Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-09

itFS~6Hifli as who're are
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AS &~- ly encouraged over
AEN the outlook, for 1t is
certain that If Man
hH ager Schmelzs men
continue to play ball
the remainder of the
season as at present the twelfth rung Of
the championship ladder will rot be their
standing place again this season. The at
tendance at National Park Is steadily i'll
creasing, end on one day this week the
number CT paid admissions amounted COLI
siderably greater than in any other city in
the league, not excepting Philadelphia,
which is usually the banner town in that
respect.
During the week ending yesterday the
Senators have played four games, of when
they won three. They are playing hard ball,
ard that is what the public desires to see
Schmeizs tossers are also doing Sood work
at the bat, and home runs are not infre-
quent. Joyce. Abbey and Cartwright seem
to be the players who have done the best
stick work for the nine in the recent
games Setback, too. hit the ball oppor-
timely, but. probably because he has been
on the bench for SO long a time, not SO
often and hard as he used to do earlier in
the season. Tebeau has greatly improved
in this respect. In batting the club has
eQualed, If not excelled its opponents, and
this, together with some good base running
has been the cause of several of the recent
victories. One would hardly expect to see
man of Cartwright's size steal a base-the
Washington public still retaining vivid
recollections Of Paul Hines, 'Icewagon"
OBrien and others of their class. Yet Cart
wright is an exceedingly active man, and a
good runner, and successfully steals second
base, even with such a swift and accurate
a thrower as COMFY Mack behind the bat
In fielding the club is responsible fo-
some brilliant as well as some very ragged
work. but the average is not up to what
1t should be.
A ball hit along by second base should
not 60 through three players, and yet
such an occurrence was witnessed at one Of
the games recently.
McGuire's throwing has been one of the
features of the weeks work and would-be
base stealers have been sent to the bench
with clock-work regularity until they real
lie that If they would reach second they
had better wait and be batted there.
"A word as to Umpire Hurst is certainly
appropriate and fitting. He has been
strictly impartial, and has permitted no dis
graceful wranglings, which too often occur
on the ball field and tend to bring the game
into disrepute. He keeps his temper re-
markably well, even when he Is criticised
by the bleachers and jeered at by the play
ers themselves, as he was by nearly all
on the Pittsburg team. The base ball pub
lie will notice his departure from Washing
ton with genuine regret
The New York daily papers seem to have
combined to drive Manager Ward and the
New Tork club from the league. Their per-
sistent hammering of the team can result
In no good, and may cause the general de-
moralization of the team, unless the club
has already become Indifferent to local
praise or blame Ward is blamed for let
ting Conner go and keeping Doyle on first
base. 1t became patent when the New
Yorks were here that Connor had fallen
into a rut, and that new man was needed
for first base. He may do well elsewhere
He was not doing himself justice with the
New Yorks. Had Ward traded Connor for
Tommy Dowd. New York would have
gained what is its only great need nova
lively, heavy-batting fielder. The team is
strong one, but newspaper abuse can de-
moralize 1t as 1t did the Washington team
or last year little encouragement and
Wards men Will soon be among the leaders
only few games now separate them
Capt. Comiskey was a very discon sofa re-
man after Thursdays game. He admitted
that the Senators outplayed his team at
every stage In the game, and he further
stated that Capt. Joyce and his men put up
as smooth an article Of ball in that contest
as any club is capable of putting up. He
declared that such ball would win against
Baltimore. Boston, Philadelphia or Pitts
burg every time. He realizes that his team
Is not in winning form, but he is powerless
to remedy 1t at present. He would like to
have Joe Sullivan. whom he believes to be
one of the most promising young players in
the league. During the last four or five
games Paul Radford has improved wonder
fully In his work at shortstop, and his cool
head and willing hands greatly strengthens
the infeld. Under the circumstances 1t
may be inadvisable to change him and at
the same time 1t is unjust to Joe Sullivan
tn i'm to lin
eager to play ball.
Capt. Patsy Donovan Is not as ruena cious
Off the field as he Is in an exciting contest,
when he is trying to lead the Pittsburg
Pirates to victory. When a game Is over
and Capt. Donovan appears in the lobby of
the hotel at which the team happens to be
stopping, he is as we'll dressed and gentle
manly IN his department as any one would
care to meet. In commenting upon the two
defeats at the hands of the Senators"
Capt. Donovan remarked that 1t was very
notifying to him and the members of his
team to drop from first place in the pennant
race through the superior playing OF the
tail enders." He justifies his frequent
protests against the umpires decisions by
saying that he plays the game with his
whole heart and soul, and he claims as
much as he thinks he can get away with.
The people of PittsbUry are hard losers
and Capt. Donovan drew a graphic picture
of the scene around the bulletin board in
second throw down" of the Pirates at
Washington came in. Capt. Donovan con-
fesses that he was surprised at the strength
the Senator'S developed against his team
and he cannot understand why they have
not won a greater number of games. That
is a question that many of the local fans
are asking themselves after witnessing the
work of the home team against Louisville,
Fittsburg and Cleveland.
The once famous Buck" Ewing is no
longer one of the stars of the base ball
arena. He at one time held the belt for be-
ing the best aIl-around player in the league
Behind the bat he had few equals, and no
superiOrs in catching. throwing, batting and
base running. Now he occupies a position
IN the outfield of the Cleveland team, and,
judging from his work here, he will have
to hustle to keep up with the colts in
Patsy Tebeau's stable 1t is hard for the
veteran players to realize that their best
days on the diamond are passed. and. like
an old race horse with an honorable record.
they jump in and run a few races with all
the vim of young blood. Buck" still re-
members the good old days, when he was
the King of the Polo Grounds in New
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