The Washington herald., 1907-04-03
- b d. Washington -.


Springfield H.. April 2.-Washington ?. was
again outbatted to-day, but managed TO
beat Springfield by 8 TO by taking ad-
vantage of every opportunity ON the
bases and in the field.
II was the best exhibition Washington
has given this year. being the baseball OF
brains, which is required if you want TO
Win in the big league
The near-victory of Springfield was due
to the fact that Tom Hughes went COM
pletely to pieces in the third round, and
after giving pass was hit fer two
doubles and four singles. which fusillade
resulted in four runs.
Washington's runs were accumulated
slowly. but persistently. and the uphill
night after Springfield gained its big lead
in the third was far better than anything
else along that line this season.
Springfield made hve errors, all Of which
placed a visitor on first Once the initial
bag had been reached, he was carried
around by clever base-runnlng. neat sac
Tihcing. and timely hitting. 1t was major
baseball, and the team is highly eiated
tonight
The day was almost as cold as yester-
day and the numb fingers refused 10
hold the ball hence the large number of
misplays on both sides. The attendance
was small and the game was a frost
financially as well as climatically.
Anderson reached first on an error in
the second. Schiafiy walked. Nill's sacri-
fee forced Schlafiy at second but put
Anderson on third. He scored when Hey
don forced Nil.
Some Timely Hitting.
Ganley doubled i'm the third and tailed
on Cross single; Nil opened the fourth
with a double and got home on Heydon' $
single. two illustrations of timely tap
ping
Ganley reached first and second on
errors in the fifth. Cross lined TO short.
BY brilliant base-running Ganley got from
second TO home on Altizers inheld out.
Anderson flied
The seventh round was Iife-saver for
Washington.
On Wild throw Of his grounder. Kitsou
went TO FIRST. Perrine sacrificed. Ganley
hit TO center. Cross walked. filing the
bases. Bandit Altizer scored Kitson and
Ganley with a WallOD to center. Anderson
hit TO left. scoring Cross and putting All
tier ON third, but Cross was called out
for cutting third. Anderson and Altizer
then successfully worked the double steal,
and the bandit was safe at the plate.
Schlafiy was an infeld out.
There came an UBeaTned run IN the
eighth. Mil was safe on Scharnwevers $
error He stole second and Went TO third
on a wild pitch Kitsons long fy brought
him home Cross flied in the ninth Al
tizer doubled and stole third. Schlany
famed, but Mil put AltiZer over the pan
with a two-sacker 10 left field fence Hey
don popped TO second.
Springfield got run in the first after
two were out. Doyle singled TO center
and continued TO second when Altizer
booted the bali. Novacek's double scored
Doyle in the third. Tom hughes received
one Of the worst bombardmeuts of his ca
reer. Thornton walked and Ruby sacri-
feed. Then the lid was of. 4 single by
Doyle double by NOvacek, singles by
Hughes. Smith, and Scharnweber. and
double by Reardon. netted four runs T.
was awful while it lasted. There would
have been six runs but for clever throws
by Ganley and Altizer. which nipped one
man at second and another at the plate.
Hughes remained In the box another
inning and allowed no more hits. but Kit
son was rushed 10 the rescue in the NTH
The veteran was in fair form. except in
the seventh. when an error by SChlafiy. a
pass, a single and q double gave Spring
field two runs
Washington left here tonight for In
dianapolis, where a game viii be played
tomorrow and next day. Charlie Hick-
mans leg Is So much better that he may
play tomorrow if there is a call for help
Jones has recovered from his boil and is
I'm uniform again. Nil has also recov-
cred from the attack of stomach trouble
which began at Galveston. and is playing
q star game