Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
Saturdays National League Games
Chicago. A. Philadelphia. 2.
Boston, 5; st. Louis, I.
Cincinnati, q; New York,
TWAS A FAMOUS VICTORY.
Exciting Game Won by the Fourth
- Presbyterian Nine.

There was tent visible on the Column
bia road grounds Saturday afternoon, but
there was a circus performance in full
swing, the pharaphernalia consisting of
balls, bats, ropes, trees, a grand stand.
bicycles and sundry lively and energetic
young men, representing the athletic Prov
ess of the Fourth and Sixth Presbyterian
Churches on the cushioned arena.
Briggs was the high and lofty tumbling
artist and ''Reddy' woodward was equil-
ibrist-inchief. Kelly, the slider; Bielaski,
Cunningham, Sindle, Sheckels and Kennedy
were also star performers in the most spec
tacular and exciting ball game that has
been played in Washington in many moons.
1t was the prettiest game of the Church
League series from every standpoint, the
umpiring was perfect, the crowd of over
LOCO was well handled, and there was slug
ging, Strike-outS and superb fielding; in
fact, base ball suited to all palateS
The ''Blue Birds scored one in the first
and the 'Mutes' evened things up in the
following inning on wild throw by Young
the only error of the game for Fourth
The fireworks started in the third. when
Cunningham nabbed hard drive by Wood
ward over the second sack. Briggs made
his first bid for grandstand approval in the
next Inning, robbng Sindle of three bag-
ger by corraling the sphere after hard
run to right center.
The Fourth's ball tossers were about as
blue as their stockings when the Sixth
chalked up three talles in the fifth, Ken
nedy driving in two ahead of him on his
home run swat Stimulated, however, by
the appeals of their bunch of rooters to
get after them. the Blues came back in
the sixth with three runs on bingle to
left by Sheckels. a pass and pilfer for
Warman, a couple of errors, and beauty
drive by "Cunny' to left
Green, first up in the seventh, sent
sizzler to Bielaski. who jumped into the
''sawdust ring by getting the ball on
short bound with his bare hand and
whipping it to first. Kelly did not want
to be left out of the greater than Barnum-
Bailey show. so he earned his spurs by
magnificent throw in the same inning,
mailing J. Evans at the plate, and Sindle
fell in line by capturing G. Evans line
drive through the trees after a hard
sprint. Before the spectators could quiet
their nerves Briggs did his acrobatic turn
in the eighth, grabbing the ball in his
right hand as he mixed it up with a
bicycle after dash to deep center, and
Sheckels also showed his feetness and
nerve by capturing a high foul within a
yard of the grand stand. The Blues scor-
ed three times and Were one to the good
in this inning.
In the ninth the excitement was kept
at fever heat by Sindle's home run and
Woodwards balancing stunt. "Reddy'
gIasping the horse hide while poised on
his stomach over a rope stretched from
backstop to grand stand. 1t was fitting
that such a marvellous exhibition of ball
playing should end in blaze of glory,
and Magoffin and Warman were equal to
the OCCASION; they relayed the ball so rap
idly that the Mercury-footed slugger. Ken
nedy was caught at the rubber after a.
terrific drive to deep center. That was
1.-The limit" and the crowd yelled itself