Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-03

Who pitched one of his mid season games yesterday
he was due for his bumps yesterday and
got them, Connie Mack being compelled to
keep him on the bench after the fifth in
ming. Bender seemed 10 have his speed and
curves yesterday. but he worked with little
enthusiasm and was probably not up to his
best shape.
Back of the pitchers. the fielding was
fine, notwithstanding the three misplayS.
Perrne made wild throw to first, Ander-
son let roller get away from him and
Davis made muff of a throw squarely into
his hands. The two first basemens errors
were not costly, but Perrine's high heave
let in Philadelphia's only run.
The hero of the afternoon, outside of
Hughes, was young Robert Ganley. Bob
yanked off three singles out of four times
at the bat and in the field he worked nice
ly. wonderful throw to the plate in the
fourth inning, shutting off run Schlafy
played a superb second base, accepting
all OF his eleven chances and was happy
over the fact that he broke his batting spell
of hard luck by lining out clean single.
Little Topsy Hartsel was the bright par
ticular star of the Athletics, with Schreck
running him a close second. In the sixth
inning Topsy, captured a fly hit into short
left by Schlafy. getting the ball on the
dead run about six inches from the ground
1t was an exact copy of the play made by
Ganley in Wednesdays battle.
The Quakers got away well In the first
inning scoring one run, and it looked like
a walk over for them. Hartsel hit a fast
grounder to Perrine that the latter picked
up cleanly, but in his hurry to head off
the fast sprinting Quaker he threw about
six feet over Anderson's head. The ball
struck the stand and bounded back so
quickly that Hartsel had to return to the
first sack Monte Cross then laid down a
neat sacrifice and Hartsel galloped to sec
ond Seybold laced line single into right
and Hartsel rushed home. After that there
was nothing doing In the run scoring line
for the visitors. Hughes commenced speed
t,1or nd in five of rhn ipip
eight innings the Athletics had only three
men to the bat an inning:
The visitors looked dangerous IN the
fourth, as Davis had singled with one out
and Murphy placed him third with a
double to right Sehreck followed with a
fly to right that Ganiey gathered In nicely
and then by a superb throw to Warner
killed Davis at the plate Had the ball
been handed to Warner II couldn't have
come into the catcher's hands in a better
position.
The Nationals took kindly to Gender from
the start, getting a hit in the first inning
and two In the second, but had not been
able to score until the fourth, when they
clouted the ball savagely and pushed two
runs over the plate. In that inning AL
tizer opened with fly to Hartsel and sat
down. while Jones was more lucky. getting
q base on balls. Perrine singled to center
and Warner followed with a terrific double
along the right field foul line Jones
dashed home on the hit and Perrine pulled
up at third. Hughes then hit to Bender
and Perrine was put out at the plate.
Ganley sent nice single into right and
Warner came home. Schreck made fine
catch of Schlafiy's fly and the inning was
over.
Manager Cantllon's boys came right
back at Bender in the fifth and scored two
more runs. Lave Cross tore off a nice
double into left field, the ball rolling just
ins.4e the foul line Big Anderson then
whipped beauty bright around into right
field and by the time the ball was re-
turned he was percned on third and Cross,
of course had scored. Altizer's best was
a foul to Schreck, but Jones hinged a
long fly to Lord and Anderson came home.
Waddell pitched the sixth and seventh in
ings and Vickers the eighth. The locals
made hit in every one of the three re-