Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-23

were several plays that were nothing If not
sensational.
Jesse Burkett jumped several feet in the
air and pulled down line fly against the
left field fence; 'Rhody" Wallace ran al
most back of third base. picked up hard
grOunder and nailed the batter at first by
a fine throw and Emmitt Heidrick almost
duplicated Burkett's catch by capturing
long fly against the center field fence.
Reidy Was the Star.
But the bright particular star of the game
was Pitcher Reidy. He served up nothing
but a slow, tantalizing ball that the Sena-
tors tried to drive out of the lot and as
result little pop flies or easy grounders fol-
lowed; Opposed to Reidy on the rubber
was Wyatt Lee, and this young man from
the far west was hammered for keeps, in
the first and last innings. Lee made
an error in the first inning and this
mfsplay really resulted in a gift to
the Browns of the first three runs. IN
the field Lee was given good support by his
companions. but at the bat their efforts
We're nil Delehanty managed to coax in
ton single and Ely a single. This is the
sum total of the Senator's batting
In the first inning Burkett started of
with clean single into left and went to
Coughlin and Carey. Maloney followed
with hot bounder to Lee and Burkett was
caught off second. Instead Of throwing the
pail to Ely and letting the latter run Jesse
down. Lee ran over to the base line and
when close to the Senator's short stop
threw suddenly and the ball was lost Bur
kett regained second in safety, leaving two
on bases with one out. Anderson popped
a fly to Carey and retired. Lee then hit
Wallace and Padden, the latter forcing
home Burkett. Mccormick followed with
whlskered single into right and Maloney
and Wallace crossed the plate. Sugden
ended the agony with a fly to Keister.
The Senator's Lone Tally.
After hanging up three ciphers, the Sem
ators got their lone tally in the fourth in
ming. Wolverton led off with a beautiful
single over second and on Delehanty's
double to right. which Maloney over-ran in
his endeavor to make the catch the first
named was nipped at the plate on accurate
throws by the Browns right fielder and
Anderson. keister hit into center for a
single and Delehanty scored. The next
two batters were easy outs.
In the ninth inning the St Louis lads
slowed the game away in camphor by a
torrent of base hits, every man on the team
getting a try at Lee and Pitcher Reidy was
up twice.
right and went to third on Burketts double
to left. Heidrick singled to right, scoring
Reidy and Burkett. Heidrick cleverly stole
second and went to third while Maloney
was being put out at first by Coughlin and
Carey. Big John Anderson resumed the
fusillade with single into left and Heidrich
scored. Wallace kept up the good work
with single into left and Padden soaked
safe one into center, scoring Anderson
Mccormick then broke the monotony Inv
popping fly to Drill. but Sugden's safe
drive into center sent Wallace and Padden
over the plate. Reidy then came to the
bat for the second time and doubtless real.
izing that the Browns had enough runs
very obligingly struck out.
In their last turn at the bat a cipher was
hung up for the Senators, although Dele
hanty hammered a double into left Billy
Keister tried to duplicate the feat and sta ri
a batting bee. but Heidrick pulled the ball
down just as it was about to strike the
center field fence. Coughlin ended the DAVIS
work with fly to Burkett
Following is the official score: