Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-30

u ~ ball, and before the
-S slaughter was stopped
they had bstted in six
runs Neither side scored after this Nc
Cullsr Ot.iciated as umpire. and although he did
very Wen on the whole. close decisions on balls
and strikes worked agains. the home team to
disastrous degree. However. the Orioles earned
their victory and it won't do to '-blame it on
the umpire" The home team batted fairly
well. ard had Killen been able To hold down the
visitors to the same number of hits we would
have won.
The game merely demonstrated what ia gen
orally acknowledged. that when Dolan and Kill
rOy aud knell and the rest Of the pitchers we're
let 90 the box wss badly weakened and il has
never vet been strengthened. Had we had u
fr5i-clasS pitcher he could have been put In YES
terilv wheE. the fuslllade began on Eillen. but
we had no one IN whom there was more conf
deEce than IN hiilen.
OF course the team is not doing much bat
ting. but II Is batting bard enough to win if
OBJ oSlng cams can be held down. Seven
eicA, and niue hits are not enough to win IL the
other team can make fourteen and fifteen. IL
is strange what has become of Pitchers Jones
and 1leakia. whose terms have been accepted
By the home management. 1t has been said
thG' possibly thcy are afraid to come here owing
to the reputation for making frequent changes
which the present management has gained. This
Is. however. mere @urmlSe. The outlook Is GER
tnlllN FuTEeT hopeless unless some new pltch
talent Il secured or the Senators strike another
such streak of batting as they found last
season.
Richardson failed to appear yesterday, owing
to Illness. and COoncy. who had been given his
ten DAYS notice. took his place. His playing
demonstrated what The STAR pointed out yes
terdIr-thas he had not been given a fair trial.
H was given a number Of chances and he COW
cred hi position In very good form. 1t was
well known before he came here that be was
hits. but has not been regarded a reliable
batter. His failure TO do any more stick work
was therefore not n surprise 10 the public what
ever II was 20 the management. Duifee covered
center again, and it must be said that be dis
appointed his friends bv the way he PLAYED the
position. He allowed two hits TO fall safe which
it seemed as Though he shouid have gathered in.
lAere was no scoring until the fourth inning.
Both sides had men on the bases frequently,
bat double plays we're frequent and the work
was Of the snapp.est order. IL was early seen
that NcNahon. pitching for Baltimore, was very
Wild and advantage was taken of this. The five
runs made by Washington were made by those
who were given their first. In the fourth
k1ilen and COOney were brought in BY fy Of
Dufee's to left center. which Van Haltern ran
for and missed. baltimore succeeded bv timely
hitting in getting n man around. In the sixth
Hog was given his base. stole second and third
on GuusOn's high throw to catch him and
scored on Iarkin : high iy TO left. Mcclure
Eit-iilN ME Uil taken MS base balls and
scored or Kittens timely drive. In the seventh
Fac:ord was given his base and on Dowds
sscrlIice tIur and Hoy's drive to RICH. scored
Every one haG ROW comfortably settled down
to the fast that Washington sure Of another
game when Shindle sha.tered the general Sc
reuity bv sma hing out triple. Van Haltreu
drove IA bunt along the line which Robinson did
not Try 10 field. thinking; that il would roll foul
but l. didn't. Stovey had t=o strikes on him
and three balls. ore of which should have been
-~--n-- L Ii.
Eftcd II over HOys head. bringing in two runs
Halllg0n hit down to Cooney, who threw to the
plate 10 each StOyey. but III. umpire said
safe. :" Ii was close and went to the runner
OEouTke singled Every ore counted on
Stricken for n pop fiv ut most. but the veteran
se~oHd baseman caught tine bail on the end Of
his STICK and sent /. skimniing along the ground
to tie hospital fence. There IL got lost long
enough 20 enable Cub" 10 score. which he did
with face fglil of smiles. 1t was probably his
first home rIIn-at anv rate no one ever heard
Of hi Masking enc before. Guusou hit safely
but NeNah0n lifted one ont beyond Coonev.
which Iowd managed 20 reach after u hard
run FMS ended the scoring.
In he ninth squirt was Attempted With
two ont Hoy hit safely to left and Mcclure fol-
lowed larkln couldn't send the ball out of
reach and Baltimore mad won. Score. Ito s.
The Fhillies viii not get Darby after all 1t
seems that when The Omaha club was on the
i'f-AlN ~ contract to
play With Rochester. provided they paid him
hiS back salary. When the Rochester people
learned Of the young mans signing Phiiadel-
Ihia contract they submitted the matter to the
board of arbitration. who decided that Darby
should Play a; Rochester.
4 team OF batters ard fielders that would do
for the fastest company could be made up from
the Eastern Lcagrc. How would this do for
team: BECKER. right field; McTsmulany, CEN
ter: Knight. let; Fields. first base; shannon,
sscc:di DotneLy. third: Wheelock. shor.
Coushlin. IeakI,. and kiiroy, pitchers; Urqu-
hart. Boyd and Cahiii. catchers.
Pitcher James I. Calvin has entered suit
against Halter, Beck X Co.. the salt nanufac-
tuners Jt Allegheny. for $4,000 damages for
the death OF his eight-yCar-oid son. Eugene T.
Galvia- On June IL the boy was playing about
the defendants sals works ct the corner of Bea-
Yer and Western avenues, Allegheny, when he
fell into a sGit well or pool kept in n boiling
stale. he boy was literally boiled before res.
cutd and after horrible agony died the next
day The defendants, II Is claimed, are liable
Tor not having . fence or guards about the
place 10 prevent children straying in.
A dispatch from Louisville saws: when the
charge was made in the base ball club here by
which Pteter made manager and captain
1t WIS agreed that Pfeffer should have absolute
control and should be allowed to show what he
August 10 To DC entirely free from interference
There u some complaint that the team Is not
winning, bu. the directors will stand by their
contract and do nothing till the time has ex-
pred"
The second week OF the second championship
series Of the hig league has developed a Won
de-rul race. The struggle for supremacy the
past tea days has been very fierce and every
foot % The Toate has been contested Cincin-
natl, Brooklyn. Philadelphia and Cleveland
have been The pace makers nearly all the wav
their fortunes varying but little and all four Of
them being IN front, or very near it, all the
way.
II is queer indeed that some team has not
gObbied up breckenridge, the hard hitting first
baseuai. Of the Columbus team He hit for
eighteen nome in less than three months.
and IL IN a good man that can hit for that MANY
LOmers, no matter II the opposing felders are
no; the highest class in the world
Fed Clausen made his debut as q Colonel of
BaltilEo ore, WIS hit fewer times than yickery
ead Cobb. who we're both tried in the box by
the Orioles. and was given better field support,
yet tho Only error made behind him gave Balti-
n-ore the one run needed to wiz. Such are the
fortunes Of base ball