The Washington times., 1895-07-02

st. Louis at Chicago
The Washington team was beaten YES.
terday because il played tail-ender bail,
while its opponents were in championship
form.
1t was outplayed at every point, and
made show almost pitiahle alongside
the rapid Orioles, who simply toyed with
the slow and dignified Senators.
The pitching was dead easy. the field
ing ragged, team work absolutely want
ing, and the batting beneath contempt.
While they were up against a pitcher
whose wiles Were far too deep for them,
the locals never once made even an at
! tempt to bunt, but tried for long hits.
while the visitors, who hit Mercer about
as they pleased, got away with no less
than seven infield hits, of which five
! at least should have been handled in time
10 retire the batters.
Lawn tennis is about the game for
! Schmelz's crew TO tackle just at pres
ent. Baseball is too hard for them.
ORIOLES WALLOWED IN LUCK.
| Luck, that ever-present scapegoat, had a
| band in the game, for the Baltimores were
simply wallowiDg in good fortune, while
! if the Senators had been playing for steam
/ al h.
Their hardest drives went straight at
! some Monumental fielder. and large pro-
portion of the infield plays of the Balti-
mores was made by scarcely moving from
their tracks
Then, too, every error of the home team
! cost run, and Glasscock's drop of Boyd's
! throw in the seventh gave seven unearned
! tallies
Thn finld
! any one, except Crooks and Abbey the
former making brilliant stop and double
play off Kelley in the fourth.
GiaSScock took in lots OF chances. but
I was exasreratingly slow on several in
field shots that had to be scored as hits.
| Cartwright was completely ratified III the
| early part of the game, and twice lost
! chances by leaving his base unguarded.
| Joyce had just one chance to put a man
! failed to accept.
FIELDED WITHOUT AN ERROR.
On the other hand, the enemy swattet
the bah hard or hunted it safe in every
inning, pushing his men around the bags
so fast that the locals got dizzy, and fielded
without the shadow of an error They
| fattenedup their batting averages off Mercer
in rapid style, every man but Carey and
Hoffer leading with a clean score of four
| hits and winning his own game by scoring
/ himself and driving in three runs.
Mcdonald officiated as umpire and con-
! trived 10 keep both teams lighting mad
ali through by his cross-eyed rulings
| Nearlyeveryi inning was enlivened by scrap
| Crooks was hurt by q collision at second
| base in the seventh, straining his wrist and
| gave place to Boyd. Cartwright and Crooks
| alone found Hoffer for more than one hit.
| The first basenan, Mercer, and Mcguire each
drove in one of the lones ONE trio of runs.
Washington SHOULD have scored in the
first, when Selbach started with a base
on balls and took second on Joyce's out
cartwright made cannon-ball drive TO
third, which McGraw did well to knock
down, but had no license to get near first
with it.
Cartwright's shoes, however, were fuller
| of scrap iron than Hart's jumping frog
| of shot, and he was headed off, according
to Mcdonald, by nose.
BALTIMORE PLAYED BALL.
Baltimore did better After the first
two had gone out on rafting stops by
Glasscock, Jennings poked a bunt toward
| third. at which Joyce made feeble bluff,
and Kelley just cracked three -bagger over
Abbey's head, scoring Jennings. Brodie
was an easy victim to Cartwright
Crooks hit for q double down left line,
after two were out in the second, but Abbey
lifted foul for McGraw
Gleason's sharp grounder was we'll
stopped by Crooks, but he could not re-
cover on the slippery ground in time to
make the throw. "Kid," however was
caught stealing by McGuire's fine throw,
well handled by Glasscock. Carey got
life when Cartwright dropped Glasscock's
throw, and the big first baseman was al
lowed to take second on the claim of in
terference by Cartwright, in spite of the
latter's countercharge that Carey knocked
the ball out of his hands. Glasscock
fielded Clarke out at first, and Hoffer
got in the way of a pitched ball. Nc
Graw poked an easy bounder to left, and
Carey scored.
Washington got its maiden tally in the
third. after two We're out, on Joyce's
hit to left, Hassamer's drive over sec
ond, and Cartwright's double nearly to
the left fence, Mcclure flying to Brodie.
For the next three innings the team was
retired in order.
HOW NOT TO DO IT.
The seventh was a sample inning of
the way not to do team work.
Glasscock and Crooks led off with clean
hits, but Abbey, instead of bunting, got
it into his head that he could make a
home run, and flied to Brodie without
advancing a runner Mercer sent Glass
cock home by timely drive to center, and
after Kelley had captured Selbacb's fly