The morning times., 1896-04-22

The Senators won lie game, then lost it,
and then pulled ! l out OF the fire, Placing
NlctorS ~ Jhoir cicuI. tiaI VIII he Talked
about in local baseball circles Tor many
years 10 come.
IL would La aVe-been aha rd contest to lose,
and perhaps no success that has ever aC-
crueu 10 thc 'CiLp SINCE washington has
been in tie League was as popuiar or as
joSiuily Received as The result OF yester-
days opemug with Brookiyn.
IL was Il LvaIU- JroUnliie game. During
the woS iui seIAs 80 tits4la t4ie bfiuebroonls
were Registering at noihe pate win Ii
.atIIIiIH SCi.hI.-Gils tLoC oaGsSu liioaI Iis
groans, aud soDs rroln the grand stanu.
ANA Jneu wHcn me CIouus or despair
rlit= II.C CIl..lu Is.rIIii4, a..u suoNIu a
smiling sky, lne dellgnl aud hysterlcal
Log i.I., - "a lt.N .otl444.--c I,-ns Hds as IL
a great wave OF sunlight had danced over
the diamond.
iur sa...e looked easy UP to BrUoklyn's
eBu oil Tie lhlTu luiiI1is, anu even tiIe II,
wnen TIC Nisitofs bIie,. up Iour ruus, no
body grew nervous. ! LIE scua TORS nad lne
ltau, with ave talues, ana were playing as
smooth as oil.
inc Gu.i, stckcning thud palled the five
thousand ana tnoIc hSar,s IN the last
han oi the sixth, Wien Foutz's men came
hAe an aSaiaGCfic AHA never quit tier
''meanness, as a dlScoLsoiale lazy salu,
until thes nau put az raus 10 Tic good,
Increasing thclr lotdl 20 ten, twice as many
as stood 20 the credit OT Tie Senators.
AN UPHILL BATTLE.
But Capt. joyce is Iuauc OF stcrner stuff
than TO iay .Gowu with I'VE runs against
hitn, ana in the soNeiItn lie Cothinenceu Tue
upnlii Daelia. Never luE once uia tue Seh-
aUOrs weary oI Tie DlS Iash BeI ore the M, but
IKE the IaDied IuItUisS. Ittes sueaulIy mann
tanned their pace auu IlIiaIIy wun out Win
a margin TO spare and with enough glory
10 cover uCLcn defeats.
III Was IilS IreIucsy game against odds
ever played 1T National fdrk, anu II there
was sKepue aS 10 tue aDllty OF the
Senators Uuis season at the commence
mtnt or Tue game all doubt was QlspeIled
by Tie magDA4ccuJ Murk vi the uonir cIuD
from Tie seyengn INNING 10 me close.
1ne contest was not ideally artistic from
a baseball standpoint The score Was
large auu tie errors were yellow. Yet
1t was the kind OF game thaU pieases the
public.
1hcre was a plethora OF hitting and
running and the home club Won IN an
exciting finish. The result was in doubt
uutiI the last man had been put out, and
no one in the large crowd breatheo easy
untIi CaJchrr Trims pop up 1ly had been
squeezed ny Capt. JOYCE. oriTn was Brook
lyn's last chapCe and mighty roar went
up wler he i"l' - Yiclim 10 Tic Senators
captain.
n,. iaurels of the victory belong to Mr..
took Il aa Y OH ana their errors were DAN
gerously near disastrous.
Rodgers muff OF Lemontreyille's assist
in TIC TIA, ri cost three runs, and Gene
was responsible for four more in the
sixth when he let Abbey's throw In of
Daly's hit get by him and go speeding to
the iert IieId foul lines.
But at that, the youngsters figured in
the run getting. They didn't go to make
stiIc trruI>. atu as Washington won any
how where is the one VINO feels inclined
to criJciSe? II ad the Senators lost il
would have been different.
sELBACH AND ABBEY's FINE WORK.
Technically the game is In thtsS Senators
Won column, owing to the remarkable
fielding OF Selbach and Abbey and a most
ineXcusable error of Tom Daily. Daily
lost the game for BROOKLYN when he failed
to handle Joyce's tap in the eighth. 1t
was an easy chance and Tom should have
''eat it up
But above ALL the credit Of the game be
longs To SeDacn. 80 far as yesterdays work
is concerned the brIIliant Mccarthy was
stick compared TO Washington ssturdy left
fielder.
NOT only once, but time a nd a gain, hemade
put outs OF hits to his garden that seemed
umposSlui- touandie. A lIuI Ills pla VS. boraered
the marvellous, but his catch of Grim's
home run drive in the sixth was the most
sensational 1leIding ever witnessed at the
park.
He ran with the ball to the big yellow
sign board and before ii could strike the
pIanks he Jumped high I'm the air and pulled
1t down. No one thought for once that he
would touch The bail, bat VIXEN he landed il
safe epandemonum broke looseonthe grounds.
d
fly from Kennedy s pat that was phenomenal
The German Ambassador was kept busy
doffing his cap throughout the game
Blonde haired bbey was not far behind
his brunette compatriot in coed fielding
feats, and his batting was hard and timely
His home run in the seventh turned the tiue
In favor Of the Senators and was the com
mencement of the second era of run getting
that won the game.
Abbey led both clubs in batting getting
a single, a three-bagger and a home run.
His loyal constituents in the right field
20 cent seats were highly, appreciative of
his clever batting and fielding and were
eXtravagantly liberal with their applause
and words OF good cheer.
MERCER. WAS HIT HARD.
The Brooklyns bad Oh their batting clothes
and gave Mercer quite a Iambastng i'm
the third and sixth innings. But Win
kept tugging away and had bis reward
at last.
Win evened up the score materially bv
making couple OF hits, the first drive
being a clean home run drive into the
right field seats.
The Brooklyns played a good game as
a whole, but their errors were costly
and lost them the game. The visitors
seem to be in splendid condition and are
that evenly balanced that they will prove
strong competitors in the race for first
division hoDors if not for the pennant