The Washington times., 1894-06-12
The Championship Record.
COULDN'T HIT MAUI,
But His wiIdness Enabled st. Louis to VIII
NoSferday's Game

But His wiIdncss Enabled ST. Louis to Win
Yesterdays Game.
Maui was very effective yesterday, but he
was partly responsible for the defeat Of the
home team by st. Louis. 1t took eleven
innings to decide the game, and the 9, 500
people present had much ball for their
money.
The visitors could not touch the smiling
twirler except in the eleventh, when Roger
Connor. the latest acquisition to Won der
Ahe's aggregation, sent one down along the
left field foul line for two bases, and alter
Quinn had sacrificed Ely sent cannon-shot
grounder to Joyce. The latter failed to han
die it. and the ex-Giant crossed the plate
with the winning run.
The defeat was a bitter disappointment to
the consistent rooters of the home club, and
they were all on hand. They rooted as vigor-
ously rs Corbett says he will fight Peter Jack
son, and If they would have had half chance
they would have won the game which was
lost through errors that are always disagreea-
bic and hurtful-
Two men had already gone out in the fifth
inning, when PETIT popped up fly back of
second base. He ran hard. Tebeau came
laundering in from center field like a car goes
down a warm weather toboGgan slide. He
halted second: the ball struck his hand and
dropped out. No one was near to grab 1t be-
fore it struck the ground, and as conse-
quence the German-naned catcher was on
second base. Then came passed ball. The
groans were similar to those heard around
serious railroad wreck. They were louder
when Maui made wild pitch and the run
scored.
Ii was n most exasperating period in the
contest, but wild pitches and passed balls are
part of game of ball. and the grumbling
had to go. With the hope of retrieving the
errors the Senators renewed their vigor and
tied the score in the succeeding inning.
From then on it was great game. In the
eighth the Washingtons had the bases filled,
and Abbey came confidently to the plate. He
had made a three-bagger in the fourth, and
he was called on to repeat the act. Whai an
awful silence. II there would have been any
way to have measured the suppressed enthu-
siasm about that time it would have been an
excellent calculation. Twenty-three out OF
the $500 were ready to applaud him. But
there were only few shouts, because he hit
one to Clarkson and went out at first. The
silence was sublime.
There is no consolation in the defeat Not
bit. Tebeau and Maui did it in the fifth.
and Maui repeated it five innings later. In
the tenth he gave three men bases on balls
and one scored, and that, too. after the Sena-
tors had made their second run. This was
bad pitching, and by Maui, too. Still he
smiled. but it was not that gay and contented
smile that generally wrcathes his face. He
felt bad. and when the game was over he was
crestfallen, detected, and walked to the dress
ing room in a manner which suggested that
he was looking for n four-leaf clover.
1t was humiliating defeat. because the
Senators would have been back in tenth place,
right on tine heels of the Cincnnatis. as that
club lost to the Beaneaters at Boston. As it
is it is hoped that the Washingtons will win
TODAY and Tomorrow and then beat Anson
4 Inc of th..
Ward played better game than he gener-
ally does. He handled everything that came
his way and in the fourth he and Cartwright
retired the side. The visitors have very
fast player in Ely. Much has been said of
young Murphy, of the New Yorks. but the
way Ely snapped up balls back of second base
and seemingly safe Srounders in left field
shows that he is a star among a lot Of very
good ball players.
Miller's base playing was as fine as XXX
creamery butter He went down to first base
on two occasions like man slides down a
greasy pole. Both decisions were very, very
close. Each one was against the famous ex-
catcher and he argued the point with Umpire
Hurst with the same earnestness that charac-
terizes his ball playing. Mr.. Hurst had his
fneness tested to critical point, but he
came out of the contest without an error. if
any one got the best of the umpiring it was
himself.
Young Mr. Clarkson pitched a good game,
keeping the hits nicely scattered. He was
steady at critical times. and never lost his
head under the continual guying of Ward
when the latter was on the coaching lines.
He struck joyce out three times Just as slick
as thirsty man gets away with a cool glass
OF lager beer.
1t requires few words to tell how the runs
were scored. The Washingtons made one
in the sixth on NIaul's base on balls and
Joyce's long two-bagger in left. Ward hit
safely in the tenth, stole second and scored
on Abbey's single. after Joyce had struck out.
As above stated. Tebeaus error, /; passed
ball and wild pitch gave the st. Louis one
in the fifth. In the tenth three bases on balls
and fly to Hasamer netted another and in
the eleventh Connor's double, put out and
Ely's single brought in the winning run. The
score: