Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-02
Base Ball Gossip.

Washington is at Toronto for an exhibit
ton game this afternoon.
Comments of Chicago base ball writers,
in connection with the visit of the Washing
ton club to that city, follow:
The work of Irwin's crew, as compared
with that of the locals, was gilt-edged: the
infield played remarkably fast ball and
young McFarlan pitched in splendid style.
Shoot 'em over says Bonner to Mac
Fa ashnot during 'gh1 the the game Sunday
Jimmy Ryan when at bat.
Ryan pumps it down to Dickey Padden
and the latter romps it over to the initial
corner as Bill Dahlen used to do.
That's the way to shoot EN- out" adds
Bonner with the washwoman's desire of
a last word in the argument of who threw
the potato parings in the back yard?"
How is ut says one of the Washington
players, tibet tn Washin tone-ans Is last
in the second division and tn Shecawgos
is last in tn furst?'
"Wagner's easy-goin' he don't like ter
correct tn mistake" explains the next
Now is the chance for Gene Demont to
meet Manager Wagner and ask an explana-
ton for his words. Wagner, 1t is said, is
the man who started the padded-average
story about the Frenchman, claiming that
in order to make a sale or trade he had
the scorer raise the figures. One man de-
clares that Wagner was so sore at being
euchered in the deal that he made up the
story to save himself, and al the same
time throw Demont down hard Still, UNI
less Demont begins to climb up in the bat
ting order soon the public will begin to
think Wagner IS man OF truthful charac-
ter and sorry for his misdeeds. The idea
of as natural a ball player as Demont hoy
ering just ahead of the battery in the bat
ting order is very dstasteful to fans who
consider that William Dahlen was traded
for this wonder.
Thomas Everett Burns laughed heartily.
That was after the third inning of yester-
days base ball game, when the rough riders
fQlIr md he Va Shi note oh
Moments sped by and the eighth inning
came with it's story of successive swats
by the hard-hitting tourists. A youth
climbed a tall blackboard and marked D in
a blank of the visitors row. 1t was due
time for the usually sedate Senators to be
hilarious, and they exercised their risibii-
tiles until Umpire Emsie produced his
watch and said threatening things about
calling the game.
Mr.. Burns explained his lack of apprecia-
ton of the humorous situation because Of
his attendance at funeral in the morning
not the interment of the ChicagOs. The
truth of the matter is he had bet that the
hoodoo which has followed the locals
through eight of their nine games with
Washington had left Sunday. 1t was an
other victory for the lawmakers, by the
score of to ;.
Mccain and Bonner stopped pretty play
by quick thinking. Green was on first
when LANCE sacrificed by pushing the ball
to Mccain. Lange ran toward first, but
stopped and started back. Mccain. in
stead of following. tossed the ball to Bon
ner, whose quick throw cut Green off as he
attempted to take third the play. Green
was caught at third again in the seventh
attempting to take two bases on Lange's
single.
The 600 faithful fans who still go TO
see the games turned their applause to the
Washington players after the seventh in
ming.
Slagle made three hits and played a grand
game in the field. He appears to be first
class find from the form he has shown in
all the games played with Chicago.