The Washington times., 1894-07-23
CRISP SPORTING COMMENT
Senators Break Their Bad Luck Spell
for the Time Being.
IMPROVEMENT IN THE RACING
Alexander Island Officials Have Succeeded
in Bringing About Better Condition Of
Affairs-Followers Of the Local Team
Given Sop by Saturdays succesa

It Is the unexpected that always happens
and this was essentially true on Saturday
when the Senatorial aggregation journeyet
over to the Monumental City and gave the
high and lordly Orioles call-down. The
Baltimoreans could hardly believe it possible
the Washingtonians could do it, but they
found out differently. Even the Senators
were astonished as in the last inning they
were so nervous and excited they came YER,
near upsetting the can of good luck and spoil
| ing the whole business by their misplays. II
they could only field as well as they bat il
would be great improvement and result in
more games won.
This afternoon the Senators will give the
Orioles a chance to get revenge and the game
will be played at National Park. Washing
tonians will have an opportunity to see how
Sheibeck will size up at short 1t is in order
for the new man TO fall sick or get hurt, as
this seems to be the order of the day. Cam
pau had been batting homers and breaking
all base stealing records down South but
Just as soon as he became Senator he went
lame and has been unable to play. Stocks
dale and Mcmahon are still on the hospital
time.
Manager Schmelz has lost none of his
abundant stock of whskers, despite the re-
ports from the West that Gus had been
plucking his ''windies" by the handful while
the Senators We're dropping game after game.
He is ''all right, all right, as ''Roaring Bil''
Hassamaer would whisper, and the manager
still is confident the local club will finish
better than twelfth. Gus is sanguine, if
nothing else. and his hard-iuck tale would
doubtless fill book. Little Arthur Irwin
probably could give Schmelz a strong push
for hard-luck story.
The record of the Senators is a bad one,
and it will be hard matter for the team to
better its standing. The Colonels are not far
ahead, but then the Kentuckians have braced
up in their work, and are liable to win u
game now and then.
Racing at the Island track has improved
very much. and as consequence the attend
auce has picked up and the betting is more
spirited. Players OF form have but little cause
for complaint, as the best horse wins in the ma
jority OF cases although not always favorite.
The great trouble with many persons is to
look for jobs and thereby lose their head and
also money. While the officials should be
prompt in protecting the public from the wi!es
of the shrewd and artfui horseowner and the
cunning jockey, yet when an error is made il
is always in order to correct it.
Several weeks ago Jockey Harry Lewis was
ruled off because of suspicious ride on
keime. On further investigation it has been
fully established that Lewis was not guilty of
any fraud and was punished for another's
sin. Accordingly the track officials have de-
cided TO reinstate Lewis and the boy will
again be seen in the saddle at the local track.
He is already here and was yesterday ac-
quainted with the good news. He is an old
hand in the saddle and has many warm ad-
mirers who will be glad to hear of the
decision.
Mr.. Gould said to an Associated Press rep
resentative that after the showing made by
the Vigilant on Saturday he would not care
10 prophesy what she was going to do The
crew were now working together and getting
used to the British conditions and courses
The yachts sails were on Saturday handled
perfectly. in some cases better than those
of the Britannia.
There is difference of opinion regarding
the alleged breaking of the bicycle record be-
tween Baltimore and this city by Prof Harry
Parks. The latter is said to have made the
run over the short route via Laurel in three
hours and four minutes. L. C. Wahl claims
this route to be eight miles shorter than that
covered by him. who rode via Clarksville and
Sandy Springs. Mr.. Wahl made the run in
two hours and forty-nine minutes. just fifteen
minutes better time than that claimed by
Parks.