The Washington herald., 1907-06-19
TO-DAY's CANES.
Cleveland at Washington.
Detroit at Philadelphia.
ST. Louis at New York.
Chicago at Boston.
o. M TFANfs

Silent Ned HeydOn, who has never
claimed any blue ribbons when # comes
TO batting, played the part Of a real hero
yesterday by knocking in the winning run
in the ninth inning, after two men had
been retired, thereby giving the Nationals
a 2-to-1 victory over Cleveland in the
opening game Of the series.
For eight rounds it had been a battle
between the twirlers, but Just when it
appeared as though extra innings would
be necessary to decide the issue, the
Nationals gave a real imitation of a gar
rison finish. After Anderson and Hick-
man. the two long distance hitters. had
been retired, Altizer poIed one over sec
end. Turner made a one-hand stab. but
was IN such a hurry to get the ball TO the
base that the heave went a little low, and
AlriZer was safe Perrine followed with
single TO center With two out, the
crowds came TO life and whooped things
up. Heydon let a couple go by unnoticed
but the next one was to his liking. and he
whipped it into center field. Speedy
Harry Bay made a great try for the ball
and succeeded in getting to it on the
bound. but Altizer had left second with
the crack Of the bat and was across the
rubber before Bay could recover the ball
Perrine could probably have scored also,
but as soon as Altizer registered the
whole Cleveland team started on a run
for the bench. and the game was over.
Battle Between Pitchers.
The contest was largely a duel between
Long Tom Hughes and Dusty Rhoades.
Hughes has always been a h0OdoO for the
Maps. and although ne was touched up
fo~ eight hits. including a triple and a
pair Of doubles, he spread the eight hits
through as many innings and showed re-
markable ability in eXtricating himself
after getting in places where It appeared
as though further scoring by the visitors
was assured. In the third with only one
out. he passed two men and allowed
single. thereby filing the bases, but came
back strong and famed the next two
Maps. The seventh was also a lucky in
ming for Hughes, for Flick, the first up.
tore OF a liner 10 the score board, and
the slugger was robbed Of @ run by a
beautiful relay home which caught him
by inches.
In the first eight innings four measly
singles was all the damage done to
Rhoades' delivery. but the three hits in a
row i'm the ninth caused the und0ing Of
the visiting twirler.
Hughes was saved in the first by
double play after he had allowed Flick
and Bay to walk. but in the second HinCh-
mans double. an out, and fly gave Cleye-
land her only run. In the third. the Maps
had three eft, and in the sixth the Ma
tiOnals tied the score. Ganley hit one out
Of the reach of Bill Bradley and was safe
ct second when Lajoie dropped Rh0ade5'
throw on Jones attempt 10 sacrifice. Gan
ley stole third and scored on AGnders0n's
out, short TO first In the seventh the
quick relay 20 the plate tagged Flick, and
the Blues did not have another chance.
Then came the ninth. Anderson was
out on an infleld chance, and Hickman
famed Turner could not handle Altizer's
hit over second. and Perrine followed with
& short single TO center Then Heydon
did his memorable stunt by launching
hit into center, scoring Altizer.