The evening times., 1895-09-14
M0LRsVOR7H VlLL PITCH
New Find to Tackle the Hard-Hit-
ting Phillies.
Magnificent Weather Insures an I'M
mense Attendance of Quaker Fans
at the Game With Washington.
Especial to The Times.

tspeciai To The Times.
Philadelphia. Sept. -Ii.-The first game
of ball between the Washingtca and Phila-
delphia teams will be called at oe,cck
The weather IS fine and a large crowd
is expected and the Senator's stock is
away up since they were able 10 defeat
Brooklyn two straight in one afternoon.
The senators expect TO get at least "ne
of the two games to-day, and say they
will repeat yesterdays performance at
National Park II they get a fair deal, but
Murray will umpire, and that will be
handicap.
Manager Schmciz will pitch his new
..phenom," Moleswnrth, in the first game
and Boswell or Boyd, or both, in the Sec
ond
Mcclure will DO the catching. andi with
the end OF the second game will have
back-stopped his 10th consecutive cun-
test OF the present season. He now holds
the worlds record as L catcher, havis.;
passed by several games the famous marx
made by thinner, of Cleveland.
Abbey's throw to Joyce of sbindle's hit
to right in the first game, which retired
Griffin al third, was beauty. that set. not
only the bleachers, but everybody else to
howling with delight. The ladies went into
ecstacies and applauded Charley vigorously.
1t was by long odds the ncatest and prettiest
play of the game.
Stein seemed 10 be about as much pf a
hoodpo to Tom Brown as Mercer was to La
Chance. though Tom took his medicine with
more forttude. Stein struck Tom out twice.
It has been many a day since a pitcher
has put UP better work in Washington than
Mercer did yesterday. He was as cool,
collected and dignified as court Judge,
and the way bemystified those BridegrOnls
was wonder tn behold Such ball as Mercer
pitched yesterday would have hypnotized
any club in the League.
Murray did not wholly escape criticlsm in
the first game yesterday, but he did not
commit any grleyOus mistakes. His calling
OF balls and strikes now and then seemed
to impress the crowd as being tinged with
yellow, but he gave one side no advantage
over the other in this respect, and On the
whole, his work was good.
Crooks put up a nice game yesterday. He
went after everything that looked his
way and got 1t, and his work did much 10
win both Victories.
turned up at the park q day or two since
ami askci TO be- tried as a pitcher tossed
tue ball around bctween games yesterday,
and Immediately marvellous stories about
him began TO be be told. One was that In
a game a few days ago he struck out
twenty-five men. and that In another.
afterwari he had struck out sixteen men.
Another story was that he has been play
ing all season and that he has not yet
been struck out. and that he mas made a
home run about every other time he has
welded the hat. If Moleswo1th is as good
as these stories he win prove a valuable
find, indeed.
Pop Anson has a show for his $4,000
worth OF bets vet.
The work of the Brooklyn outficld yes
terday was villainous in spots. Shock and |
Griffin played like a pair of wooden men, |
They were 4 little more animated, but |
scarcely more brainy.
The two wins yesterday by the Senators |
and the defeat Of the Browns by Cleve- |
land gives the home team a lead over |
st. Louis of about twenty points. Yester- |
day they were only five points.
The league games played yesterday re-
suited as follows:
Washington, 4: Brooklyn, s.
Second game-washington s: Brook
lyn, g.
Baltimore, g: Boston, 8.
Second Came-Baltimorc, ! i: Boston, 10. |
PittsburE, 4: Cincinnati, 8.
Philadelphia, Is: New York, Q
Chicago, Is: Louisville, ..
Cleveland, Is; ST. Louis, z