The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-27

Cornelius McGillicuddy and his Pitts
burgers-ycelpt the Pirates arrived in
town from Boston yesterday and as il to
celebrate their escape from Beanville they
| wendell their way to National Park and
took a fall out OF the Senators.
But Connie and his comrades had no
easy thing-no holiday snap. Instead OF
clnch it Cawned on them after the first
| inning that they Were up against it,"
and IL required every inch and atom Of the
pla wing ability held beneath their hides to
take the game from Tom Browns boys.
on the whole, however, 1t was a slow
contest. There was a noticeable lack OF
ginger and get up on both sides, and but
for several sensational individual plays
interest would have Jagged and the game
descended into the ordinary rut.
There Were features in yesterdays bat
tie OF bat and ball that will ever remain
green in the memories of local fans. The
first blood tingling act was given in the
second inning, and Dick Padden, Louis
Bierbauer's temporary successor at second
base for Pittsburg played the star part.
PADDEN's CIRCUS CATCH.
Johnny O'brien Was at bat and as two
hands We're out, he essayed to smash the
ball into smithereens He uid. His bat
met one OF Hastings straight ones square
on the nose and 1t sailed away on a line
about eight feet from the ground.
Padden was pla wing Off second and deep
in right, when lie signteu the flying sphere
speeding on ITS intended home run Journey
to the bleachcrs.
Up jumped DICK like released Jack-in-
the-uoS OF as II Iired from d catapuit, and
stretching high his gloved left hand, he
stabbed the ball and held it tight as he
parachuted back TO terra Trina.
The audience was first daZZled by the
phenomena and then realizing what had
napp.ned-it was all in the twinklinr or an
eye-they broke into enthusiastic applause
and cheered the plucky player again and
again as he walked from the field to lie
bench.
The nearest approach to such .'circus
work or robbery" as the bleacher boys
term it, wa S perpetrated by Cupid Childs, OF
the Clevelands, in game at National Park
the early part or the season, but Cupid
juggled his ball, while Padden grabbed
his III mid air and never wODbIed once in
bringing it back to earth.
Lush and Setback also played title roles
in put-out plays. 1t was in the eighth
inning, with the. score tied, that Billy
Lush put big brake ON Pittsburg' S chances
to tally.
LUSH NAILED ELY'S FLY.
Fred Ely, the first batter up for the
Smoked Italians" drove a short fly
to right field. 1t was too far out for
Cartwright or O'Brien and was seemingly
too far in for Billy to capture. 1t had all
the ear marks OF a safe hit.
But Billy put on steam and running
as if paced by a mica minute locomotive
he reached the ball in time to scoop it into
his nit just as it was Dipping the heads of
the grass blades.
In the same inning Harry Davis smashed
the leather to LETT for two bases, but Sci
snxl W.lfI t1f..N
down in his usual Sans Gene style.
These two catches despoiled Pittsburg
of Two sure runs. if the bah going safe in
each instance would not have opened up
the way for the Pirates to run their total
score up into two figures.
The general fielding of both teams was
extra good, barring wild throw by
Hastings, an error by Harvey Smith, and Il
tumble by DeMoDtreville of a thrown ball
from the outfieh, all OF which counted
in the run getting. l..e
As Connie had sent his premier pitchers,
Killen and Hawley, to mill quite often
OF late he gave them a rest and delegated
Hastings, his Western Lacquer to turn the
trick
Hastings is a graduate from Jimmy
Mannina's Kansas City club, which stood
high up in the Western League race last
teason. He is a college bred youngster
Hastings, of Pennsylvania.
And he is a pretty good pitcher at that.
He has worlds OF speed, fair control AID
watches bases closely. His only weakness
is that his think tank" don't work fast
in tight places. But Connie says he will
learn this and Connie knows a ball player
when he meets one in the road.
Popular Lester German was sent to the
rubber for the Senators. As usual, Lester
was slugged to beat the band good fielding
saving many hit from being chalked
against his credit.
GERMANS GOOD PLAYING.
But had the other Senators met the bail
as often and drove it out as clean and
would be different.
He made til rec beauty signles, and it was
his drive in the eighth and subsequent theft
of second by pretty piece of head work
that gave the Senators their third run.
He is always in the game and it seems
strange that lard luck should ruthlessly
pursue such worthy ball player.
Quite large audience assembled to see
the game, which was ordered up at the
usual hour by Umpire Bud Lally.
A word as to Lally. We of the East
have heard a great deal about him, pro
and con, as to his ability as an umpire.
We have heard that he knew lis business,
and, again, that he was a dub. His IA
voritism to the Cincinnati club has been
recounted and the papers have published
the story OF his personal difficulty with
Frank Killen, OF the Pittsburgs, wherein
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