The Washington herald., 1908-08-20
TO-DAYS GAMES
IO-DAI'S GlWEs
ST. Louis az Washington.
Detroit at New York
Chicago at philadelphia.
Cleveland nf Boston.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
ST LOUIS, 4; WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. 4. ST. I,OI-TS- 1

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stone. and company can thank their
lucky stars that they escaped without
suffering a double drubbinE yesterday.
for as IL was they were just able 10
nose out a victory In the opening game.
and were beaten in the second end OF
the dOuble-header that was brought
about by the tie game Of the day be-
gore
Determined TO investigate for them
selves the cause of the remarkable rec
Crds made by the Nationals since return
ing home. more than 500 fans turned
our al the park. and 10 say that they
were aEreeably surprised IS putting il
mildly, for during the greater part of
the eighteen innings they were kept
busy cheering their fav0---es. who put
10 the same brand Of ball that drove the
Waite S1X clt Of town In disgust and
held tile Browns 10 an even score for
twelve innings The Nationals simply
ezce-e5 -.-r opponents at every turn.
and that .-ey did not land both contests
was -a raGI- Of theirs.
Ll a- e-f.rr Cd win q much-reeded VIC
tory lIaAl-a- sent Rube Waddeu 20 the
box and rushed the veteran Hei5r.ck. who
had just Joined tile team, into the f-sr
game l-t bad NOT every element Of mis-
fortune cnrSrl-ed against CantilI0u's clan
Tie Browns would have gotten the same
treatuer- in the opener that they re-
celved IN the closing contest AT times
Waddel was Unhittable. and during the
course Of the nine innings he made eleven
s-riNe-OU-s. but the Nationals got men
on the bases and would have won with
NJ
runs The drst visiting score came in the
second inning after batter had raised
the easiest sGr- OF a fy back Of short
stop which Mcbride reached. but just
as he was about % eaten -t the bah got
lost In the sun and went for q hit rhe
runner later crossing the plate with two
out Again in the ninth the Browns got
gift rUn when Heidrick poked a drive
along the foul line The ball took a sud
den bound and jumped into the stand
and bounded out. but went for a home
run These two runs won the game
Hit smith in spots.
Charlie smith was ar times touched Up
rather lively but had he had as much
good fortune as his rival would have
won. While he was hit more freely than
was WaddeU smith had much better
control. and but for the loss Of the bail
IN the sun in the second and Heidrick's
lucky bound. he wouIz have carried the
game into extra innings.
The second combat was simply a case
o. TOO much Hughes. Long Tom had
Tie Browns just where he wanted them.
and allowed but four scattered hits. one
Of which was an lnfeld scratch. and but
-o- his own Wild pitch would rave scored
q slut-out- Jack Powell was rather easy
picking, and was hit IN all but one in
ming After taking the lead in the sixth
the Nationals seweG up The game in the
eighth by punching four hits for two
runs
once more George Mcbride gave an ex-
hibluon OF fielding that fairly scinti1Iared
n the two games the speedy shortstop
was given twelry-f0ur chances Of diff
fe-ent varieties. and not once did he
-al 20 deliver IN fauirless style An
other feature was the fauItIess throwing
Of Street SIX times a St Louis runner
attempted 70 steal. but each time Street
was so last that the runner was sent
hack IN disgust and finally the visitors
came 10 realization Of the fact that
y they were 10 advance they would
have 70 rely upon good oId-time hits
s.. Louis got two runs in the second
inning Of the first game. Ferris pop
1ly fell at NcBride's feet when the short
EatN N.-o A---- HaELltEel uE the sun.
After Ferris had advanced 10 third on
JwO outs. the former BOstOniau went
home on sid Smiths single 10 left. Tom
Jones was safe by beating out a grourder
10 Shipke, and Rube Waddeu followed
with one OF his semi-auuual hits. which
sent Smith across the plate
Street Drives in Run.
Washington got one in the same IN
ming. when. after two were out. Street
and Smith walked and Milan drove Street
an on a hit 20 Williams.
Ferris single and williams triple
scored one for St Louis in the fourth
In the next round the Nationals started
some scientific baseball that came within
an ace Of scoring a run on one hit.
Milan poked a safety over Jones head
and Shipke sacrificed With GanIev Al
the bat the blur bunt brought Ferris
tearing in from third. and Milan had
no trouble IN pulling Up TO the uncovered
third sack This worked so well that the
squeeze play was attempted. and Milan
was two-thirds Of the way home when
Ganley met the bail. but Il went into
the air and Jones caught il and threw
70 third before Milan could return. De
spite the fact that the play failed the
crowd cheered