Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-07-04
They Lost This Mornings Game for
the Senators.
HIS PITCHING Was VERY EFFECTIVE
The Phi|Iies Played a FauItIess
Game.
A VERY CLOSE CONTEST

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 4.-The home
team defeated the Senators in the morning
chiefly through two bad errors by Boyd.
Had 1t not been for this the game would
have been a tie at the end of the ninth
inning. Outside of these two errors Boyd
did well, keeping the hits well scattered
and giving but two bases on balls. The
visitors were crippled by the absence Of
Joyce who is suffering from an injured
hand. His place was filled by Pitcher Mer-
Ger. The latter made no errors, but he al
lowed two hits to go by him that would
have been considered easy chances for any
good third baseman.
The home team played a good game, field
ing without an error.
The home team could not gauge Boyd's
delivery, not more than two hits being
made in any one inning. Big Sam Thomp-
son, who has recently been making from
two to four hits to game, was unable to
connect at all.
For the visitors Crooks and Abbey played
brilliantly, white Sam Thompson made the
only sensational play for the home team,
running into short center field and taking
a fly from Cartwright's bat on the dead
run. The hit would have gone safe nine
times out of ten
The home team was unable to success
fully connect with Boyd until the third in
ming, when they scored one run After Boyle
flew out to Abbey. Cross singled and went
to second on a passed ball. Thompson
also flew to Abbey and Cross scored on
Delahanty's single to center.
Another run was added in the fifth. Ham
ilton reached. first on a bunt, but was
thrown out BY about ten feet trying to
steal second. Boyle singled to right, and,
after Cross had been retired on fly to
Abbey, Thompson was given base on
balls. Delahanty then made his second hit
of the game Boyle scoring.
Another tally was scored in the seventh.
Cross raped out a two-bagger to center
and scored a moment later on Delahanty's $
double to the same territory.
Delahanty stole third, and in sliding TO
the bag was severely injured by being hit
in the face by McGuire's throw.
The PhllieS We're presented with what
proved to be the winning run. After Buck
ley had been retired a fly to Mercer
and Taylor thrown out by Glasscock, Ham
ilton was presented with base on balls.
He stole second a moment later. Boyle
then sent an easy one to first base. Cart
wright got the ball and threw to Boyd
who covering the initial bag. Boyd
dropped the throw, and Hamilton, who had
started to third, kept right on home Boyd
gathered up the ball, and in his eagerness
to catch Hamilton at the plate, threw the
ball against the grand stand, ten feet over
McGuire's head. This stopped the run-get-
ting for the home team.
The visitors made hits in every inning of
the game with the exception of the fifth
and ninth, but in only the seventh could
they bunch them. Things looked squally
for Irwins aggregation in the second in
ming, but neat double play disposed of
Cilasscock and Mcclure, after the latter
had made corlking single. Hassamer
made rafting two bagger in the sixth in
ming, but was left on second, Cartwright
not being equal to the emergency.
Considerable damage was done in the
seventh. Mcclure, the first man up, sent a
fly to Delahanty. Glasscock singled to
center and stole second. Crooks followed
with a single in the same direction and
Glasscock scored.
Crooks followed him across the plate a
moment later on Abbey's rafting two-bag-
ger. Abbey stole third. Boyd was hit by
O. pitched ball. Selbach was retired on a
dy to Turner and Abbey scored on the play.
Mercer then made beautiful single to CEN
ter, but he was left, Hassamer fouling to
Buckley.
The visitors did not get man on the
bases in the last two innings.
In the ninth inning Crooks, the first man
up, struck out, Abbey sent fly to Turner
and then Stocksdale was sent to the bat
instead of Boyd. But the best he could do
was to pop fly to Hamilton.
The batteries this afternoon will be Car
sey and Clements for the Phillies and
Stocksdale and Mcclure for the Sena tors.
1t is raining slightly and it looks as though
the game might have to be postponed.