Evening star., 1896-07-29
NEW YORK VIEWS OF THE GAME.
GOtham's Papers Chat EntertafnfnRly
of the Senator'S.

Scrappy' Joyce played so poorly in the
early innings of yesterdays game at East
ern Park that the Brooklyns sent three of
thelr number across the plate, and until the
seventh inning it was the belief of the 1900
persons that the home team would not have
10 score any more runs to beat the Wash
lngtons. With three men on the bases one
out, and two strikes on Selbach in the
eighth Inning, the latter in trying to dodge
a ball that would have passed over the
plate accidentally hit the ball, and as 1t
fell safely in right field two players came
IN Tim Hurst made poor decision in the
nrst inning when he called Joyce out, but
ne more than evened matters in the sixth
inning. Lachance was on third and Ken
nedy on first. AS the latter dashed for sec
ond Mcclure made feint as if to throw to
Joyce. Lachance slid back to the bag in
time, but Hurst decided that the man
out. With proper support McJames would
have shut out the home players.
From the Herald.
Bicycle faces do not monopolize the lines
of care and concern. There were eighteen
faces flushing around the field at Eastern
Park yesterday afternoon which were just
that many pictures of protracted trouble.
Nine belonged to the Brooklyn base ball
team and the other half represented the
national capitals tribulation in the national
game. The two teams have been cufed
around through the west during this month
with discouraging incivility. Broklyn's
Grooms came back with only six victories
to twelve defeats; but the soured Senators
got their hands on the laurel only three
times in many attempts.
1t was case of two hard luck clouds
meeting The usual result of such collision
is cyclonic. There was no exception In this
case. The victim was Josiah Joshua Ken
nedy. He was caught outside of his cellar
about $50 o'clock and whirled away in
cloud of base hits.
The crowd of spectators which were pres
ent to see what would happen when two
retreating forces met did not go there with
any compressed air in their lungs. Had 1t
been funeral instead Of ball game those
fifteen hundred souls would have not
shocked the mourners by their conduct. The
only demonstrations of the afternoon were
first, a populistic demand for kennedy's
extraction from the game when he gave
four bases on balls In the second inning,
and, secondly. counter irritant whoop OF
admiration when, two innings later, he
fielded out the three batsmen unassisted.
The two incidents well illustrated the tickle
ness of the average rooter.
Even the human rooster was not on his
customary perch, or If he was, he must
have been afflicted with pip. His place was
taken by mournful inquisitor. who every
fifteen minutes would dolefully inquire,
where's Daly?'
1t was hard luck in two sections, coming
together head on. At first Washington
seemed to get the worst of it. as two double
plays on hard line drives resulted in double
plays, just as things looked brightest. One
of them came with the bases full. Three
singles and a double had sent two runs home
ard tied the score in the seventh, and base
on balls filed the corners, with one out.
when Tom Browns liner went smack into
Lachance's hands, doubling Mcclure. Hard
luck! But not of the hardest.
Next inning, with one out and the bases
full, by reason of two hits and a batsman
ribbed" old Hard Luck took shy at the
Grooms Selbach had two strikes and two
1o11c I0,1fv ball ny,oSy, Dffrt,f
at his head. 1t hit his hat and bounded over
Lachance's head on fair ground, sending
two runs home That was enough to settle
the game, even had not another Senator
come home on a long fly. Had there not
been anxious inquiries about the scene of
hard luck conflict in Philadelphia one might
have thought the departing spectators at
the close of the game We're picnic party
of deaf mutes.
Today the two unfortunate forces will
meet again at Eastern Park and nobody can
guess in what form old H. L. will discover
himself to the awe-inspred people on the
seats. Go and see. 1t is more entertaining
than sleight-of-hand.
From the World
"Scrappy Bill' Joyce and his band of
Senate rial ball-tossers were guests at
Eastern Park yesterday. When ''Scrappy'
last showed in this locality he was fifth in
the race and his men were playing such
good ball that he kept cases on Baltimore
and Cleveland to make sure that they
different now, and poor Sill is keeping his
weather-eye cooked upon New York, ST.
Louis ard Louisville.
But despite his rapid slide down the to-
toggan, "Scrappy'' is still In the ring. and
says Dame Fortune is bound to give him
a rev turn of the wheel. This was before
the game. The tickle jade made good
"Scrappys" prophecy, for the Washing
tons defeated the Brocklyns quite handily.
1t looked as if the Senators were doomed
to take another step to the tail-end, but
in the latter half Of the game they pound
ed Kennedy quite hard. and after tieing
the score lucky hit by Selbach gave the
visitors the needed runs. In attempting to
get out of the way of a wide pitch the
ball struck Selbachs bat and fell safely in
to right field. 1t brought in the needed
runs by the biggest kind of fluke. but
that's all in base ball. McJames pitched
splendidly. and deserves the victory.
From the Journal.
While Sebach was waving his siX-pound
wand at Kennedy, the latter showed up
clean white spheroid against it. and "Sel'
laughed as he rolled In the loam at first,
while Cartwright and Lush capered across
the fourth corner. 1t was pure luck, and
even Tim Hurst broke that solemn mask
Of his into nipples over the hit that never
was meant.
TO PLAY THE DEVON TEAM.