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

Louisville; Is Il SO Baltimore .; 8 is 81
MANAGER IRWIN ON THE BALL TEAM.
| reporter of The STAR met Manager Irwin
and the wagners In the Washington HOte
shortly after the disastrous defeat of the Sen
ators Yesterday in Philadelphia and had quite q
talk over base ball matters. Irwin said:
The club never was in better shape and the
utmost harmony exists among the members.
We are weak at third base and short stop and in
a little while I hope to strengthen both posi-
tions by the engagement OF well-known third
baseman. In fact. negotiations are now pend
ing. Iou see, a weak man at third necessarily
wenkens short. for the latter tries to Guido him
self and cover the third basemans ground.
Dowd in my opinion. is good man, but OF late
has developed great weakness on ground
balls. I 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 Clrich is phenomenon. feel sure that
II he Is given a trial my words will come true.
He is as lively as a cat and handles hot ground
ers with the ease of an Old-timer."
AS far as our pitchers concerned" re-
sumed Manager Irwin, 1--WE are all right. They
good lot OF men. We released Dolan this
evening. He is good pitcher. but his indolent
manner has a bad effect on the rest Of the
team, and they seemingly go to sleep when he
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 well
rs 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 i 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 capt.
tai city l have always done my utmost to
further the clubs interest. This newspaper
criticism Is 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 TO show the patrons Of the game
what can do"
PHILADELPHIA, II; 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 One-sidedness of the score
and the long lead the Phillies early in the game
took. ii was interesting all the way through.
being punctuated with some good hard hitting
and clever bits Of fielding. II the Phillies laid
down before Knell's left-hand curves 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 ont 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
ington's hard drives were mostly right at the
helders, 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 so far as run-getting 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 Delahanty also made
pretty running catches in the Outfield, and
Reilly, Mailman, Ulrich and DOwd good stops
and throws.
OTHER GAMES.
Chicago, 5; Cleveland. 2.-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 q 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 filled by base on balls and Gal
wins and Bierbauer's errors, with no one out.
when four hits, two sacrifices and a couple
more errors resulted in seven unearned runs
for the Cincinnatis