The morning times., 1896-08-01

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scrappy Joyce made his farewell appear
ance as a Senator in manner becoming
| the hard working, conscientious player tlia;
| be is.
| He played a sDappy, errorless game in
| the field, drove out couple OF hits, and
gave an exhibition OF speedy base running
| I'D the ninth, when he beat a tap TO Doyle,
| reaching first safely by a great slide.
The Senators were gwen Il cordial vel
come home. Despite lhe adverses OF the
tour in foreign lands, their multitude q
| friends were yet loyal, and nearly 4,OGO
| OF them gathered at National Park to give
them ine kiau ianu.
Each PLAYER, as he came to bat, was
heartily ciiccfed. the reception to Capt
| Joyce, selbach and DeMontreyille being
especially vodferouS.
it was ladies' day, and the fair fans
| were present in large number. And what
| a cordial, whole.soulcd greeting they gave
| Scrappy and his band. Others may weaken,
| grow despoDdent and get the marble heart
| but not so the ladies'. They are as true
as steel. and the greater the adversely
| the more intense their fcalty.
The Senators would have won the game
| but for Umpire Hoffer. But before ceDsur-
| ing him. let us remember that we are but
human.
"A game lost at this particular time means
| a great deal TO the champions, who are In
second place, but are hovering close on
Cincinnatfs heels, and as eminently fair
as Hoffer was up To tile inornentous Dibtn
his club 10 defeat even where his better
nature and his idea of right, So frequently
evidenced during the game, struggled for
the mastery.
LOVE AND DUTY"
1t was case OF ..Iove and duty" and
we all know how the old song goes. We
would have done the same hGd we been III
Hoffer's place with u Ike situation CON-
fronting us. Amt tha right?
1t was expected that Staff Umpire Sheri-
dan would make his Washington debut,
| but somehow Jack and his boiler factory
| voice got lost III the shuttle. In the q b
sence of a regular master Of the field,
| Mercer and honer were selected. They
gave excellent service and their Joint work
| could be termed errorless bat for Hoffer' S
| excusable pariianship in the last half OF
| the ninth. The pair OF pitcher umpires
| earned their $6.25 each, as they had
troubles enough TO fiji a barrel
A prettier game, wRs Dever witnessed at
| the park. II Was played fast5 was sea-
soped with ginger. ttntt was devoid OF
| errors on bothrsiflos Jientran gave signs
IEae ne. is stEi'enpti ciicr.1 ara trough ne
managed TO keep the drsres,7sretty well
| The fielding plays of Joyce, DeMontre-
vile and crippled Tom Brown, for the
| Senators ana Jennings ami poyfe for the
| visitors, were The .eatubes II tie close,
1 hard-fought contest. Edr'Caff wright alst
| demonstrated his usefulness at first hase.
I aDu looked after all tue business that
/ presented itself at the Initial corner and
/ the territory surrounding hnTliat sure-thins
! style that long ago caused him 10 be rcck-
| oped as q stone WALL: I: 80
| Had not selbach tried;to go frcm first
| to third on DeMontreyilir's sacrifice bunt
in the sIzln. ana iiadsliiii isi-nap not waited
| so long on ESper in tie rinth. the game
| would probably have been The Senator's
property. notwithstanthnglIeffer But ifs
and lands" don't count in the score. and
| tits poor consolation 10 bheorize On how
/ the game could have been Won after the
other fellows have stored d4tt&Fay I'D their
pockets.
| APPLAUSE FOR THE JoYCEITES.
The Senators took the field, and as
i they marched out in their clean White.
at-home uniforms, grand stand and bleach
/ ers broke into roar of applause.
/ Johnny O'BrIen was Ire llrst OF the
homefolks 10 face Southpaw Esper, who
once wore tOga. Johnny cracked the
! new SpaldinE to Jennings, who juggied II
llong enough for him to reach home with
| out a scratch. Baron Seibach had to lift
and relift his cap to the cheering that
i rolled out in wave, and he responded "a
the welcome by making neat single
| DeMontreviiles appearance at the plate
/ was the signal ror.another outburst OF ap-
plause. Gene bunted and beat the play
/ fIlling the bases.
made to fee that he was in the hands OF
his friends. He had hard luck, however
in placing bis hit. The ball bounded OF
his bat to Reitz, who threw him out al a,
| first, O'Brien scoring run No. on the
play. Mcclure sized up his old partner
Esper, and measured him for two-haS
ger, but Jimmy Donnely got in the way
of the line drive and catching 1T, stepped
on third, doubling Selbach. 1t was cast
of Baltimore luck.
Twas one, two, three in the second
Tom Brown went out from short to FIRST
Cartwright flew out to center and Lusi
was q victim from Esper to Doyle.
The third was more fruitful. German
drew base on balls, was sacrificed tt
second by O'Brien, and scored on Selbaeb's
three-b bagger to right center. Al Tailed
the second run OF the inning on DeMontre
vile fly TO Brodie. Jennings gathered In
JOyce's fly to short left, after u hard run
In the fourth Mcguire singled. Tom
Brown pushed him along with sacrifice
Cartwright tapped a shortly to right tina,
| looked good to fall safe, but Doyle made
a high jumping catch, and throwing tC
Jennings, doubled Meg uire at second. Jack
was cheered by the audience for his circus
work.
In the fifth, Lush famed in an honest
attempt to wait out Esper for base on
balls. Hoffer called German out ON strikes
when Lester should have been allowed tc
walk TO first on four bad balls. O'Brien
was nailed at first by beauty stop and
throw by Jennings.
| A run was thrO wn q way in the sixth. Sci
| bach singled, but was thro wn out at third
in unwisely attempting 10 reach that bag
on DeMontreville's out-at first. frofn Don
nelly to Doyle. Doyle quickly returned the
p tad ft