Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-03

docs to be silent or devote their CONVERSE
ton to matters more mundane. The rough
riders won u game Of base ball yesterday.
Now the Oldest resident would have to
tax his memory to recollect q similar oc-
currence yet the extraordinary event would
not bring hobgoblins and other thirgs that
don't worry about tailor bills into the mar
ratiye were it not for the fact that an ag-
gregatiOn If diamond devotces Familiarity
dubbed the Senators sought To discourage
the ambitions of the aspiring youths
Even though it was the ninth inning, the
Washingtons were not beaten by any
means, and the story of their deeds during
that period became almost identical with
their opponents Mercer had gone out at
first, while Slagle flew to Green. OBr!eD
hit for a single and McGann. eager to atone
for his mess of the previous inning, knocked
out a three-bagger. Bonner was not quite
equal to the occasion and struck out, al
lowing his team mate TO expire where he
had stopped after his race with the ball.
Everitt nearly wrenched his spine in the
second inning chasing and successfully con-
Meeting with foul fly from Kittridge'5 bat.
Bill, as usual. was shaking hands with
himself when Umpire Emslie told KittridSe
to step to the plate again. Bat l Thought
/ was out" said the Washington catcher.
No you amt" said Tmsie. Il called
time on Griffith while | picked lip the balls
around here and l didn't see that play
The crowd, if it had been larger than 500.
would have made move.
De Montrevile complained of that tired
to his account He was guilty of two ether
mistakes which the summary does not
show In the third and again in the fourth
fly ball went about three yards behind
him, but he did not pay any attention to
them letting Mertes and Callahan race up
as if they were speeding for train DE-.
Montreville was roundy Kissed by the 500
Eugene De Montreville succeeded in get
ting enough errors into his play to make
the game close. Three runs can be traced
to the breaks Of the young short stop. In
addition to this. two pop flies that used to
furnish delight for Bill Dahlen we're al
lowed TO drop safe short distance back of
the infield.
Padden made stop of Chances bounder
IN the seventh that ought to have been pho
tographed. The feat was sometime me
nomenal. Padden ran about five Yards after
the sizzling ball, and tossed it over To first
"hlle Chance was thinking of the fat bat
l ing average he had made in the last week.
The attendance of $40 showed its ir,nar
TALLY and appreciation by cheering Ioudiv
"Cy Swain was the hardest loser / ever
saw; says AL Setback. 1T almost broke
his heart to lose a hard game He would
brood over the loss of a hard owe go
would take few drinks to drown his sor-
row. o
Yes, 1t is pretty nice to be with a lead
ing team. said Catcher Jimmy Mcclure in
Cincinnati the other day. Il have been
with one that was back in the rut so long
that the change is quite agreeable | was
never with q championship team in the
Ing iedSue. ne nearest L came to it was
with the Philadelphias in 1887 We fin
fshed second to the Detroits"
Jimmy Slag1e, the midget fielder of whom
Washington thought so much. has failed to
make good His batting is very bad and
he has developed a penchant for dropping
fly balls. which, it was supposed, was his
strong point. He Is, next to Harley and
Mertes. the poorest hitting outfielder in the
league, doing .235 to Harley's 224 and
Mertes' 20. Tebeau may not be the best
hitting first baseman in the league but he
has outhit Jake Beckley % points. McGann,
late of Brooklyn, points, and Tucker by
points. Louis Republic.
Dusty Miller's days as a member of
the Cincinnati team are numbered. After
five seasons play with the Cincinnati Reds
the cygnet man has received his ten days
notice of release.
1t is said that Millers release was on
personal" grounds, and not on account of
ball playing.
Seventeen hits and two runs! Say, Gully
what dye t'ink of dat outfit from Balti-
more?" said one little newsy TO another as
they emerged from the 25-cent bleachers
at Exposition Park Tuesday after the Pitts
burg team had slaughtered the monumental
city ball players.
"Deys Birds" was the reply in an ironicaI