Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-22
WHY WASHINGTON WON.
Henry ChadwicL's Comments on Yes
terdny's Bnll Gnme.

Mr.. Henry Chadwick, in commenting on
Yesterdays game, said: Il was delighted
to see such a fine assemblage of spectators
on the occasion. The grand stand" he
said, reminds me of the picture presented
at Eastern Park in Brooklyn on ladies'
days there. With such an incentive as the
presence Of so many Of the local beauties
1 don't wonder at the success of The team p"
In remarking upon the play, he said: "You
have a splendid out-field trio in Setback
Brown and Abbey. The former made some
of the finest catches at left field l have
seen for years past, and Abbey's activity
at right field, in his quick returns Of the
ball, reminded me of the late veteran Har-
ry Wrshts, outtielding in his palmy days
with the Boston. In the infield young De
Montrevillle did splendid work I notice
that one of the papers charges him with a
glazing error In the sixth inning but did
not see it. He accepted nine chances in the
best style of the art and cut off several
base hits by his mastery fielding of hard
hit Founders. 1t is very queer to me to see
the majority of scribes prone to be over
critical of the work of the infiold quartet,
in charging them with errors in not stop
ping difficult twisting bound balls; and vet
these self-same critics will be very blind to
errors of judgment on the part of outfield-
ers in misjudging fungo hit balls I saw
that in Cincinnati, where the infelders
were charged with errors in not fielding
hard-hit and difficult bounding balls, while
fungo hits to the outfield, giving chances
for catches, were credited as base hits
when not caught, though the sun was glar-
ing in the eyes of the feders. Every praise
is given to record batsmen, and very little
to team workers."
A Case of Bad Judgment.
He was quite free in his comments on
what he called the errors of Judgment on
the part Of captains in sending visiting
teams to the bat last in a game. Buck
Ewing" he said, lost yesterdays game in
Cincinnati by just such stupidity, the Cleve-
lands having to go in last In the ninth in
ming, with two runs to get to win, and they
did it, and Won by II to 10. 1t was nothing
but MERGERS plucky work in the box yes
terday," he continued, that enabled the
home team to win, as Joyce'S blunder in
giving Brooklyn the last chance at the bat
would otherwise have lost the game
There is not single point to be gained
in going In first to the bat" he added
while it is very important to have a
chance for rally at the bat in going in
last in the game. j
Il see that one paper charges Manager
Foutz with saying that keefe gave the
Senator's several shades the best Of it on
balls and strikes. am awfully tired" he
remarked, "of this boyish habit of attrib-
uting teams defeat to the umpire This
and the cry of hard luck were two of John
Brooklyn batsmen gave their fielding oppo-
nents eighteen chances for catches to nine
given by the Washingtons had more to do
with the visitors defeat than anything
else. In seven innings play they failed to
score a single run, and in four innings did
not score single hit, while in seven in
nings they made only three hits and all of
them were high balls in the air. To talk
Of decisions of the umpire as the cause Of
defeat in the face of the record is child
ish."
The Pitchers Work.
In speaking Of the pitching he said that
Kennedy did good work in the box In five
of the nine innings, and Mercer was re-
markably effective in seven out of the nine
Not a run was earned off the pitching in
the innings in which the home batsmen
made five runs.
Speaking of the umpiring Of yesterday.
Mr.. Chadwick said: 4 regret exceedingly