Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-19
COULDN'T BUNCH THEIR HITS.
The Nationals Hit Carsey Often. but Not ut
the Right Time.
MANAGER IRWIN ON THE BALL TEAM.
HOW THE CLUBS STAND.

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MANAGER IRWIN ON THE BALL TEAM.
reporter of The STAR met Manager Irwin
and the wagners in the Washington Hotel
shortly after the disastrous defeat of the Sem
ators Yesterday in Philadelphia and had quite a
talk over base ball matters. Irwin said:
1.-The club never was in better shape and the
utmost harmony exists among the members.
We weak at third base and short stop and in
little while l hope to strengthen both posi-
tions by the engagement OF a well-known third
baseman. In fact, negotiations are now pend
ing You see, weak man at third necessarily
wenkens short. for the latter tries to Guido him
self and cover the third baseman's ground.
Dowd. in my opinion, is good man, but Of late
has developed great weakness on ground
balls. intend. however. to place him at short
for the present and keep little Ulrich at third
at least until the new man is secured
Il have been trying to tell Irwin and my
brother George" put in Mr. Earle Wagner.
that Ulrich is phenomenon. / feel sure that
il he is given a trial my words will come true.
He is as lively a cat and handles hot ground-
ers with the ease of an Old-tmer."
AS far as our pitchers are concerned" re-
sumed Manager Irwin, I'VE are all right. They
are good lot OF men. We released Doan this
evening. He is a good pitcher. but his indolent
manner has a bad effect the rest Of the
is in the box.
Donovan is improving every day, and in his
new position in right garden will win new
laurels. He is batting well and fielding as well
any man in the business. Hoy has also i'm
proved. and there will be no change in center
field at present.
"Paul Radford sprained his ankle Tuesday
and will lay off until it mends. In the mean
time. as l have already said, Dowd will cover
short.
Il can't understand how it is the people of
Washington are so down on me, said Irwin,
addressing The STAR man. whenever
have been connected with base ball in the capi-
tai city 1 have always done my utmost to
further the clubs interest. This newspaper
criticism il unjust. Why, gave up better
place here in Philadelphia to manage the Wash
ingtOn club. simply because of this unfavorable
criticism that has been heaped upon me. am
determined 10 show the patrons Of the game
what can do"
PHILADELPHIA, IL; WASHINGTON, o.
There was noticeable improvement in the
Phillies' work yesterday over that of the pre-
vious day and they walked into Washington with
confidence. beating them by a score of II to O.
Notwithstanding the ne-sidedness of the score
and the long lead the Phillies early in the game
took. it was interesting all the way through.
being punctuated with some good hard hitting
and clever bits Of fielding. II the Phillies laid
down before Knells left-hand eurves on Tues
day. those of both Killen and KilrOy had no
terrors for them, for they jumped on killen at
the start, and in two innings drove him out of
the game. Mat Kilroy was substituted. but
Wright's hoperuls were in no way Disconnected
by the change, and after two innings they be-
gan on Kilroy as hard as on Killen and kept it
up for the balance OF the contest.
Carsey came in for pounding, too. but Wash
ingtons hard drives were mostly right at the
fielders, who eagerly gobbled them up. Ten
safe hits were made off him. but they were so
distributed through the nine innings as to be
practically worthless 80 far as run-setting went.
His support was gilt edged, and the Phillies
brilliant fielding and perfect team work went
far toward shutting the Senators out.
The honors in the field were divided between
Allen and Richardson. The latter had the most
chances, thirteen, which he accepted without an
error. Hamilton and Delahsnty also made
pretty running catches in the Outfield, and
Reilly, Mailman, Ulrich and Dowd good stops
and throws.
Chicago, 5; Cleveland. Chicago won in
the ninth inning yesterday, when Cuppy was
touched up for four clean singles, which Melted
three earned runs. Hutchinson made his last
inning easy by driving in two runs with a
corking hit into right. Up to the ninth the
score was tie. Cleveland's two runs were the
result Of a wild pitch and disastrous throw by
Kittredge to third. The Colts played listless
game up to the ninth. when they braced up and
got their lamps on the ball. Chicago has
now won eleven straight games.
Cincinnati. 8; Pittsburg, 3.-The home team
lost yesterdays game by errors, Cincinnati not
making an earned run. In the second inning
the bases were filed by base on balls and Gal
wins and Bierbauers errors, with no one out
when four hits, two sacrifices and couple
more errors resulted in seven unearned runs
for the Cincinnatis.
The Louisville-St. Louis game scheduled for
yesterday was transferred to July 8.
Boston, 6; Brooklyn, 5.-The Bostons won
yesterdays game from BROOKLYN in the eighth
inning by cleverly punching three singles and
two sacrifices. The Brooklyns would probably
have tied the score in the ninth inning but for
a peculiar decision by Umpire Mahoney.
New York, l; Baltimore, 0.-BOth New York
and Baltimore played like champions yesterday
The pitching was superb, the fielding excellent
and the general PLAYING good. The New
Works scored the only run Of the game on two
bases on balls and single.
Irwin says he is going to stop experimenting
He is now after another third baseman How
would it do to buy Hardie Richardson and put
him on third? He playsa very good third base