Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-28
"Falk" Was Goody-Good.

"Falk" Was Goody-Good.
The tall Falkenberg boy was on the firing
line for the Nationals, and he pitched one
of his glt-edged games. having good con-
troll and a speedy cross-fire that fairly siz-
zled as 1t shot over the plate. As a conse-
Quence a majority of the Tigers hits were
made after two were out, when "Falk"
eased up and depended upon his backing to
do the work. Three times the visitors made
two hits In one inning, but in only one were
they able to chase their lonesome tally OF
the game over the rubber. In the sixth in
ming Falkenberg gave rare exhibition OF
the pitching art, Crawford leading on with
a roller to right that NIL got after fine
stop. but his throw was low and bounded
out of Stahls init. Lindsay, Schaeffer and
Coughhn then toed the plate In succession
and each struck out. leaving big Sam" dis
! consulate first. The score at the time
stood to l in Washington's favor. and 1t
Is lucky for the local fans" that 1t was so
or fully one-half OF them would have gone
loony.
Back Of the pitchers the fielding was very
good, when the soft condition of the
grounds is taken into consideration, Cough
lin slipping the grass and making
the Tigers only misplay in throwing to
first. while Stahl and Cross had their errors
on hurry-up plays and were of the excusa-
BILE sort. Big Sam Crawford made ringer
play off Altizer In the first inning. when he
pulled down a long fly on the dead run. and
Mcintyre captured long fly from Hick-
of at least a double. The fielding of the To-
calls was of the regulation order, Altizer
being the one particular star when he
robbed OLeary of a hit in the third inning.
capturing his short fly back OF third on the
dead run.
Nationals Good Start.
The Nationals made their first break for
victory in the second inning, when. they
hammered out four hits and scored three
son doubled to left Hickman followed with
a line single to left. and Cross and ANDY"
rushed home. Stahl then laid down a neat
sacrifice and Warner was hit by the pitcher,
flling the bases. Falkenberg tried desper-
ately to step into the breach with hit. but
his best was strike out. But George Mil
came to the rescue with a single to left and
Hickman scored. Charley Jones shut off
further trouble for the Tigers by tanning
the air.
The Stahlites kept right after the Tigers
in the third. but a combination of unfortu-
nate circumstances kept them from scoring
more than one run. Altizer started of with
@ single to center and Cross followed with
another into left. Altizer tried to make
third on the hit, but was nailed. Mcintyre
to Coughlin. Anderson then hit into left
for a single and Hickman followed suit,
Cross coming home. Stahl then hit a Hne
fly into Coughlin's hands and Hickman was
doubled up before he could get back to first.
In the fourth inning the Tigers scored
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single into center and went to second while
Warner was throwing out Lindsay at first.
a pretty play. Schaeffer then struck out,
but Mr.. Coughlin laced line single into
left and Crawford swung over the plate.
Schmidt closed the inning with q weak
grounder to Falkenberg.
Donohue Was Swamped.
In the sixth inning Donohue's Waterloo
developed. the Nationals driving out six
safe hits and scoring six runs. As a starter.
Anderson was passed to first and Hickman
singled to right. Stahl beat out a roller to
left. and on Coughlin's bad throw Anderson
scored. Hickman going to third. Warner
followed with fly to Payne and ''Hick"
scored on the out. Fax had to get in
the game. and he laced fine single into
left center and Stahi scored Mil also sin
gled to left. and then Jones hammered
double to left. Falkenberg scoring. DonoI'
hue raped Altizer alongside the head I'LL
ing the bases. Cross singled to right, scor-
ing Mil. Anderson hit a long fly to Payne.
and on the out Jones scored Mcintyre
closed the Inning by MIXING a great catch
OF Hickman's long fly to left ield Ciphers
followed In the last two innings
Following Is the Official score: