Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-08
"GOOD THINGS" WENT WRONG.
Mercer Lost His Game and Breiten-
stein His.

Mercer Lost His Game and Breiten-
stein His.
The wisdom of playing two games for one
admission, instead of a morning and after
noon game, was substantially INDICATED by
the enormous crowd that turned out yester-
day afternoon to see the st. Louis and
Washington clubs battle for victory at Ma
t1cnal Park. The gates were thrown open
at O'Clock, and from that time until after
the second game had commenced a
tinual stream of patrons poured into the
grounds. The bleachers and 5O-cent seats
were simply packed, and the center Of the
big pavilion comfortably filled. At the
count-up it was found that nearly 5000 per-
sons had witnessed the games.
1t was a distinctive holiday crowd, three
fourths being of the sort that attend games
occasionally and wanted to be amused, no
matter what club came out on top. AS a
consequence the visitors received almost as
much applause as the home team. A great
deal of the applause can be accounted for
when it is considered that Bert Myers, a
Washington boy is playing third for the
Browns; that Capt. Tommy Dowd, the
popular ex-Georgetown College foot ball
player and ex-senator, was on second; that
joe Sullivan, another ex-senator, was in
lett Held, and that the popular idol Roger
Conner was guarding the initial bag for the
visitors. All these players were given a
splendid send-of on their first time at the
bat
The two games furnished surprises to
students of form in base ball. The first
game looked to be sure thing for the Sen
ators. as Mercer was in the box, and that
trratic twirler. Donohue. was down to pitch
for the Browns The former proved to be a
good thing and the latter a puzzle
throughout. In the second game the great
Ereitensteir was the rubber, and the
youngster, McJames opposed him. The lit
tie fellow with big name was hit almost at
will, while the supposed cherry pie from the
wilds of Virginia let the visitors down with
two hits. one of which was a fluke.
Both sides drew blanks in the first, Sui
Ivan and Turner striking out. Both clubs
got man over the plate in the second.
The visiting club secured their tally on
errors, while the home club Tailed theirs
on base on balls and Cartwrights line
drive almost to center field fence. A blank
was the Browns share in the third while
the Senators secured one run owing to the
sensational base running Of De Mont, who
came all the way home from second Oh an
infield hit.
hits and errors gave Dowd's men three
runs, placing them two runs to the good,
and from this out the home team was
never dangerous. In the sixth another run
another, resulting principally from hits
that drive a pitcher almost to drink. If
player left his position to cover base the
ball went right by the place vacated, or
too far out for the infielders. or too far in
for the outfelders. From the third inn
ing out the Senators drew blanks, all eff
forts at a rally being nipped In the bud by
sharp plays or fine pitching.
Umpire Lynch handled the players in
comemndable fashion, but few protests be-
ing registered, while the large crowd was
with him to man.
Following is the score Of the first game: