The morning times., 1896-07-03

Can IL De that ladles uay IS noOuOo 70
the Senators? Save the thought ana even
the suspicionl
Yet something is across the track on the
afternoons when the .'fairest in the land'
gather at National Park to see Scrappy
and his band attempt to ''get at EN-"
However. TO abandon theory and super
stition. The Times will tell the bare
facts Il bout yesterdays game.
The Senators lost it and II was purely
their fault that they did. Not every Sen
ator, but several contributed most mex
cusably to Boston'S winning score.
or all days and games, yesterdays was
the one in which every man should have
seen his duty and performed it well.
Some did: the error column tells the rest
of the story.
But the mute scoring book does not go
far enough. A game is often lost where
the chief offender escapes without an
error scratch against his column Such
was the case yesterday.
McGuire's bornDie nigh throw to Joyce
in the fourth was disastrous, but was IN
pinch and in a tight place.
But just why Selbach. who backed up
the play, held the ball and let Duffy
run home is beyoud peradventure He
had pie nty of time. ana SO good and trne
is his throwing that he could have caught
Dufry ten feet IRON the plate and retired
the side with ore run. His procrastina-
tion lost the game.
WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT.
Had Al fielded the ball home, Stivetts'
hit and Lush's pair of errors would not
have followed. Boston would have had
one run and no more. and the game would
have been the Senators property.
But errors are a part of baseball and
though the result was n disappointment to
the Senators thousands of friends, yet few
are they who have words of censure for
Mcclure and sel6aeh. The first is the''old
Reliabe,' and the other is the crack left
fielder in the league. The best make mis-
takes, yesterday was Mcclure and Sci
bacf's occasion.
Il,fu az. tb.a M tho of
or the locals il Was pitchers battle.
1t was diamond cut diamond between
Nichols. seasoned leaguer, and Jimmy
McJames, recent recruit to the ranks of
the major organization of ban payers
While not detracting one scintiia from
the good work of Nichols, 1t is only fair
tosay that the Senatorial yOungster pitched
the better game. He was as full OF tricks
as diplomat and had marvellous .o,.,.oi
considering the FEW times he has tOed the
rubber this season.
1t may be that Capt. joyce has letter
twirlers on his staff than the rebel from
South Carolina" but they will have To
pitch faster ball than he did yesterday
10 lake the palm Of superiority from him.
In u Glsheartenlng game. with the odds
heavily against him, he tCed the scratch
until the close with gameness and ef-
fectiveness that compelled admiration and
won him rounds and rounds of applause.
The game was lost, but Jimmy won
his way into the hearts OF the fans to
such a depth that he will be heartily
welcomed on the slab hereafter.
DeMontreville Continued his sensational
work at short. ana Tom Brown covered
catch OF BanDon's screaming Fly i'll the
eighth saved Il home run and was the star
outfieid play Of the game.
Capt Duffy again changed his infield.
sending Stivetts to third and returning
Bannon to. right. Happy jack was
not a bowling success as guardian Of the
third cushion.
1t was ladies' day and large number
OF the fair fans were present.
The innings in detail:
IT WAS THIS WAY.
Tom Brown was first to face kid"
Nichols, and profited by the inability of
the BOstonian to locate the plate. Tom
on passed ball, and to third on Joyce's
out to first. He was left at the last
station en- route home on Selbach's strike
out and Lush's ont from Bobby Lowe to
The Senators were easy in the second.
Cartwright went out from Stivetts to
Tucker. MCGUIRE foul flied. to Tenney.
on DeMont's fly. out to Lowe.
In the third McJames' long fly was
nailed by Bannon. Tom Brown waited
Long, too hot for Herman to hold it, and
Scrappy was safe on first. The runners
were left, however, when Sclbach cut
Billy Lush followed suit, instead Of trump.
Ing.
The fourth was goose egg. Cartwright
went out from Nichols to Tucker. Mcclure
reached first on Stivett's error. The
"Old Reliable went to second on Crooks
neat sacrifice bunt, and to third on
passed ball. whe he was lefton DeMont's
fly out to Ham ilton.
1t was one, two. three In the fifth. Nc
James wasout from Long to Tucker Brown
flew out to short and Hamilton cinched
Joyce's fly to center.
The visitors made short work of the
locals in the sixth. Selbach flew out to
Hamilton. Lush struck out and Cartwright
was puddin' from Lowe to Tucker
As usual in the seventh everybody "riz