Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-30
PUNCHED THEIR HITS
New Workers Drove Pitcher
Hughes to the Bench.
EIGHT RUNS IN TWO INNINGS
Altizer, the New Man, Covers Ground
and Hits Well.
APPARENTLY AN ACQUISITION
Unlooked-For Batting Rally Of the
Highlanders Turned Apparent
Victory Into Defeat.
AN ACQUISITION
Special Dispatch to The Star.

1 AOAeAAs SAsJ Oo-kSutl Tic Scfcnth
inning 1t looked II the Nationals of
| Washington were going to capture the
morning game. They were batting freely.
II not safely, and fielding accurately, but
In the seventh the Highlanders caught up
with them. and in the eighth bagged the
! game with good run of luck just as they
| have bagged other games In the last three
! weeks. and 1t all began with Jones' muff of
! Hogs long fly. Altizer did most of the
| hard work for the Nationals with his bat
| and played rafting game In the field de-
| spite his one error. just as he did yester-
| day He covers lot of ground and has
| an arm of steel, apparently, as he can shoot
| the ball from deep short to first and beat
out the best runners
| In the first inning Hughes started away
poorly. giving Keller base on balls Ell
berfeld followed 1t up with a sharp drive to
right field that would have carried to the
fence If 1t had not hit Keller on the way
Inc Iact tnat an out resulted seemed to
give Hughes a lot Of confidence, and he
pitched the remainder of the inning in fine
| form. In the second the New Yorks opened
up In style. when Williams began with
hit. but Hughes was entirely too much for
| the local team and no run came out OF it.
Washington did little with the bat In the
early part OF the game. mostly because the
players were lining the ball squarely into
the hands Of the New York men. In the
fourth Anderson and Stanley got presents
after two hands were out, but Jones could
and both were left
Wakefeld's Long Hit.
When the fifth began Wakefield came up
to the plate with a club half as big as a
log He ciouted the first ball pitched to
the fence In right center. Conroy missing
1t by two yards as he tried to run under
| the fly and hold it. Wakefield pegged
around to third base and the crowd cheer
ed, for it was the first real action in the
game. Hughes swung so hard on the ball
that he popped weak fly to Chase. and
then Altizer came along with a smashing
line hit to right field for a base. which
scored Wakefield.
In the sixth the Washingtons had a BEAU
tiful chance to 'cinch' the game Stahl
was hit on theseelbow by a pitched ball
and walked to first. nursing his arm. Cross
hunted and Chase threw low to second
with another hunt to Chase and this time
the first baseman got the ball on the Jump
and ferried it over to Laporte for force
out on Stahl
Stanley base, filling the bags. Jones hit
to Laporte. who had easy play at the
plate and shut Cross out by twenty feet
It was up to Wakefield to make another
hard smash and put the Washington club
on Easy street for the remainder of the
game. but his best was roilicking ground
er to Elberfeld. which forced Jones at Sec
ond.
Altizer's Third Hit
Altizer pulled Off his third hit in the sew
enth inning. One man was out when he
did so. and Altizer moved around to sec
ond when Schlaf1y poked slow one to Ell
berfeid, the batter dying at first. Stahl
picked out one of Hogg's easiest slants and
lined the ball over Elberfield's head for
base Altfzer scoring. Cross was an easy
out at first.
New York came into the game strong in
their half of the seventh Elberfeld started
things with line hit to center. and
hit and run play went to third when Chase
laced the ball over second for base. La
porte was a weakling. his fly dropping in
Altizer's hands. but Williams came along
with sharp hit to Altizer, which was
fumbled
Elberfeld could have scored had the play
been perfect, and, of course. got home on
the error, but the worst of IL was that Will
liams got life to which he was not en-
titled Hughes was a trifle unsteady and
gave Conroy a present, filling the bases.
Moriarity lifted long fy to Jones. and
after he had caught the ball Chase came
home with the run which tied the score.
Anderson began Washingtons eighth with
clean hit to left field but Stanley struck
out trying to sacrifice, and then Chase
stopped a wild throw by Laporte but
which put Jones out. Hogg baked while
Wakefield was at bat, but O Loughlin would
not allow 1t and Washington was cut out
of a run by bad decision. Wakefield fol-
lowed with hot one to Laporte. but Chase
stopped another Wild throw and kept WASH
ington from scoring.
Hughes Driven to the Bench.
When New York came to bat Hogg hit a
long fly to Jones. who dropped the ball,
and the batter went to third. Then Keller
hit for a base. Hogg scoring. Elberfeld got
gift and Chase followed with a bunt to
Hughes The pitcher threw the ball high
and Chase was safe, Keller scoring. Chase
stole second. Laporte cracked line hit to
left field for two bases. and Efberfeld and !
Chase scored
Stahl figured that Hughes was out of II
and sent him to the bench, Sudhoff taking
his place. Williams made sacrifice, put
ting Laporte on third. Conroy hit safely
through center and Laporte came home.
Altizer threw Moriarity out at first and
Conroy scored on the play. Altizer got the
next man, but in the meantime New York
had scored six runs and that broke up the
game. Score
New York. II A 81 Washingn. r HoA
Keller. RI. I I Q Q OF AltIzer. S.. / 8 8 8 1