Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

Scbmeiz SAIL he wHs IA Buffalo for the pur-
pose Of sizing up the B6nalo players at the
clubs, for whom he is acting as agent. Mr..
Schn1elz did not pass any opinion upon the
Buffalo players after fhe. game. but. 1t was,
Gsissa that ana he esrssla attention
quiries about Grey and Farmer Brown. He.
saw Brown pitch enc game and was quite
favorably fmpressfIS
The Washington EluHlhas four games left
ment must rooters imagine it will be call
over but the shouting should Baltimore
enter them with but slight lead. The
sport than to snatch the bag from their
next-door neighbors, and the game they
can put up when they try is no sinecure.
In young Bresnehan the Birds will go
against a pitcher they have never before
tackled, and one who has been winning
golden encomiums from all who have seen
him work. The Reds lost a game to him
and SO did the Spiders. Arlie Latham Sc.
cured the boy for Wagner, and he is one
of the late finds of the season. He is some
thing OF a batter, too, for three runs clat-
tered across the plate by virtue of his stick
work against Dwyer-Baltimore News.
1t is refreshing to read the sportsman :.
like admission by the Baltimore American
that yesterdays defeat was fair and due.
to Dunkle's good pitching. He did it
against all odds, and he did 1t fairly. Dun
kle, young man from the coal mines of
Pennsylvania, after rubbing the SCOT off
his face. walked out on the champions.
To him should go the credit. Backed by
team thinking itself foredoomed. he with.
stood all sorts of drawbacks, and he won
at that. There is nothing to deny this fact.
Yes. the champions played to win all the
time, and they didn't go to sleep. They
cut out of their repertoire some of the fine
points Of their batting game, but that
wasn't Mr.. Dunkle's fault, and was be-
sides, as Ted Sullivan would tritely say,
One of the fortunes of war" There were
inc hot nd
and won out from Stallings young phenom
but they didn't do 1t, which Is not the
fault of Mr.. Dunkle.
A Correspondence Criticism.
Thomas H. Johnson has written as fol-
lows to The Star in regard to the lead of
trick four in the hand played at the New
York Club as explained in last Saturdays
Star:
Before give my opinion as to the proper
lead of south 1 will say that Whst's CLUB
lead is inexcusable: knowing that he can
call oIt two trumps from his adversaries
and more from his partner, ne should have
led trump once more. Charley Watson's
head is level, the seven of diamonds is the
proper lead: it is well to be quick of MIND
in whist, but We have to be equally care.
full not to see any more in lead than there
is in 1t. For instance. when The Star
critic-and he is very able one-says thai
north in returning VESTS trump-lead with
out showing his own suit first: Help me
get these truElps out and / will be re-
sponsible TO- the rest My opinion is that
he sees more in this lead than there IS
in it. Strong suits or weak suits or no
suit at all. North has no other lead, having
the command Of trumps. and it is just as
likely not that he will look to his part
ner for assistance in the plain suits. when
he has cleared the trumps away: perhaps
he had no card at all that could bring him
in again; no suit to show. Mr.. Watson's
lead from his strong suit is the only COM
mendable one, according to sound whist
play. The other lead and explanation IS
longe petitum' and too risky"
Capital City Tenn Won.