The Washington times., 1894-06-17
The Championship Record.
A MISERABLE DEFEAT.
The Senators Played Listless Game ana
Lost to Chicago.


Lost to Chicago.
The Washingtons appeared in their travel
ing uniforms yesterday afternoon in their
third game with the Chicagos. Every friend
of the club and the general pubic know the
many defeats they met with away from home
PLAYING in the black and red suit They met
the same fate in the final contest with the
Colts. The truth of the matter is they played
baseball with just about as much vim as the
average boy goes into potato patch to weed
It. Ward was especially listless, and 1t was
amusing TO see the vigor he displayed when
being aroused from his trance. Altogeth er it
was miserable exhibition of ball playing.
Chicago is the only western team that as
taken two games out of three from the Sena-
tors and while they won yesterdays contest
BY good hitting and sharp fielding, the result
might have been different had Manager
SchmelZ taken Esper out OF the box in the
fourth inning. 1t was the second error tho
general manager has to his credit this week,
and his most ardent friends hope he will use
better Judgment in the future When pitcher
is hit for five hits in one inning and demon
strates that he has no control OF the ball 1t Is
time that he be taken out of the box.
Too much confidence in mans ability to
pitch winning ball sometimes loses n game.
II goes without saying that when Esper Is IN
condition he pitches good ball. and whenever
he is HIT as he was yesterday, the quicker he
is taken out of the box the better. THE TINES
dislikes very much to criticise the playing of
the Senators, but when they play as stupIdly
as they did yesterday it is forced to say
word or two in fairness 10 itself and to It's
many thousand readers. While they fleided
with but three errors. several INDUCED in
that despicable conduct OF record playing.
The game was witnessed by the largest
crowd of the week. fully $500 people being
present and they were all anxious, oh. how
anxious, to root for the home team. One
vigorous shout went up in the sixth inning
when they made two runs and had two men
on earned bases and Abbey at the bat. He
hit hard. but Griffith held the ball, making a
great stop and the shouters didn't shout.
Parrot robbed Esper out of a hit by wonder
full stop with his left hand while on dead
run. Esper probably thought it was safe, as
his running was like the riding of a jockey
who thinks he has a cinch and is beaten out
by head.
Ward singled in the first and stole second
and third. Hassamer went out at first and
Abbey went to base on balls and then stole
second. Mcguire hew out to Dahlen, and
after Selbach reached first on balls Tebeau
failed to hit safely, and the three men were
left on bases
In the fourth inning Selbach hit for single
and was advanced a base by Tebeau's safe
hit Cartwright was ordered to sacrifice
He made dismal failure of it, batting the
bail to Griffith. who threw Selbach out at
third. Cartwright reaching first and stealing
second while Tebeau was going to third,
where he was thrown out. Radford smashed
out a single and Cartwright crossed the plate.
Parrott'5 great stop put Esper out at first.
Ward was hit by the pitcher in the fifth,
stole second, reached third on Hassamers
out to Ryan, and came home on Irwin's error
sIs.. TNl,n lp+r
at second. Irwin assisting to Parrot with
Selbach's ground bail.
After two men were retired in the sixth
Radford got his base on balls. Then Esper
made a two-bagger and Ward and Hassamer
singled. Two runs scored but Ward and
Haesamer were left by reason of Abbey's IN
ability to hit safely.
Again in the seventh Tebeau reached first
on balls after two men had been retired. He
scored on rafting two-base hit by Cart
wright, who died on second Radford biting
a little flyto Dahlen.
The Senators had made ten hits, enough to
win an ordinary game but unfortunately the
other fellows also hit the ball 1t is certainly
a tale of woe to tell of the run getting py the
Ansonian aggregation.
The big captain of the visitors got first on
balls in the second. Lange attempted to bunt.
a swift throw by Esper retiring him at first.
Irwin flew to Selbach. and Anson went to
was in n comatose condition, he failing to
handle PARROTS grounder, on which Anson
scored. Kittridge flew out.
In the fifth the visitors found Charley. Will
mot started the hitting with single. Anson
followed with another safe hit. On Lenges
hit to Radford Anson was thrown at second.
Irwin hit safe and after. Parrott went out to
Sebach, Kittridge was given his base on
balls. Then Griffith hit safe and Ryan
caught caught one on the end OF his bat and
he won two bases on it. Dahlen then flew
out to Radford. Four runs were scored.
Esper was touched again in the sixth for
two runs, Anson getting one over the right
field fence on the bound and trotted home
Lange made two bases out of Il single because
OF slow handling OF the ball. He came home
on Parrott's single, after Irwin flew out. Kit
fridge also hit safely. but neither he nor Par
rott scored, as Griffith went out to Cartwright
Then came Petty, and with his two wild
pitches and singles by Wilmot, Anson, and |
Lange one run was scored.
In the eighth Regan's base on balls, doubles |
by Dahlen and Irwin, and single by Will