The Washington herald., 1908-04-22

Special TO Tie Washington Hegsld.
New York, April 2l-Joe Lake pitched
his first league game for the New York
Americans to-day. and had a merry time.
The New Yorks won from Washington
after "A batting fest, and the score was
IS to l3. Not only Lake, but pretty much
everybody else. had a merry time.
A cold gale swept the field, and had
bad effect on The fielding and The pitch
Ing. Fly balls were hard 70 judge. and
some Iudlcrous attempts were made 10
get under them.
The wind-bIown Adding accounted in
part for the heavy scoring. and. in add
ton. the hitting was hard and frequent
All three Washington pitchers were easy
for New York, Patten being knocked out
in one inning.
Lake was wild. but the early lead that
the New Yorks got made the game COM
paratively easy for him. His lack OF con
troll would have been a source of much
worriment in closer game. But he, rs
well as the other pitchers, suffered from
trying to curve the ball into the swirling
eddies of chilly air.
Washington could not make base hits
of him 10 any extent until toward the
last. when the locals were far ahead.
Furthermore, much OF the liberal run
getting by Washington in the last two
innings was due to the uncertain field
ing. The game had a farcical side with
so much over-running and misjudging Of
fly balls
Three Runs in First.
Washington scored three runs in the
first inning after Pickering and Ganley
had been thrown out, Stahl throwing out
Ganlev at the plate. On misplays by
Kleinow and Chase, base on balls. and
hits by Delehanty and Freeman, three
runs resulted.
The Yankees replied with three of their
own. Niles. Stahl. and Elberfeld lar
ruped Patten for singles, and Hemphin
lined a triple to the fence. Identified
with New York's two runs in the second
were a base on balls 10 FIenow, a two
bagger by Niles, an error by Delehanty,
and single by Stahl
Chase's miss of Delehantys jumper in
the third. two outs. and a wild pitch gave
Washington a count New York picked
up three EIberfeld, Chase, and Conroy
hit the ball on the nose. Hemphill walked,
and Kleinow made a sacrifice fly.
Chase shot one past Ganley in the
fourth and made the circuit behind StahI,
who had walked Home runs on hits TO
left field and inside the grounds are
scarce at this park, but once Chase is
under fun headway. running, ne is as
fleet as a greyhound.
Lake was in difficulties in the Afth He
filled the bases by his wildness, with
nobody out. but he got out of his trouble
nicely. The opposition could not hit be-
yond the infield, and only one run came
in. In the same inning the capricious
wind caused Mcbride to make two-base
muff on Conroy and an out and a fly
brought Conroy home.
Yankees Get Busy.
Delehanty and Freeman made solid hits
in the seventh, the same being good for
a tally. In New York's half Gehrlng was
all at sea, and the fielding behind him
was tattered and torn. Chase, Niles. and
Keeler made hits. Freeman muffed a
throw and Pickering muffed a fly. There
was a hilarious chase when Lake hit to
Gehring. with HemphiIl and Conroy on
the bases.
In the eighth and ninth innings there
were muffs by Stahl and Hemphill. a
messed grOunder by Conroy. and a fail
ure to step on a base by Niles on
forced runner. Also there were two two
baggers by Gehring and air current Tex
as leaguers by Mcbride. Ganley and Del
ehanty.
The visitors were only three runs in
arrears when the final out was made. An
error by Shipke, a hit by Hemphill. and
an out gave New York run iE the eighth
inning making a score or more for them
in every inning but one.