The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-06-04
BEATEN In POOR GAME
Stupid Play Causes UndOing
Of Falkenberg.
BILL BURNS NO IMPROVEMENT
During Early Innings Nationals Get
Good Lead, but Go to Pieces in
Middle of Game and Allow Ath-
Ietics 20 Pile Up Ten Runs in Two
Innings-BOth Teams Play Poorly.
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Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia. Pa, June 3-It mattered
not that the exhibition to-day between
the Athletics and the Nationals was g
travesty upon the great national game
Washington lost the final contest by Il
! TO 8.
\ Viewed from the standpoint of irst-class
baseball. there was not an angle to the
game that hardly deserved passing COM
ment
It was a game in which both teams
showed how poorly the sport can be in
terpreted, by even skilled professionals
Up to the fifth inning the Mack clan
were the transgressors against the tenets
OF the game While Washington was
giving good exhibition and amassing
runs that appeared good for victory, the
locals were decidedly Disappointing.
Then the scene suddenly shifted All OF
the miserable play Of which the Athletics
had been guilty was, in a moment, in
herited by Washington. The visitors lost
their form completely, and, with their
transition from good to bad. the Ath-
letics braced wonderfully, and benefited
amazingly by the Nationals puerile ex-
hlbitiOn.
FaIlSenberg Blows Up.
The exceptionally elongated Mr. Falk-
enberg started the finging exercises, and
for four innings was pretty much the
whole show. In TACT, he was invincible,
Smiths scratch single in the third being
the only hit credited for the locals in
these rounds. But storm struck him
amdships in the fifth. A stupid play by
Street in failing 70 throw the ball 10
AltIzer, covering third when the infield
was running down Coombs, completely
unbalanced Falkenberg's pitching equi-
librium.
In the fifth he began by hitting COombs,
the first man up. Coombs stole second.
Smith was out at first on a grounder 10
AltiZer. Bender walked. Hartzel hit 10
Falkenberg who threw to Street 10 catch
Coombs. The latter ran back TO third.
Street chasing him. and on the latter s
failure TO throw TO Altizer, Coombs reach
ed third, the bases being filed. B. Collins
singled TO left, Coombs scoring Nichols
walked, forcing home Bender Davis then
cleaned up the bases with a double to
left center. Murphy and J. Collins were
easy cuts.
COMBS started the sixth with a single.
Smith flied 10 Deiehanty. Bender hit for
berg. Burns threw wildly TO catch
COombs at second. both runners advan-
cling a base. Harsel hit to Delehanty
who threw TO Street. but the latter drop
ped the ball and Il rolled toward the
grand stand. CoOmbs and Bender scoring
Hartsel going 10 second. Mcbride FUN
bled L. Collins grounder, and the batter
then stolen second. Nichols hit TO Dele.
hanty, who threw 20 Street to catch Hart
sci. The latter was caught between tho
bases, and when Burns. covering the
plate. allowed Altizer's throw to escape
him. both runners counted. and Nichols
went to second. scoring on Davis single
A double play ended the inning.
Gates in the Box.
Gates pitched the remainder OF the
game. In the seventh, with one out
Coombs walked. took second on Smiths
inneld out and scored on Benders single
In the third inning Falkenberg singled
and took second on Milan's sacrifice. Al
tier hit TO Nichols, who threw wild to J.
Collins to catch Falkenberg, and the lat
ter counted, the batter reaching second
scoring on Delehantys single. In the
fifth Mcbride walked and went TO second
on Bender's wild throw to catch him of
first A passed ball gave him third. Fal-
kenberg famed; Milan hit TO Davis and
was out. Mcbride scoring. In the sixth
after Delehanty was out, Clymer doubled
10 right and took third on Nichols fun
bic Of chickering's grounder. scoring on
Streets infeld out.
In The eighth. with two down. Clymer
singled and came home on chickering's
triple 20 left center.