The Washington herald., 1907-10-06
philadelphia, 4; washington, =.
Philadelphia. 4, Washington. D

Philadelphia. Il Washington. o.
a wild throw 10y Charley Smith in the
fifteenth inning gave the Philadelphia
Athletics victory over the Nationals in
the opening game OF yesterdays double
header. after one Of the most desperate
battles ever waged on a local diamond
Charley Smith pitched, and had no one
but himself TO blame for the defeat. for
three of the four runs made by the Wis
itors were traceahle directly to the un-
steadiness Of the pitcher. Although most
effective so far as fooling the batters
was concerned, Smith lacked control at
critical moments
Connie Mack introduced Fritz late Of
New Orleans. and the youngster pitched
good bail for three innings. but in the
fourth he got wild, and after he had given
two bases on balls and hit the third bat
ter, Rube WaddeH was sent into the
box until Vickers had chance to warm
up. Vic1ers was in good shape. and for
eleven innings be did good work on the
rubber
il was the Athletics last chance TO
get a look-in for the pennant, and the
club showed considerably more life than
on Friday. taxing advantage of the few
chances which made the victory possible,
second Game "a Farce.
The second game lasted only five in
nings, and for a while it appeared as
thought it would not so the required
number Of rounds for the first session
had not ended before disputes over de-
oisions brought about the banishment Of
Block and DeIehanty which caused a
shake-up in the lineup. Block yelled
at Connolly for calling a poor one "a
strike, and the Galveston recruit was
chased and Kahoe substituted Kahoe
had hardly settled himself behind the
bat when. with HartseI on first. Nichols
hit a grOunder toward second. Dele
hanty and Hartsel collided, but Hurst
refused 10 allow Interference. and a long
wrangle ensued. Finally. Delehanty was
put out OF the game. Charley Jones was
switched from first 10 second, Kay was
pulled IN from right to first. and Ober-
lin went into the field
This broke up the whole home team
and from then on the game was little
more than a farce. The Athletics made
three in the first. and as that looked
good enough TO win, the visitors made
no particular efforts to get on the bases.
but tried to hustle the game through
the five innings.
Score i'm Second
In the first game the PhiIadeIphias
scored in the second inning. Murphy beat
out hit to second, was sacrificed bv
Eddie Collins, went TO third on a wild
heave, and scored a moment later on
another wild throw
Washington evened up in the fourth.
Milan drew base on balls and stole.
Ganley walked. and the bases were loaded
when Delehanty was hit by pitched ball.
King Bill Kay came across with a
timely hit driving Milan in. but the next
two were easy.
The Athletics had run forced in in the /
fourth. Davis was safe on a bunt. Milan
dropped Murphy'S fly and Collins scratch /
ed out hit 10 short Smith then franked /
Oidring, pushing Davis across the rubber.
In the sixth Kay singled. and tied il up /
when he counted on singles by Jones and 1
Tony Smith
From then on TO the fifteenth neither
team was able 10 cross the plate. but in /
the fifteenth Hartsel led off with "a clean
single stole second, and came home when
Charley Smith threw wild to catch him
at ShipKe's corner Nichols. who was
safe on a tielders choice. worked around
10 third before the ball was recovered
and registered on Davis fly 70 Milan.