Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-11
SPORTS IN GENERAL.
What is Going On in Turf and
Base Ball Circles.
AND YET ANOTHER.
The Ball Players From the City OF Culfur
walloped by the "Senators."

The Ball Players From the City OF Culture
Walloped by the "Senators."
1t wouldn't have been healthy for any one
liable to heart failure to see Yesterdays contest
between the Bostons and the Washingtons.
There were too many occasions where ones
heart threatened to stop beating. 1t was .
batting game and there was no telling when
either side would have smuggling lit. Stivetts
pitched much better than was expected from
the reports that had come Of his work, yet he
was touched up in manner that sustained the
reputation won by the local men as hitters. The
washingtons earned a majority OF thei- runs
and the two errors made were on difficult
chances-Wise failed to field a badly bounding
grounder and Duryea slipped when trying to
field hunted ball.
Remembering DURYEA'S work in last Satur-
days game at New York. there was general dis
may when it was found that he was in the box.
But be happily disappointed expectation.
True, he was wilder in his delivery than the
law allows, but he was not as wild as was ex-
pected, and he led the team at the bat, making
two singles and a double. We certainly have
quartet Of hard-hitting pitchers. There snot
one Of them but is liable to bit the ball at any
time. OF course, Duryea is likely to improve.
As every one knows, his greatest weakness is
his wildness. This all the pitchers will endeavor
to overcome, for Capt. O'Rourke is pro-
nounced enemy OF bases on balls. There is
nothing" he says, that disheartens the field
so much They would much rather have hits
made" But the average pitcher wouldn't
As usual the local men began run-getting in
the first. Radford reached first on fuckers
mutt Of Loves assist. He stole second, was
sacrificed to third and scored on Mccarthy q
muf6ng Larkin's fly. single, base on balls
and two sacrifices scored two runs in the first
for the visitors. Sharp fielding kept the home
team from scoring in the second. although they
had a man on third with only one out, but in
the third they forged away ahead. Wise took
first on balls, Larkin hit for a base. Farrell was
given his base. With the bases full Sullivan hit
past second and three runs came in. Duryea
landed one in the vicinity of the bulletin board
and Sullivan scored. and Jim came in with the
fifth run on Radford's long drive to center.
Things looked pretty safe, but not entirely so.
Stivetts' three-bagger between Radford andHoy,
followed by sacrifice, made the score six to
three elm the fifth. In the next the local men let
out another link. O'Rourke reached first on fore
ing out Hoy. Wise helped him along with a safe
drive to left. sacrifice aided them both and
Farrells drive past second scored both.
The Bostons, however, we're not vet done up.
They responded with two more Two singles
and triple brought in two runs. Three singles,
a sacrifice and base on balls gave the home
team two more. 1t was squirt for spurt a very
pretty fight, with the chances favoring the
home team.
In the same inning the visitors gave every
one the shiyers by rolling up four runs and
nearly tieing the game. 1t was their final
squirt. They worked every point. Tommy
Tucker on the coaching lines gave a vocal dis
play that would have been q credit to basso
profundo in comic opera company. Had
any Of the patients in Freedman's Hospital been
subject to nervousness they must have had fits
during that ''iucky seventh Even the I'M
perturbable Duryea was not proof against ii
and sent three men to bases on balls, two of
whom were afterward scored by safe hits. 1t
looked as though the game was lost. The pes
simistic announced with conviction, ''They get
the game right here" Thereupon there was
general condemnation Of O'Rourke for putting
in Duryea. 1t is to the lifelong credit Of the
home team that they didn't become ratified
But they played the inning without an error
Three singles and hit to Sullivan that cannot
be classed as an error or as a hit
followed and four runs came in.
Tucker at the bat an9 Mccarthy
on first. The big first baseman hit to Sullivan,
who caught the ball and waited for Wise to
cover second to make double play. Wise
failed to reach the base. and Sullivan stood
with the ball in his hand and runner and bats
men were safe. Wise evidently expected Sulli
van to cover second himself and make the
throw to first. The visitors failed to reach
second after that Duryea settled down and
the Bostons went out in one. two, three order.
Larkin won applause by remarkably fine
catch Of Mulvey's high throw in fielding Duffy g
hit in the eighth, and Hoy caught fly from
McCarthy's bat over in left field which caused
the bleachers to roar. Meanwhile the local
men had shot their bow and went out on easy
chances. But the margin in Washington
favor, only one, was SO narrow that no one felt
easy until Cancels hit to Sullivan forced
Tucker out in the ninth at second base and
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