Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-04
CRE|CHTON'S FEAT
OFTEN EXCELLEO
Every Player on Nationals Made
Ten Runs or More in a Game
Played at Richmond in '66.

Some of these later-day base bali writer's
are as bad those fellows President Roose-
welt has placed in the error column and
dubbed nature takers" for If they do not
know anything about the pioneer DAYS OF
the greatest outdoor sport. then they ought
to pass ii up and continue to hew out the
doings of Joe Cantillon. Muggsy McGraw and
Ban Johnson of the present day" was the
opening remark of the old timer as he
squared himself off last night.
What do you think of such a wild state
ment as this that appeared in one of the
esteemed contemporaries of last Sunday
Ever hear base ball player making ten
runs in one game? That's what Creighton
of the Excelsiors did against the Hudson
Rivers of Newburgh. 1t was some time
ago, to be sure so long ago that the Wag-
ners and Lajoies and Keelers and I.umleys
favor of the Excesiors and the game was
played in July. 1850.
Now. that kind of writing is enough to
make US old players turn green with scorn.
for it was rather common for that old Ma
tiona team of this city back IN 1866 To run
their scores up beyond the 80 mark, and
many of the players often scored ten and
more runs in single game. the pointing
out of Creighton making lone ten run in
one game is amusing.
Il wonder if our present readers of base
ball news can Conjure up in their minds such
Wild statements Of team maklGs pore
than thirty runs IN one inning. Wild as
this statement may appear it was accom-
pllshed time and time again by the old Ma
tional club in the palmy days of 1866.
The Nationals made short southern
trip in that year, playing teams at the
University Of Virginia and defeating them
"a to I; Lynchburg, Fredericksburg Nor
folk and Richmond, and it was at the last
place that they made a record of scoring
that has never been equaled. They met and
defeated every club they played with and
then played a team called the Unions"
composed OF many of Uncle Sans soldiers.
who were still On duty at the southern con-
federacy capital.
why" said the old historian, at the
greatest batting game l ever witnessed in
my life, or, as one of the spectators said
at the contest. Richmond is being bonn
barded again. and for Creighton's rec
ord of ten runs in one game, every player
on the Nationals made ten or more scores.
Study making an even ten. which he would
have increased had he not retired from the
game because of an injury. the Nationals
playing with only eight men the last three
innings.
George Fox. the young student OF
Georgetown University made his first ap-
pearance with the Nationals on this trip.
and his record for that contest will never
be eQualed in the annals of ball playing, 9
the past has failed to show anything like it.
put out only once and made twenty runs,
not being left on bases once. He made nine
home runs. three three bases and five dou-
bles and one single. SO you can foot up
and see IL your Clymer. Ganley or AltiZer
can come anywhere near that old boys
style. Col Frank Jones, still residing here.
and a clerk in the War Department. rolled
up eighteen runs for himself in that game.
but different from Fox. nearly all of the
colonels work was on single hits.
I'm the third inning the Nationals scored
thirty-four tallies. in the eighth twenty
seven and in their final round up they
chased thirty men over the plate, or ninety
one runs in three innings. What do our
up-to-day ball players think of that for
scoring?
Now, your readers must not imagine the
Richmond boys did not know how to play
ball, as 1t was played then. for they did
they put up a surprisingly strong game
against the heavy odds they were fighting
against for ii was simply batting Wa
terloo" from the greatest array of swatters
that ever broke into the game at that pc
Rod, they making total of seventeen homo
runs In the game.
Harry Mclean. now prominently con-
nected with the District government. was a
member of that famous aggregation and he
made fourteen runs, one being homer over
the heads of the spectators down at the old
clubhouse of the park. while his fielding
during the game was marvellous.
1T only took four hours and ten minutes
to play this game Luckily 1t being in the
month of October. the men did not suffer
from me exertion of run getting that would
have cnsued had 1t been either in August or
suly.
so to allow your esteemed contemporary
to know that 1t wasn't such remarkable
thing 70: single player to make ten runs
in q single game, here is the score OF the
remarkable contest played at Richmond in
October 1866. when every one Of the win
ning team went to that figure and be-
yond.'