Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-04
THE DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE
0ns Game Played This Morning and Two
This Afternoon.
The Post once Boys Made Eighteen
Errors In Nine Innfngs-NO More
Need BE Said.

Those who paid a quarter to 60 to Ma
tional Park .oday got a great run for their
money Not only v ere there three games
for the one price of Admission, but the
first game was worth the price Of the seat
alone. 1t was between the Washington
Light Infantry and the Post Office Depart
ment, and a more interesting game or a
more thoroughly enjoyable one has not
been seen here this scascn. Eighteen err
rors Is not Thing to be seen every day,
and all made in nine short innings, but
such was the case today with the p. o. d.
In the latter innings the game developed
into perfect farce. hut TIE spectators.
and quite crowd journeyed out to the
park. enjoyed it hugely. The attendance
wGS excellent.
The soldier bows started in to do the work
in the first mining. making three runs of
Brown bsfore he bad time to wake up to
the fact that he was pitching ball ana not
firing frecra2kers Three more in the Sec
ond, seven in each of the next two succeed
ing innings and ceven more in the latter
part OF the game gave the boys from the
first battalion twentyseven runs Most Of
these were made off errors. but in the third
and sixth hard hitting brought the desired
result. The p. o. DIS could not connect
with Gleason's delivery. and Tot n man
reached first in any inning save the second.
third and sixth. Once when they had a
man on third and one on second, and only
one ont It looked as IL they might score.
but Gleason proved himself equal to the
emergency. and struck out the next two
batters. The w. L. l. C.'s put up an excel
lent game in the field, and their infeld
worked tcg ethar to perfection. Wise ap-
peared at short. and seemed to give the
pitched a remarkably good game. and
struck out eight men. He also fielded his
position in fine shape, and retired the side
in Gle inning by assists.
A Cnse of Rattles.
The mail clerks changed positions so
much It was hard work to follow the diff
ferent changes but in the seventh they
made their appearance as they had first
come on the field and the result was bet
ter style of ball playing for the next Two
innings. Nearly every one on the team
lost his head at one time or another. ard
Chapman and Brown are responsible for
all the runs that We're made by hits past
short If Brown had been given good sup
port it is probable that he would have
succeeded in holding the hard hitting SOL
der lads down little better, but two wild
throws by Chapman in the first inning, one
right after another, took all the ginger. out
of him as regarded good pitching. Gilroy
caught a steady game and retired nine men.
and his error was made on a foul that he
did not half try for. Wisner PIT up a
star'game at THIRD, acc epting seven chances.
with an excusable error. Stern umpired a
fair game.
Firecrackers were in abundance. and rne
would frequently explode under the feet
of the ball players. Gilroy was hit in the
face by one. but was not badly hurt, al
though his face was cut a trif1e. The spec
tators seemed 10 think that the mail boys
needed waking up and this expedient was
resorted to. Several of the men fell asleep
in their positions, and the game was
brought to a close by three mournful taps
on the bell This afternoon at o'clock
the District Commissioners and the Treas
TRY Department cross bats, and this even
ing at 4:30 the W. L. /. c. will have an
play. when they will tackle the Pens ion
Office team. An excellent game is expect
ed. as both teams are putting up fast
games.
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