The Washington times., 1894-04-21

Upwards of four thousand people saw the
Senators defeated in an exceedingly close
game yesterday by the strong Philadelphia
club. The biting was free on both sides, and
the result was in doubt up to the last hand
out, when the Quakers gained the victory. 1t
was principally due to a muffed thrown ball
on the part of Cartwright, followed by base
on balls to Hamilton, that gave the visitors
the deciding run and the game. 1t was a
hard game to lose, inasmuch as the Senators
took a good lead in the opening inning, only
to lose it later on when the Quakers crawled
ahead and kept there until the seventh in
ming, when the local team drew up even and
went ahead in the eighth.
At this stage the prospects were bright for
the local representatives, and it was not until
Cartwright fumbled Wards assist and Stocks
dale sent Hamilton TO first on balls that the
visitors made victory certain. 1t was one OF
those games in which either team had Il
license to win, and the Phillies got the deci-
sion simply because they had the luck from
start to finish. For four innings Stephens
ofiiciated as twirler, but he could not keep
the visitors from getting in needed hits.
After the Quakers had gotten the lead Man.
ager Schmez became impressed with the idea
that a change would be advantageous, and he
substituted Stocksdale for Stephens. The
change was beneficial, but it came an inning
too late. as the Phillies realized they had a
chance TO win and they played ball for all it
was worth,
If the change in pitchers had been made an
inning before, some decided benefit might
have resulted, but it was too late. and the
spectators We're given an illustration of a
game lost which should have been won.
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from the opening inning, as his curves were
freely hit. and only good fielding prevented
the visitors from scoring more runs than they
did.
One of the features Of the game was the
fact that Cart wright and Hassamaer made the
only errors credited to the home team. Their
misplays turned out to be very costly and
gave the Philles the opportunity to win the
game. The visitors were out Tor blood, ana
were impressed with the determination to OBJ
tain satisfaction for the defeat of Thursday,
but they succeeded only though the mistakes
of the local team.
With two out in the opening inning Abbey
made n scratch triple. McGuire was hit,
Tebeau singled. and Cartwright followed with
a long fly to deep left. which cleared the
bases and enabled the batter to make the cir
cult. This lead of four runs was thought to
be a settler. but the Quakers scored one in
the first on Hallman' 6 double and Thompson's
single; another in the second when Cross
singled and stephens forced the latter in on
successive bases on balls.
The Senators seemed to behypnotiZed up to
the sixth inning. as they were retired in short
order The. .Phillies kept pegging away, with
two in the third and three in the fourth, which
gave them the lead and at the same time
made the local team feel rather blue as to the
final outcome.
In the fifth inning Stocksdale succeeded
Stephens and hope perched on the wings of
the Senators. Ii was in the seventh that
clever hits by Abbey, Stocksdale and Mcclure,
aided by a wild throw by Allen. enabled
Washington to score three runs and tie the
game. In the eighth the Schmelz adherents
took command when Cartwright made the
circuit on being hit, sacrifice by Hassamaer
and Radford's double.
In the ninth bad error by Cartwright gave
the Phillies an opportunity to make the win
ming run, and they did so in elegant shape.
1t was hard game to lose for the home team,
but the score finds them shy point. The
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