The times., 1899-06-02
GAMES TODAY.
St. Louis mt Washington.
Cincinnati mt Boston.
Cleveland mt BROOKLYN.
Louisville at New York.
Pittsburg Mt Philadelphia.
Chicago mt Baltimore.

But even the most chronic kicker could
| not complain that he did not get the
worth of the money he paid to witness
the performance at National Park yester-
| day afternoon. There were huge chunks
of anguish, gIadness, dispair, and JOY dis
tributed around at intervals, but for the
most of the time uncertainty reigned sU-
| preme. Eighteen runs made in two in
| nings will probably stand as the record
| for the year. In the third the Pirates went
after Baker hammer and tongs, and
when they had hit safely for seventeen
| bases and sent ten runs across the plate
they concluded they had done enough for
| one day and went to work to hurry the
game in order to finish five innings be-
fore the threatened storm arrived. The
Washingtons endeavored to delay pro-
ceedings, and the game dragged YEARLY,
but the rain would not fall. The wind
! came. however. and at times it was i'm
possible to see the players on account of
the huge clouds of dust that were swept
| across the diamond.
Baker was knocked completely out of
the box and young Herring was substi-
tuted. The change stayed the flood OF
| base hits, and then the Senators began
to even matters up by knocking the ball
to all points of the compass. Gardner
could not stand the strain and he, too,
was removed from the game and Lever
| substituted. Mercer was sent to the bat in
Herring's place in the fifth and pitched
the rest of the game for the locals.
In the seventh inning Mercer scored
from third on an infield! hit. Bowerman
received the ball in ample time to make
the put out, but Mercer ran into him, and
when they untangled the ball was lying on
the ground. Bowerman claimed that Mer-
Ger Intentionally knocked the ball from his
hands. Mercer denied this and Swartwood
! declared the runner safe. Bowerman re-
iterated his charge that Mercer had made
a foul play and the two from then on en-
gagged in a wordy duel. Threats were
freely uttered by both. but no collision
between the two occurred, although for
while one seemed imminent.
| Not a run was scored until the third.
| Donovan led off with a single to left and
Mccarthy followed with one to right Nc
| Creery then sacrificed and Donovan and
Mccarthy moved up a bag. Williams was
next at bat and Baker, having vivid
memory of the third baseman's Decoration
on four bad balls.
| This began all the trouble. The bases
were full with one man out, and Clark
| hit to centre for three bases, Donovan,
Mccarthy, and Williams scoring in the or
der named. Bowerman then tripled TO
Preeman's territory, and Clark tailed.
| Reitz knocked a grounder to Baker, which
was too warm to handle. and Bowerman
scored Ely singled past Padden, and
Reitz went TO second. Gardner was hit
by pitched ball and again the bags were
| all occupied Donovan made his second
hit of the inning, three dagger to right,
and cleared the bases. Mccarthy singled
and Donovan scored. McCreery made the
second out OF the round by flying to Free
1
| to left and Mccarthy came in with the
tenth run of the inning Clark and Bower
man were each presented with free passes
TO first by the accommodating Mr.. Baker,
and another three-b base hit was due, but
Reitz failed to make it, and instead flied
to Slagle, and the round was over.
| About the time all this was happening
an ominous cloud was discovered ap-
preaching from the southeast The SEN
ators were hopeful of rain, and the fans
| Joined in the prayer for a downpour.
Manager Irwin smiled to think of what a
! great joke on the Pittsburgers 1t would
be for them to fail to stretch the con-
test into a legal game after all their
heavy hitting. But the elements spent
their fury in wind and thunder, and the
deluge was delayed
Herring led off for the locals in the fifth
and was given his base on balls. Padden
followed with foul fly. which Williams
captured after a hard sprint. .Slagle
| doubled to right field, and Herring went
to third. Berry flied to Reitz, making the
second out. But the fun had just started.
| Bonner hit to right for two bases, and
| Herring and Slagle scored. Atherton
singled to right and went TO second on
a wild pitch Bonner scoring. Butler hit
| to right field for two bases, and Atherton
tailed. Freeman knocked a high one to
Donovan, but the Pittsburg manager al
| lowed the ball to slip through his hands,
and Butler scored, Freeman going to sec
| ond
| Cassidy followed with single Mercer.
who went TO bat in Herring's place, got
| his base on balls, and all the sacks were
occupied Padden doubled to left, clear
ing the bases. Slagle then went out,
| Williams to Clark.
| In the sixth, the Pirates added another
on a three bagger by Clark and Padden's
| error. The Senators made four hits in
| their half of the inning, but they only
| netted one run.
| In the seventh Mccarthy was struck in
| the temple by ball thrown by Butler.
The catcher was endeayoring to hurry the
game and in an attempt to make quick
return to Mercer. he threw the ball just
| as Mccarthy turned to face the plate. The
| latter dropped like a dead man. but soon
recovered and took revenge by knocking
| a single. The Senators had five men on
| bases in this inning but were able to get