Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-14
WHEN RUNS WERE
MADE BY DOZENS

The recent trip of the Nationals to Indian
apolis and their defeat at the hands Of
the outfit of that place recalls the memoir
able trip Of the old Nationals thirty years
ago. when the venerable grandfather of
the present organization invaded the west
to show the people of that section what
real base ball was like.
The elder ''has-beens' remember this game
with more than usual interest, and when
the short end of the recent to l score
was announced they all chuckled with glee
to think of the victory In 1867 that was won
by the decisive score Of 1O6 to 81. Ponder
over that, all you enthusiasts of the ma
tional game of today. and imagine what
would happen if such a scoring took place
in one of the big National League games
on the opening day.
The Nationals OF those days, under the
guidance OF Col Frank Jones, as president
and little Jimmie Patterson, quarter
master. were sweeping the western states
with a clock-like precision of victory after
victory. The sporting world of that time
looked on with amaZement at their won
derful record on the trip, ana all watched
for the final game with Indianapolis. 1t
was thought that there the Washington
ians would meet rival Of their own met
tie, as out of the capital Of Hoosier land
had come the marvellous tales of Its ball
team.
The contest took place July 3d. 1867. at
Camp Burnside, and the Indianapolis Sen
tinel of the time said of 1t:
The interest in the game was intense,
not less than 1000 spectators were pres
ent, and for nearly four hours, though
scorched by the extreme heat. of the sun,
men. women and children maintained their
positions: and when any fine playing was
made on either side. loud and continuous
applause followed, the acclamations going
so far on several occasions as to reward
two or three of the Nationals with very
handsome bouquets, which were acknowl-
edged by the recipients in endeavoring to
deserve another when they again went to
the bat
THE Westerns played pretty well, but in
their first inning one of their best players
was disabled in attempting to stop fly,
and the large score OF their opponents In
that inning seventeen tallies, seemed to
have disheartened them. Yet the score
shows that the Westerns caught two more
flies than the Nationals, and had their
batting been anything like equal to that
of the Washington club the figures might
have been somewhat different. In the
eighth inning the Nationals were very
handsomely .skunked' by the catching of
three fly balls by the Westerns.
1.-The strength of the Nationals was in
their batting. They are all well-made mus
cular men. and ball comes remarkably
hot from their bats. Some most beautiful
hits were made by Fox and Berthrong,
one of the former travelling at least 200
yards before touching the ground, and upon
which a handsome home run was made.
Berthrong exhibits a clean score, not out
at all and thirteen runs, while Studley made
fourteen runs and only one out
Williams, the pitcher, Is a real catapult.
1t Is impossible to tell when or where he
will throw the ball. He throws very wild
and awful 'peppery, but when he comes
to the bat his score falls below that of
any of his associates. The dangerous man
of the Nationals is Fox. their captain, who
covers third base. He certainly could
RtOD Sfxty-fOur rOunder IN the w and
put a whole battery out before they passed
his base. He is terrible on throwing and
catching.
The score of the wonderful game is as
fOlloWa.