Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1898, Page 7

MERCER WAS BAD| The Colonels Took Advantage of His Rankness. SENATORS WERE BADLY BEATEN All Right Up to Sixth Inning, Then Everything Went Wrong. OTHER SPORTING MATTERS ‘Today's Schedule and Weather. Washington at Louisville—clear. Baltimore at Cincinnati—clear. Boston at Chicago—ciear. Brooklyn at Cleveland—clear. New York at Pittsburg—ciear. Philadelphia at St. Louis—ciear. Record of the Clubs. Clubs. W. L. Pc Cineinnatl.. 3 2 2% 519 Boston. ..... 33 22 27 1449 Baltimore. 22 23 1440 Cleveland 9 34 (358 Chicago. - 9 34 358 Pittsburg... 28 25 iS 38 321 When Mr. Winnie Mercer, the twirling ‘Adonis of the Washington Base Ball Club, is bad he is about as bad as bad can b>. Yesterday was one of his bad days, and the Louisville Colonels took advantage of his rankness, fattening their batting aver- ages tc a really wonderful extent. Up to the sixth inning the game was a civs2 and pretty contest, with the score a tie—i to 3. Then something seemed to go wrong with Winnie's steering gear, and during the next thre2 innings he drifted about utterly helpless, the Kentuckians meantime bom- barding him in a manner vety similar to that experienced by the Spaniards at Man- ila. When the order to cease firing was given the Washington mea were simply destroyed. Cunningham pitched for the Colonels, and while he was hit for ten safeties and gave five passes, besides hitting a man, the visitors could get but three men acro ths home plate during the nine innings. ‘The little Kentucky twirler kept the hits well scattered and was most effective On the other , during the sixth, s2venth and eighth innings Mercer pitched in a seemingly in- different, half-hearted manner, being hit for twenty-one safeties. Doyle was again absent from the game, McGuir2 taking his Place at first. Reitz’s injured hand again hurt, Wagner replacing him at sec: ond. The Colonels made but one error, the Senators making two, McGuire and Wrigley being the offznders. Myers not only played a great game at third, but led m at the bat, securing three singles, aging in two of the three runs the Washington peopl2. nators were the first to score, get- ting their three runs in the second inning. McGuire was given a pass, went to second on Farrell's singl2 to center, and to third on Reitz’s safe bunt. Myers’ single to center sent McGuire and Farrell home, and Wrigley’s sacrifice and Mercer’s out at first scored Reitz. in the fourth inning the Colonels commenced scoring, getting two runs on Ritchey’s single and Staf- ford’s homer. They got another run in the hext inning, on Clingman’s single to left, Powers’ safe bunt, a pass to Clarke and Ritchey’s single to center. In the sixth inning the Colonzis clinched matters, scoring five run » hits, a hit bat McGuire's muff of Reitz’s ihrow. i two runs in the seventh on and four runs in the eighih on Score: ~ three hits le Washington Earned runs—Louisville, base nits— t ss Wrigley. Stolen and Ritchey; pitched Louisville, 6: m. "Day and McDonald. & Time—1.51. New Yorks Win a Game. ced up yesterday at The New Yorks bi Pittsburg and won ez by 10 to The field f the Giants perfect. while the home club put up a mis- erable game. R. HLF, Pittsburg. 10002060060-3 10 6 New York. o100430212015 0 Chicago Playing Finely. The Chicagos played another fine game on their own grounds yesterday and easily defeated the Bostons by i2 to 6. Klobedanz. ‘Was wild, miserably supported and hit hard when hits meant runs. R. HE. -~140050203-12 1 i -030000003-6 2 5 Clevelands’ Down Shoot. Powell's wildness lost another game for the Clevelands yesterday on their own grounds, the brooklyns being the victors by 7 to 5. Both clubs fielded poorly, the mis- plays of the Spiders being the more costly. R. HB. 1000010035116 -0014000027 85 Chicago. Boston. Cleveland. Brooklyn. Orioles’ Garrison Finish. The Baltimores made a Garrison finish at Cincinnati yesterday, making two runs in the tenth inning and defeating the Ewing- ites by 41 Daring base running by Mc- Graw and a well-placed hit by Keeler turn- ed the trick R HE. Cinciunati.. 060 OH OO206 25 2 Baltimere..0 00010001 Cee Fag | Phillies’ Nice Brace. The Phillies won another game from the Browns at St. Louis yesterday by 9 to 6, making five runs In the last inning. Taylor pitched splendid ball until the fatai ninth, when his curves were hammered all over the field. Z R. HE. St. Louin.... 5000-6 7 4 Philadelphia... 0005-917 2 Notes. “Pepper” Reitz is batti ing well and field- — a at Wash. B. Williams, Furniture, &c., 7th and D Sts. S=C-r=e-e=n=s made to order. 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All the crack circuit chasers and National Cycle Track Ass’n teams Leon Boulay, Paris, France. Rene Cavally, Paris, France. John Robinson, England. Tom Cooper, ‘Detroit. Arthur Gardiner, Chicago. John B. Bowler, Chicago. Eddie Bald, Buffalo, N. Y. Tom Butler, Cambridge, Mass. Dr. A. I.°Brown, Cleveland, Ohio. F. A. McFarland, San Jose, Cal. O. L. Stevens, Ottumwa, lowa. Owen Kitnble, Louisville, Ky. E. S. Aker, Philadelph One Mile D. C.:Amateur Championship. Arrangements have been perfected for, ample transportation service. Traction cars---only 20 minutes’ ride to the track. MUSIC BY HALEY’S CORNET BAND. Tickets Now on Sale at - 4 SEASON THURSDAY, JUNE 23 ALL GRAND STAND SEATS, 50 CENTS. JFJUN AULS, By Electric Light, 8:00 2. ML This is a National Circuit Meet at the 13-mile Board Track of the Park Bicycle Club One Mile Professional, National Championship for full limit prizes. Entries: William Sims, Washington. Fred. Sims, Washington. H. B. Freeman, San Francisco, Cal. Earl Kiser, Dayton, Ohio. Jay Eaton, Philadelphia, Pa. Take Metropolitan or Capital Kelipse Bieyele Go., Fourteenth and H Streets, RS iW i iit HY Hin HHH Qo are here. ia, Pa. ing out of sight. His record with the stick | es to first in two games and won them stands at .326. both. Then he struck out-eleven Quakers Brace up. in one contest and lost it. spacicat Before Monday’s game Manager Hanlon Very poor ball. remarked: “I am going to pitch Maul to- Mercer was a mark, day, and I want you to watch how many Evans will pitch today. fly balls will be hit up by the Reds. Maul Myers secured three bingles. as a change of pace that will fool any Cunningham has always been our Jonah. patenan =: in games that he pions A few fines wouldn’t be a bad thing to ere are always a great number of fly distribute. pals gent =o tie nes me eee 2 jon ha e situation si up right. wegrnell and Anderson are tied In batting | pe Baltimore outfield accepted thirteen Witlie Keeler 1s again leading the league | Chances, while the infield caught ve or in batting with an average of .397. : Baseman McGann had but Hamilton is Boston's best batter, with | three put-outs in the entire game, a record 386: Lange leads Chicago, .380; Smith, Cin- | that probably stands alone in the annals cinnati, .375; Cross, St. Louis, 8367; Burkett, | Of base ball history. Beckley, on the other Cleveland, 343; Dexter, Loutsville, .828; hand, had fourteen put-outs. Van Haltren, New York, .828; Flick, Phila | ,,A! Maul can't account for the return of Pittsburg, .321; Sheck- three points; the fourth man, two points, and the fifth man, one point, making a total of sixteen points in each race. the riders stand today Gardiner is away in the lead, with Cooper and Bald second and third, respectively. Before the end of the season a big change is apt to occur. Ac- cording to Chairman Mott the national ckampionship score to date is as. follows: Rank—Rider. 5 Pts. Washington Winners in Baltimore. The bicycle races at the Colosseum, Bal- timore, last night, was attended by over 2,000 people. The races were amateur affairs and were hotly contested. The finals resulted as follows: One-mile amateur handicap—Jesse Car- ter, Baltimore, 14 seconds, won; Ross A> Miller, Baltimore, 14 seconds, second, and M. H. Mannakee, Washington, 12 seconds, third. Time, 2:19 3-5. One-mile tandem—Fred. Schade and E. L. Wilson, Washingten, wo. W. G. Le Compte and Ed. Wedekind, Baltimore, second. Time,°2:05 1-5. Half-mile amateur; open—Ed. Gause, Washirgton, woi A. J. Murphy, Balti- more, second, and E. L. Wilson, Washing- ton, third. Time, 1:08. ese KENSINGTON. with the intention of engaging in active service, wkere he was befcre an examining board, but was ordered to appear before the retiring board at Washington, when he was placed, May 26, on the retired list for disebility incurred in the line of duty. He, however, lately applied to the depart- ment for shore duty. = M. Bowyer Stewart, son of Licutenant Stewart, completes this year a four-year course at the Cen tral High School at Washington, where he for the pest three years has been a member of the cadet Ett MICO RAL RAMOS ©: life in his pitching arm. He kept at work all winter. He would pitch in a gymnasium two and three times a week, and also did some work with the Indian clubs and dumb-bells. Maul acted honestly with the manager of the Baltimores. Hanlon met Maul early this spring and wanted him to go south for practice. “I appreciate all you have done for mi id Maul to Han- lon. “I want to be sure I am right before I report. I don’t want to be dead weight.” Hanlon told Maul tHat this was satis- factory. After the season opened Hanlon met Maul again in Philadelphia. “Iam all right,” sald Maul. “I know I can pitch.” “Weil, this weather isn’t the kind to be- gin with. Wait until we come back from the west,” said Hanlon. “Then come down to Baltimore and pitch one game against the Browns. If you win it we won’t quarrel about terms.” Well; Maul came to Baltimore. He let the Browns down with three hits, two of them being scratches. Since then he has . Mea © Taylor. t Butler. 14—Nai : atting averages to date = Selbach and Doyle, ‘Wrigley, .278: “290: Wagner, 28; Weyhing. record is not given, but he is over the .300 mark. ‘The Philadelphia club yesterday secured William Lauder, the third baseman of Mr. George Bibb Brown his filed a petition with the county commissioners protesting against the Proposed erection of a school house for colored children upon the property adjoining his place near Kensington. ‘The petitioner suggests that ac house be located in a community of ‘The matter hay bees wetersed Werte, Saehem. A public meeting will be held in the town 5 public ing. e han Eriday evening, July 1, at which Mr. Ai 5 Mr. Gould is a ca ite for represent Be deacceesucsenucuan SOCSCCOMMSSMOSHOOMmNND COSSHOCOMOCOMMOOMMH MED eacecdsduniuscoccls Lbechasivershceces 1 the local history of the cycling world that so many cracks have visited Washingtorm: Ont of elghteen men who have entered the professional races, especially the championship race, all but two, the Sims boys, are ifrom different sections of the country, and out of these teen outside men there are fully twelve who have never ridden -here)before. Bald, Cooper and Gardiner have been here, but none of the others in the list. According to the old style of scoring,-in vogue for several years, the leading man being term- ed the champion, there is a change in the |" standing of the men over the present cham- | of pionship score. In this every profes- sional race on the natiot uit is count- ed, handicaps and open events. The stand- baseman, from the same univers! men are touted as being players of great promise, the Boston club having lines out for Lauder for several weeks past. Manager Stallings, late of the Phillies, was let out completely yesterday by the Quaker management and was immediately signed by the Detroit club of the Western League, supplanting Tony Mullane. ‘Things remarkable in the base ball world, developed during the past three days, are the braces of Baltimore and Philadelphia, the poor work of Cincinnati and Cleveland for S85 i i lads and. lassies 4 and the fine work = the Chiesa: oe paseaee Pease Bi viens and = won | ing of all of the men bn gir 14, only: floral tributes from ampionship race this year promises to . romise of pitch- bel: ‘as fol- beautifal fhe most exciting that has ever taken place | Ing better ball this year than he ever did fism, Sg fs and before. of : Fi 2 in the big league. Tommy Dowd went to the races at St. Louis after Saturday’s game and has not been seen since. He said to have won over a thousand dollars, and is supposed to Pts. i a | h ay HEMNNHONG SSCONSCCONNOUM-my & CHAMPIONSHIP sCcoREs, 8 Fi 3 i AI i F | 2. cts n un 10 10 fa paint the mound city a bright .car- emncon to pets A e100 fine awaits his return, and ‘Sunday, possibly a release. —— om = ——. Sandow Mertes is another specimen of a AKOMA PAE strong batsman in minor league company | and eyening will result in considerable ‘The Lett po gaaen and an ordinary mortal_in class A. change in the standing of the cracks in [ hela aeeting at the resicence of Mrs. at Ta Reds in the Society of Three Hundred and cucment in first place, —— ae. Fee sen tee deat sapeting savors of a miracle, season, — decided esident Johnson says the attendance a1 adjourn over at Western Longue.peune fo as barge. 0S Services will be held as usual at Trinity Epis- i i in the National League. 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