The Washington times., 1895-05-31
SENATOR'S PLAYED 4 PlCE THAT KILLED THE PIRATES
Every Statesman Scored Till He
Was Tired in the Afternoon.
MERCER MAS A MYSTERY
Championship Ball Was Played by
the Home Team-Boyd Filled Up
"That Dreadful Gap"-Hassamer
Made a Marvellous Catch-Coogan
Took Keefe's Place.

Great things We're expected OF Mercer
in the second contest, and there was no
disappointment, but the widest fan could
not have hoped for such throw down
as was administered to the leaders.
1t showed clearly that with the hole at
short filled up, the Senators are liable
TO make the strongest clubs take their dust.
Pittsburg was simply not in it at any
period or the game; and, indeed had not
Mercer, after the fifth inning, with the
score II to o, eased up bit on account
OF the terrible heat, they would surely
have been shut out. The batting was
something tremendous.
1t began with the second man up and
ended in the ninth, when MCGUIRE who
was fearing that the people over in the
hospital might miss his usual holiday
gift. got one to suit him, and lifted
it far over the fence, and so far as known,
it is travelling yet.
Safe hits were made in every inning,
save the eighth, but nearly all the scoring
done in three.
Nothing seemed to be able to stop the
boys, aud when Hart threw up the sponge
at the close of the fifth, aud Colclough
came in with his stock-in-trade, which
is generally limited to bases on balls,
bit batsmeu, or strike-outs, they sand
witched in just hits enough TO score pretty
much all the beneficiaries of his generosity.
SCORED TILL THEY TIRED.
Every man scored TIL he was tired, and
all but Crooks and Abbey got two or more
hits.
Mercer led the list in percentage with
three singles and a double out of five
times up. Cartwright swung his wagon
tongue for three doubles and a single;
Hassamer was content with four sin giles;
and Mcclure wouldn't stop till he had a
home run, a triple and a gle; Boyd quail
flied for admission to the ranks of batting
pitchers by three nice singles in sue
cession.
Men who didn't get at least three hits
were outclassed in this game, and Will
have to wait tin smother day for first
class, top-of-column notice.
The battingavera &c of the team was Al,
higher than that of any single batter in
the Lea que.
Every man in the list was on his toes from
start to finish and only one Of the five
errors affected the score.
Boyd made himself solid by his work
at short. He missed two easy shots, but
he was quick, knew what to do with the
ball, threw very well, indeed, put the ball
on runners sharply and figured in a sharp
double play that ended the game.
Crooks accepted seven chances, in ad-
dition to his twelve of the morning, with
out the semblaDce of a slip.
Selbach and Abbey covered acres of
ground and the former just killed Patsy
Donovan by capturing three of his long
drives in succession, after hard runs.
But il was left for the Pride of the
Bleacbers,' gentle william E.assamer,
to do the star act in the third inning.
With two men on baoes, Beckley lifted a
fly billed to duplicate the work done by
Jake in the ninth inning of Wednesdays
game.
Bill made great run, shot up into the
sizzling ether, and snatched the ball
down as it was dropping over the barbed
wire fence. A successful 2 Eas sidential
candidate was as nothing to William,
as the cheers rolled along the stand when
he walked into the bench.
JOYCE COVERED GROUND.
Joyce was close up to the front in the
race for fielding honors, and covered
ground like a -year-old colt.
Bierbauer was the brightest star in the
Pittsburg combination, and his playing has
seldom been surpassed, and, when in the
seventh inning, he cut off another batting
rally by pulling down an impossible catch
OF Cartwright's liner, with three men on
bases, he received a tremendous ovation,
which, by the way, he did not acknowledge.
Hits were a very scarce article for the
Pirates during most OF the evening; no.
body got more than singles, and only in the
seventh inning did they succeed in gaining
more than one OF these.
Keefe was overcome by the heat at the
end of the fifth inning, and after consid-
cradle skirmishing for a substitute, the
saIa ad rlan n
cellent work His voice is strong and clear,
his judgment good on balls and strikes,
and barring a little slown ess gaveeXcellent
satisfaction. Had the game been close,
however, Danny might have wished himself
back at short.
The Senators secured a strong lead at
the jump off. Abbey went out, but Joyce
showed a grounder past Cross. Bier
bauer made his only slip of the day ON Has
samer's grounder, and then Mcclure
dropped the BAH close to the left fence
and was on third before it came back,
scoring on Cartwright's double over sec
ond.
Hart stopped this funny business by
striking out Boyd and Crooks.
KEPT FROM SCORING.
Although meE weIe on bases in each
inning, sharp fielding kept them from
scoring till after the fifth, when Hart got
worse drubbing than Hawley IN the morn
ing. Thirteen men came to the bat and,
after the first man, Mcguire, had fallen
a victim TO a good stop by Clingman, ten
smote the ball clean and hard, ninc.
for singles and one double.
Every man but Joyce got run and a
hit, while Cartwright corraled a double,
and Boyd two singles. Crooks in his Sec
ond time up ended the agony by flying TO
Stencil.
Eight runs resulted from all this can
nonadiug and all were earned, although
several errors We're sifted, which did not
offer chances for put outs.
Hart then threw up his job and not many
hits were made off Culcolough, who was
too wild to reach. Mercer was hit in
| the sixth and scored un Joyce's double
A combination Of three bases on balls,
| two hit batsmen and three hits, netted
five runs in the seventh, while Selhach's
triple, and McGuire's home run gave the
| last two
| Pittsburg broke the ice in the sixth by