Evening star., 1898-07-15
Base Ball Notes,


Clevelands today.
Chicago had all the luck.
Dineen pitched a: fine game, but was un-
fortunate.
The Clevelands have been chrlstened the
Wandering Micks.',
1t is to be hoped that the Cleveland
series will not be as disastrous as that
with Chicago.
Callahan and Dahlen pulled off a sensa-
tional play in the fifth. Selbach drove a
liner at Callahan and the ball struck his
hands and bounded on fly into Dahlen's
hands. Donovan started for second on the
hit and an easy double followed.
The out-of-town1 papers give Dahlen an
error for letting lMcGormick's poor throw
get away from him., The former was
stretched out full length on the ground in
his endeavor to get the ball. but even that
effort was uselesst and the ball went into
center. Dineen going to third.
Swartwood says that he didn't order
Dahlen out Of thesgame yesterday. Lange
took up the controversy and for the min
ute the umpire thought the big fellow was
playing, and ordered him out. Dahlen hal
meanwhile ceased his argument and was
talking to Chance when Swartwood said:
Buck Ewing evidently persuaded Pres
dent Brush to remain at home on this trip
and has decided to fsht every inch of the
games away from home. The Cineinnatrs
are just at the point when a Iet-down
would prove disastrous fand Ewing has
decided to claim everything in sight. Um-
pires Snyder and Connolly had a tough
time in Baltimore during the series that
closed there yesterday.
The Clevelands have been playing their
usual great game this season, and will
doubtless continue it at National Park for
the next four days. Wallace and Childs,
at third and second are playing the games
of their life, and these two men are con-
ceded to be the top netchers in their re-
Spective positions, when fielding, batting
and base running is taken into considera-
ton.
) Ottawa paid $500 for the Rochester.
Eastern League, franchise and assumed
all Indebtedness The Ottawas have been
playing good ball. the players being re-
lieved from their uneasiness over salaries,
and the attendance has been good ~'
Selbach ranks third as batsman among
the Washington players his average up to
date being .316. He has stolen ten bases
and scored fifty runs, while many OF his
hits have been long ones, as, out of "a
safe drives, he has accumulated total of
115 bases. E@
No wonder that the Cincinnati pitchers
have an easy time winning games, If they
in Baltimore. In the last three games of
the series the Reds did not have the SEM
blance of an error. They had numerous
difficult chances. but everything was
handled as cleanly, rapidly and perfectly
as possible. There was not a tumble nor
bad throw, not even from the outheld. Had
the Orioles fielded anywhere near half as
well as the Reds, they would have won all
four games easily.
This mornings Baltimore Herald says AL
Maui was the hero of the day for Balti-
more. and 1t was his superb work In the
box yesterday, in the face Of the most
discouraging support! that kept Baltimore
in the hunt. The Reds were playing In
great heart, everything broke right for
them, they were flushed with confidence,
and came up against the birds with such
a rush and vim that 1t seemed they would
not be denied 1t was trying position Tor
a twirler, particularly when his own team
kept slipping cog after cog. Maui never
wavered. however. He stood like rock,
and with the most splendid craft and
nerve stalled Off the rush of the eager
Reds. The score does not show the 1uii
strength of his work. Only one run was
earned by Cincinnati, and that on scratch
hit-all the balance Of the Reds tallies
they got by grace of Baltimore's poor
fielding. If Maui never pitched anotner
game. his reputation would rest secure on
yesterdays game q
So heduIe.