The evening times., 1897-07-02
FIRST LOST Is 6! ORIOLES
Senator's Fail to Bat DR.. Pond at
Opportune Times.
McJAMES is HIT TIMELY
The Washington CrippIes Do Good
Work in Baltimore, But the Cham
pfoDs Are More Fortunate-Un-
pire O'Day Got Into Disfavor by
His Wretched Work.

The Senators came out second best ut
Baltimore yesterday. OF the playing the
Sun says:
.'If the Washington team had been play
the champions yesterday at Union Park,
the name of the National Capital would
now be figuring in the first division of the
percentage record. 1t was, first of all,
battle between the two young collegians
and IN. DIS" Pond and McJames. III
was pretty nearly drawn battle, eaeh
being hit safely eight times, for total OF
eleven bases. But Pond had the better OF
tire argument because he was steadier
and gave only one base on balls TO NC
James four. He was cooler and more ef-
fective in tight places, and he kept get
ting more and more effective as the game
progressed. McJames kept the hits Well
scattered, but Quinn and Kelley caught him
just at timely moments, Quinu's triple ana
Kelley's double sending in four runs.
Both teams fielded finely, but the honors
were Carried off by Reitz and lieMontre-
vilie who ran a race In brilliant work
Tucker is Suffering with thumb that was
hurt in a collision some days ago and could
not play. He was on the coaching lines,
and his unique coaching was greatly en-
joyed by his many old friends here and the
crowd generally.
The American devotes considerable space
to Umpire O'Day's work. 1t says:
"'Hank' O'Day may have tried the role
OF clown in a country circus He was
a,.l.f soa al. hlux IA fsP ha
diamond and he grizzled enough 10 know
that the clown business don't GRAFT well on
umpiring This umpire began early to do
the wrggie with his decisions. The apex
OF impotency was reached In the seventh
inning, and then he became the feature Of
the game With one out aud Bowerman
on second In that inning, McG raw bided
his time and drew pass to first The best
keeler could do was to drive the ball at
wngley for a plain force. McGraw start
cd with the crack of the bat. Wrigley's
plan was To touch Mac as he came by and
throw to first for a double. Mac went down
the base path in good faith, while the un
sophisticated wrigley stood waiting, full
of confidence that Mac would step into his
parlor Poor Wrigley needs schooling in
the art of quick thinking, though ball
player All this while Wee" Willie's legs
were arrying him at d ten seconds gait
down to the initial bag. Just as MctiTaw
neared Wrigley, very much TO that young
man & disgust, he hesitated. drew back, aud
theu dropped to the ground. Wrigley was
between the thoughts of running down Nc
Graw and throwing out Keeler. For Ia
tai instant he hesitated, an then, getting
thoroughly confused, threw for Keelcr. Mac
was up like a flash and on the base tie had
never been touched, and Wrigiey had hesi
tated SO long that Keeer, too, was safe.
There was nothing complex about the play,
and yet O'Day was seized with so violent
q case of ratries that he walked into the
diamond and after waiting few minutes
for reflection so!eu.nly pronounced Mctiraw
out. Without either rhyme or reason or
Uncle Nick rules TO hack him. O'Day said
Mac was forceI out. Nobody had touched
Mac with the ball, neither had he been
forced, and so it was sheer gift to give
the put-out to Wngley on a play OF his own
dumhness''
The Herald says: THE game itself can
be dismis sed In few words. 1t was a
long gdrawn-out, tedious contest, seldom re
lieved by brilliant plays. The main inter
est centered about the work OF that pair
Of young Inedico twirlcrs-Dr. f. A-linS
ton Pond, for Baltimore, and DR.. Nc
James. for Washington. Both Were In fine
form, and it was battle royal between
them. DIR. Pond, OF course, Won his game.
and his banner fluttered more gaYly In the
breeze than that Of his Washington rival
But the latter need not feel disgraced The
team behind him did not play up TO the
mark of the Champs DR.. McJames was
just trifle wild than Doc Pond and gave
four bases on balls to Arlie's one. The
Baltimorean famed six men. while Nc.
James fooled but three of the Birds Tar
rell's throwing was one OF the features OF
the game He nahbed several OF the Orioles
who became possessed of an inorriinate de-
sire to pUrloin base. Four steals are re-
corded to the credit of the Senators, and
these were due 70 Ponds slow movement
Bowerman threw well. but he was handi-
capped by the big lead obtained by the run
ncrs. Hank o'Day was the umpire and he
simply kept up his reputation for making
ludicrous mistakes. There were any mum
her of decisions against the Orioles, and,
though it is not good policy to say so, the
Senator's had just cause for many of their
numerous kicks. O'Day was impartiaIy
and unanimously rotten''
Yesterdays score:
Baltimore R.H.PO.A.