The Washington herald., 1908-04-25


the Nationals were not, and the Nationals
hitting II where the Red SOX were, there
was nothing to 1t but Boston yesterday,
Washington suffering the worst defeat of
the season. Score, Z to @.
| Cy Young. who is not young. was the
whole show, and four singles was all the
| damage the Nationals were able TO do TO
! his delivery during the afternoon. He
/ had everything, including his famous con-
troll. and while he was credited with only
four strike-outs. he held the home team
/ safe at every stage for on only two oeca-
/ sions did the locals have an even chance
10 avert a shut-out- Both times the vet
eran tghtened up and sent the Nationals
into the field scoreless.
Fred Falkenberg essayed to twirl, but
after he had been touched up for hve
singles, a double, and n triple in four
innings. ne was chased 10 the clubhouse
and Eli Gates. n product Of the Pacific
/ Coast League, made his debut in this city.
/ Like his fellow-statesman. Bill Burns. on
| the day previous, Gates was unfortunate
/ In being poorly supported In the field
/ When he took up the going the score
was to 0, and in his second inning on
the rubber, the first two men who faced
Gates were safe on errors by the infeld-
| ers. and. after one batter had walked,
triple to the center field fence gave Bos-
ton three tallies on the one hit
/ In the eighth. with two out pair of
singles, d base on balls. and an error
netted Boston one more run. and in the
ninth a triple and a single gave McGuire's
men their last score.
Make Twenty-three Assists.
/ While their fielding in places was rocky.
/ the Nationals established what is prob
ably a record for the local park by max
| ing twenty~three assists. As the Red
! Sox kept hitting the ball on the ground,
the Washington outhelders had only four
/ flies. and the infelders' total of assists
was considerably increased by running
down four men between the bases.
The emily really brilliant fielding play OF
/ the day was made by McHale in the
! opening inning, when he went almost 10
! the clubhouse and bagged a drive from
/ Ganley's bat. Lord and Delehanty each
made pickups Of hard-hit balls that earn
ed them considerable applause.
Washington's only real opportunities to
score came in the second and sixth TIM
/ lngs. With one down, Freeman hit 10
center, and reached third on Streets sin
| gle to the same place. When Mcbride
/ hit a bounder 10 the pitcher Freeman
! tried to Score, but was tagged by Young
and Criger.
] In, no ef,-fF, tn N-offors1- t.o7 ~ c.ro,,
/ better opportunity 10 get a man across
/ the plate. Milan beat out a grounder
/ to second, and Ganley followed with a
| clean single. Delehanty famed but the
/ bases were loaded when Lord failed TO
/ handle Clymer's rap. The next two bat
/ ters were not equal 10 the call, as Free
man struck out and Street went out from
| second TO first.
/ Boston counted in the first With two
down, McHale doubled to right and reg
/ istered on Gesslers single to Clymer s
! garden,
Triple by Wagner.
In the fourth, with one out. Wagner
/ tore off a triple TO the center field fence
and chased home on Crigers smash to
second. Young hit safely and Thoney
followed with a single. but Young was
out at the plate when he tried TO score
! from second on Lords long single TO
! right.
The Red SOx made the game safe IN
the sixth by piling up three more runs.
Mcbride booted Wagner's grounder, and
! Freeman fell down on Criger's chance.
Young forced Wagner at third and
Thoney walked. With three on the bags.
/ Lord tore off a three-base hit to deep left
/ field. but was thrown out in trying to
! score on McHale's hopper TO the pitcher.
/ ThOney's hit, a base on balls to Lord,
! Gates wild throw to second, and Nc
! Hale's safety to right, gave Boston one
/ in the eighth, and LapoTte's triple and
/ Unglaub's single counted one more in the
ninth.