The sun., 1908-04-22
few York. 10; washington. I3.
Philadelphia, 4; Boston, q.
Cleveland, :: ChicsgO, I.
NEW HoRK a. u. IS. wAsHINGIoN. IS

NEW ToRK a, IL, 10, WASHINGTON, IS.
Joe Lake, the big recruit from Jersey City,
pitched his first league game for the New
York Americans Yesterday and had A merry
afternoon. The New Works won from tho
Nashingtons for the third consecutive time,
aud the score was 10 ~ There was total
Of tWenty-nine runs In the mirthful matinee.
= total Of twenty. four hits and 2 total Of
fourteen errors. Not only Lake bur pretty
much everybody else had 4 merry time \
cold gale raked the playing field from end
| and the pitching Fly balls were very hard
| to Judge and numerous ludicrons attempts
were made to get under them
The wind blown fielding accounted In part
for the heavy scoring and In addition the
hitting was earnest and frequent All three
Washington pitchers we're pie for the New
Works, Patten being knocked out In one
inning, Lake was very wild, but the early
lead the New Works got made the game
comparatively easy for him His lack NJ
control would have been source Of much
worriment In closer game, But he as well
a. the other pitchers suffered from trying
TO curve the ball into the swirlng eddies OF
chilly air. The Wsshingtons could not make
base hits on him 10 anv aIrent until toward
the last, when the home team was far ahead
Furthermore much Of the h5eral run getting
Of the Mashingtons In the last two innings
was due To the uncertain fielding The game
had a farCical side with 50 much overrunning
and misiudging Of fy balls. II became =
jamboree with all sorts Of loose and go as you
please playing,
lhe Washingtons scored three runs in the
first inning after Pickering ann Ganley had
heen thrown ont on the bases, Stahl throw
ing ont Ganlev at the plate. on mispIavs
by kleinow and Chase. a base on balls 10
Clymer and hits by Delehanty and Freeman
three runs sOped through the hodgepodge
oI happenings he New lorks made reply
yiilh three Of Their & 9wn; Niles, Sl9hl and
lirmphill lined triple TO the fence, Ideu-
tilted with the New NOrks two runs In the
sPCond we're q base ON bflls 10 klenow, "A two
bsggcr by Niles, an error by Delehanty and a
Chasss miss ~ Delehautys jumper.
two outs and a Wild pitch gave Washing
ton count IN the third. The New iOrks
piCked up three Elberfeld Chase and Con-
roy ht the ball on he nose, hemphll walked
and kleinow furnished a sacrifice ny. Chase
shot one past Ganley IN the fourth and made
The circuit behind Stahl, who had walked
Home runs on hits 10 left field and inside
the grounds are scarce a. this park but once
Chase Is under full Roadway running heb
as fleet a. greyhound. lake was in DIM
outies IN the fifth. lie filled the bases with
his wildness and viii nobody out, but be
opposition couldn't hit past the inHeld, and
only one run came in. In the same inning
the CapriciCons wind caused Mcbride 10 make
n two base mum on Conroy and an ont and a
Deehauty aud Freeman made solid hits
In the seventh. the same being good for a
tally. In New Yorks half CiehrinR was all
at SEA and 'he eld,nE behind him was isttsred
Freeman muned throw and Pickering
mufed q fly, There was hilarious chase
when Lake hit 20 Gehring with Hemphill
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out had not Lake preempted second base.
compelling one Of the Of her two runners TO
keep on the move Hemphll could have
got back TO third and ConrOy TO second,
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