Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-26
YESTERDAYS GAMES

YESTERDAYS GAMES
At MISUNDERSTANDING 8; Philadel-
phia, /.
At New York-Boston. 4; New York. g.
At Brooklyn-Brooklyn. IS; Baltimore. 0.
At Cleveland-C Cleveland, 6; Chicago. Q.
At MISUNDERSTANDING, 8; Louisville, 2
At ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 3; ST. Louis g.
Col: Harry wright's Philadelphia lawyers
went back to the hotel wearing ear muffs yes
terday. In other words it was cold day for
them. The way those really excellent playerv
cavorted around the diamond, hurting the ball
frantlcally into space in vain attic mpt to cap
ture the Senatorial sprinters. must hare caused
the heart OF that good man to bleed. 1t is no
wonder that when it was all over he had to
wrap a carriage blanket about his person.
Meanwhile all was joy and sunshine for one side
Of the house.
vengeance, and proceeded to hold
1t with an executive session to
which no one from the city of brotherly love
was admitted. Thirty-one hundred shivering
chattoring cranks rejoiced at the sight, without
a single regretful thought of cold dinners II
was meat and drink for them to see Washing
ton nine climbing up to the 20 per cent mark
thus early in the season. Wild dreams OF cham
pionshlp bunting dazzled the eyes of the more
imaginative and they we're brought back 10 real
life only by the strident cry Of Peanuts and
cigars
And this is how it was done: Dowd opened
the second with sharp rap that landed
him safe on first. weighing, the erratic twirler
of the visitors gave Killen. his rival. base on
balls. Then Radford tried to bore Q hole
thro' the accommodating Mr.. Weyhing. wey-
hing merely laughed and shot the ball into
Mulvey on third, putting out Dowd. Now was
the time for that two-bagger every one knew
Hoy had concealed about him. weighing braced
himself for another cannon shot, but merely a
| tantalizing. twisty little bunt rolled OF Hoy's
haf and brney ornfa a6 AL Al,
and his feet that Hoy reached first in safety
and the runners advanced q base.
Capt Richardson, who then went to bat
knew he wasn't there merely to look pretty
| He picked long fly from the bargain counter
and sent it out to Mr.. Reilly in center. The
| fly was accepted. but Killen scored.
The visitors put up such stiff article of ball
| that the Senators got only one man beyond first
| after that up to the seventh inning.
Then Radford reinstatcd himself az popular
idol by driving the ball sharply into left field
A moment later he set sail for second and
through his lucky stars reached port The ball
| sent down to head him of was thrown low
Cross tried to catch it with one hand TO touch
Radford at the same time. The combination
wouldn't work and Paul climbed out of the
dust and confusion proud possessor of the bag
Hoy tried to dazzle, or rather razzle-daZzle.
weighing again with bunt. bat this time Gus
had his measure and Willie died 1T first Mean
while Paul had clutched third.
Capt. Danny remembering that Col Reilly
out in center had a weakness for his goods
gave him some more of the same kind Reilly
returned the ball to the plate with neatness
and dispatch. but Radford had already crawled
| under Clements and brought his run with him.
The Comedy of Errors" vas enacted in the
eighth. MIR. Shakespeare missed treat by not
| being present. Our own Hardie was stage
manager. He drove one Of his daisy cutters,
| on which the big four" have n monopoly,
straight at Short-stop Allen. That gentleman
contrived to stop it, but he danced a cachuca
| in trying to field il, and when he finally did
grasp the ball he flung it with the abandon OF
despair at Connors feet. Conner doesn't wear
| fves. but on the other head his feet are not
Chinese wall. and the ball sped away toward
! the ''quarte rstretch" and Hardie made huge
strides for second.
Milligau popped up fly to weighing Harde
ventured little too far from his city of refuge
| and weighing then threw to second to head
| him of. He threw as badly as Allen had done
few moments before, and as the ball darted
merrily out to the outskirts Hardie lunged
toward third. Farmer Thompson tried to
| head off his old associate. but whether recol-
lectons OF the past overcame him or his arm
| developed crystal Lo threw wide and the ball
| banged up against the third base seats A
moment later and Duffee's grounder to Allen
landed Hardie at home. In the next inning
| Hoy produced that two-bagger, but no one
else had any loose hits to spare and he got no
| further.
The visitors made their only run in the
| fourth.
Conner smashed wicked liner at Radford.
1t went so high that Paul couldn't stop it,
Then Thompson drove equally vicious one
at Capt Dan. 1t took quick handing. Dan
stopped it and shot it to Radford at second.
| but it got away from Paul Then O sacrifice
hit by Reilly to Dowd and Q sacrifice fly, Allen
to Hardie Richardson, brought Conner across
the plate. Hardies arm is not in No.
| order yet or he might have kept Conner from
| scoring.
After this until the ninth the visitors couldn't
hit Kittens delivery. A rally was attempted in
the ninth. and cold as it was colder shvers
| ran down the spinal column Of the crowd to
see Reilly open with a single and Allen follow
| II with another. Duffee, however, helded the
ball to Dowd with such a remarkably accurate
throw that Reilly was caught 1--WE feet from
third. This took all the heart out OF Wrieht's
men, and the next two batsmen easily went
out
SHORT HITS,
Killen pitched great game.