The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-26


Cleveland wen the first Of the double
header at Baltimore and tied the cham
pions in the second. New York and Louis
Vile and hiladelphia and st. Louis
broke even in their respective games. In
Gle AnsoD and Colts galloped away from
Dave FoutZ' Bridegr,oms and Boston beat
Pttsburg. The Pirates left tile Hub last
night and will play the Senators at Ma
tional Park this afternoon.
1t looked like old times at National
Park yesterday afternoon-like the odd
tines Of the spring days when the Sena-
tors held position in the first division and
all Washington was agog on baseball.
The personnel of the great crowd present
was the same. The iaGies lent their pres
ence by the hundredsand thousands of dyed
in the-wool fans ed the crescent of
seats stretching from deep right field
around to where the long red half circle
joins the high enclosure OF the Hotel des
Invalides.
1t was one of the prettiest congregations
that ever paid homage to the game OF all
games, and the Senators In appreciation
OF the compliment gave a dual exhibition
OF brainy and mechanical skill, such as
was never surpassed in the mclnory of the
20 ldest rooter,' who, like the oldest
inha bitant, is Wont TO surreit his hearers
Win hidfiiI -NSlItS stoiits dibut HDW
1--WE used TO play ball back in the sixties
and seventies
SENATORS PLAYED FAST BALL.
Capt. Tom Brown and his men were full
of ginger and grit in the seventeen and a
half innings played. sixteen OF which re-
suited In shut outs for the visitors. Nothing
seemed too hard for them to go after in
the field and at bat, and on the bases they
were as daring as the old James gang OF
bank and train robbers. And that, in
simple, explains the double victory over
Bucks Astonishing Braves.
The results were a Waterloo to Cincin-
natl. With the Spiders beating Baltimore
and slowly but surely crawling on their
heels. every ball that pinged from the
Senators bats seemed to weirdly whistle
a funeral dirge on their pennant and Tenn
pie Cup hopes. 1t was bitter dose a
double prescription of nausea that Buck
and his coadjutors had to swallow. 1t was
as the henilock to Socrates, the only differ
ence being that it was unwillingly forced
down the thrO OF the red-hosed aggrega-
ton from the banks of the Ohio.
Yet, while defeat was costly for Buck,
it was not freghted with dishonOr. Many
good generals and their armies have been
swept from the field where before the
battle victory seemed sure. Such was the
fate that befell the Cincinnati chief and his
cohorts yesterday afternoon.
Both games were practically pitchers
contests, and to the Washington box
artists fell the greater share of the hoDors.
Handsome Win Mercer his sobriquct
was no joke yesterday and Philip Rcd
Ehret We're the opposing gladiators in the
first struggle, and Win won.
1t was a case of blonde and brunette
and the dark-eyed Romeo silhouetted against
the Carnine shadow cast by Phillip, the
Red" shone in becoming relief. The
matinee girls gazed in ecstacy aud their
chaperoning mammals INDUCED them to the
extent of admitting that 1.-The young fellow
was quite handsome and pitched the ball
very well.'' The chappies, disconsolate
in their eclipse. got in knock by say
ing Mercer knows his business; ne
should do living pictures in a baseball unii-
form during the theatrical season.
MERCER MIXED EN- UP.
Mercer has evideuy regained the form
that made him the premier pitcher of the
league during the early part of the season.
His strength is boundless aud he has per
feet control Of" the ball. He used his
cocktail delivery on the Reds yester-
day; that is, he mixed EN- up for the bat
ters facing him. Like all others who go
up against cocktails continually, Win
soon had them dopy and handled them as
so many mechanical dolls.
In the second game, Billy Rhines, who
until recently has been on Cincinnati's hos
pital role since early last spring, when his
finger was broken by battcd ball, took
the center of the stage for the visitors,
and Jimmy McJames essayed the heavy
part for the local talent.
Rhines is great pitcher and could be
cashed at the Rusie- Young market price,
bu his work yesterday was ''deuces" COM
pared to the article OF twirling dished up
by the youngster from the Palmetto State