Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-30

The game played at National Park Sat-
urday afternoon between the st. Louis and
Washington clubs could have been termed
a comedy of errors but for the disgust
ing tactics resorted to by the visiting play
ers to rattle Umpire Kelley and the pain
full experience of Morgan Murphy in try
ing to pull off one of his fancy plays. The
game was called in the eighth inning, with
the score standing 10 to IL in favor of the
Senator's
AS the game was started at 4 o'clock in
stead of a half hour later, the players no
doubt concluded they had just that much
leeway, and as a result continuous kick
ing was INDUCED in that delayed the game
at several points until the usual time for
ending the game had arrived. Umpire KEEL
ley had a hard day of it, and several of
his decisions were apparently wide of the
mark. but he played no favorites, one club
suffering as much as the other. The st.
Louis players travel over the circuit with
chips on their shoulders, no doubt believ-
ing they will get the short end of every
thing, and just soon a doubtful de-
cision is given they go up in the air like
a pack of bronchos. Monte Cross kicked
so hard on the number of balls that Kel-
ley's indicator gave him that he was bench
ed. and as result the club was so much
weakened.
Appealing to the scorers won't do on de-
ciSions like this, they do not keep track
of balls and strikes, and had Cross been
sustained the umpire would have been
made the laughing stock of the spectators.
1t was only a case of one ball, and Cross
kick had the appearance Of desire to
be retired. Then Harris retirement had the
same aspect, as he kept up his kick too
long over decision of a ball or strike.
But putting Jim Mcguire out of the game
takes on a humorous turn. This was Jim's
first experience of this sort and to see lin
protesting furnished quite surprise to
the onlookers. He was on third when a
fly ball was hit into left field. At the time
it was caught Mcclure started home and
made it. The umpire thought he started
too soon, and several of the spectators
agreed with him, but JimS dander
up, and he wouldn't subside until he had
been benched. Farrell taking his place.
Morgan Murphy was the first man to go
cut of the game, and his retirement seemed
to take considerable life out of the Browns.
Morgan started to jump in front of the
batter to take the ball from the pitcher.
so as to catch Reilly who made bluff to
steal second, but he closed his hands too
soon, and as a result the index finger of
his right hand was badly mashed. One of
the surgeons at the Freedmen's Hospital
fixed Morgan up in first-class shape, but it
will be week before he is back in the
game.
Cy Swain started in to do the twirling
for the Senator'S but he appeared to be the
man the Browns had been looking for for
some time, they pasted his delivery to
all parts of the lot, and he had to be re-
tired in the fourth, McJames taking his
place. Hart was also hit hard, but his sup
pert was something weird, and after he
had been retired by the umpire, Powell
came into the game and was terribly wild.
While the Browns have only five errors
chalked up against them, their errors OF
omission were more costly than the ones
committed. All the outfielders seemed to be
in trance, Lally dropping an easy fly,
while Harley had lots of trouble with the
ST n. The Senators fielded well in the face
of the continuous hitting. The balls that
went safe were not of the suspicious kind
but went off the bat like balls from a rifle
and were in the outfield before a step could
be made to intercept them.
Other Games Played Saturday.