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The Washington herald., 1908-05-14
CAUGHT ON THE Fly.
Hard luck for Bill Burns.


Tom Hughes is Cantillon's overnight
choice for to-day's game.
Street was robbed Of hit in the sixth
by neat one-hand stab by Wallace.
Lajoie is trying to get Ed Heydon, the
former National catcher from Kansas
City.
After his layoff, Jim Delehanty came
back strong, and was a big factor In the
game.
Dan Pickering made circus catch of
Tom Jones stick, and killed what looked
like three-bagger.
McGraw is confident that he will be able
90 overtake the Cubs and land back home
May % in top place.
The Bandits showed a complete rever-
sal OF form at Wilmington. Washington
is now tied for the lead in the Union
In the fourth inning. Charley Street
caught a fast one on the head, but he
simply smiled and trotted down to first
base
Scribe Jim Cruisenberry, of the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, spent the morning
at Mount Vernon and the afternoon at
the BAH yard.
The Cubs are showing more -hitless
wonder speed than their white-stocking-
ed feIlow-townsmen. Evers heads the
list. with -Z7S.
There is said to be no friction between
Jim Mcguire and Bob Unglaub. The
trouble is that Bob is not getting the
hits that were expected OF him.
Bgesnahan has not yet got his eve on
the ball. A mark of 1873 must hurt
Rogers feelings. but he still gets on"
some way, with all his old skin.
''Of all the sox pitchers, I would take
Frank Smith if I had my pick" said
Larry Lajoie He has it on anything in
Fielder Jones' camp. in my opinion"
AS Danny Hoffman is not much Of a
success against left-handers, Jimmy Ne
Aleer used Sweitzer. a newcomer, from
Newark, Ohio. in right field. The recruit
Is wonder in covering ground.
A Detroit plugger has already got his
arithmetic and schedule out. and has dis
covered that, TO win the pennant, the
Tigers must win two out of every three
games they play from now on.
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THIRD GOES TO ST. LOUIS.
Wilhelm Has Bad Inning and Car
dfnaIs Get the Game.

ST. Louis. May I3.-Pitcher Wilhelm
had one bad inning this afternoon, and
as a result ST. Louis took the third game
Of the series. Score:
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FISt base On baIls-On 1fatheWsOn. /; OF Gran
dali, / on Camnitz 2 Struck out-By Mathew
son. g. by CsmHitz. 2 I,aree-base hlts-Leach, .
Becker SaCrihcC hits-Le2ch. DOnlin. Double
play-Doyle 10 Bridwell 70 Tenney Umpire-slessrs
Klein and Reidderham. Time Of game-l hour and
% minutes
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CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
Government Printers Prove Easy
for the Columbia Athletics.
sTANDTNe. or THE TEAMS

Today's gsme-Brentwood Is. Blooniugdae. at
Capital PARK, First and II streets northeast at 30
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PUZZLED BY GRAHAM
Nationals Fail to Hit with
Men on Bases.
BILL BURNS DOES GOOD WORK

Big sOuthpaw Holds Browns to Five
Singles, but Receives Little Sup
port from His Teammates at the
Bat-Man Left ON Second and AM
other on Third in Ninth Inning.
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YESTERDAYS RESULTS.

Wilmington, 10; Washington, 1.
Reading, ~ Philadelphia, 2.
Baltimore, 8; Patterson, 0.
Elizabeth, 81 Brooklyn, o.
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TIe Gnme nt NorfoII1.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Norfolk. Va, May BIN nerve-rack-
ing struggle on Portsmouth Field this
afternoon, Roanoke and the home team
tied the score 4 to 4 It was fast game
and was the best exhibition Of the season.
The umpire called the game in the twelfth
inning to allow the visitors to catch
train. Score.
R.H.E
Portsmouth. 0O00Oe q 6
Roan0ke...... 0 0 3 0 0 Il 10
Batteries-Yail and Burns; Vernuene and Rags
dale
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To-DAY's CANES.

New York at Piftsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati,
Philadelphia at Chicago.
Brooklyn at ST. Louis.
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The Score.
Totals .

FBatted Tor Freeman. TBatted for
Shipke. 3Batted for Burns. sRan for Ka-
hoe
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TO-DAY's GAMES.
STANDING on THE TEAMS.
ERROR SAVES CLEVELAND.
Maps Come Close to Drawing Blank
at New York.

New York, May 1s.--An error by
Klelnow was all that saved Cleveland
from shut-out today. The New Yorlzs
hit the visiting pitchers hard Score.
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T0-DAY's GAMES.
Washington at Wilmington.
Reading at Philadelphia,
Elizabeth at Brooklyn.
Paterson at Baltimore.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
In to ~ Washington Hernld.

Sleclai 70 lhe washington Herald
Wilmington. Del, May 13.-Wilmington
walked away with the Bandits this after
noon and won by 10 TO !, The Blue Hens"
are now tied with Irwin's aggregation for
first place and great deal of interest
is being centered in the double-header
scheduled for tomorrow.
Washington started of well to-day by
batting in run in the first inning. but
after that they could not touch Topham,
and Wilmington won out hands down.
Southpaw Murray seemed TO be In poor
form and was hit to all corners OF the
lot. His support. however, was poor. and
errors resulted in half Of the locals runs.
Gilbert started the first inning for Wash
ngton with a double and scored on
Burkes single. This stopped the run
getting for the visitors. however. and
they were unable after that y bunch their
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GALLAUDET BEATS CATHOLICS
Brookland Team Goes to Pieces in
Sixth Inning.
Pitcher Darr Unable TO Fool Kendall
Green Batfers During Latter
Part Of Slow Game.

Gallaudet defeated Catholic University
at Kendall Green yesterday afternoon by
II 10 g.
Dillon. for the Bun and Blue, out
pitched Darr. Of the Catholics. The game
was rather slow. but was exciting up TO
the sixth inning In that inning Gallau-
det pounded Darr hard, and, assisted by
some ragged fielding, scored four runs,
cinching the game
Dillon let the visitors down with four
scattered hits and famed ten men. DarF
was touched up eighteen times for q
total OF 3 bases.
Morris. W Bell, and O'Donnell LED in
the heavy sticking. The score:
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THIRD GOES TO RICHMOND.
Virginia Capitals Finally WIN from
LynchbuFg-ScOre, to o.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Lynchburg, Va. May 13.-Richmond
took the third game of the series by the
score Of 2 TO 0.
The contest was a pitchers battle be-
tween Schuman. for the locals and
Revelle. for the visitors.
The Colts scored in the seventh on
scratch, a stolen base. and two clean sin
giles. Schuman started out wild, walking
three men in the first and the first man
in the second, but he managed to get
out of these holes. and pitched excellent
ball. Score.
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First base By error-Columbia 3 Left on bases
Columbia Z Government Printing Ofhce. Z. First
bass on ballz-0h Carr. 5. Of MeisteT. l. Struck
out-By Can 5; b Meister. 3. Home rqn-Kinney.
Two-bsse hits-Cleyeland. Kinney. Stolen bases
Lay, Atchison J. Smith. Double plays Cleveland
TO Sullivan: Davis 20 Sullivan. Hit by piteheT-By
Can. Passed bal-Penrose. Umpire-Alr. Holman.
Time Of game-1 hour and 8 minutes.
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Earned rIns-(3allaudet 8 First base by erruTs-
C. [. A. 3; Gsllaudet 4. Left on baseS-Gallaudet,
s; C. L. A.. ,. First base on balls-0f Dillon, 2
Struck out-By Dillon. 10; BY Dam. 2 fhree-hase
hits-O' D0unell Dillon SemmeS TwOhass hits
" Bell u. A. Ben. Sacrifice hits-CoOpsT. Sharp.
W Bel. Stolen bases-M0rTis O'DoHnell Hover
Sharp. Haaea Hessler 49,. Daily. Double plays
Cooper 10 0DouneIl. Cooper. unassisted; HesseT 70
Senmes. Wild pitehes-Dau. /; Dillon, l. Passed
halls -Hessler. q A. Bell. /. Umpires Messrs Vim
son. Of Gallsudet and lie Nat, Of C. L. A. Time
Of gamc-2 hours.
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TIGERS TRIM CORNELL.
Three Runs in Eighth Inning Gives
Princeton the Victory.

Princeton, n. J.. May BIN game
replete with exciting plays and slashing
hits, Princeton beat Cornell here this aft
ernoon by to l.
It was a hair-rakslng contest all the
way through. Heyniger was pitted
against Gable in a pitchers battle in
which the big Tiger had q slight ad-
vantage. Score:
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Earned runs-St, Louis, ]. FiTst base by
erFOrs-St Louis, /: Washington. . Left
on bases-St Louis, 4; Washington, =
First base on balls-On Graham, !: of
Burns, 2, Struck 0ut-By Graham, f; by
Burns, T. TWo-base hit-SchweitzeT. Sac
rifice hits-C jones, Ferris. Stolen bases
-Altizer Delehanty. Double play-Gra-
ham TO T. Jones. Hit By pitcher-By
Graham. B. Umpire-Mr. Sheridan. Time
of game-1 hour and 50 minutes.
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DICKINSON SHUT OUT.
Navy blanks visiting College Team
by Score of s 10 o.
1ecial 10 The Washington Herald.

Special 10 The Washington Herald
Annapolis. Nd. May i3.-The Niidship-
men shut out Dickinson College here to-
day, to 0.
The game was called at the end Of the
make train connections. Douglass pitched
mastery game for Navy. tanning
twelve men, and allowing but two hits
The Middies on the other hang. batted
timely and their fielding was superb.
Navy will play Virginia Polytechnic IN
stItute tomorrow. Score.
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New YORK. Z; Cleveland 2 First base on balls
on baltimore, g of Rhodes. l. Struck out-By
Manning. s. by LattimoFe ! by Check, l. Home
Tun-keeler. Sacrifice hits-Keeler LattimaFe Stolen
baso-Conr0y. Wild Fitch Rhodes. Passed ball
Bemis Jmpires-Messrs. Evans and Hurst. Time
Of game-l hour and 20 minutes. Attendance 5000
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OTHER SPORTS on PAGE II.
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LaTlleu TlIla--healLIs- = FNIlaueliIIa, z Ihfee-
base hit-Rudclph. Stolen bases-Yincent. Nallins,
Rudolph, Hartman, Double plays-Ksae to T. Fos-
ter 70 Reynolds; Hobby 10 Dsnforth: Iallier TO
Hobby. Struck out-By Kane, Z; By Jones, 6. first
base on balls-By Fallon 5; by Kane. T. by Jones.
l. Umpire-Air. Steinberg. Time Of game-2 hours
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Earned Hns-PI1nceton, l. Cornell, l. Left on
bases-Prnceton, 5; Cornell Z. First base on balls
OF Heynigcr 2; of Goble. l. Struck out-Ty Hey
niger, Z; by Gobe, Z. TsO-base hits-Heyniger
Vaughn, Goble. Sacrifice hit-DTews. Stolen bases
Harlan. Holman, Watson Double pdays-Dawson
to Fish. Holman to Watson. Hit By pitcher-By
Dillon. L Umpire-AfF. Homer. Of Washington.
Time Of game-l hour and 46 minutes.
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Earned nfns-Navy, Three-base hit-Frye. Home
Tun-JOneS Sacrifice hit-Douglass. Stolen bases
Wilson, Stiles. Jones, Douglass First base on
balls-Of Douglass, 2; of Langstaf l. Struck out
BY Douglass. =: By Langstah, 6; by Housraan, /
Left on bases-Navy. g; Dickinson l. First base
by eTTos-NaEy. } Wild pitch-Iangstan. Passed
ball-Frye. Umpire-Alr Collif0Eer. Of Washington.
Time Of gaBle-i hour and IS minutes
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Post-offIce by Forfeit.

On the refusal of Manager Duganne to
continue playing until the field was
cleared of the departing spectators from
the Treasury game, Umpire
Newman awarded the game TO Post
office Score.
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Two-base hits-Keunedy, Muaney. Three-base
hit Powell. Doable phy-Betcber TO Hagen Struck
Out-By Powell 6; by DwyeT. /. Base on balis-By
Powell, 2; bg Dwyer. }. Umpire-AIr. Stanton.
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PITCHER KANE WILD.
Philadelphia TwirIer Loses Control
and Team Is Beaten.

SpeciaI % Ihe Washington Herald.
Philadelphia. May l3.-Kane's wildness,
mixed with a few timely hits and errors,
gave Reading an easy victory over Phil
adelphia to-day. Jones was hit hard,
but so scattered the hits that they were
practically worthless. Three fast double
plays featured the game. Score:
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PHILLIES HITS SCATTERED.
Walsh Has Game at Quaker City All
His own Way.

Philadelphia, May 19.-Walsh had some
thing on the Philadelphias. who made
but four hits. scattered through as many
innings. Dygert was also effective, but
his support was ragged az tines. Score:
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sTANDING oF -

Pittsburg, May 13-Pittsburg won out
to-day, Mathewson being knocked out Of
the box by the Pittsburg men, who rap
ped him very hard. Score:
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Yesterdays RESULTS.

Cincinnati, o. Boston l..
Pittsburg, 5; New York, 1.
St. Louis, 3; Brooklyn, 2.
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-Bafted for Dygert in aighth-

Chicago. go........................0 10000 %
Philadelphia. 0 9 0 0 0 / e-I
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Laiiie0 iuis-' liedboi A. ihiadeti1la, l. let
on bases-Chicago. Il; PHILADELPHIA S. First base
on balls-0n DygeTt 5; 0f Garter. / on Walsh J.
Struck out-By Dygert. ?. by Walsh 6 Two-hase
hit-DaYis Sacrifice hits-Donohue Tannehill
Schreck. Stolen bese-Anderson. Double play
Coombs to Collins Hit By pitcher-By Walsh, L
Umpires-8IessTs. Egan ard COnnelly Time Of game
= hours and Is minutes Attendance 6lS3
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AMATEUR BASEBALL.

The Piedmont baseball team win play the strong
Manhattan Athletic Club on the Monument
grounds tomorrow at 5 80 sharp.
The Piedmunts. after a rest Of a week. are cut
with challenges 20 all amateur uniformed teams
In the District. Teams not In the different ana
teur leagues wanting games win please write to
John Ross. captain SIS New Jersey avenue north
vest.
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Earned ns-WlImington, o. WaSning-
ton. ]. Stolen bases-HooveT, Shaugh-
messy. TwO-base hits-Johnson. Gilbert
90. Home Tun-Smith. Struck Out-By
Murray. !; by Topham, 3. Bases on balls
or Murray, 2: of Topham. p Umpire
Mr. Latham
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Eamed nIns-Elizabeth. g. Stolen bases-Whalen,
Molina, Cuddy. Ross. Three-base hit-LSYy Home
rsrn-wolfe. Double plays-Boice to Hahn 10 Wolfe;
Nops to Wolfe. Etnntk out-By Boice 4; By Levy
2 Bases on bslls-By BOce, /; By LeTy, / I'm
pire-Air Cullon.
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Earned rnns-Grace, / First base By errors
Grace. S; Fifth s. left on bases-Grace 2: Fifth
l. First base ca bals-of Kerr. 2; of Green, g
Struck out-By ken. Z; b. Green. g. TEobase
hits-Ksrr, Rspp B. Exams Sacrifice hit-Clem-
ents. Stolen bases-Wilkerson, Sslb, 2 Passed
hall-Evans. Umpire-Nr Hughes. Time Of game
hour and % minutes.
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MURRAY TOUCHED UP
Wilmington Finds SOuthpaw
for Eleven Hits.
GETS POOR SUPPORT IN FIELD

Combination OF Bingles and Errors
in Seventh Inning Decides Contest.
Bandits Defeat Places Team on
Equal Footing with Blue Hens for
Lead-PIay DOuble-header To-dEy.
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Left on bases-TTSaalry. 4; Agriculture, 10. First
base on balls-Of Hester. g. of Saunders. 2 Struck
out-By Hester, s: b. Saunders, 2 Sacrifice hit
Asquith. Stolen bases-Treasury, 5: Agriculture, s.
Hit By piteher-By Hester, l. Passed balls-I.0Ting
4 Umpire Mr. Venable. Time Ct game-2 hours
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SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Grace Wins from Fifth in a Battle
Between Pitchers.
sTANDING OF THE TEAMS.

The Grace Baptists added another VIC
tory yesterday by defeating Fifth in a
fast game by TO ?.
Kerr and Green pitched good ball for
their respective teams. the former fan
ming seven and allowing only four scat
tered bingles, while the latter forced
nine men back to the bench, but was
touched up for five hits.
Running catches by Salb and Hamp-
ton were the features. Score:
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First base by -Pnst-ofioe, 8 Left on bases
Interior ]: Post-ofsce, 4. First base on halls-OH
Barnhart / Innings pitcaed-By Barnhsrt, 42s:
by Waller, + Hits made-0f Barnhart, 3; on
Waller, l. Struck out-By Bsrnhart, 2; By Waller,
3 Sacrifice hit-Poss-oiEsee. Stolen bases, POST
Office, 3 Hit by pitcher-By Bsrnhart. l. Umpire
NJ. Newman.
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First base On bsis-0f Weimer. 4 OF Flaherty,
8, Struck out-By WeimeE s. Three-tass hit-Hug-
gins. TW0-base hit-HulsWitt. Sacrifice hit-Ksne.
Stolen bases-Hulswitt Ne5mer. SEeeuey Bower
man. Double play-Huggins 10 Hulsgitt 70 Camel
Passed ball-Sehei- Umpire-Mr. Rigler. Time q
game-l hour and @ minntes. Attendaaee-2s1l
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Treasury continued its winning streak
by defeating Agriculture yesterday, 4 to !.
Hester occupied the box for Treasury
and Saunders was on the slab for Agri-
culture. A slippery ball and field during
the last two innings made the playing un-
certain. Score.
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The Score.

Left on hases-Siount 81. Mary's To- Georgetown. Z
First base hals-Oh DiamoL 6; OF J. Con-
nelly. 10 Txo-5ase hiis-Sfess. J. Connolly Stolen
bases-Rohinson. Kelly, Courtney (2l, Macdonald
Hit BY pitchsr-Bys Connolly. l. Passed bali-alc-
Hugh. !. umpire-AIr Bstts. Time Of game. hours
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LefL On bases-St' IoTIis. $ BTo0ElEn 5 First
base on bails-0n KaFgsF. ! OF Wilhelm !. Struck
out-By ksrger. 2; bY Wilhelm. , Two-base hit
-Lumley. Sacrifice hit-GiIbert. Double plsy-Le7is
70 Jordan. Wild ritehes-ksrgsr, 2 Umpire-SiT,
Enslie. Tine Of game-l hour ard 13 minutes.
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HOME RUN TURNS TRICK.
Brooklyn shut Out by Elizabeth
Score, 3 to o.
specisl 10 The Washington Her

Brooklyn, May 13-By making a home
run in the fourth inning with two on
bases. Wolfe won the game for Eliza
beth here to-day. by 10 0. Score;
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Washingtons ancient weakness. inabil-
Sty to hit at opportune times, played
such prominent part in the proceed
ings at National Park yesterday that
the ST. Louis Browns copped the second
game of the series by to l.
The Nationals made moro hits and
fewer errors than the Browns. and in
the ordinary course OF events should
have won, but on three occasions the
necessary bingle was not forthcoming
when a safety would have changed the
complexion of the whole game.
On the previous day when Charley
Smith and Jack Powell were touched up
freely, the two teams piled up twenty
eight hits for nine runs. but yesterday
only eleven safeties were made. and of
these Washington got six. Graham, a
southpaw. from Shreveport, in the South
ern League. performed for AlcAleer. and
the youngsteT looked about as good as
any Of the new pitchers who have visited
here this spring. While inclined at times
TO be slightly erTatic, Graham was the
whole works when there We're men on
one run. even that tally vas not earned.
but was the result of an error by Jimmy
Williams at second base.
Burns Holds 'Em Down.
IN order to have Bill Burns ready for
the White Sox series. Cantillon used the
big Californian yesterday. and little ad-
verse criticism could be made of his
work. He let the Browns down with FIVE
scattered hits. only two of which came
in any single inning. and with any sort
Of showing by the Nationals at the bat,
Burns would have been returned q win
ner
From the first 10 the seventh inning
the score was tied. but in the so-called
lucky round, the Browns worked a man
across the plate as a result of two sin
giles and a sacrifice.
As both pitchers were going nicely that
last tally looked as big as a Merry
Widow hat. but in the ninth the Nationals
showed some latent batting strength and
threatened TO win out by the narrow mar
gin of one run. With one dcwn Gates
batting for Freeman. singled. but was
forced by Mcbride. KahOe, in place OF
Shipke, poled liner to right. moving
place on the bases and Immediately stole
A single at this stage would have set the
crowd wild. but Gehring, who batted for
Burns, struck out and it was ali over
score in the Opener.
st. Louis scored in the first when
Sehweitzer doubled to left and raced
across the plate when Freeman dropped a
thrown ball from Mcbride
With one down in the second half Of the
opener Williams booted Ganleys bounder
and the captain scored when Delehanty
and Pickering singled in succession.
The last run was made in the seventh
Wallace led of with a single. was sa.cri-
feed to second by Ferris and counted on
Tom Jones clean drive to left which
Ganley returned TO the plate just behind
the runner.
With two down in the eighth. Dele
hanty on third and Pickering on second
Washington started the delayed steal. but
Pickering was called out at second when
the crowd thought he was safe.
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Totals....... 3l2Hl7 4
.n-... -.

FITsI base hF eTT0Ts-B0sf0n. J. Detroit. g. Left
on bases-Bostons B; Detroit. 7. First base on
baIls-06 BuTchell, /; OF Mullin p Struck cut
BY Winter. q BY BuTvbell, 2 by Aluliin. 3 Three
base hit-Lord. Two-hase hits-Rossmau. 2; CEsyq-
ford Sacrifice hits-Unglsub. COEFigan. Stolen
bases-Crswford. Cobb, Kellifer. Double splay-
Mcconnell 70 Wagner 10 Lord Hit By pitcher
By Muilin / Wild ptches-NfuIlin. l. BurcheH l.
Umpire-Mr 0Loughlin Time Of game hours
and minutes Attendance 4.6l7
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MATTY KNOCKED OUT
Pirates Find Giants Pitch
erS for Eleven Hits.
WAGNER AGAIN IN THE GAME

Pittsburg Players Show No Mercy
FIR TvirIers from New York, and
spOiIs Include Three Three-bag-
gers-TyvO for Leach and One for
Becker-ErrOrs Are Plentiful.
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INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE.
Pension office and Maryland A. c.
Play an Eight-inning Tie.

IN=tiat , salIlt' " WaiIatll Fs itftLIs
Rupert and Murphy furnished an inter-
esting pitchers battle yesterday in the
Independence League. when the Pension
Office and Maryland Agricultural College
-eams fought eight innings TO a tie, to 4.
Ayery's base running was the feature.
eso1o-a-
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First base by eFr0rs-Psnsion OfHce 3; Maryland
A. C.. s Left on bzscs-Pensi0n Odice 6. Mar
lEnd A C., s. First base on balls-Of Murphy
/; Of Rupert 1 Struck olt-By Murphy, l5
by Rupert p Two-base hits-Lycette R,pe49
Sacrifice hits-Lycette. Fox stolen bases-BuTlesque
Turner. Mcdonald. Fox. Dom o.. Avery 52l Perry
81. Hit by pitcher-By Rupert, /. Passed balls
Fox Williams Umrire-Alr. Ormsby. Time Of
game-l hour and IS minutes.
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score Two in Fourth.

It was not until the fourth inning that
Wilmington got a runner across the plate
and then two scored. which put them one
10 the good
The trouble for Washington came in
the seventh when five hits. pass. and an
error gave the locals five runs and put
the game on ice.
In the eighth, after two were down,
Brown singled and scored when Smith put
one over the left field fence. Score:
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MARQUETTE LEAGUE.

Failure 10 show up on schedule time
cost St Dominics a game to the Com
missioners yesterday by to Q.
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sLUGGING DAY FOR TIGERS.
Detroits Win from Boston by Score
of 10 to 3.

Boston, May 1s.-AlI three Boston pitch
ers were hit hard by Detroit to-day, and
the locals also fielded loosely. Cobb.
Crawford, and Rossman slugged the ball
over the lot. Score:
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REDS BUSY WITH STICK.
Cincinnati Lands on FIaherty for
Hits at Right Time.

Cincinnati. May l8-The Reds won by
knocking Flaherty IN ii.s sixth for three
singles and a triple Score
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-08-01

The most ardent friend Of prohi-
bition has realized his hopes beyond
his most sangiine expectations in our
Alabama prohibition communities.
Crime has decreased; drunkenness is
reduced until only minimum of
cases are reported; the "bllnd tiger
has proved to be largely a "buga-
boo" and where existing is being
readily suppressed; officers are in the
main in sympathy with the new order
of things: property used for saloon
purposes Is now occupied by legit-
innate channels of trade; homes are
happler, provisions more plentiful.
proper garments more easily obtained
and all this within nve months of as
severe financial strain as the coun-
try has been called upon TO pass
through in many years. The failure
of prohibition In Alabama exists only
in the brain of the hireling writer of
the liquor crowd, the man who wants
II conventient for his own consump-
tion and the man who wants 10 sell
It. Many who voted against prohl-
bition are saying today: ''Tf the
election we're held tomorrow, I
would vote for prohibition" Well we
are glad for this speedy vindication.
Alabama citizen.