Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-24
Record of the Clubs.

~ write description OF the games play
ed with the Phillies in the series lust
closed one game would answer for all. In
nutshell. the visitors played listIess, al
most dumb, ball. while the Senators were
IN the game from start to finish, their
batting being something to crow over and
their fielding of the sensational order at
critical stages of the game. This was the
order OF things In yesterdays game. The
nome club winning easily by the score of
L to g
JACK Tayior went on the rubber for the
Vlsitors In the hope of getting at least one
game out OF the contest but when he drop
ped the ball on the line in the second inn
lng IN trying to run down Mcclure his use
fulness was over for the day. as it broke his
heart. Jack pulled himself together in the
fourth and fifth inning. but it was only a
hash In the pan. and he soon relapsed into
listess work
In direct contrast to Taylor's work was
the performance of Winnie Mercer He
didn't use one-fourth the speed that the
Phiilies' twrler did. but his brain pan was
sizzling hot, and the way Win worked the
heavy hitters for pop flies or easy infieId
hits was a caution. When any pitcher
holds the Philuea dowE. to seven hits he is
traordinary performances
The Sena tors secured their first four runs
in the second inning, whcr Mcclure went
TO second OF Cross high throw and to
third on fuckers single. Reilly then bunt-
cd 10 Taylor, and in trying to run Mcclure
down on the lire the pitcher dropped the
ball and Reilly was on second. Tucker on
thlrd and Mac home Abbey then hit a
nice single into right apI Tucker scored.
Reilly going to third O'Brien kept up the
good work with another single to right
and Reilly scored, Abbey going to third
The latter then came home 18th the fourth
run on Wrigiey's out, shoES to first.
Two more runs we've added to the Sena-
tors side of the tally sheet in the third
after Mcclure had fiied out to Cooley and
little De Mont had been caught off OF third
through the persistent work of Taylor
Tucker had singled too hot for Dowd, and
Kelly followed with u triple, scoring the
first named and comingohome himself a
moment later on Abbeyis two-bagger to
left. -.
The fourth and fifth were blanks, but in
the sixth the batting commenced again.
Reilly was hit with a pitched bail. Gilen
fumbled Abbey's. grounder, and both came
home on Wrigleys three-bagge:- almost to
the centerfield fence. Two additional runs
were added in the seventh, when Mcclure
had singled and Tucker was hit with the
ball. the former scoring on, Reilly's two
Dagger to left and the second-na.neI car
nome Oh d HeiueF 5 CHOICE IN the elSnln
the Senators coppered their last two tallies.
Wrigley hunted nicely and went to second
on Selbach's single. Mcclure then hit safe
ly, scoring Wrisley and landing Sci. on
third. the latter coming home with the last
run of the game on q fielder's choice.
The Quakers scored one of their runs in
the first on Cooley's clever bunt and Dowd's
long two-bagger to left. that brought the
curly headed center fielder over the plate.
Their second tally came in the sixth, and
again Cooley was the lucky boy, reaching
first on a pretty single. going to second on
Selbach's muff. to third on Delehantys out
to Abbey and home on a fiel1ers choice.
Mr.. Lynch acted the part of arbitrator
yesterday, and his work was clean cut. i'm
partial and generally correct.