Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-07
Record of the Clubs,

Talk about base ball being dead in WASH
ington! The skept;cal ones should have
been at National Park yesterday after
noon and witnessed the double-header be-
tween the Louisville and Washington clubs,
and incidentally took a survey of the spec
tators present. 1t being ladies' day,
through the keen foresight of Mr.. Wagner
and the courtesy of President Pulliam of
the Louisville club, fully 5000 of the fair
sex were present, and, in addition over
5000 dyed-in-the-wool base ball enthusiasts
of the sterner sex cheered, yelled and crit
icised each play with an earnestness that
made them hot, but evidently added to
their enjoyment. When 1t is considered
that fully 1000 of the spectators sat in the
burning sun during the four hours and
more of play, and suffered through the dis
comforts of being packed togethr like sar-
dimes, the hold the national game has on
the public can be more fully appreciated.
AS early as l o'clock long line of people
were outside the gates. waiting for the
ticket booths to open, and from 1 80 until
after the second game had been started
there was almost a continuous stream of
anxious spectators filing into the grounds
Nothing whatever occurred to mar the
pleasure of the afternoon. The home club
Won both games from the Colonies, and The
fact that the Senators looked like winners
at every stage of the contests kept the
perspiring multitude in a good humor, and
made them laugh at many discomforts.
The gate keepers told The Star reporter
that of tie 11.0O spectators present not
800 left the groun is before the final game
was concluded. 1t was getting dark at the
park when Umpire Emse called the game,
after the Colonels had had their seventh
turn at the bat.
The first game went to the credit of the
Senators by the score of to s. and the
second by the score of to 3.
Mercer and Hill were the opposing pitch
ers for the first game, and the local man
outpitched the golden haired boy almost
two to one. 1t was a great battle from
start to finish, and neither club when it
had the lead had such margin that it
could not be overcome by a little contin-
uous batting. Mercer remarked after the
game that it was one of the hardest games
he ever pitched a fact very evident to the
Onlookers, his record of nine strike-outs
being within one of the record, substan-
tiatinS the assertion that the black
haired boy was doing his finest. Now and
then one of the visitors would connect with
one of Winnie's slows, and away 1t would
sail to the extreme limit of the park,
Clarke getting home run and Wagner a
triple. But these batting exploits were
few and far between, as in the third inning
three of the visiting batsmen in rotation
hit nothing but wind, after each having
three tries at the ball.
Hill-"Still BILL they call him-has been
doing excellent work in the last half-dozen
games, but yesterday was not his day to
shine, and as result the Senators cop
pered him for fourteen hits, home run. a
triple and a couple of doubles being freely
sprinkled among the singles.
Brilliant Playing.
Outside of MERGERS pitching, the playing
of Mcclure, Selbach, Wrigley and De Mont
in the field was extremely brilliant, while
at the bat Reilly was very much in evil
dence, and little De Mont managed to
plunk the that and necktie" sign twice
during the afternoon. Setback didn't get
his batting eye going until the second
game, but it made amends for it's late ar
rival by allowing the little German a
double. triple and home run. And en-
the bases How Sci did get around the
lines Second base is hard to steal. but
when a runner pliers third twice during
a game he certainly must be some pump
kins of a sprinter One time Setback stole
third so clean that the catcher refused to
throw the ball.
The Senators did not get a run over the
plate in the first three innings Of the first
game, but in Louisville's third try they
collared one. Fred Clarke sent the ball
clear to the center field fence for a home
run.
In the fourth inning the Senators made
three, but the Louisvilles came back at
them in hurry and took them away in
III IaHe tiiiiiis' Liahins tue score 10 o
In their favor. In the fifth inning the
Colonies scored their fifth and last run,
sending them in the lead by two runs Then
the Senators began to climb. and kept it
up until they finally won out.
In the sixth, after Tucker had been hit
by the pitcher, Reilly sent him to third by
a double into center, but Tom persisted at
the plate on Dolan's throw of Gettman's
drive. Reilly went to third on the play
and then home on Wrigleys single into
right. In the seventh another run came
the Senators way, tying the score, Reilly
being the lucky man. Charley hit into left
for two bases, went to third on Gettman's
out, and again crossed the plate on Wrig-
leys second single into right. In the eighth
Tucker hit to right for three bases, and
came home on an out. In the ninth De
Mont soaked one into left for three bases
| and came home .on McGuire's fly out to-
| left.
FIRST GAME,
WASHINGTON IOfrJSyUJE