The times., 1899-05-27
GAMES TODAY.
Washington at Chicago.
Philadelphia Mt PittsburG.
Baltimore at CIeVeIand.,fJ
Boston mt Cincinnati.
New York Mt Louisville.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.

Chicago, May 26-The Washington team
shut out Chicago today in one of the best
games that has ever been played on the
local grounds, the score being 2 to 0. The
Senators played remarkably steady game
and the small crowd of spectators that
came out despite the unfavorable weather
wondered how such a team had made SO
poor a showing in the earlier games of the
year. Washington got only two hits TO
Chicagos six and made the same number
of errors, two, yet won the game by taking
advantage of opportunities and showing
coolheadedness at important stages of the
game Pitchers Taylor and Mcfarland
were both on their mettie and aided by
the clouded sky, perhaps, pitched effective
ly and were generally given admirable
support.
Wasningtons runs, the only ones made
in the game, came in the fourth inning,
and were the result of errors, Chicago
making its only two errors in this inning.
Washington had gone out in one-two-three
order in the first three innings and Slagle
was the first man to face Taylor at the
outset of the fourth. He sent an ugly
bounder down TO Wolverton, who fumbled
it little and failed TO get his man at
first by small margin. Then Mercer
hunted and Taylor nervously fumbled the
ball the batter reaching first, while Slagie
perched safely on second. Bonner resorted
to the same tactics of bunting. This time
Taylor picked the ball up cleanly and
, throwing to third forced out Slagle, but the
relay throw 10 first failed to catch Bonner,
and runners were still on first and second.
Cassidy faced the pitcher and after strik-
inc a. ar cdnpht
nice one and drove it to deep left centre
for two bases. Mercer trotted home and
Bonner also dashed to the plate. Lange
threw in fast to Mccormick, who passed
the ball to Chance, but it failed to reach
home in time, and the second run was
scored by a small margin. Then Mcclure
gave Lange a fly and Freeman furnished
| Taylor with a feeble grounder. But the
| damage had been done.
Lange threw away a chance TO score in
the second, when he opened with a hit,
! stole second, and reached third on Ever
| tits sacrifice but was put out trying 10
| score on DeMont's grounder to pitcher.
| The big fielder played back and forth be-
tween third and home long enough for De-
| Mont TO reach second and then Mccormick
made a base hit, but Cassidy knocked down
the ball and prevented DeMont from get
| ting farther than third.
| Chicago also had man on third in the
| fourth, sixth, seventh, and ninth innings
but could not get one of them across the
| plate In the ninth Chicago made quite q
bid. wild pitch struck DeMont on the an
| kle and put him out of the game. McCor-
mich cracked liner to right and Freeman
was lost, but little Slagle came out Of centre
| on the dead run and picked the ball of
his shoe tops. A passed ball put DeMon
on third and Chance. who drew a base
| stole second. Mertes came TO bat for Tay-
lor and hit hard to Mcfarland The pitcher
threw the runner out at first Chance
dashed up toward third, but seeing tina
Nichols. who was running for DeMont, har
not started home, attempted 10 go bacl
to second and was thrown out by Cassid!
in a close decision The score: 81