Evening star., 1896-08-04

eighteen of the twenty-seven put-outs Of
the game were on flies nine to the outfield
and nine to the infield. Those figures tell
the tale effectively than words. A
fitting example of the lack of team batting
was the case of the sixth inning. Lush and
DeMontreville led off with singles. The next
three men popped up easy flies and the side
was retired without giving Lush chance
to get beyond second.
No one will ever understand to perfect
satisfaction why German was sent in to
begin the pitching. He otficated Friday
against Baltimore. He expressed great
surprise when he got his orders. Baltimore
hit him safely for single. double and
triple, besides a sacrifice in the first inning
and then Mr. SchmelZ came to the conclu-
sion that he had made mistake and sent
in McJames who pitched splendid ball.
HAD he been given snappy support he
might have shut out the visitors during the
rest Of the game but there was no life~1n
the team. and toward the close he caught
the fever Of Inertia and slowed down.
Umpire Sheridan made his debut before
Washington crowd, and right well did he
entertain them with his foghorn voice One
of the grand-stand rooters remarked that
PM Sheridan might easily have been
twenty miles away" and yet have shouted
his orders with that voice so as to be heard
by his troops. Sheridan's decisions were
fair though he incurred the displeasure of
the fans III the second inning by declaring
Donnelly safe at second because DeMontre-
Vile dropped McGuire's throw. The play
was close and quick and few of the spec
tators saw it. Sheridan, however, was at
the base. and his decision was probably all
right. He evened up in the sixth when he
called Keller out at the plate on a play
that might be considered close by some
folks.
There is nothing to tell about Washing
TONS rungetting. The nearest approach to
that sort of thing was in the first inning,
when Lush went down on balls, reached
second on Selbachs foul out which Clark
caught at the stand, and third on passed
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arrive. In the second O'Brien hit safely
with one out and went ahead on Browns
sacrifice, but Cartwright tried to perforate
the sky and failed. In the fourth SeIh,ch
NIT out q pretty single and was doubled
when Hemming stopped McGuire's bound
er, ana two men died ignominously The
sad tale of how two good hits were wasted
IN the sixth has already been told
Baltimore took two runs in the first ;nn-
ing Kelley hit to deep right center for
three bases and scored on Keeler's single
doWn Down the right foul line. Jennings sacri-
feed, and after Doyle had struck out Reitz
hit to right center fer two bases. and was
caught between second and third after
keeler had scored. Lush made beautif,,l
throws on both keleys and Reitz's hit.
The first time Charley Farrell seemed to
be asleep, for he had plenty of chance to
tag Kelley, but missed his opportunity,
The throw-in of Reitzs hit was Straight as
an arrow.
Another run went up on the board for
baltimore In the second. With Brodie out
Donnelly reached first on O'Brien's tumble
and stole second, being declared safe on the
close close play He then scored on Clark's rat
tling double over DeMontreville's head,
Hemming sacrificed Clark to third, but Kel-
ley fled to Brown. After that McJames
had the Orioles at his mercy for three
innings In the sixth Keeler bounded
nasty little hit between McJames and Far
rell that went safe. and Jennings put a fy
back of first that no one could reach.
keeler reached third on the play and was
neatly thrown out at the plate by Mcclure
and DeMontreville when Jennings stole.
Doyle then pasted hard rap into right for
a base that Lush tried to catch on the for
ward run. He fumbled., and Jennings
hit hard on the foot by Lush's throw. Jen
nings promptly stole third on the first
pitch, and again Farrell looked and acted
like man IN trance. Reitz flied out to
Brown and Jennings tailed. Then Brodie
hit to right for base, but Donnelly struck
out.
In the eighth Baltimore got two more
tallies: Keller put bounder down by
first that OBrien could easily have reach
ed, but Cartwright seemed to be suddenly
imbued with desire to do something and
went after the ball. He got it, but there
was no one to throw it to- and KeeIer was
and Doyle was presented with the right to
walk. Reitz struck out. and then Brodie
hit vicious one that o,Brien stopped
gallaEtly. He could not hold it, however.
ard the bases were filled. Two runs came
in when Donnelly lifted high one into
right that fell barely safe. hitting the rail
and bounding back. Lush made a good
try, but could not quite reach the baIi.
Then Clark struck out
The game was devoid Of features save for
the brilliant work Of DeMontrevilIe and
Cartwright on a play IN the fifth inning.
when for once there appeared to be some
spirit In the nine. With one out Hemminp
hit savage bounder that first caromed
off McJames' hand and then started for
center field. DeMontreville cantered over
and got the ball south of second base and
threw 1t, ON the run. to Cartwright, VINO got
1t high in the air with one hand, and the
runner was out.
One Of the poorest features Of the game.
on the other hand. was the attempted sacri.
tried to bunt high pitches. with the result