the
washingtons ever did anything-and that was a
long time ago.
The game is quickly described Bassett. in
the second inning. dropped little brnt over
toward third. Abbey ran for it, fell OYER il and
succeeded in throwing il TO LarAin. bu. too
late. Then Jennings brought out the fat bat
and sacrificed Bassett to second. Whistler
sent n grass-cU.ter out 20 HOY and Bassett
speeded home, Hoy falling TO stop and ge: the
ball
In the sixth inning Pfeffer opened with sin
gle TO right. Jennings helped him 70 third bv
. cracking hit out 20 Duffee. who threw the bail
10 pr-A. DE-
ing TO RadfoTd- Richardson sent the bail on
70 Eadford, who put it on PfefTer, but Burns
decided II safe, as II apparently was. Miliisan
moment later terew To- Radford 70 catch
Fritz OF the bag. but the ball went rather high
Radford mufed IL and Pfeffer scored. Jennings
was making the circuit Of The bases and would
have scored, too. If Richardson. who seemed tobe
everywhere dCrlrg the game. bad not secured
the bail. Whistler followed with a grounder
out TO Hoy and Jennings scored. Washington
failed to get any one past second. Hoy Vice
tried TO steal second for no apparent reason and
was caught three feet off the bag both times
Washington 800 o o o o 90
Louisville. ...O 90 90 Ks
Earned runs-Louisville, 2. Stolen bases
Pfsner, Bassett, Jennings. Whistler. Double
Decentralization and Larkin; Dowd. Larkin
and Nillisan; Pfefer, Jennings and Whistler
1 Hit by pitched ball-Weaver Struck out
BY Abbey. 8; by sanders,2 Time-L45. I'm
pire-Burns.
YESTERDAYS LEAGUE GAMES.
Al Boston
Boston 80 o o % 20 % 9 6
Cleveland. II o o o o 23l Oil 1
Batteries-Nichols and Camel, Young and
thinner. Unpire-Gafney.
At New YORK
New York % o o 8 900 o-5 2
Cincinnati % o o / 90 Of i
Bstteries-Rusie, Boyle and McMahon:
Chamberlain and Vaughn. Umpire-Lynch.
At Brooklyn
Brooklyn.. % o o 1 900 rs /
Rstsburg. % o o oOl -2 8
Batteries-Kennedy and Kinslow, Smith and
Mack Umpire-McQuade.
At Baltimore
Baltimore % o 03 01 90 7 6
ST. Louis. o o Go 8
Battsries-Cobb and Gunson, Hawke and
Buckley Umpire-Sny1er. Game called on
account Of darkness.
AT Philadelphia
Phila. o 1 o 2 o o IA s s
Chicaso..o o o o % 7
Bstteries-Keefe and Clements, Hutchinson
and kittridge. Umpire-Emslie.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.