The Washington times., 1908-03-15
NATIONALS WIN
FROM CARDINALS
IN z INNINGS
AItizer's Hefty Triple
Brings in the De-
Gliding Runs.
BY THOMAS S. RICE.


HOU sTON, Texas. March I4-I.et us
all Join IN giving one large gIoat to-
night. Washington is one step further
! from the lemon pennant of major
: league baseball than it was this morn
ing, and that by TO . in twelve as
fast innings as were ever played for
a real pennant.
Luck had a mite 10 do with the de-
feat OF the St. Louis Cardinals here
: this afternoon. but the principal ele-
ments IN the victory were a splendid
: batting rally and brilliant fielding. 1t
? is safe TO say no better contest viii
, be seen in Washington this season, ana
a summing up OF points viii show
: Washington had the better OF the arEu-
ment.
Davy Altizer is the real hero tonight,
Tot 90 much for what he did in ad-
vancing his own team, but in what he
did TO kill the opportunities OF the
Cards. In the fourth inning with
man on third he made a sensational
Cne-hand spear Of a screaming liner,
retiring the side, and saving the game
right there. n the very next inning
he made a marvellous catch of a foul
fly that went over a low fence and
made Davy stretch himself like
grafters conscience.
A Mighty Swat.
In the twelfth inning with man on
third and Two out he wrought q three
Dagger that scored the third run Tor
that inning, and took all the sand out
OF the opposition except what remained
IN their ears as a result Of the high
wind that blew dust over the diamond
and made judging Of flies a difficult Op-
GRAFTON.
Ollie Pickering supposedly slow of
foot, made a catch in the second inning
that Charley Jones never surpassed Bob
Ganley covered so much ground in left
field he amazed the Houston fans, who
had an idea Joe Delehanty had anything
else IN the business skinned a block
Mcbride showed splendid form at short
and handled many difficult chances. In
the tenth inning he pulled down a le-
Ultimate two-bagger by Joe DeIehanty,
and doubled up Barry at first.
Freeman came mp 10 expectations at
FIRST and accepted twelve OF his thir-
teen chances The miscue was on a ball
Jim Delehanty juggled, but finally got
To first in time 70 nab the runner by
an inch but Jerry dropped the hurried
heave. Streets catching was all to the
good, and not a base was stolen on him.
although the Cardinals had figured on
winning out in pinch by their crafty
running.
Uses Three Pitchers.
Manager Cantiuon persisted in his
plan of using three pitchers. Burns es-
capped scathless IN the first two innings.
but in the third was saved from a run
by fast fielding IN general and a cIev-
er catch by that same Altizer i'm par
tiCular. Kelley gave a mighty sweet
exhibition in his three innings despite
the four singles charged against him.
The first hit of him was a triple i'm
the fourth inning with two out In the
sixth inning the Cardinals garnered a
triple, a single and "a double, but both
the double and single were due 90 the
bali taking cratic bounds on apparent
easy chances. He has speed. bewilder-
ing curves, perfect control, fields well.
ana keeps his head in emergencies. He
Will probably make somebody hustle
for A Job In Washington Gates was
billed 10 pitch three innings. but had Ia
90 six. and he jolted Cautillou by show
ing better form than expected. thereby
complicating our pitching problem
some more.
He allowed three hits i'm the six ses-
sions, gave one pass, famed three men,
and never displayed a sign of weaken
ing in the extra rounds, when both
teams were worked up TO a high point
Fromme pitched the first seven in-
nings for St. Louis. when his arm be-
gan to become sore and IIiEginbotham
whom the writer's shorten 10 Higgins
was substituted Fromme received mag
nihcent support, and pitched "a great
game. In addition. He is speedy and
clever I'm all departments of slab work
and should be a big factor In the Ma
tional League this year. HigginbOtham
weakened in the eighth and twelfth and
that with a couple of curious misplays
was his undoing.
Enlightening Details.
That brings US 10 the details OF the
game. When Htgginbotham toed the
slab in the eighth the score was > 70
in favor of the Cardinals. and Gates
was pitching for Washington. Gates
opened the inning with scratch single
through short Ganley sacrificed
Pickering attempted a sacrifice. The
ball rolled 10 Byrne az short, who tried
20 throw out the daring Gates at the
AtdACB t-laL EhAIl5 IMAM having e-r~t co
Alters speciality of two bases on a
hunt Higginbotham stepped i'm the
way of the ball, which bounced of
his head 10 the Cardinal bench, Gates
scoring and Pickering taking second
Pickering stole third, and ClymeI
Tanned. Delehanty sent a roller Il
Konetchy, and beat IL 10 first by half az
inch through HigEinbOtham taking the
quick throw and batting it back auC
forth between his hands until he was
forced 10 step of the bag to keeI
from dropping il. That brought II
Pickering with the tieinE run.
The next three innings were fast as
lightning. but the explosion came in the
twelfth. Gates walked and Ganley sac,
riticed Pickering hit TO deep center
and the desperate Gates again tried tc
take two bases, but was out at the
plate on a startling throw from Muir
ray 10 Hostetter. Two down and the
prospects very blue. Pickering tool
second while Gates was being sup
pressed and scored on Clymer's hit u
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