Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-15
Standing Of National League Clubs

CLEVELAND, Ohio August lo.-WNh
the score standing to in their favor In
the beginning of the sixth inning yester-
day. the Nationals lost the game to the
Maps by the score Of to 8.
Falkenberg who had been pitching won
derful ball early in the game, went COM
pletely to pieces in the eighth. and Hughes.
who hurried to his rescue, was utterly
unable to stop the terrific bombardment.
The crowd went into paroxysms of joy and
gave the team that has recently been boot
ed and jeered without mercy one of the
most enthusiastic receptions ever seen on
the home grounds. A popularity of the
game was that 1t ended at exactly
o'clock the time agreed upon for calling
the game to enable the two teams to get
Off for the east. Hickman was on first and
two men were out in the ninth. when
Evans pulled on his watch. 1t was exactly
8 o'clock. Before he could speak the words
ending the game Schlaf1y hit to Turner,
forcing Hickman at second.
Before the Maps got into the game at all
Stahl's team. once more intact. had driven
both Joss and Hess to the bench. In de-
spair Larry turned to his old chum Bern
hard and the big fellows superb pitching
gave the Maps the chance to win which
Falkenberg's collapse offered them. In
the first Mil reached first on Turner'S err
ror: Jones hunted and was safe on very
bad play by Rossman. who fooled around
with the ball till Jones was almost across
the bag Altizer sacrificed. Joss to Ross
man. Hickman got an infield hit scoring
Mil, and Jones came home on Turner's
second bad throw Of the inning.
..- -. Falk's Triple. ss
Joss handled stanley's little tap in the
second beautifully. Wakefield banged a
beautiful double to left. Falkenbergs
for a three-bagser. scoring Wakefield.
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pole. Jones doubled to left and took third
on a passed ball. and Joss hit Altizer on
the arm. but Hick struck out.
In the third Anderson singled to right.
Schlafly sacrificed. Lajoie to Rossman.
Stanley's smash to right center scored
Andy. and the fanatics bawled Take him
out" Wakefield bounced to Stovall. Fall
kenberg whacked single to left. and
Jackson's slow throw home let Stanley
score.
Eels replaced. Joss In the fourth. Larry's
| fine jumping catch of Jones high bounder
killed off hit and enthused the fans. AL
more bases on a wild pitch. Hick fouled to
Rossman. Anderson doubled to far left.
scoring Altizer. Schlaf1y scratched hit.
A double steal scored Anderson. both Be-
mis- and Turner dropping the ball. Stanley
walked and again the folks bawled Take
him out" Next came another double steal.
| but Wakefield grounded to Stovall.
Larry pop-bounded to Mil in this inning.
stoyali got to first on Altizer's tumble.
COngalton doubled to right, but Evans called
the ball foul. worse error than any of
the players made to date. Then Congalton
beat an infield poke. being the Maps first
| official hit. On Rossman's drive Stovall was
| out, Altizer to Mil. great play. Bemis
| forced Rossman to Schlafly unassisted.
Maps First Run.
In the fifth Bernhard essayed to stop
| the speedy Nationals, while Buelow re-
| placed Bemis. Falkenberg was out, Ross
man to Bernhard. a fine play. Mil lined to
| Jackson. Jones famed, and there was tre-
| mendous applause for Bernhard.
In the sixth Lajoie singled Stovall popped
| and wild pitch gave the Maps run.
amid great cheers. The Maps added an
other In the seventh with Bernhard out;
| Flick tripled and scored on Jackson's out.
Stovall fouled to Wakefield. Congalton got
| an infield hit and so did Rossman, and the
corners were all crowded. Buelow. the
weakest batter on the team. was passed.
| scored Congalton. but Rossman was an
| easy out at the plate on Stanleys superb
throw. Flick was allowed to walk. and then
Stahl called Hughes to the slab. Long Tom
| looked over the full house and gave Jack
4 son a high one. Jimmie drove the ball to
deep center for three bases, scoring Buelow,
sent In Jackson with the tying run. and
| the crowd almost tore down the stand.
| Turner stole second and dashed home with
| the winning run when Lajoie made his Sec
| ond hit of the inning. Larry stole third.
Stovall walked and stole second and Con-
galton also walked. but Rossman was an
easy out.
With four minutes to play the Nationals
| were game. Altizer sent q singing liner to
Congalton. who made a dizzy catch Hick-
man slashed single to center. Anderson
/ swung hard. but only lifted a foul to Bue-
low. and then Turner's fine stop of Schla-
\ fly's swat ended the most exciting game
Of the season In Cleveland. The score: