Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-05-21
DETROIT WON A POOR GAME.
THE riNyi>G WAS BND AND THE
uMPiRiNG I>ri>irELY WORSE.
Blues Played mn tphiii Gnmr. but
nnsrs on halls GnVc the Visitors
u Lead which Could Not
He overcome.

Yesterdays ball game between tho Blues
md the Detroit Tigers was q sore disnp-
pontment to the admirers of the local
team. They were disappointed, not so
much bccaus" the Blucs were beaten. for
they know they cannot win all the games.
hut because of the style OF game they put
w, which virtually presented pett0.t with
the game after the Blues had, by hard. m
tili work. pulled ont Of a hole and tied the
Aor.. The Blues are not having any snaps
these days. Every game they play Is "a
hard. prolonged night, which they have 10
play Ia a finish it they win, md ~ they
make single mistake VI any Kind 1t seems
TO be fatal. They are certainly IN hard
luck streak. which cannot last forever.
The unutterably miserable umplrng Of
sommcr Of course. his a good deal to 10
with the kind Of ball the Blues are play
ms. Somm"r's poor work ir not hecause
ol dishonesty ot gi a desit" 70 give IN"
of his bullh"nird ignorance, lie IS AZ ant
TO givc the visitors the worst OF II, hat II
has so happened that. ln all the games he
h9s uinptr"i to date, the Blu"s have been
given the worst Of every close decision,
aud OF Some. thnt were not nt all close.
one OF this latter variety was In Sestet-
days game. whore he called Syco ont at
second base when corcorHn did not come
Within q foot Of touching him. This one
decision might have changed the result OF
The game. for while the Blues got no runs
In that inning. they would have undouht-
called out. This would have given ihcm
u comfortable lead. and the visitors would
OF the Bnes. /, is hariiy worth while 10
roast Sommcr, for he would not appreciate
Il; H. does does not know ,he mrs, rdaimSn,s ,hn,
good deal
Fineld. who pitched for the Tigers. got
away lucky. The Blues hit him hard. but
unluckily. ami In only one inning We're
their hits bunchcd effectively. Daniels
HBsN aNs INFNE# tl.H
way Sommer saw the balls he was wilder
than ever before in his life. giving six
bases on balls which virtually gave the
visitors their first nine runs.
The game WIS one of those miserable af-
fairs which makes the spectators weary
the fact that their i've runs In the fourth
inning were made after two men were out
and they came right along in the sixth Inn
ing, after the Blues had tied the score and
made four more runs after two men were
out, out; II VIII @ no, happg,n again this season
retired In onCh,
second inning. batting In an earned run by
means of hard hit for two bases by
Killing. and a single by Hatfield after the
next two men had been retired. The IL
gers failed 10 score until the fourth Inn
Ing. when they made enough runs In a
bunch to cinch the game for them, Dam
iels willness being responsible for them.
After Knoll ha! gone out on n fly DUNCAN
was given his base on balls. and then stall
Burnett got base on balls, Cotcoran hit
for two bases, Gilien for n single frost for
who allowed Fiheld 20 knock the. ball out
Of his hands after Manning had thrown
him out. let nve rum. cross the plate, FL
ball momentatily. as contemplated by the
rules. but sommer could not see it that
way.
In the NTH the Blues got another on n
single by Daniels base 10 Nyce and n
single by klusmgn. In the, sixth they