The Washington times., 1906-08-23
ALAS FOR MAPS,
HOPES BLASTED
Washington Shuts EN- Out
by BuncKing Hits on
Bernhard.
A LONG TIME STARTING
First Safety for Nationals Is Made
by Smith in the Sixth
Inning

Alas for Cleveland and It's penuanL
aspirations! Instead OF faJtening on
the despised Washington team yester-
day, as they had expected, IT was wiped
out by 10 0.
Smith was the original puzzle kid and
not a Nap could solve him more than
once. Three singles and a double, all
miles apart. were all he yielded, ana
whenever he thought the occasion De
mauded prompt attention he made the
Cleveland bunch look foolish. II was
ali a very sad affair, from Cleveland
and were in the game all the time, but
when you can't hit you can't accom-
plish results, the Chicago White SOX to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Two Bad Innings.
Bernard was even more ehecive than
Smith except in the sixth and eighth
innings. when the Nationals punched
biugles and got enough tallies TO make
the game a dead sure thing unless
Smith should be hit by lightning.
In only two innings did the Maps
have men left on bases, and then there
was really nothing startling in view In
the second round La1Ole led on with
single and was sacrificed along by Con
galtOn. He went 70 third when Ross
man perished. Mil to Stahl, but died
there when Jackson went out 10 Stahl
unassiSted In the ninth session aIteL
Hess had batted for Bernhard and had
Oassed away peacefully. Mil 70 SLahl,
Flick died in the same way. StOyau
followed with a corkng double To LETT,
bus Turner flied 10 Jones and IL was all
over. Bitter, bitter thoughts Tor NJ.
LajOie.
Smith Started It.
Bernhard's undoing came in the sixth
session. Up 20 that time Washington
had not made a sign OF hit. Cross
had drawn a pass and died on first
Nil had also walked and been left
on second. and the home fans were in
tears. but they took heart when Smith
opened the sixth with clean smash TO
center This youth is sort OF Fltson
in his hitting. He had the reputation
last year of beins able 70 smash tnF
ball further than any man Ia the SOuIn-
ern League, and he either fans or per
forms some especially noteworthy deed
That smash 10 center was as clean as
could be imagined. and had II been any
body but pitcher would have gone Tor
two bases, Nil sacrificed and Jones toll
lowed with a single 10 left that put
Smith on third
Jackson's Bad Break.
Jones then stole second on a fake
double steal. Smith refusing 10 be trap
ped into running home Altizer walked.
filing the bases. Cross went out Tur-
ner 10 ROssman. but Smith scored. A
passed ball scored Jones and put Al
tizer on third. John Anderson put a
sweet, practice hv squarely into the
hands OF Jackson. but that young man
dropped il like a Republican caucus dis
cussing the taTim and AlJiZer scored.
Hickman forced Anderson and the
deiuge suhsided-
In the eighth Nil. he Of the broken
finger, opened with a clean double 10
center. Jones popped to Bernhard. Al
tiers clean shorter 10 center tailed
Br'er Mil, AlUiZer going To second on
The throw. Cross likewise hit 20 center
and by a beautiful heave Flick nailed I
.AltiZeT at the plate. Bernhard created I
a COmmotion by a Wild pitch which put I
Cross on third, but Jackson squeezed |
Auderson's second Offering and the /
scoring was all over.