The morning times., 1896-04-05
First Llne-Up Of The Washington
leagus. Players.
GOOD SHOWING OF THE MEN
Rodgers Knocked, 4 Three Ragger
with the Buses FuiI-All the Pitch
ers Took Turns in the Box Except
Maui and. Mercer-Joyce Figured
in Two Double PIays-Summary.

terday; neither was it good day for
oasebal game.
baseball, blue birds and Gentle Annie
arc all supposed TO make appearance at
the same time, but this year the birds
and MISS Annie have been delayed eli
route or else they are travelling by ireignt
train.
|, With the conditions favorable there is
nothing so good to look upon as Il ball
game. But with the wind blowing cut
ting blast from Greenland icy mountains
and the the rmometer hovering in the
suburbs OF the freezing point IL becomes
dsag reeabie spectacle and trying
! ordeal.
| however, the fault is not with the ball
players, but rests entirely with the Weather
| bureau. The article or climate furnished
| the past week has been most reprehen-
sble and should be blue-penciIed "a once
| by the weather editor, even to the last
| paragraph and line.
| Time Is precious with bah tossers Just
now, and they must make hay while the
| sun shines. In other words, they are
| forced to take advantage of every OPP
! portunity.
| For ths reason Capt. Joyce and his
| cotere OF toga wearers faced the icy
| atmosphere yesterday afternoon and es-
| sayed practice game at National Park.
| TWO LADIES WITNESSED THE GAME.
A large crowd gathered to witness the
| first team work OF the Senators. Two
! lady fans were apparently not disconnected
| by the rariried ozone, and amply wrapped
| in nrS aud beaIing uencate CattGOs upon
! the grand stand floor to keep their feet
! warm, they watched the game from start
| TO finish. -s...ss=
| The dyed-in-the-wool rooter was omni-
| present, and one member OF the guild. an
| elderly gentleman, who shaveS q la PETER,
! furnished a great deal of amusement hy
| his coaching and comment. He seemed
| to know each player personally and his
| suggestions 10 Captain Joyce, whom he
| famliiarly and even lovingly called
i'.SCFappy," "as to how the whole game should
| be played. were wittily put and produced
laughs among his neighbors that for the
.mpmcut made them forget the bitter cold.
The players for tfiS game We're divided
! into two teams. They were respectively
labeled Vets and tx ids" Captain
Joyce commanded the Veterans, W iiilc
the Kids We're given over to the charge
of "Captain'' Maui: JAst why Smiling"
Al was ciassed among the youngsters is
| IA mystery. a has kids of his own.
| The batting order and positions of the
! players was as follows;
Vets-Tom Brown, c. T.; Joyce, 3b.:
Abbey. r. f.; SelbaGb, r.; Cartwright, lb.;
McCiure. Co. Crooks. 2b.; De MontFeviIle,
>. 81 Malarkey and McJames, pitchers.
| Kids-Rodgers. 1b.; Lush, 2b.; Boyd. 5. s.;
Mercer. 3D.; Maui, r, T.; Anderson, !, f.;
| Boswell, c. r.; GilrOy, p.; McAuicy, C.
The positions of the pitchers on both
teams were changed several times to allow
them TO alternate In the box for practice.
or the eight pitchers all were worked
against the Datters except Maui and Mercer.
~ KIDS" WERE QuTCLASSED.
The kids" as the summary shows. were
badly beaten. Their infield was weak
ana they Gould not connect with the ball
safely, only III bare spots. Only in one
inning uid they look dangerous to the old
fellows.
IN the first half of the sixth inning
| they gave the Vets real scare. McJames
| was liberal win bases on balls and the
| bases were full when Rodgers came to
| bat
Rodgers is that kind OF batter who
! rcvelxiu III thc opportunity afforoed py hav-
! ing every bag tOeu by tase runner.
| Jimmy does not get nvryOus ana fan ar
nc swats the bah light square on the nose.
| That is the caPeT he cut yesterday, aud
! when the fragTanUs OT muu mad settled down
! ii was seen that three kids had crossed
the plaJe and that Rodgers had anchored
| on third base.
| Jimmy caught one of McJames' swift
| ones on the trade mark and near the end
! of the ash, and Tom Brown had TO sprint
| at his best gait to keep the drive from
| developing into a b ONE run.
! HE will do" was the universal COM
ment bestowed on Rodgers. Mr.. Wagner
made no idle assertion when he said he
had signed a first-class ball player in the
| New England League.
| ofthe veterans, JOY yce, Cartwright, Crooks,
| De Montreville, Selbach, Brown and Abbey
| played as if they were in q Championship
! game. The fact that they made only four
| fielding errors in their first showing and
koonsidering the raw cold that beset them,
| they put up remarkable game.
/ Capt. Joyce figured in two fast double
| plays. one unassiSted, and battod with the
good eye" that has pulled the Senators
l. out OF so man y bad holes in seasons gone by.
l. Crooks grabbed, Smothcrcd and pulled
| do wn everything that came around second
| base, and his side partner, De Montre-
vile, was Il Giasscock in handling the
| chances that were at all reasonable.
Selbach did not yell I've got it," for
touCe, but the German Ambassador" kept
| left field clean of errors so far as he was
| concerned.
OUTFIELD IS ROUGH.
Tom Bro own and Charley Abbey had rough
| fields TO play on account of the cut up cen
1 tutlOn o1 RIOuHuS ny tliS nuSchS H''ui-
! ing material TO the park. But q little thing
! like that does not hinder such sprinters as
| Tom and Charley, and they clinched all
| the balls that came into their baiAwickS.
Ed Cartwright and Jim Mcclure could
| not play a real bad game should they try
| These two standbys have very little buSi-
ness with the error column during q
league season, and yesterday proved no
| exception. y
l. xx-ar a.fIa of their In,
| the cold wind, which accounts for the
| heavy hitting. All of them evidenced con-
| troll, except McJames, who had so much
! speed that he could get The ban over
| the plate only at intervals.
| Mercer S q better twirer than he is a
| third baseman, and Maui can puzzle bat
| ters i'll a more effective manner than he
can judge hits to a soggy right field.
The cordial welcome by the crowd, Of
each favorite, and the applause bestowed
upon them throughout the game, as pretty
| plays We're executed, evidenced healthy
! baseball sentiment and a determination to
| give the Senators a support this season
| in excess OF that ever before extended.
Score by innings:
| Vets.. . z o 81
Kids. - ..,e. ;. -. 0 2 O. o 1 5 0-1O
Base hits-Vets, "a; Kids, 8. Errors
! Vets, 4; Kids, z. Time of game-Two
hours. Umpire-Mr. John Heidler.
Encouragement for Club Captains.
| Not content with the offer made last
| week OF one-thGusand-dollar bicycle to the
| Rambler rider making the fastest mile in
| 1886, and OF $500 in gold othe promoters
OF the race meet ut which this mile is
made, the Gormully & Jeffery Manufactur-
| ing Company makers of 1hc Rambler BIZ
| cycles, through its local branch house. this
! week announces third offer, that of S400
| in cold ca Sh 10 the icNcIc club whose mem.