Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-28

with the batting eyes of the Washington
players gone gIimmering and Pitcher Plank
in ffrst-class condition there was nothing
to Yesterdays game but q walkover for the
Athletics the score being to 0 in favor of
the Quakers. The Gettysburg pitcher is
one of the best in the business. and he has
frequently made the best batters look fool
ish. but he had easy proposition yester-
day The locals are credited with three
singles. but only of them was of the
clean order: a drive to left center by AL
tizer in the ninth inning. Wakefield hit
high bounder over Planks head that Cross
lost on poor bound. and Lave Cross drive
TO right in the sixth would have been taken
care of on perfect play. Teams to make
any showing against Plank must be at
the top Of their hitting game and club
denoralized in a batting was as are the
Nationals simply has chance at all
With the Nationals going bad many of
the plays and decisions break bad for them,
Harry Davis robbing Schlafiy of a hit in
the eighth by lucky stab that probably
shut off run or more. and the third strike
called on Stahl in the ninth inning was
weird. But these things must be commended
with by loser all the time, and IL the
Nationals start a winning streak they will
see how quickly they disappear.
Hughes Discouraged.
Tom Hughes Mr.. Plank's adversary
on the firing line. and he put up a cred
liable defense for seven innings. Then
the strain was too much, for. with his col
leagues shooting out slipshot grounders and
plnky rokes in the atmosphere. Toms
courage waned. and his pitching skill went
with the courage.
81 1t was a slowly played game with no
startling or sensational situations Just
the languid. easy going sort of an affair.
In which the winner added a tally or two
for the appearance Of the thing and the
losers didn't seem to care. Only in two
instances was the crowd reused from
slumber and given a chance to clap its col
lective hands.
In the eighth. after Mil had worked his
way to first and was sacrificed To second
by Schafly. Lave Cross Strengthened out
inshoot. 1t was bound for safe ter
ritory in back OF second. but Lord COM
Ing up on dead run. cut short its career
with neat one-hand SCOOP. When the
game was young. In the third Schlafiy
slammed grass-skimmer close to second
base. Danny Murphy Owed for 1t and
came up In prayerful attitude. bali in
hand. and just In time to nip Schlafy at
the bag
Davis the Whole Works
Davis started the run-getting business
in the opening session. scoring all the way
from nTSt on SeyboIdS single 10 right. The
Quakers captain repeated in the third, and
again in the eighth. making the circuit on
the former occasion by means of his dou-
bic 10 right center, a wild pitch and Muir
phys long fly to Hickman, after Seybold
had walked In the eighth Harry began
the act with another smashing two-sacker
was sacrificed to the third corner by Socks
and crossed the plate when Monte Cross
slammed a long fly to Jones at the center
field fence.
There was easier picking in the final
round. DR.. Powers hit for a base and
Plank sent him along with a neat sacrifice
Topsey Hartse skied away over Stanleys
head. sending the doctor home and drawing
up at third y moment later he also count
ed when Lord singled.
The Athletics would have had one or
two more If they hadn't been careless
Three clean hits were wasted in the sew
enth. After knight died. Powers singled
and was forced at second on Planks fly to
Altizer. Eddie advanced one base on Hart
sells safe drive. but when he tried to score
on Lords one-base drive Jones quick re-
turn caught him two yards from the plate
In the second fourth. sixth and eighth
sessions National reached the second
corner. That was their limit.
Following is the official score.