Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-20
Records of the Clubs.

The Washington club broke even with
the Pittsburgers yesterday in the double
headef at National Park, losing the first
game by the score of II to a. and winning
the second by the score of 10 to 2 With
any sort OF fair playing the Senators would
nave made 1t double win, but sloppy
work by Mercer and Bonner nullified the
Sood pitching of Baker so that al last he
went TO pieces and was hit hard. 1t SEEM
ed an 1mpossibiity for Mercer to throw
accurately to first base In one inning
o Brlen placed the ball right in his hands,
yet ne failed to hold 1t. Bonner could
throw all right. but besides missing an APP
parently easy fly he seemed unable 10 hold
the ball long enough to put out the run
ners. When the Senators can hammer
jesse Tannehiil for twelve safe hits it
would seem that victory belonged to
them. but the two Senators mentioned de-
clared by their misplays that such was
not TO be the outcome Mercer made some
amends for his bad fielding by placing
three hits to his credit. While Cassidy be-
sides fielding well. also lined out q double
and two singles
In the second game Mcfarland started
in to pitch for the Senators, but he was
taken i'll and had to retire, the veteran
Neyh1ng going on the rubber and placing
another victory to his credit his work
being of the gilt-edged order notwithstaud-
ing poor support. Mercer and Bonner
made themselves prominent In the second
game also through bad plays, but the
former slipped up only twice and the latter
once. 1t being considered lucky that
neither one had more chances offered to
do harm. Slagle and Freeman made them
selves prominent in the second game
through their consistent stick work the
former
ripped off a home run. triple and a sin
gle Paine began the twiring for the
Plrates. but he was so easy to solve that
he was replaced in the third by HoHer the
out after hits in the second game and
hammered Hofer just as hard as his prede-
cessor. swift and slow balls failing to fool
the home batters a little bit.
II yesterdays games can be taken as an
example, the PittsburS club is not one per
cent stronger than the Washingtons. their
heidihS being almost as poor as the Sena-
tors and their batting not 50 good as the
nome club, as they mad a weaker pitcher
to oppose them
In the first game the Senator'S first two
runs crossed the plate in the fifth inning
cassidy hit into right and McGuire's double
sent MIN to third. Freeman then hit to
Madison. During the effort to catch Cas-
sldy at the home plate, Mcclure went down
TO second and came home on Padden's fine
Single To deep center. In the sixth inning
TWO more runs We're chalked up to the SEN
ators' credit. and then they quit Bonner
mt single into left and came all the way
nome on Cassidy's double into right the
latter reaching third on Elys wild throw
Freeman then hit into right for a single
and Cassidy scored. How the Pittsburgs
made their II runs would be too long d
story 10 tell. being mixed up with free hit
ting and Misunderstanding errors
Inc senators began scoring in the first
inning of the second game and continued
CHASING runs over the plate almost continue
pusIy throughout the nine innings the
work OF the Pittsburgs bearing Il remark
able resemblance to that of the home club
in the first game. Williams being the trans
gfessof TINS time, Beaumont and Paine
being his able assistants IN the misplaying
line.
Empires ODay and Snyder worked to-
gether almost perfectly, hardly a nurmur
OF protest coming from either the specta-
tors or players.