Evening star., 1897-05-12
Record of the Clubs.

Another game full Of red fire and side
lights was played yesterday at National
Park between the Baltimore and Wash
fngton clubs. and the visitors secured their
first victory of the season over the home
club
From beginning to end the game was full
of accident. incidents and surprises. The
accidents came in the shape of run-in be-
tween Jack Doyle, who went flying out into
right field after high fly and smashed
into little Keeler. knocking out a tooth and
cutting OF piece of the lower lip of the
latter. to say nothing Of the shock of the
collision. There Is nothing yellow about the
little right fielder's makeup. and after a
few minutes delay he returned to his posi-
ton and the game went on. Then DEMON
treville got in front Of an ugly bounder and
a big bruise on the shoulder followed. and
short time afterward ball thrown by
Cartwright coilided with his other shoulder,
and another rubbing down had to follow.
In the fourth inning that shifty hitter
Stencil met a slow one on the end of the
bat and down 1t went toward Reilly like
bullet from a rife. Charley made a game
effort to field the ball. but 1t caromed On
his breast bone with a dull thud, and be-
fore the ball could be recovered the Ger
man from Pittsburg was on first.
The Incidents were the run in between
Umpire Hurst and Jack Doyle and the
talking match between the arbitrator and
little McGraw. Doyle no doubt thought
the kick of the day before could be carried
over into yesterdays game. but Timothy
Hurst had taken good sleep. and decided
TO use different tactics, with the result that
the scrappy first baseman was first fined
s25 and then put on the bench. This didn't
seem to be strong enough medicine to keep
him quiet. and he was ordered or the field.
Doyle finally brought UP among the Jury
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Freedman's Hospital. and no doubt poured
out his woes to sympathetic listeners
The surprises were furnished by the
really sensational throwing to second base
by Duke Farrell, and the error making of
DeMontreville. Farrell has been tipped on
frequently of late as having lame
shoulder, and the Orioles no doubt heard
the reports and decided on stealing bases.
but after Charley had made selling platers
out of their fieetest runners they ieft on
their attempts at pilfering
Little DeMontreville Is only human ana
bound TO make misplays. but to charge him
With carelessness is almost an outrage. 1t
Is Just such errors that makes him vaiua-
BILE to the team, as he goes afser every
thing and never thinks OF his record, tut
he fields so we'll almost continuously that
when he makes slip-ups everybody Is sur
prised.
the combination could not be shifted. con-
seaueny he went to the e,,cS ,hs hst ke
in the records Of the game against the
birds from Oysterviile. but 1t always goes
for naught. Under the circumstances OF his
past record against the birds. 1t appeared
to ali the spectators that almost any pitch
er on the staff would have been better of
in the box than the brunette boy from the
buckeye state. To begin WITH the visitors
secured nice handicap at the start of the
game. hammering the ball. as it appeared.
all over the lot and registering three runs.
After the first inning Mercer really did
great work. but his fielders then took a
hand at throwing him down, substanriating
the idea that there is more than mere idle
talk in the prediction that certain pito hers
cannot pitch against certain clubs.
Brother Joe" Corbett was on The slab
for the Orioles. and gave a mastery exhibi-
ton Of the twirlers art. He felded his po-
sition finely. and kept q cool head in diff
cult spots Of the game and in this way
managed to crawl out Of many tight places.
Umpire Hurst's work yesterday was q lit
tie bit better than the day before but there
is still room for improvement. He has
been given his instructions from headQuar-
ters. and should not allow the players to
argue with him over decisions. His work
would be much easier and the game quick
er and more enjoyable.