The Washington herald., 1907-03-24
NATIONALS SHUT OUT
st. Louis Cardinals Play a
Good Fielding Game.
wEsTERNERs GET EIGHT RUNS
Graham Pitehe. Five Innings When
He Is Succeeded by Smith-BianlS-
enship Makes Great Running One
hnmd Cateh-Last Game Of Series
VIII BE Played This Afternoon.
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Galveston Tex. March 23,-Not for a
little minute did Washington have look
in to-day with st Louis Cardinals for the
second game in the series of three fer
the seventh-p place championship Of the
world
ST. Louis won hands down. to o, and
that just about showed the difference in
the batting of the two teams The victors
got only three more hits than the losers,
but two Of those we're doubles, and one
was a homer in the ninth BY Byrne with
a man on nrst.
Washington simply could not connect
with the bali when a nit was needed
Twelve men were left on bases, and In
five Of the innings there we're two men
on the bags when the third man went
ont.
Supplementing the better batting by St.
Louis, was a series of brilliant felCing
plays which made the game remarkable.
Byrne. the youngster at third for the
Cardinals made sensational play in
four OF i've different innings. ana every
one of them cut a big figure in shutting
out Washington. He was a wonder at
getting flies over his head. and his arm
was as true as a rife in getting the ball
10 first.
Bennett at second. Holly al short. and
O'Hara in left made unexpected catches
,of apparently sure hits. and always cut eff
a run The number OF times the Cardi-
naIs' helders turned these special tricks
was really discouraging. and Washlngton's
work WAS not as bad as the score might
Indicate
Graham a Little Wild.
Graham pitched the nrst five innings tor
the losers. In the first four he was not so
bad. barring a little Nwildness, but in the
nth the hits came in punches. and he was
retired in favor of Smith, who went in at
the beginning of the sixth round. When
not very wild he had good control. and he
had an assortment of mixed curves. slow
and speedy. which puzzled the best bat
ters of the opposition. In the fifth inning
three singles. with double and two bases
on balls, netted two tallies. Only sharp
fielding by Washington prevented two
more runs.
Smith had not worked before this year
to amount to anything. He was very
speedy, but lacked confidence in his
curve, and when he got into hole had
to fall back on straight balls. These
proved fairly easy, and the Cardinals
were able TO hit at opportune moments,
With more work he should show a decid-
ed improvement.
Washington's only error was by Per
rine who let a hard drive BY O'Hara slip
through his fingers in the fifth inning.
Stony McGlXnn, who was urabie 70 90
anything against Washington in Houston
last Sunday pitched the entire game for
the Cardinals He is one Of the sloWest
tWirlers in the business and it was mostly
his fault that the game lasted two hours
and twenty-five minutes. He had little
that was deceptive, and the Washington
batters were able TO land on him at will,
but the exceptional fielding always came
To his rescue In the ninth two hits and
"a base ON balls filled the bags. but a
great catch OF Anderson by Byrne re-
tired fhe side.
BIaRkenship In star Play.
Blankenship's great running one
hand catch was the star feature for
Washington.
Ganley was the only Washington
man to make two hits, and both of
those were clean. Graham proved TO
have "a good eye for the ball and made
WashingtOn3s second hit
Tomorrow the Washington colts and
the Cardinal colts play here, while the
regulars are playing in Houston, the
third place for the seventh-plaCe cham
piOnship. Each has now won one of
these championship contests, and the
third should be a hummer, as the play
crs of both teams are much interested.
TO-morrOW night the entire Wash
ingtOn squad will assemble in Houston
and leave for Waco. where il win ar
rive early Monday morning and play
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