Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-22
IN SPORTING CIRCLES
Remarkable Contest Between the
Grooms and Senators.
LOCAL TEAMS TO RUN AT PHILADELPHIA
Two College Ball Games to Be
Played Today.
THE RACING AT BENNING
LOCAL TEAMS TO RUN ATPHILADELPHIt
THE RACING AT BENNING

All in all, it was a remarkable exhibition,
the game of base ball played yesterday af-
ternoon al National Park between Wash
nston and Brooklyn. The contest was
such a one that furnished full value to
those spectators who paid 10 cents for the
privilege of witnessing it, while the occu-
pants of the bleachers received return of
at least 3OO per cent on the money in
vested. From start to finish there was a
continuous succession Of crescendos and
diminuendos in the hopes of the rooters,
and when in the ninth inning the twenty
seventh bridegroom was retired, wild en-
thusiasm prevailed among the 1900 spec
tators, for Washington had won the most
interesting and exciting engagement in
the diamond perhaps of the season.
1t was an old-time smuggling match, two
OF the star twirlers of the league, Mercer
and Kennedy, being pounded surprisingly.
But poth were punished to about the same
extent. Marvellous fielding also a fea-
ture, AL. Setback easily carrying off the
honors in that line, three of his fly catches
being of the old Dickey Johnston order.
Tim kCefe was the umpire, and after
Brown had been retired in the first inning
he called four balls on Joyce. Abbey fol-
lowed with triple, and. with Setback S
single, two runs were scored. This struck
but when, in the third, three more runs
were added on MERGERS four-bagger
Browns double, an error by Griffin, Alb
bey's sacrifice and Selbach's single, folks
began to wonder how it came about that
the collection of individuals wearing caps
that look for all the world like cocoanuts
could take two out of three from the cham
pion Baltimores.
There was d sudden and marked cessa-
ton Of wonder moment later, when Grim
hit to right, took second and third on
passed balls, Kennedy singled. Griffin got
to first on Rogers error, LaChance hit for
fhrnn Il
Corcoran hit 10 left, for four runs were
chalked up to the credit of the other side
Score, ) to 4.
The situation continued practically calm
until the sixth inning, when matters be-
came really heartrending, for Brooklyn
didn't do a thing but make seven hits and
score six runs, ten men going to bat. Score
Washington, >; Brooklyn, 10; and it's base
balls to hickory nuts that every individual
within the Enclosure, with no exceptions
was satisfied that the game was lost be-
yond retrieve.
However, Washington went right tc
work in the seventh and reduced the lead
two points, on JOyce's two-bagger and Alb
bey's home run.
But the eighth was the banner inning OF
the game from a local standpoint for the
visiting tielders had lovely time playing
''chasengens' with the Spalding. Cart
wright flied to center, McCauley reached
first on an error and Rogers hit to right
DE Montreville went out to first on Mer.
GERS short fly to left, which Mccarthy
barely failed to reach, McCauley and Rog-
scored. Brown hit to center, sending
Mercer 10 third. Tom DAILY fumbled Joyce's
ground hit and the winning men crossed
the rubber. ''Scrappy' reached the bench
while a ball hit by Abbey was caromine
over LaChance's head. Score. Washing
ton, II; Brooklyn, 10; and even the usually
sedate, non-excitable habitues of the press
box assumed much gayety for the nonce.
The remainder OF the game was of the
stercOtyped sort, no further runs being
made by either side.