Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-18
1T WAS A TIE GAME.
Neither Washington Nor Worcester
Could Win Yesterday.

| A couple OF hundred Worcester people were
| treated yesterday to es interesting game as
usually falls to the share Of the minor league
| spectators. Worcester tied the score by max
ing two runs in the ninth inning and after an
other fruitless inning had been played the
Senators had to be content with not losing.
although they did not win. The score was to
g. The batteries were Underwood, Daniels and
Riddle and Stafford and Terrien. Daniels re-
heving Underwood in the eighth inning. He
| came into the game Just in time for the ex-
| champions, who touched him up in the ninth
for a single, double and triple. producing
two earned runs, the ones that tied the
game. Worcester had the game well
III hand. the dispatches say. up
to the fifth inning with neat lead of two runs.
but Washington had a streak of batting in the
fifth that produced four runs. In the seventh
the ex-champions made three more and took
the lead again. but IN the latter half an error
by Camplon and some more hits gave Wash
lngton three and the lead. This see-saw kept
the spectators wrought up to high pitch of
excitement, which was intensified by the two
runs that came in III the ninth. Worcester
played the first half OF the eleventh without re-
suit and the Senators were going in to make a
run IN their half. when Umpire Maloney came
to the conclusion that it too dark to play
and called the game.
Worcester made IS hits and 4 errors and
Washington 10 hits and 8 errors
IN OTHER CITIES.
Wilmington treated the leaders to a genuine
surprise by winning. to 0. The game was
pitchers battle, in which Anderson had the
best of Gilhland. The Peach Blossoms made
all their runs Ill the seventh inning on four
singles, all they made. New Haven made 8
hits and errors and Wilmington hits and
error.
baltimore won from Jersey City through
good luck and good fielding, to /. ORourke
and Townsend and McDermott and Murphy
were the batteries Baltimore made hits and
1 error and Jersey City hits and errors.
prevented by rain.
Other games resulted thus:
National League. New York-New York
4; Cleveland. 4. At BrOoklyn-Brooklyn. S;
Plttsburg, Z. At Philadelphia-Ph Philadelphia
I; Chicago, 8. At Boston-Boston, 6; Cincin-
natl. 3.
Players League.-At New York-New York,
8; Plttsburg. z. At BroOklyn-Brooklyn g.:
Clevela nd. s. At BOston-Boston, u, Chicago,
=. At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 5; Buffalo. 2.
American Associatlon.-At St; Louis-St.
Louis, 3; Athletic, 4. At Columbus-Colum-
bus. 3; Brooklyn, 6. At Louisville-Louis-
vile. 8; Syracuse, 4. At Toledo-Toledo, s.;
Rochester, z.
At New Haven tomorrow
Whistler led the batting yesterday with three
singles.
The errors were made by Gleason, Whistler
and Bird.
Bader made hit, went to first on balls once,
on being hit twice, stole 3 bases and made 4
runs.
The game lasted two hours and three quar-
tiers.
Wentz is playing fine game at second, &C
cepting everything that comes his way. He was
a great find
The Players League did funny thing yes-
terday. Ii first found out that some of the
clubs were financially weak and then took the
best means on eartn to weaken them more by
taxing everybody @2.5O0 apiece for campaign
work"
A special meeting of the Atlantic Base Ball
Association was held in New York last night.
All the clubs were represented. Jersey City
was the only one to show signs of distress
The directors of that club were ready to quit
but the association promised to help the
Jerseymen out for a time. Harrisburg will
take Jersey City's place in case that team dis
bands
The Atlantic race is one of the most interest
ing ones of the season. The lead is wavering
between Baltimore and New Haven on a very
small margin. Newark. Worcester and Wash
lngton are well punched within radius of IA
points. all striving to reach and to hold third
place. Jersey City Is sliding down to meet
Wilmington. and the two clubs will probably
soon have fierce tussIe for sixth position
Hartford seems TO be hopelessly in the rear
The clubs have made the following record: