Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-02

throwing Of the opposite catcher. Umpire
Belts called the game at the end Of the
eighth inning on account Of darkness.
Alexandria Defeated Corcorans.
The Alexandria team secured sweet re-
venge Saturday Afternoon Oh it's own
grounds, the corcoran5 Cadet team being
the victims by the close SCORE OF 8 to 4.
Both sides played fast game, notwtth-
standing the errors. The batting was light
on account Of the excellent pitching of Ed
wards and Wapier the splendid support
s sits dd the Latter sasblAE him to hold the
the rubber. The Corcorans were unable to
score until the fourth inning, when they
ontained one: adding another in the ffth
secured their fourth and last run. Alexan-
dria got runner over the plate in the
nrst and then were blanked for six innings
IN mine Inc eighth they ted the SCORE with three
In the ninth secured the two scores that
enabled them to win. Edwards struck out
three batsnen in the last inning winding
up fine -ontest in sensational style,
Base Ball Notes.
The eastern clubs are finding it pretty
hard shedding in the west.
The Amateur City League clubs batted
poorly and fielded well in the first part of
the season. but it is the other way now.
Pitcher Frank Killen, the ex-senator, has
been released outright by -he Chicagos.
rope.
Harvard can lord it over Yale in base ball
at ieast saturdays victory for crimson
made the series stand two 10 ole in their
favor over old Eli, but Princeton is the
daddy" of them all this season,
Tommy fuckers wonderful work on first
Is saving games for Springfield and errors
for the infleders.
Little Jimmy Casay tho ~, D,oo1r1,.-
player, now at third for Detroit, hit CASTOR
Yesterday four times safely. He went to
bat five times.
Herman Long is undoubtedly playing Just
as we'll this year as he ever did in his
career on the diamond Long ls d veteran.
though he is still young man. He was
playing professional ball in 1885, and per-
haps year or two before that. yet he is as
good now as he ever was.
Fred Tenney, the Boston first baseman, is
not an easy loser. Tenney likes to win as
much as any player in the business. Satur-
days defeat by Cincinnati was particularly
hard on the hustling collegian Well the
Reds have now won two games from us
this season. and guess that is the limit"
said he. They only won that many last
year, and don't think that they will win
any more from us. They have their share
now" Some one suggested that :. bet of a
hat on the question would be aproIos, but
Mr.. Tenney declined, with smile, saying
he was not a betting man.
The Cincinnati Club did not require its
players to pay for the new uniforms which
1t was necessary to secure after the old
ones were destroyed in the recent fire at
the ball park. The local players received a
months pay yesterday and there were no
deductions for uniforms or anything else
that had been purchased for the players
For several weeks the Cincinnati club own
eds were attacked because 1t was supposed
that they would compel the players to pay
for the uniforms. When the time for ac-
ton came, however. the club was found TO
have observed its rule to be fair with its
players.
You frequently hear of a pitcher having
jump ball. remarked Capt Corcoran.
"A player strikes out and he CONES to the
bench saying: That fellow has jump on
his ball. Well, have been trying to find
a pitcher with a jump ball. or any one that
has really ever seen one, but I have fIiled.
If there is such a thing jump ball, the
catchers would surely have discovered 1t,
yet 1 have not found catcher who has
ever seen one. l have talked to nearly all
of them, but none have beer able to say
that this or that pitcher has a ball which.
when it nears the plate takes a sudden
jump over the bat OF course, pitcher
with an underhands delivery makes ball
rise, but this jump ball is supposed TO be
pitched overhanded.' EiGhols given credit
for having 1t, and SO are several others; yet
l have never discovered4it. though 1 have
batted against them all many times.