The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-08

Special TO The Washington Herald
Springfield, Ohio, April Rain broke
up a game here to-day between Wash
ington and Springfield that should never
have been started When the deiuge
came. in the fifth inning, after Washing
ton had been retired and the first man
was up for Springfield. the score was to
in favor Of Washington.
1t has been raining in Ohio for three
DAYS. Washington's exhibitions in Gin
cinnatl on Friday and in Dayton yester-
day were called of because Of the down
pour. and it rained here to-day until
o'clock. when the sun appeared. II was
decided to take e chance, and somewhere
between 800 and 500 fans We're on hand,
II began to sprinkle in the third inning'
and In the fourth a cloud that 10 the
tourists. had all the earmarks Of cy-
clone. let loose a terrific gust. The little
grandstand shook, and almost a panic
ensued when some one yelled. There
goes the roof!7 The embryonic panic was
stilIed when it was explained that the
roof was of paper, and because it blew on
was not To say that a tornado or other
major zephyr was invading the territory.
Manager Cantlllon told his team 10 get
back to town. riding in the front end OF
the first car. and offering the motorman
cigars 10 hurry BY the time the hotel
was reached the sun was out again in fun
force.
was simply "A Farce.
The game itself was farce. WASH
ington made two runs in the first inning
By timelS batting. and one in the third
and one in the fourth in the same man
ner. Springfield jumped on Wilson in the
FIRST round and pounded out two runs
Collins. the center fielder, leading the ex-
ecution with clean triple The last
TWO innings were farcical The tourists
[ tried to get out in order to complete the
1 hve innings. but just when they thought
they would surely die. the ball would
ger away from the feeders and delay the
/ game. Never was so much mud seen on a
bali field Nearly every man who started
/ for ball fell down Schlahy sprawled
half way from third to home in the FIRST
and never touched the plate, but the
/ umpire didn't know it. Mil got q liner
at third tried to touch the bag, and fel
/ fat. Parrfne reached for a slow groundeI
and sat down in a puddle. Anderson
/ stopped to a walk going to second, try
{ ing to get out, but the shortstop's heels
went IN the air and the resulting Joll
/ Ioosened his teeth. Breitenstein hunted
] 10 Wilson The bunter slid on his nos
a few feet from the plate. Wilson diveC
into a hole going after the sphere. and
Anderson did a tumbling act reaching fol
Wilson'S throw; but they got the mar
out at first.
Ganley made two hits and Jones dou
Bile That's all the playing details neees
sary for such a game
wilson's First Try-Out.
It was Wilson's first appearance in thu
box for the Washington regulars. HI
was hit freely. but nothing could be tolC
of his ability under the conditions.
Charley Hickman left Dayton for Wash
/ ington last night. to have his leg treated
] It is feared he has water on the knee, ant
may be out Of the game much longer than
he expected. Cross is almost well again
bpt is not taking chances i'm the ba'
weather.
Manager CantilIon did not stay in Gin
cinnati TO attend Garry Herrmanns ban
quet to Charley Comiskey. He went Z
Springfield, expecting TO meet his team
there, but it had decided 10 spend tn
night in Dayton Cantlllon found IN
Boston Americans here. about 10 leav
/, after the calling OF of their game wit
3 Springfield yesterday, because of rain an
cold He said nothing was done in Tn
: way of arranging a trade for Jake Stah
although he chatted with President Tay
lor. of the BostOnians, for few minutes
The meeting was accidental and produce
no results
5 The Washington squad left here at 81
2 this evening for Columbus for the las
/ two exhibition games. The team leave
I Columbus at : p. m Tuesday and Teaehe
q Washington at D. m Wednesday.