Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-01
Record of the Clubs.

The local enthusiasts who stayed away
in not witnessing the Washington Brooklyn
game, in which the home club landed a
winner by 6 to 4.
The Senators are rounding into better
form 1t was unfortunate for the local
team that the Boston and Philadelphia
clubs played the first games of the season
here. as they were in almost perfect condi
ton ard likely to win over any club in the
league Next came the New Yorks, who
are in bad shape and couple of local vic
tories resulted. Saturday the transformed
Orioles, under the name of Brooklyn 'Su-
perbas." flew into town, and the local en-
thusiasts with faint heart had already chalk
ed up -four defeats for the local team. But
the uncertainties of baseball were beauti-
fully and satisfactorily illustrated in a vic
tory for the home club, Notwithstanding a
rank display of fielding on the part of
OBrien Cassidy and Padden. The errors
made by this trio. although numerous. were
not SO costly as the two made by Dahlen
and Casey, aptly showing the chances in
base ball.
Farmer Bill Kennedy has always found
the Washington club a hard proposition.
For years he has been a first-class pitcher,
and his work in other cities has been Of the
very best, but soon as he faces the team
representing w dSIlIS tOll an HIS Dtiu IiCh
comes TO the front and a defeat is the re-
suit. In Saturdays game the Brooklyn
twirler gave only one base on balls, but it
forced the tying run over the plate.
BILLY Dinneen was the bright luminary
of the game. He has been trying for some
time to put Il victory TO his credit, but
Saturdays game was the first In which he
has come TO the front in his true form.
NOtwithst landing the errors of the infield,
that We're enough to send any pitcher into
the clouds. Dinneen refused to enter the
balloon and as a consequence he scored
his first victory of the season Time after
time Brooklyn runners occupied the bases
as u result of bad play. but Bill buckied
down to his work with a grim determination
that augurs well for his future as base
ball player. and as a result strike out or
a short and easy infield hit followed. once
before this season Dinneen worked hard Tor
victory, but his support was too poor both
In the field and at the bat to result favor
ably.
At the bat the Senator's did good work.
Padden having a triple. a double and a
single out of three times at the bat, while
Cassidy and Freeman were not far away
in results Freeman hit the ball safe only
once but ii was a grand homer into the
bleachers. and placed the Senators one run
to the good. Then Cassidy came forward
in the ninth to redeem his poor work at
short, and as d result he slammed ire
mendOus drive into left center that enabled
him to register a home run, an unavoidable
collision at the home plate knocking the
ball out of FarrelIs hands.
The "SuDerbaS" are the same band of
talky ScrappIug players as of yore, not
withstanding the fact that they appeared in
Brooklyn uniforms. Kelley and Mccain
were continually ''jawing' the umpires and
little Dahlen found it a hard matter to re-
main quiet. This continuous kicking kept
the spectators on nettles throughout the
game and worked up a great deal of ami
mostly against the visitors.
The prettiest piece of profitable objecting
a
ming when Kennedy was demoralized as a
result of batting, errors and his one base
on balls BIZ slammed the ball on the
ground and dug his spikes into the cover
and as a result. the sphere was taken out
of the game and a new one substituted.
Kelley saw an opening chance to rest Ken
nedy and Immediately protested against
Gaffneys decision and continued the argu-
ment for at least ten minutes. At the con-
clusiOn of that time Kelley. with a self
satisfied smile. resumed his position in left
and as Kennedy had pulled himself to-
gether the next batter up was an easy out.
Had the Senators objected to this delay
and gone right back at Kennedy there Is
no telling what the score would have been
Kelley knew perfectly well that Gaffney
was right, but ne simply SPARED" for
kennedys wind and his clever ruse sue
ceeded
The work Of CmDires Gaffney and An
drews is open to criticism for allowing the
players too much latitude in protesting.