The Washington times., 1895-05-30
bstructing the pitcher and Mack stuck

for obstrueting the pitcher and Mack stucl
for the balk
Keefe found it a puzzle, scratched hi
head, studied the rules, and finally dodgeC
the whole business by keeping Mack or
first and letting Killen have another
chance, which he improved by a three
bagger, and the incident resulted in thre,
runs for the visitors. The rules do no
cover the case, and it seems to offer grea
possibilities for rafting a pitcher.
The game had plenty OF exciting incidents
and bristled with brilliant plays on bott
sides. Crooks and Cross were easily tht
heroes of the day.
In the second and fourth innings Jacl
retired the side, and all his nine chances
were handled in perfect form. Cross ac-
cepted eleven chances out of thirteen,
and in the fourth robbed Hassamaer OF a
base hit by scooping up grounder back
of second with his left hand and swapping
il 10 first in time. 1t was the star play OF
the day.
MAUI TOO MUCH.
Maui was decidedly too much for the
visitors and with theerrors atshort elimina :
ted would have shut them out with ease.
Neither Killen nor Hawley showed up along
side him.
Both of them were hit safely and hard
in every inning save the fourth and that was
only taken out Of the list by Cross phe
nominal stop.
Connie Mack was by no means up to form
and the Senators scored no less than seven
larcenies off him, while Mcclure nailed
the only two who tried it. Stencil in the
first and Smith in the second. After that
they had a wholesome respect for Jim's
aim.
Cartwright had his eye on the ball and
smashed it on the ground three times too
hard for the fielders TO hold.
Donovan and Beckley were the only ones
to size Maui up for more than onehit.
The Senators started in with plenty of
snap and got a lead O. three runs in the
first two innin gs, whicn, by the way, occu-
pied nearly an hour. Selbach sent an
ugly bounder at Beckley, which sho tower
his shoulder and was safe.
He stole second and third and scored
on Mack's wild throw to ClingmaD. Joyce
and Hassamer struck out and Mcclure
put double to right, but was left by
Coog gan's force of Cartwright. Croks
opened the third with nice double, which
caromed off Clingman, and stole second.
Abbey famed out and Maui drew four balls,
the last being a wild pitch, that scored
Crooks and gave Maui second. Killen
filled the bases by sending Selbach and
Joyce on balls, and HasSamer forced Maui
at the plate. Cross fumbled McGuire's
grounder long enough TO let Selbach score,
but caught Joyce, who foolishly overran
third.
TIED THE SCORE.
Only six visitors went to bat in the first
and second, and then they tied the
score in the third.
Cross struck out and Coogan fumbled
Mack's grounder. Then Killen got in his
work on the balk question, and should
have been left on third, Donovan's fly
to Selbach being the third chance, but he
scored on the catch and Stencil gottwo bags
on stinger to Joyce, which went out to
left BeckIey scored him by single to
right.
This tied the score, but the Senators
forged ahead in thesiXth. Abbey and Maui
put clean singles to center, and Selbacb
sacrificed to Beckley. Joyce got four balls
aud Hassamaer responded to the en-
treaties of the bleachers by driving a nail
into the right fence, and scoring Abbey
aud Maui. Joyce reached third and tried
to score on McGinnis' fly TO Smith, but
was declared out for leaving the base too
soon.
Pittsburg pulled up run in the seventh.
Clingman was safe at first on Coogan's
tumble, and at second when the same player
dropped the throw from Crooks on Mack's
force hit. Cross flied to Abbey and Killen
to Selbach, but Clingman got home when
Donovan poked grounder over second
base. Stencil struck out
washington answered with a run off
Hawley in the eighth. Selbach cracked the
first bail pitched to left and Hawley, to
stop such foolishness, nailed Joyce in the
mouth. Hassamer forced Scrappy out and
Mcclure was sent home by a nice fly
just out OF DOnOvan's reach. Hassamer was
caught at third by poor running and Cart
wright flied to center
CoogaD contributed another in the last
half by fumbling Beckley's grounder, and
after the next two men mad been retired,
dropping a dead easy fly from Clingman
Crooks hit safely in the ninth and got
around TO third on a steal and Maul's force
ofAbbey but wasleft by Abbey giving Cross
an easy chance. Then the game was lost,
as already described.