Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-18
PLAYING IN THE RAIN.
The Senators Tie the Philadelphis
League Team.

FIVE rSNISos OF GOOD BALL YEsTERpAY-THf
COLTS WERE NERVOUS, BUT DID SOME BRIL-
LIANT PLAYISG-THE OPENING OF THE CHAM
PIoSsHIP SEASON TOMORROW.
Six innings of very interesting base ball were
played at Stand Pipe Park yesterday afternoon
despite the drizzling rain that fell Over nine
hundred spectators were bold enough to make
the journey and felt well repaid for the trip.
This number would undoubtedly have been
fully doubled had not the skies been so threat
ening all day long and had it not been sprnk-
ling when o'clock came. As it was there was
fair crowd and fair game. At the end of
the sixth inning Umpire Baker called the game,
which stood and and so nobody won. This
was SO much better than any of the crowd had
dared to hope that there was little grumblIng.
That the new team should tie the score with
the Philadelphia team, which has Just won
seven straight from the Athletics. was in the
nature of a surprise to many who have been
meeting the reports of the success Of the Sena-
tors with the remark that they would soon fall
victims to frst-class club. The home team
played nervousy, feeling that they have not
yet had in the exhibition games, and this fact,
coupled with the wetness of the ball, accounts
for some OF the errors that they made. But
they braced up at the right moments and some
of the plays they made at critical points were
very fine. The batting was light. but the field
ing on both sides was poor. Maloney and Rid
die and Gleason and Decker were the batteries.
Gleason found his speed better and better as
the game progressed and had the Washington
batters quite at his mercy, while Maloney was
pegging along with about the same success
HOW THE GAME WAS PLAYED.
Twice ii looked as though the visitors would
score, but the brilliant work of their opponents
shut them off from their chances. In the first
inning Bader reached first on McCauley's
error and went to third when Gleason threw
wildly to first to catch him mapping. Jordan
then set the crowd wild by driving the ball out
of the diamond, safe, while Bader trotted home
with the first run. Jordan did not wait long
before he stole second, a sacrifice by Gleason
sent him to third, and he scored on some
fumbling on Whistler's hit in the diamond. In
the last half, with two men out, Myers, who re-
ceived quite an ovation when he came to the
bat, made two-base nit to pay for his ap-
clause, and when Thompson banged the ball at
OBrien he went to third. Our second baseman
did not handle the ball well, and the runner
was safe, but Whistler shot it home in time to
catch Myers at the plate. In the third Jordan
made a beautiful hit for two bases, with no
body out, and in minute or two, as soon as he
had caught his BREATH he stole third in a way
that made Harry Wright, who sat in the grand
stand, rub his glasses. But he could not score,
for Gleason flied out to left and Whistler and
the throw of Gleasons ball, as 1t went quite
wild, but before he saw his opportunity it
had been returned to the plate. The
visitors scored their runs in the last
half of the third. Allen went to first on called
balls and O'Brien muffed Gleasons throw of
the other Gleason's hit, making both men safe
sacrifice by Burke to Maloney sent the run
ners ahead a base and one of them scored ON
Whistlers fine stop of a hot, bounding ball,
from Hamiton's bat. With two out the side
might have been retired with no more runs
but 1t was Birds misfortune TO muff fly from
Myers, which he misjudged. Myers reached
third, but Thompson flied out to Jordan. The
next inning Philadelphia would have scored
but for some sharp work on the part Of Riddle
and O'Brien. Decker made hit that gave
him a base and Mayer reached first on Gea-
sons error: McCauley then forced Mayer at
second and sent Decker to third. McCauley
tried to steal a moment or SO after and sue
ceeded, but in doing so he sacrificed his coll
league. Riddle lined the ball at O'Brien as the
runner started and Decker dug his toes in an
effort to make home. o Brien sent the ball
back without making an effort to catch the
other man. and Decker was trapped some dis
lance from the plate. In the next inning Glea-
son made hit for Philadelp hia and Burke flied
out to Hill. Hamilton then lifted ball up
that Bird captured after long run. Every
body thought it safe, including the runner,
who was at short field when Whistler caught
the ball that Bird threw in from near the
fence. The double play was done so quickly
that the hitter even out at first
Washington made two hits and five errors
and Philadelphia five hits and four errors
Gleason struck out four men.
GAMES ELSEWHERE.
Other exhibition games yesterday resulted as
follows: At Observation-Disclosures, Z; Rich