Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-18
EsTrEpkY s GAMES.


Wen. we have ball team now. Its no.
merely nine on paper. but it's team in the
feld-a frst-ciass. Hll-aWake. hard hitting,
clean ielding team better game than the
one played on Saturday no one would care TO
re-. Not a fielding error and succession OF
hard drives 10 the Outteid. knell was III the
box for the local nine and he literally made
monkeys" OF the GIa-'. for five Innings. Then
for some reason few we'll placed hits fol-
lowe and four runs resulted Again in the
ninth Larkin lifted the sheepskin out beyond
the Fl nge Of humanity IN right field and
through Fuller's tumble OF the return scored.
Oh. 10. Iarkin can't hitl And some have
been talking OF Putting HIM on the bench,
Probably the same ones suggested the hasty
release Of Wool and ShOch. both OF whom
have been eOBJled up by our neighboTs IN
Baltimore. oh. we haze some great base ball
critics In Washington. They would have
flesh ball nine every week.
Hard hitting By the Nationals and a general
bcwildermeIt on the part of rhe visitors gave
Us runs IN the second. The Giants fell down
like babiei before khelrs curves and II looked
Us though they would be shut ont. As II was
only four men ont of ten hit safely throughout
the game, but those seven hits were most OPP
Fortune. The Nationals made nine hits, but
except IN the second they were scattered.
The general opinion OF the Giants was
bftubLhtItd bE tHtiI NoIh EalUEudNs 4Htf
have a few good hit:er- and their fielding is
only fair. 1he outheld and Ewing can be de-
pended ON generally for Eits. Bassett Is a very
ordinary hitter. He may not make another
hit for week
The Nationals fielding was especially good
Hoy made a wonderful catch OF Kings high
H.. taking 4 with one hand and rolling over on
the ground after catching it. The yelling that
followed shook the buds off the trees IN lie
Droit Park But every one did we'll 1t was
IL IL H.. - al
6 10 against us instead OF to in our favor.
"That Is luck"
Baltimore lost Saturdays game because of
rank errors. Cobb pitched finely. bu: was
Handicapped by the heiders, who muffed balls
and allowed others to 20 through Them. Gun
son. too. va OF in his catching. Kelly was
responsible for the runs made by Baltimore.
lie threw wide to second base and allowed the
runners 10 come in Nichols did fine work IN
the box and Was well supported. Nonderhorst
will protest a decision by Maho1ey. Kelly hit
Van Haltren with a thrown ball while the latter
was running to third base. and the umpire de-
clared him out. The score. ii to ).
The smuggling in Saturdays Louisville game
was terrific and Pieffrr turned the tables on
Arson fCr Fr days defeat. Another feature
pitcher, faced Meekin, the clubs present craca
tvirler- In the very first inning the Louis
vilies hit Meekln hard. while Meekin pitched
n strong game. Ii the eighth inning. however
tIc Dsttltu udIN anu NltIlD one
of tieing the score. When the Lo1isvilIcs
went to bat there was terrible slaughter.
Seery made a double, Weaver a single. Jen-
nings a triple. Kuehne a single. Meekin a
double AID Brown single. earning five runs
and winning the game The score. II to 10.
"Old Man Calvin. who was born and raised
in st. Louis, and who was believed 10 be n
friend OF the metropolis of the west. was in the
box for the Pirates en- Sunday. and he caused
considerable trouble III the ranks of Won der
h. ss,lx 1nr-
made twelve hits off the pitching Of Gentle
Jeems," but the hits were so scattered that they
were good for nau-ht, the Browns realizing
but five runs off them. The Pirates batted
Gleason. Easton and Dwyer with ease and had
no trouble in making hits when they were
needed Score: II to D
With Capt Comiskey disabled and nursing an
3nhamed hand on the coachers' lines the Reds
finally broke away from the twelfth hole Satur-
day in the presence Of a iubilant lot of cranks
The fusilade OF safe hits off Wan in the first
inning terrific and in the next he retired.
Cuppy did well and five hits made off his de-
livery were scattered through many innings
Cleveland rallied late and the stands were
breathless during the eighth and ninth when
Chamberlain was raped pretty hard. Davis
bad leg panied him 50 much that he had to give
way to OConnor. The score: to g.
Inks started IN to pitch for the Brooklyns
Saturday ut Phiadt lphia and he proved to be
the easiest kind of a mark in the third inning.
..
bered among which were two doubles and a
triple. Stein assumed charge of the box in
the fourth and he did considerably better al
though he was found Tor a home run. a double
and two si2sles in the fifth. The fielding of
the visitors was rather ragged. the usually
brilliant Corcoran looming up with three large
errors. all Of which materially contributed to
the Phillies' run getting
Joyce was also out of tune his two errors let
ting In Just four runs. Weyhing was touched
/ rarh lynlV IN fha i'll A a. -
innings. but in the remaining innings lie es-
capped with little punishment The score was
Is tot.
YESTERDAYS GAMES
The FIRST Sunday game Of the season in St
Louis was played by the Browns and Cincin-
natisyesterday afternoon. Both teams we're In
fine form and many brilliant plays were made.
Werden carried of the honors for the Browns
and NcPhee for the Reds. 1t was either clubs
game up TO the eighth inning. when Latham
hit for double and Halligan and Holiday fol-
lowed up with hOme-run drives. clnching the
victory for Cincinnati Comiskey received
warm welcome Attendance 1920. Score
10 ].
Cobb pitched fine game against the Bos-
tons at Union Park Saturday, but the Orioles
lost through errors Nichols also did well IN
T the box for Boston Attendance 800 Score
IL to5
The Giants have been especially lucky in
winning their two games. as on the merits of
the play they should have lest bo,h.-Ph;Ia
cel2hia Inquirer.
The Baltimore American" has this Bit of
local base ball history: The releases came 10
Mood and shoch IN a rather unexpected way
barrie Received IN his mail from the Wagners
two sealed letters addressed to these PLAYERS.
and without having any IDEA OF their contents.
handed them their death warrants. The sur
prise was mutual when the seals were broken
and billy was very much put out upon having
no opportunity given him 70 plead ag ainst what
ne considered a very foolish move Moods re-
lease the Washington manager thinks, the