The Washington herald., 1908-09-03
WASHINGTON. 3: BOSTON, ?.

II was a long time coming, but when
It did arrive il felt a good deal better
than had II happened earlier
Those ginserly Nationals who have got
zen into the habit OF melting out punish
rent 10 leader and loser without regard
5or class. condition. or position, had quite
tussle with the Red Sox yesterday, <or
instead Of going OUT and winning AT the
start they had 20 fE1t all the way The
Sex got OF 70 a aytng start by scoring
p Tie first. but The Nationals caught
chem IN the -h5rd and took the lead in
.He NTH. 70 have IL once more tied n the
se-r
I'm tre final round the home folks
showed -1ez- true metal as fnlshers by
=-=E-rE 7 victory. playing n most aP-
proved t7sri-1 after two were out Field
777-=s al GzrI-- was the hero kid. for il
was H.= daring base-runui1g in The eighth
t.zr resulted n the final score. After
IT--res had famed and Pickering had
been thrown OUT a. first, Ga1ley beat
Ont g. drive 70 second He got q big lead
Df 6rsc. and. when tie pitcher threw 20
first 70 catch him MAPPING. the National
made no attempt 10 get back 10 the. base,
but sprirted 10 second E-d slid into The
bag before the bah arrived. On g hit and
run signal Bob CngIaub smashed a tor
I'D liner at Wagner. and before the
sl1rrscop had gotten a good grip On The
leather. G6Eley turned toird and dashed
home with the run that decided the is
sue
Steele Poorly Tempered.
Determined 20 present his strongest
front. in order 10 stop the Nationals,
Fred Lake. Bost1u's latest leader, t-ot-
ted cut Elmer steele, the pitching re
c-lit from the New England League.
whose performance this year have
marked him as one Of the best youngsters
Of the season Steele did 1oc seem 10 be
properly tempered. for his record Of
twenty-five consecutive innings without
being scored Upon cd not t-5gh-eu The
Nationals. and they arranged eight o.
their nine L--s n The three innings that
The scores were made However. taken
On The whole. Steele pitched g0od bail,
to- a. least three of the hits made Of
him were OF the Iucky-bound variety, al
though each OF these were hard hit balls
t-aC were travelling much when they
passed the 5rEel5ers.
Tom Hughes was hit more freely than
be had been il several games since the
Nationals returned from the West but he
was highly effective in p.1ches- He has
George Mcbride 70 thank for sewing
him AT one 5lEctr-e. when l. appeared
as though Boston vas 70 score. Mcbride
made really @ great play in the fourth
inning f-l1 a runner On second and
no Sune- sullivan r5-s on q Liner about
twelve feet from The ground bound for
left l=l-- 1Ec Mcbride with a leap. sEo-
a-rH--aH
bail for the third out, while the crowd
fairly screamed. When it comes 10 pulling
on spectacular plays. that Mcbride per
son IS on the job, and i might be noted.
iu passing that he had nine chances YES
-e-day. which he handled without q slip
Up jake StahI also performed circus
srC1t. when in the seventh inning he
made a jump and pulled down a wild
Eea-e BY Wagner, retiring Warner.
sox Get Early Start.
The Sox started of ike winners IN the
initial inning Mcconnell hit between
Ganley and Pickering FOR a double. and
scored on Lor6-s single TO right center
On C-avath's out Lord took second. but
when GessIer drove a long fly 10 left Lord
left second before the hall was caught
and he was called out when the sphere
was relayed TO DeIehanty
After going OFT in order n the first
rTo rounds, the Nationals tied Il Up in
Lhs third Mcbride hit over short and
Warner sacrificed Hughes walked, and
after Pickering had famed Garlsy beat
oUr an in1eld hit back Of second, scoring
Mcbride When Hughes attempted 10
steal he was caught for The third out
. In the fifth the Nationals took the lead
-or The n-st time Freeman singled 70
center, tore around 70 third O, 1IcBrsde's
hit, and was driven n By Jack Warmers
clean swat 70 center
The Red Sox caused another tie IN the
next round, when CravaIh dropped q
safety beyond the reach OF Ganlev.
swiped second. and counted On GessIe-'s
bi-gle.
The score remained even until the
eighth. when Ganley broke into tie lime
-g1t by scoring the winning run Two
gone TIE Nationals captain batted out