The evening times., 1899-05-30
WORK OF EASTERN
CLUBS In THE west
Thirty-five Victories and Only
Sixteen Defeats.
Excellent Record Made by the Wash
ington Team.
The Senators Hit the BalI Hard and
Won Six Out Of the Eight
Games Played.

The first invasion of the West this sea-
son by the Eastern clubs has demonstrated
that the teams representing the wild and
woolly region are very much outclassed at
the present writing, the East having won
IS games to 16 for the West.
glance at the table below giving the
runs, hits. and errors made by the clubs of
the two sections during the series readily
makes apparent why the Eastern teams
gave the Westerners such a drubbing, the
hit column showing a difference OF 168
safe drives In favor OF the former. while
the error column also gives the Easterners
credit for having done slightly better field
ing than their rivals.
1t was to be expected that the Champions
would get into their stride as the hot
weather rolled around, and that the Su-
perbas would more than hold their own,
but the magnificent record made by the
Senators has been the sensation OF the trip,
and a source OF great qualification to the
friends of the team. Brooklyn, Baltimore,
and Philadelphia are the only clubs that
have outbatted the Senators since they lett
home and Manager Irwin Is very much
elated over the fact that his faith in the
Senators as hitters has finally been re-
warded.
What is causing grief in the hearts of
the Western fans is the terrible slump OF
St Louis and Cincinnati. Chicago. Pitts
burg, Louisville. and Cleveland were Eot
expected to cut much OF hgure In the
race but Tebeau's tribe and the Reds were
figured among the possible pennant VIM
ners. The Reds have developed their yell
low streak early in the season. and upset
.Is,ran a
who predicted that Bucks Braves "ouio
get off in front and stay there.
Although ST. Louis is still in the game. IT
is hard to see what is going TO prevent
further drop when they take turn around
the Eastern circuit. especially as they
are not hitting the ball. The ar
gument was advanced some time
ago that St Louis did not need
TO hit very hard, as their great heidihg
| would prevent their opponents from scor
ing very often, and not many runs would
| be needed TO win. That held good as long
as the Indians were playing the Western
teams. but the story reads differently when
you look at the error column beiow' o''
Louis being charged with more misplays
during the recent meeting than any other
club in the League. Not single western
team was able to land half OF the games
played. St Louis gets credit for the larg-
III
erners, only on account OF game oeing
forfeited to them when they had the snort
end OF the score.
The weakness OF the Quakers in the boA
handicapped them considerably. BY de-
feating Cleveland yesterday, however, they
managed to win majority OF their games.
The heavy stickwork OF Philadelphia will
pull them out OF many whole. as II hHs
done in the past. Notwithstanding thgA
lack OF first-class twirling talent. EA
The Giants took brace away from hotak
and coralled their share OF the go9i,
things going around. But for the unfPf.i
tunate incident in St. Louis which ca,He Hess
them to forfeit game they would Have
won a majority of their games. AS it is
they had to be satisfied with half.
McGraw's Orioles have been playing
good ball right along. While it is not
thought there is any danger of dividing
up among them either of the money prizes
offered by Monumental City paper If
they finish first. second. or third, they can
be depended upon to play the game all the
time and finish well up in the second di-
vision or well down in the first.
The number of games won and lost and
! the percentage made by each club from the
date on which Washington opened in
Pittsburg, up to and including yesterday,
is given in the following table. and it is
noteworthy fact that not a Western club
is found among the first six: