The times., 1897-05-11

was as viii as u patented air ship. and W hen
| he did put it over the Senators would
promptly put It out HanloD may again
win the flag with his brood OF young pitch
els, but Baltimore, weakened by the sale
OF Mcmahon, HelnIning and Esper, Is Io
s'dead sure thing
To "Silver' King the major part OF the
credit of the gameis due. He was a stuInb-
ling block TO Baltimore from the opening
inning until the last Oriole had been winged
In the ninth. Old ..16 to ] . was as steady
as a clock and never for a time allowed
the result to balance in doubt The three
last runs made by the visitors were vir-
tually gifts, as 1t was too dark to see and
the Senators simply allowed Kelley, Doyle
and Robinson TO score that the game
might be brought to a quick finish.
Johnny o 'Brien and Umpire Hurst revived
the bad feeling existing between them as
legacy of last season, and Ia the second
inning IL looked like they would come to
blows at the plate. O'Brien was hit on
the arm by pitched ball. but II urst would
not allow him to take first, and then the
"coioquy" between them started. Hurst
was very arbitrary and 0'Brien was ex-
actly correct in sticking up for his rights
under the rules. Hurst seems to have it
in for Johnny and it reflects on him as an
umpire To try to make target OF the sec
ond basefnan.
The Times would like to portray and
make plain every feature OF the Senators
excellent exhibition, but in the absence
OF a kinet0scope vii! say that they put up
as pretty a game of ball in every depart
mcnt as was ever played They had snap
and dash and, above all, they batted like
q lot of rapid-fire guns Their hitting was
timely and as clear-cut as crystal. aud
IL they can but continue the licks they are
sure ~ draw away from the taii end.
The visitors were sent To bat first and
Brown was thrown out from Nops TO
Doyle. Selbach then came up and after
fouling off few, smashed the ball to
right field seemingly safe for home
run Just as the Spalding was looping
over the wire fence up jumped Wee Willie
Keelef, nd with oae hand stuck up, grabbed
the sphere aad held 1t tight. IT was IN
astoun ding piece of fielding, the like OF
which will hardly be seen this season or
any other The little Birdie was re-
pcatedly applauded for the feat.
The Senators scored in the second On
Cartwright's single 10 right, Abbey's hit
uoieftcenter ana Robinson serroIon ReiIls'
pop-up To the infieid.
The third was a blank. In the fourth
o'Bren WIS hit by pitcher and singles by
Cartwright and Abbey sent him home
Cartwright tailed the third run.
Sehach led off with a single in the
fifth DeMoDtreville bunted safe and both
runners advanced on McGuire's pretty sac
rifice. o'Brien hit to Reitz, who fun.bied
long enough to allow Selbaeh TO score, but
Johnny was thrown out to Doyle.
Two earned runs We're registered In
the sixth on successive three-haggers by
Abbey and Reilly, and Kings drive to left
center.
In this inning the triple play was made.
After Abbey and Reilly had crossed the
plate, King roasted on DoyIe's corner
Tom Brown dumped the ball and beat it
TO first advancing Silver" TO second
With no one out, Seibach's instruction was
to bunt In order to push King and Brown
TO third and second, respectively. The
Baltimore infield was pulled in close, AMI
when Selbach met the ball ne popped it
over toward Doyle. Jack caught IL near
the grass, and with the same motion tossed
II to Jennings, who stepped on second,
putting out King. and then threw to ReitZ,
who covered first, forcing Brown. 1t was
play seldom seen, and was literally ap-
plauded 1t was the second triple cut
made at National Park in four years, and
was the first to he made in the League cir
cult this season.
CoTan succeeded Nops In the seventh.
anI twixt his wildness. hit by DeMont ana
Stencils error, Washington piled up -four
more runs. The Senators added three in the
eighth on a bas on balls 10 Brown, a buncl.
by Sclbach, DeMontreville and Mct;uIre
and a fielder's choice of O'Brlen's tap 10
short field.
Baltimore registered In the second. Kelly
singled to right, but was forced at second
on a fielder's choice of Doyle's bounder to
DeMont. Doyle reached third on Sten-
zel's drive to right and crossed the rubber
when Reitz pushed a long fly TO Abbey.
In the fourth Doyle stung the ball down
the third baseline, and so hard did J ack hit
the leather that It travelled to the hospital
fence, and, striking one of the supports,
took bound and went over the wall,
resuitingin a home run.
The innings FROM the fourth to the last
half of the ninth were blanks for the
Birds. In Baltimore slast turn the Senators,
having the game cooked = played In Sans
Gene style, and graciously allowed their
guests to make three tailies
The score: