The Washington times., 1905-07-05
CELLAR At LAST
FOR NATIONALS
Dropped Two to Highland
ers Oh Holiday.
STARTED WELL; FELL DOWN
Got Good Leads, Then Went to Pieces.
Five Pitchers Used In First
Game.
STARTED WELL; FELL DOWN
New York, 8; Washington, S.
New York, q; Washington, 2.


NEW YORK, July 5.-By dropping
the holiday double header to the Yam
KEGS here yesterday afternoon the Ma
tions lost their grip on seventh place
and were dumped into the cellar posi-
tion in the American League.
a typical metropolitan crowd of $4,000
assembled at the park on the heights
to see the two games.
Although beaten in both contests the
Stahlites made the local team exert
itself to win. In the first the Nationals
got q good lead of five runs. but here
they stopped while the Highlanders ran
up eight. In the second Washington
led up to the eighth. when Grifflth's
men got two men across the plate and
won out
Five Pitchers.
Powell. Hogg, and Griffith were the
slab men for the locals in the first
game and Hughes and Patten did the
hurting for the Nationals. Powell was
knocked out Of the box by StahFs boys
in two innings. Hogg succeeded him in
the third. Jones slapped out a double
and went TO third on Hills sacrifice.
Knoll gave the ball an awful whack.
It hit Hogg's left foot, injuring him
so badly that he was compelled to retire
from the game.
Then Griffith went on the firing line
and for seven innings pitched one OF
the best games of his long career He
held the ex-Senators down to three
hits. Stah1 scored in the third on a dou-
BILE steal made with Mullen. Kleinow
got the Matt onals' manager at the plate
but Umpire Connors wouldn't allow it
0f ic;4
to second, and only two of them to frs
On the pitching.
Highlanders Caught Up.
= II was an uphill fight for the High
landers from the third inning. With the
score 5 to 2 against them they drove
Tom Hughes out of the box in the fifth
inning, scoring four runs on Fultz's
single. Kleinow's force. MuIlen's error
Hughes muff of Stahl's throw to first
Keeler's force, Elberfeld's single, and
Williams double, leaving the score
to in the Highlanders' favor.
Case Patten took Hughes place, and
it was one of his left-handed shoots
that Grtf smashed to the center field
fence for three bases. scoring Fulti
ahead of him.
1t seldom happens in a ball game thai
SstSLl sue ScOFHS~ run uupDCaung 9
complicated play. It was done in thi:
game. The Nationals, in the first, witt
Jones on third and Hill on first Knoll
sent a liner to Elberfeld. The Kid threw
wide to first TO double up Hill. ane
Jones scored on the error. In the High
lenders second. with Chase on thirC
and Fuitz on first. Cassidy grabbet
Eleinow's liner. He tried to catcl
Fu1tz at first, and made a bad throw
and Chase scored.
A feature of the game was Heyden'.
fine throwing to bases. Six times h
nailed men like Fultz, Chase, Elberfeld
and Kleinow trying to steal.
Chesbro All There.
Happy Jack Chesbro was at his bes
in the second game, holding the Ma
tiCnals down to two hits. both of whicl
were made in the second inning. 1t wa
IN this inning that the visitors scored al
their runs Yeager muffed Anderson
pot fly and McGuire's bad throw t
first put Andy on second. He registere
Oh Stahi's two-bagger- The boy man
aeer scored on Cassidy's single t
right.
Daring base running by Fultz got tn
HighIanders their first run He drew
base on balls in the second, stole secon
and third, and crcsseu the plate o
.Cassidy's bad throw of McGuire's driv,
The coming of Highlanders' runs wa
delayed until the eighth. Then Keele
singled and went TO third on Elberfeld
hit TO right Keeler counted on WI
Hams high fly to Jones The centerfielt
er's throw 10 the plate got away frol
Kittredge. and Elbcrfeld took third. Il
trotted home with the winning run O
Yeager's crack over second
Anderson astonished the fans in II
fourth The eN-HighJander reached fir!
on Yeager's second error, took secon
on StahTs sacrifice. and then broke
record by stealing third.
The Scores.