The Washington herald., 1908-05-31
NATIONALS SPLIT
WITH The RED SOX
Lose in Morning, but Win
in the Afternoon.
ONE SINGLE OFF "CY" YOUNG
Veteran Brings Nationals 20 stand
still I'm First Game, but in After
noon They Knock Tannehiu out
of the Box and Resume winning
strenk-Bin Burns Knocked Out.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Boston, May @-It required all of the
cunning and craft Of Cy Young TO stop
the raging Nationals. but after receiving
temporary setback in the morning the
Cantllonites resumed their winning
streak In the afternoon. making a record
OF six victories in five aames, which is
going some for this vicinity.
After taking the double-header in such
clean-cut fashion yesterday. II was freely
'Apredicted that the Nationals would make
another clean sweep to-day. but the grand
old man Of baseball brought them TO an
absolute standstiil Young has always
been a mystery to the Washington bat
ters, but to-day he was better than ever.
and the visitors were forced to content
themselves with lone bingle.
For five innings the veteran disposed OF
the batteEs with consummate ease. but
In the sixth Jerry Freeman poked out a
single. which was a signal for Young
10 tighten up and from then on they
We're as helpless as in the early innings
Three Out of -Four.
With the man who will never be too
old to be Young out Of the way. the Ma
tionals got back into their stride in the
afternoon. and made il three out of four
during their sojourn 10 this city of beans
and reformers.
Both teams batted the ball freely. but
Washington had all the better OF II.
Fred Falkenberg was at times as uncer-
tain as the weather on a holiday. but
on the whole. pitched good ball.
MCGUIRE chased Jesse TannehiU out OF
retirement. but after FIVE innings the
Nationals chased him back again. Tan
nehill simply lObbed them up TO the
plate. depending entirely upon outguess-
ing the batter 10 escape a walloping. II
was painfully evident to the Boston man.
ager that the one who once puzzled the
best Of them would not be able to go
through the game. so Prultt was sent in
after the fifth inning. The latter was
not even as effective as his predecessor.
and after Bob Ganley had lammed out
home run in the seventh with a man
on base. the game was as good as won.
especially as Falkenberg was improving
every inning.
Strong in the Field
The Nationals gave another grand ex-
hibition OF fielding, being cheered by the
Boston fans. who are considered as fair
as any set OF rooters on the circuit
The weather to-day was threatening
which kept the attendance down some
what in the forenoon, and held il to about
500 in the afternoon. when it would
have been 1900 or 1900 with favorable
conditions. There were showers before
and during the game in the afternoon.
The Nationals were the first 20 score
in the afternoon game. In the second
inning. after Clymer and Street had been
thrown out at first by Mcconnell. Free
man was passed. Then TannehiH passed
Mcbride. and Shipke singled. scoring
Freeman Boston took the lead in its
half Cravath was passed. Gessler sacri-
feed. Unglaub was out on a grounder
10 Freeman. Wagner laced out two
bagger. scoring Cravath, and he himself
scored on Donohue's rap. which was too
hot for Shipke TO handle cleanly and get
over to first in time for an out, Shipke
making a poor throw.
Washington tied the score In the fifth
and again took the lead in the sixth on
a single by Milan. a pass. and an error
by Lord: and a hit, a sacrifice. and
another hit by Mcbride for the one in the
sixth.
base on balls and Ganley's home run
over the centernelder's head were good
FOR two more IN the seventh
Unglaub's home run and Gessler's three
bagger. followed by Wagners single.
gave Boston its runs in the seventh and
ninth.
The Score.
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