Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-31
WHEN BOSTONS
BEAT OLYMP|CS
Game Between Divisions of the
Ruins of the Famous Red
Stockings of Cincinnati.

The noted Red Stockings" the team that
made famous the city of Cincinnati in the
sixties. went out OF existence in the fan
of 1870, and there at once a movement
was started by the cities OF the east to
secure the remarkable players of that out
nit 1t is indeed undisputed fact that
| the exploits OF these red-legged ball toss
ers did more TO bring the metropolis of
southern Ohio into the national limelight
than all the political conventions and the
spring floods that create so much havoc.
Every base ball town In America made
play for the cream OF the Cincinnati play
ers. Even Boston. which had up to this
time still held out for amateurism and
based its civic pride in the doings of such
teams as the Lowells and the Tri-Moun-
tains, there with a big hook Pro-
fessional base ball beginning to take
firm hold everywhere. and every section
was commercial mart.
So when II came to getting the flower
of the Reds Boston was prepared and went
into win. Washington was the only other
city to get big share of the stars-in fact.
when the rounding up was over, Il was
hard to say which team got the better OF
the bargain. Washington or Boston. WASH
ington represented by the Olympics. signed
Brainard. the pitcher; Allison the catcher:
Sweasey. the second baseman: Fred Wa
terman, the third baseman, and Andy
Leonard, left field; while Boston captured
Harry Wright to pitch play the infeid
and act as captain; George. Wright. short
stop: Charlie Gould. the first baseman and
Cal McVey, catcher and fielder
Meeing Of the Divisions.
This disruption of the Red Stockings and
the almost equal division of its members
brought all those connected with any of the
three cities involved to take great In
In no hot
Of the remains of the famous Red Socks
The first meeting OF the two halves Of
the western team was one Of historic In
terest in base ball annals. and that MAY
day In 1871 and the grounds at 10Th and
streets witnessed, perhaps. the most wide
ly advertised contest that had ever taken
place.
Every daily paper In Boston had sent
specials on the trip, marking an epoch
In the covering of base ball news For the
first time In Washington special wires were
run from the grounds, and Jim Saffe who
for these many years has guided the keys
at all the local base ball parks, was then
the messenger boy at the post of duty.
The game drew a large number of persons
from out of town, SO much so that the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad ran excursions
from all points on its line for the event
Washington itself took half day, so that
the whole town from the big boss himself
down To the greenest messenger boy could
be right there to see the big attraction.
The game did not come up to the expecta-
ton of those who had compared the work
of the teams for more closely contested
affair was expected. The local fans blame
the umpire, who continually declared the
delivery of Brainard Illegal. and granted
Boston base after base on balls. This cir
cumstance. the continual break into the
pitchers form and the abnormal bases
given on bad balls took the heart out OF
the Washington contingent. player and
rooter alike. This grievance scared to the
skies when, in the last inning, Boston got
the three that the game from
this ruling of the umpire.
Plenty of Excitement.
Notwithstanding this damper on the con-
test, there was plenty of excitement all the
way through. The Olympics played a gilt
edged article of ball, and the running
catches of George Hall and Andy Leonard
in the outfeld were revelations to the
crowd; one of Halls being gathered In
| after a long sprint into the throng. he
grabbing the ball high up in the air. in
one hand. Chadwick's Chronicle had II.
The same fielder also nailed a long liner
in deep center. and by quick throw to
Sweasey at second caught Barnes in a neat
double play.
Both teams made eleven hits, but the
bases on balls helped the Bostonians on to
victory. Waterman was the star batter OF
the day, getting away with three clean
hits. of which good for three
bases. George Wright could not get hit
off his former team mate, but Gould and
McVey touched up Brainard freely and
often.
A notable feature of the game was the
fact that score cards were sold for the
first time
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