The morning times., 1895-07-31

Wagner's weary wanderers, footsore and
manned, from the battle fields of the un-
feeling West, put in an apologize appear
ance at National Park yesterday, and went
through the motions Of an amateur game
OF ball with an air which plainly said they
had no business on the earth and would be
truly grateful for being kicked off the
planet.
More than two thousand diSgusted and en-
ragged spectators looked on and wondered
how in the hotel bill they ever managed to
win two games while they were gone, and
why Schmelz couldn't have managed to lose
the whole outfit in the wilds OF West Vir-
ginia
It was not that they We're not able to bit
Amos Rusie, for il takes nine pretty good
men to worry the fat boy from John T.
Brushville when he feels so good as he did
yesterday, but they might have lain down
and died decentIy, Withou tsuch an unseemly
exhibition Of raw-head and bloody bones.
BATTING a FARCE.
The batting, with the exception of two
innings, was a farce, the fielding worse than
an amateur league in its most unhappy
moments and the base running would shame
the most abandoned selling platter on the
Alexandria county tracks.
Another cause OF grief was the latest ao-
QUESTION to the umpire staff from the minor
league cemeteries, where a choice lot of
stiffs seem to be kept in pickle ready for
President Young's graphing irons when
ever Washington for any reason gets too
gay and needs discipline
This last lot is named Hunt and he comes
from nowhere in particular. He attended
TO balls and strikes. Mr.. Heydler officiat-
ing on the base plays.
Hunt did fairly wen behind the bat, but
gave two of the worst decisions ever known
even in this chamber OF baseball horrors.
One declared a bah foul that struck at
least two feet fair and the other involved
knowledge Of the runs that Mr.. Hunt evil
IDENTITY does not possess.
EVIDENCE OF IGNOR ANCE.
He tried In this case to straddle the
rule. and declared batter out on
trapped BAN. but allowed runners to ad-
vance on the play. Neither break really
| affected the result of the contest, but only
rubbed salt on the outraged feelings Of
the spectators.
The locals were outplayed at every
point, were pigmies in the hands Of the
Giants, and the game clearly revealed
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teams in the late struggle in the West and
how the Senators could not lead a sick
chicken TO roost.
The men from Gotham put up strong,
snappy, heady game, We're swift on the
bases, and played points on the Senators
at every turn.
Boyd and Malarky were equally easy,
| and the base hits ratified like hail on a
tin roof. Every man John on the visiting
team amassed TWO, at least, while Farrell
! and Van Haltren scooped three apiece,
/ and Freeman was greedy enough to get
away with four.
Boyd was found for twelve hits and as
many runs in three innings, and then gave
way TO Malarky, who Jared but little
better. but in justice to beth it must be
! said that the fielding was enough to dis
courage the best pitcher on earth, and the
errors that appear on the score do not begin
! to show the badness OF the playing.
Poor Judgment in fielding, slow handling,
! and chUmp base-running, all made things
easy for the children of Israel and they
took advantage of all their opportunities
COST FIVE RUNS
Stupid work by Boyd and Cartwright cost
at least five runs, which are necessarily
scored as earned and the Indictment might
run through the whole game. The visit
ors Were very lively on the bases, and made
/ two double steals and lost two more by
the batter hitting fouls in his attempt TO
assist in the trick.
Joyce and Crooks alone gave some credit
| to the game, but Jack couldn't have hit
a balloon with a hedtck.
Joyce struggled in vain with Rusie's
| curves till the last inning when he dropped
the ball over the fence and chased Mercer
| and Selbach home.
Not only did the Giants play well, but