Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-09
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
What is Going On in Turf and
Base Ball Circles.
DROPPED A GAME TO BOSTON,

Washington Failed to Hit Nichols, While
Meakin Was Generous in Wildness.
Col Meakin had mote in his eye, or mayhap
1t was beam. yesterday, and be couldn't see
the twelve inches square of rubber in line with
him and Farrell 1t was a most irritating sort
of a mote. Just when one had come to the
conclusion that it had disappeared, presto, it
was there again. Consequently he pitched an
in-and-out game. At times it was very. very
good and at other times it was like the bad boy
in the rhymes-it was very, very bad. Up to
the fifth inning not Beaneater had made a
safe hit. His delivery untouchable. But
he had given four bases on balls and one had
resulted in a run. True, Col. Meakin wasn't
wholly to blame for that Senator Mulvey had
materially contributed by a VERY yellow muff
After the fifth inning Col. Meakin's delivery
touched up, as our Virginia friends would
say, right smart" This was largely because
! he was constantly getting himself in hole.
He would give batsnan several bad balls and
of course had to give several good balls after
ward TO escape the penalty. The willy Bean
eaters let the bad balls go and smote the good
ones hip and thigh Had the good and bad
been served In hash. instead of in course, bet
ter results might have been obtained. As it
was. the visitors politely refused the soup and
chose the ashland how they did enjoy their
meal,
TO come right down to plain everyday. bald
ton players walk away with a game they had no
business with. either from their hits or the local
| mems errors.
This Is about how the catastrophe happened:
/ In the third inning Bennett was made the pres
ent of his first on four very lurid balls Long
and Carroll were treated likewise. One man
was out. With the bases full and Duffy at the
bat II looked as though the game would be won
| right there.
/ They'll get a million" said one spectator
confidently. Well, they did-all but the ciphers
| But. then, they're nothing to speak Of Duffy
drove a regular grass cutter" at Mulvey. 1t
was one OF those hot balls that seem to have a
trail of white fire. Mulvey threw out his left
hand and stopped 1t and put it on his base.
forcing out Long. Bennett was too near home
| to catch and he tried for Duffy at first. But
the time consumed in making the play at third
| allowed Duffy to reach the base. Mccarthy,
the next ba:sman, however, forced him at Sec
ond on hit to sullivan. and the Washingtons
had emerged from very small hole.
/ Something of the Same kind happened in the
fifth. only worse. Meanwhile the local team
had beer going out IL sta!r-step order. Ben
nett again took first on balls, ard WAS sacrificed
| 70 second. Longs mt past sullivan sent him to
| third and around the turn for home. Wise.
] who bad received the ball from the outfield
/ hurled II with the madness of despair toward
| Farrell. 1t went anywhere but near the plate
| and Benr=st scored. Then Farrell dropped
I one ri Mcakins out curves and failed to yIck
! Itup quickly enough 10 catch Long, who scored
! Twas then that the Senators threw off their
/ le:h2rgy and made their squirt. Two were ont
I Wien RadfoTd sent liner down toward Freed
! mans Hosg itaI and landed on second base
Hoy lifted one 10 DuIfy. who obhgingly dropped
II. Sly rogue, he knew he could do il, for
| wasn't be going TO win the game himself later?
Then Capt. ORourke Duplicated Radlord 5
drive. and a moment later on baik took third.
Every thing depended on Sam Wise. He
knocked fouls until he nearly had Pitcher
Nichols wild. just then a sparrow futtered
| over the field. lis ii a hoodoo?'' NO that
a base-hit sparrow" And so it proved, and a
prettier single to right was never made. and the
tieing run came in. Thereupon the bleachers
arose as one man and howed. 1t was their last
chance. Larkin was given base. but Farrell &
sharp drive bounded well for Long, and the
side was out.
Whoever said anything about the seventh
being lucky? Twas then that the Washingtons
had their Waterloo, Bull Run, Austerlitz all
| rolled into one. As usual it opened with base
| on balls. only Bennett did not get it this time.
II was his partner, Nichols. Two honest singles
to left promptly fielded in. filled the bases.
| Then Duffy drove such hot one at Meakin that
! it sizzled as it went through the air. Some one
bad remarked during the game that Meakin
l was slow. but he didn't show it in the WAY he
got out of the path of that rifle shot 1t went
down over second and two runs came in. Nc
earthly was given his base Then Nash sent in
| two more runs by a drive to left and Mccarthy
| scored on Tucker hit to Wise. Nash tried to
| steal third on it, but so far out the line to
avoid being caught that he was declared out.
| In the next Bennett scored on a single and
Longs hit past Hoy. There ended the run
getting.
Mulvey opened the seventh very pro-
pltiously with a single, but Sullivan popped up
foul and Meakin hit to Lowe, who touched
Mulvey out on the lines and threw Jouett out
at first. Another effort was made in the ninth
| Larkin took first on balls, bu. Farrell went out
on liner to Nichols, who doubled Larkin up at
first. and Mulvey closed the game with fly to
| Duffy.
The visitors PLAYED brilliant game. far diff
ferent from the one they had been exhibiting at
| Baltimore, according to the best reports. They
| turned apparently safe hits into outs and took
advantage OF every chance. and they had a lot
of them. -Four of their runs were made by
those who had been given their bases, one on a
passed ball and one on a wild throw. The other
three they came honestly by. On the other
hand. the Washingtons had no right or title to
the three they made.
However, Meakin's temporary attack of
strabismus will soon pass and he will be as
! effective as ever. Accidents will happen and
next time they may happen to the other side.