The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1899-07-27
GAMES TODAY.
Washington ut Pittsburg.
New York mt Cincinnati.
Boston at Louisville.
Philadelphia mt Chicago.
Brooklyn at St. Louis.

Pittsburg, July 26-Donovan's pug
with Wagner's wobbly willow wielders in
this city this afternoon. The two combina-
tions were lined up in a baseball game. II
could not be called a contest. because the
Wagnerian opponents of the national pas
time did not make much of a showing.
This was largely due to their inability 10
hit the shoots or connect with the curves
sent their way by Pitcher Tannehill, the
youth who throws the ball from the other
side. Five feeble hits was the sum total
of the efforts OF the Senatorial sluggers,
and had it not been for an error by Third
Baseman Williams in the ninth inning, the
men from the Capital would have been
treated to a coat of whltewash.
Mercer did the pitching for the Washing
TONS and the Pirates took very kindly to
his style They made no less than fifteen
safe shots. This bombardment enabled the
locals to pile UP eight runs, but the sup
port rendered Mercer sustained several
painful punctures at critical stages Pad
den was the principal offender, making no
less than three glazing errors on seemingly
easy chances. Atherton's miscue was quite
as inexcusable and gave the Pirates one of
their tallies. In justice TO the tall guar
dian of the third corner. it must be said
that he figured in several fast plays, for
which he was given the pleasant palm by
the eighteen hundred spectators.
After Washington had been disposed OF
IN in hf and psltt r1p
the first Pirate up. had sent fly to slagle,
Mccarthy sent the ball to middle field for
three bases. Williams popped fly TO Bon
ner but McCreery took first over the bad
ball course. Bowerman then hit a slow
bounder toward Anterior, which the latter
permitted to pass. On the error Mccarthy
crossed the plate.
Williams opened the third inning for
Pittsburg by lacing a warm single to mid
hunts in the infield filling the corners, and
on Ely's fly to Freeman Williams scored.
On CIark's out at first McCreery ran home.
In the sixth, Ely hit safely, but was
forced at second by Clark O'Brien then
sent hot shot toward third which Ather-
ton managed TO stop, but his good throw to
second 10 hold on Clark was dropped by
Padden. Tannehill forced 0'Brien, Ather-
ton TO Bonner, a good play. Beaumont
picked off a single, scoring Clark Nc
Carthy next drew a pass, but a beautiful
stop and throw by Anterior of Williams
sizzling grounder retired the side without
further damage.
McCreery's single. Bowerman's triple,
and Ely's one baser, netted the Pirates two
more runs in the seventh. To this they
added two in the eighth. After Tannehlll
had been disposed Of. Beaumont and Nc
Carthy each hit for a base, and Williams
reached first on Paddens tumble. Nc
Creery came to the front with another
safety, sending Beaumont and Mccarthy
over the goal.
il looked like a shut out for the Senators
for they had been going out with painful
regularity Bonner, however. reached first
in the opening Of the ninth. through a
wide throw by Williams. Duncan batted
Ior Freeman, but the best he could do was
30 hit an easy grounder 10 Clark, and
died al first. Padden then doomed up with
a nice, clean single, sending Bonner over
the plate, and upsetting the whitewash
which the Pirates had prepared for their
guests.
The Senators and Pirates will play of
postponed game here tomorrow. The score;