The Washington herald., 1908-03-15
VICTORY FOR COLTS
Washington Yanigans De-
feat st. Louis Rivals.
PITCHERS SHOW REAL FORM
FaIkenberg, OberIin, and Patten
Puzzle the Cardinals for Three In
nings Eaeh-Shaw, of -. Louis,
LaceS Ball over the Fence for a
Home Run-ShiPke Clever Rt Third.
,ensl 10 nae washinrton Herale.

SPECIAL 10 The Washington Heral1-
Galveston. Tex. March H-There is
high glee and glum gloom at the Seaside
Hotel tonight. where the Colts OF Wash
ington and St Louis are taking their
feed. The cellar championship has been
settled. The Nationals are jubilant over
the Colt victory here to-day, score to l,
and are tickled nigh unto the point OF
expiration at the outcome OF the contest
in Houston between the regulars Of the
two teams. The St. Louis bunch is not
feeling so good.
Somehow the idea became prevalent in
Galveston that the seance this afternoon
would not be worth real money. and con-
sequently only the ever faithful got the
beneht OF what proved 10 be a good
game. While all the steam that lies
latent in the brawny arms OF the big
twirlers was not allowed 10 escape this
afternoon, enough pressure was put on
TO let the spectators know there was
some pitching being done :aas this was
true as TO Falkenberg. Oberlin. and Pat
ten was further attested BY the easy
manner in which the ST. Louisians fell
10 their deception. Falkenberg was first
in the box. For three innings he allowed
no Zoe TO plant his spikes on the first
sack; then gave way to Oberlin. who
yielded two hits. one of them homer by
Shaw over left-fcld fence. IN the fourth
inning Oberlin. however. struck out five
as against two each by his colleagues.
Have Good Control.
Case Patten did the last twirling. Until
two men were down Ia the ninth not a
Cardinal perched on FIRST then Shaw
touched up Patten for single 70 center
which went for EOthing. There was con
troll. too. in the wings OF the Nationals.
Nary a walk was there nor "a wild pitch.
One blemish only. a missed grOunder by
Tony Smith. marred the perfect support
accorded the National twirlers. II was
great doings. and Shipke was hero. All
three batters in the second picked his ter
ritory as being easy. and all three were
disappointed by clever work. Shipke. TOO.
swatted twice. one OF his bingles being
tagged for two sacks and the other bait
ting in the first two runs of the game. II
was timely stroke. a stinger. just inside
first base line that sent the two Smiths,
T. and G.. across the rubber. That was In
the second inning. T. Smith had walked
(and 10y the way. he alone walked during
the melee and he walked twice. both
times scoringl- g Smiths intended sacri-
flee was good enough for q hit Meinke
did the proper thing. then came Shipke' 5
sizzling single Falkenbergs single IN
this inning did not count for anything.
The other score was in the sixth. The
two Smiths did precisely what they did
i'm the second which. aided by Sallee' :
tossing the bali away. scored T. Smith.
Only once did the Nationals bunch their
hits. that was in the second, but in every
inning except the seventh, they got one
Seven Nationals struck out. The Outfield-
ers for Washington had only four
chances. Milan successfully handling thre5
and G. Smith one. 4 like number were
offered St Louis and were likewise
handled. the only error OF the team be
ing that Of Pitchers Sailee.
Kahoe and Warner Catch.
Kahoe caught the first five innings
while Warner was on nrst, then they
swapped places. Both wore the pad
with great eclat and sangfroid, not sue
cessful flch being recorded against either
and they both held the pitchers well in
hand.
Eli Kaphau. a former Galveston play
er. umpired a good game. though the
Cardinals groundlessly claimed they had
cause of complaint.
The lineup was:
81. L0uis-Lnsh h: House IT,. shaw e.
O'Rourke. S.. Hurley %. Ludwig, % Rhodes
n: Marshall Icapt.'. C. RAYMOND y. aud Sal
| lee. p
wsshingtou--N Milan Ct. Kay. r. Kahoe. c. Ii.
Warner. lb. c: T. Smith. IS G. Smith r.. Meiuke
~; shipke. Sb.; Fakenberg. p; Oberlin. p, anc
Patten. D.
| Score by innings:
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St L0uis............. 0I0O00 81
Tomorrow the same teams play here
/ again.
Changes in Columbia Schedule.
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