The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-07
623 18th St. N. w.
NOTES or FIRST CHICAGO GAME.

| j. Earl Wagner is with the Senators, and
Is looking for any old kind Of trade to help
out bis crippled team. Chicago Trihune
! Mercer turned a moment later and threw
wild in a frantic attempt to catch LANCE OFF
second. Bli saw his opportunity, and by
/ a desperate sprint scored on the throw he
| fore Brown could handle it.-Tribune
After Mercer had been batted ont of the
| iox and German went In to finish the
game a very noisy grand 81 and man, with
| about three sheets in the wind, yelled at
| the top of his voice: "A little of the same.
Mr.. German!'--Reily was in tough luck
| yesterday. Early in the game he hurt his
right hand in an attempt TO smother hot
| grouBucr. and near the close OF the game
he was injured on the wrist Of the left
hand.--Tommy Tucker, of the Congress
men. - is laid up with bad hand, and Will
not bc able 10 get into the game again for
some time. Catcher McC;uire put up
fairly good game at first yesterday
Record
The game itself was about as interesting
az physiology Is to q stevedore IL was
a forcycnc conclusion after a little OF the
| game had progressed that the Colts WIRE
going IL wln. The playing of the tariff
mixers was as full of life as a country
cemetery OF midnight. The Wise Men Of
| the East shade chough errors tn last ;or sew
eral games. When L. all would be bar ted
down to one OF the fieldcrs the Congress
man. would go after ii all right. but when
IL was well upon him he woL,J 20 to hunt
ing four-leaf clovers, and :, all would
all Il
DeMontreville. IN particul r, was possessed
OF numerous thumbs and butter-fingeI.;.
Senator win Mercer uccu1 pied the tox
for the Easterncrs. He was about as eff
fective against the Colts as fnihnow would
he in the nay Of an ocean liner When he
saw his wings dropping he pla yed as If
he didn't care whether the tariff bill were
passed or not. He retired in the sixth IN
ming in favor OF German. who dill fairly
well Record tfT
The sensation Of tile year took place in
the third inning. At that time the Colts
had but one run and the victory wavefe,I
in tb. balance. Mercer had singled and
was camping down az first, when Selbacn
came tO bat Griffith shot up slow twis-
ter, which the Senatorial slugger leaned
upon " iSH al HHr ltEDt. anu sHOJ on
screaming line through the spot between
right and LEFT. W here nobody Camps Lange
was playing deep over in left for the hit
He put on extra steam and made a grand
squirt across the field. From the stands il
seemed that he would never get nearer
than ten feet to the ball, and the crowd
gulped down a little sob of disappointment
over the certain homer. But still Lauye
did not hesitate. He seemed to travel
with wings. and as the bail sailed lower
he E.ade the last desperate effort Jumped
at the flving sphere, slid ten feet along
the grass fiat, and came up with the nalI
sticking In his hands. When he cau;e in
the stands greeted him with storms Of I'D
plause, which only increased when, mo-
ment later, his hit, followed with desp T.
ate basc-running, netted the Colts three
more runs. After he had scored that
fourth tally for the Colts the Senators
quit. like a pack of whipped dogs. aud
loafed, shirked and suIked through all the
rest OF the tame contest. Selbach, out in
left, cogitated over the sugar schedule as
he trotted after long hits, while T. Blown
left the game to argue tariff. The other
Senators tried their best to make their
error column look like the -at-bat row and
The game became tiresome. Winnie Mer-
Ger, after being pounded for an unluckv
thirteen hits, retired to the shade, and
German replaced him.-Tribune