Evening star., 1898-05-30
THE EBROWNSDELAYED
Were Unable to Reach the City This
Morning.
RETURN OF SENATORS YESTERDAY
The Annual intercollegiate Athletic
Games.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

Tim Hurst the manager of the st. Louis
Browns. who We're scheduled for a morning
and afternoon game here today, telegraph
ed late last night that owing to washout
between here and Cincinnati his club
would be unable to reach Washington in
time for the morning game. 1t was decided
to play one game this afternoon, to be cali
ed at o'clock.
The Senators reached home yesterday
morning. 1t is needless to explain that
they were not met by brass band. or. in
deed, any other kind of band Manager
Brown. had no excuses to offer for the
poor showing made by his men on the trip,
during which they won two games from the
Chicagoes and one from the Pittsburgs out
of fourteen games played, the average be-
ing .214. Wrigley is reported as having
been far from well on the trip, but is about
we'll now. The following are the batting
averages of the team SO far this season:
Donovan, 500; Doyle, 1862; Mcclure, .361;
Reitz, .344; Farrell .311; Gettman, .301; An
derson. 800: Selbach. .294; Wrigley, 49,
Dineen, go; Swain, I'D; Wagner, III;
Mercer. .1S2; Brown, .16S; Weyhing. 1885,
McHale, Ill; Amole, Ill; Evans, 900.
Senator's at Practice.
The entire senatorial aggregation were
out on the field at National Park this
morning and went through two hours of
iSii u pidCtlCS- All Tic PitShciS tooh tui ihS
at warming up, the work of the new twirl-
er, Roy Evans, being watched closely by
the ''railbirds'' who flock to the grounds
every morning. Evans is big, strapping
fellow and handles himself like a player
who has come into the big league to stay.
Anderson, the other new man who join
ed the team on the western trip, was also
critically surveyed by the group Of on
lockers, and the SageS pronounced him
of the best and Strengc chener for the
club. Doc Amole has been practicing hard
since he was dropped out of the western
trip, and it Is claimed he has come around
to his last years form, having good COM
mand and also speed. Jimmy McHale took
Wrigley's place at short during the morn
ing warming up, Captain Brown hitting
balls to him. and the balls going to him
also from the players at the plate. Jimmy
apparently handled himself very we'll.
picking up the swift ones clean and get
ting them over to first with lightning-ike
speed and on direct line. Fully 900 per-
sons went to the park this morning ex-
pecting to witness the scheduled contest
with the st. Louis club. and were greatly
disappointed when told of the postpone
ment.
A Decisive Move to Be Made.
Migrate ]. Earl Wagner gave it out at
the park that he was going over to Phil
adelphia this evening for a consultation
with his brother. and a decisive move in
club can be looked for before the ST. Louis
club leaves the city. Mr.. Wagner told an
Evening Star reporter this morning that
the poor work of the Senators is unac-
countable. All through the west there was
not base ball man of any prominence who
did not assure him that he had a good
club. that rightly belonged in the first
division. but that he would have to get
them working together In harmony before
good results will follow. The consultation
in Philadelphia will have this end in view
and IT IS expected that something sensa-
tional In the base ball world will material
ize when decision has been reached
TOday's Game.
The probabilities are that either Ample
or Dinneen will be on the rubber for the
home club this afternoon, while SudhofH
will most likely do the twirling for the
visitors. as Manager Tim. Hurst has a
definite idea that the senatorial outfit does
not like left-handers
The following will be the batting order Of
both clubs.
WASHINGTON. ST. LOUIS,
Gettman, r. Dowd, cf.
Selbach, If. Turnsr. RI
Doyle, 1b. Harley IT,
Anderson. CT. Clements. C.
Mcclure, C. Cross, 3b.
wagner, ob. Decker, 1b.
Re1tZ, ID. Carsey, 2b.
Wrigley. IS. Hall. IS.
Amole, p. Sudhoff, D.
Second Baseman Crooks has been out Of
the game for some tina with bad hand
and for this reason KID Carsey, the ex-
Senator, will play that position for the
Browns this afternoon. Capt. Brown would
not say this morning whether McHale
would be put into the game in place of
Wrigley, and the chances ara against the
change.
known ex-ball players, were out at the
grounds this morning and will officiate this
afternoon. Both thess gentlemen have
! been doing exceptionally good work through
the western circuit, the kicks against their
| decisions being the exception instead of the
ruie. Mr. Wagner praised the two umpires'
work in the games in which the Senators
were participants.