Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-06-30
Local Boating Season Opened b,
the c. A. c.
CURRENT NOTES OF SPORT
Record of the Clubs.

Today's Philadelphia Press has the fol-
lowing to say of yesterdays PHILADELPHIA
Washington game:
The Washington players dug quite all ex-
cavation for the Phillies yesterday and 1t
looked for long while as though Stallings'
men would plunge head over heels into it.
Luck was with them. however. and they
not only gave the hole the go by, but
pushed the Senators into it. The game
lasted two hours and ten minutes, and
there was some very poor playing by both
mines, In which the Phillies led during the
early stages.
The local aggregation played like q lot
OF love-crossed young men for three or
four innings. They went to their position
In Snatl-like fashion; in fact they looked
like the breaking UP of q hard winter In
the fourth inning bleacherite exploded a
cannon cracker, which caused horse at
tached to delivery wagon on the outside
to take fright and run away. For a while
excitement ran high, and when 1t had all
died out the Phillies had been awakened
sufficiently to play their game, and they
did.
Cy Swain, of whom there are six feet
and half above the soles of his shoes,
and who had been handing in an assort-
ed lot of puzzling Bladensburg road curves
pounded right lively in the seventh inning.
when Philadelphia took the lead. Washing
ton overcame Staliings' boys in the eighth
and went them one better, but We. Us &
Co. finally pulled together and by a grand
effort won out in the ninth.
Washington started off by scoring two
runs on singles by Brown, DE Montreville
and Mcclure and an out. But for beau
trouble would have resulted. Cooley made
the circuit on singles by himself and Dowd
and Delahantys out. Abbey singled, Wrig-
ley walked and each moved up on Swain S
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bach put one to center Cooley should have
taken 1t, but Richard made Gillan try for
1t. The result was a muff, which allowed
two runners to score then and another pair
came later. De Montrevflle and German
followed with singles, and Mcclure with a
double, the Senator's total reaching six.
Philadelphia scored one in the fourth. With
one out Delahanty singled and went to
third on Boyle's safety. The latter stole
second. Delahanty scored on Germans
tumble of Geier's grounder. Geier started
to steal second and Mcclure. after making
a bluff for second, threw TO third and
nailed Boyle.
The sixth was full of excitement. In
Washington's half Dowd was guilty Of
grand larceny, when he made a wonderful
one-hand catch of Browns low liner. Then
the Phillies cut loose and their hits were
jumbled with their opponents errors. Della
hanty singled, only to be forced at second
by Lajoie. The latter stole second, went
to third on Boyle's out. and tailed on
three bases, when Brown let it pass him.
Gilfens single sent Geier home. Sammy
reached second on wild pitch and touched
the rubber when Tucker dropped " risleys
throw on Cross grounder.
Philadelphia took the lead in the seventh.
1t began to rain. but Ortiz rolled the clouds
away with a double. Cooley walked. Nc
CURE foolishly tried to catch Orth mapping
at second the result being an overthrow.
Each runner moved UP, and scored on
Dowd's single. the latter also coming home
on Delahanty's double. Laloie was safe at
first on Wrigley's mispiay. Boyle in try
ing to sacrifice, gave Swain, fly and
double play resulted. Geier was easy.
The Senators came back In the eighth,
scoring three runs ami taking the lead, on
doubles by Abbey and Selbach. a single
by Wrigiey and four balls to Brown. The
locals tied the score in their half. Gilleb
went all the way to second on fuckers
muff of Wrigley's throw. Cross reached
first on a scratch single to Tucker. Gii!en
took third on the play and scored on Orih's
fly to Brown. Wrigley made a rafting
catch of Cooley's liner, and doubled Up
Cross at second. Philadelphia won out in
the ninth on Delahantys single. He stole
second and continued on TO third on Nc
Cures wild throw and tailed on Dcyl-'s
single. Score:
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