The Washington herald., 1908-08-29
TO-DAY-S GAME,
WASHINGTON, =; CLEVELAND, o.
WASHINGTON, :; CLEVELAND, O.


Those nimble Nationals. whose work OF
late has caused CONSERVATION among the
lrst division teams, yesterday improved
Oh ali OF their recent show1nEs by giving
the Cleveland Maps one OF the souudest
trouncings OF the year. winning both
games OF The doubIe-headsr and not al
lowing p single visitor 10 cross the plate
II t-s eighteen innings
II was one Of the worst 5clts suffered by
the Maps since I.ajoie has beer AT the
helm. for the visitors were not only twice
beaten. but were simply outcLassed IN
pitching. fielding. and hitting by our gal
-a-t crew Just at the time when a pair Of
victories would have given Cleveland a
good boost IN the peunant race
Not only did the Nationals win both,
but they cid so IN spite Of the fact that
La5oie used his Two strongest pitchers.
IN the first game Addis JOSS was not bad.
Llt Tom Hughes was so much better
that the Maps never really had a ripe
chance Three widely separated singles
vas Clsveland's share Of the hitting. and.
while IRE Nationals went their rivals
only one better !r tte way OF b-nelilg
The local hits were arranged Fl such
way that they came at rle critical mo-
De-ts- Hughes has long been considered
a L0odoo for the Maps. and yesterday he
Rad them better under control than ever
before. Hughes received grand support
IN the fed while the work Of the men
behind JOSS was. at times. rather rocky.
Cn error playing a conspicuous part in
one OF Washiug-on's runs
LfebhHrGt Proves Easy.
In the second game. walter Johnson
and Glenn LsehEardt started. and while
the Idaho wonder went through with fly
.rg colors. LIs5ha-lt was subjected %
one OF the severest hauue-ings he has
ever received IN any one inning. and
afts- SIX runs had been Piled Up in the
opening round. LIsbharEt resigned and
Foster came 10 the relief at the begin
ming Of the second While inclined 70 be /
wild. the young Southern recruit twirled
good ball. but the big lead the Nationals Z
obtained AT the barrier took so much Of
-la spirit out u the Maps that they
l-E~ed during the latter part OF the con-
--=- i1 q rather Es-iess fashion. being
identity resigned % their fate
From the fielding point Of view the
games were not as sizzling as Some OF the I
exhibitions put Up by TIE Ca-r-I0uites .
-----. ---E.A hrAaa--aH 4-Eh ll--.aa-er LalElE
vre-e several brilliant pe-so-mances- In .
The first inning Of the first game Nc
Bride made q highway robbery stop with 1
his naked hand Of a liner from Turner'S 7
stick bound for the left feId. ard the ap- I
plause had Just died out when Pickering. /
the first washington batter. tore OF a .
drive between first and second which La
-1-s sCagged Al top speed and tossed the I
runner out at first These were the two 4
BIZ Bradley came 10 the front with a I
couple OF fast p5cl1-ups and snap throws .
rha- drew forth cheers from the already 4
happy Lhr0ng q nearly 500
Nationals shaken Tn.
In the opening encounter CantIlon made
a shaEe-up. benching Eli Shipke. moving
Bob Tug-au5 70 third and playing jim
DeIeha1ty on second This was n order
20 add 70 The hiring. and as soon as the /
Nationals had a two-run lead Shipks was
showed IN az third
When the second game started Shipke
was again at third, but n making a sac
-idce in the second inning he was cracked
on the hand b. the bah and suffered ar
fractured 1ngsr. which means that he I
VIII not he among those present for sew
eraI days.
Tom Hughes was master OF the situs-
ton al every stage IN the opening game.
only one Nap getting as far as third T
The Nationals scored IN the third when
Hughes led OF with a single. but was I
forced by Pickering. who took third On
Sankey's wallOp and chased home while
{ -nglaub was being thrown out by Brad
ey
St0valIs error. a Wild pitch, ard en- out /,
put Freeman as fsr as third IN the fourth
but he expired In the sixth S.ovau
gain started trouble. whan he dropped II
'er-1g's throw On DeIehalty's grounder
oelehanty reached second on Cfvmer's
ut and scored the final run On FrgemaD-s
Jingle 70 right.
Clevelard's best chance cane n he
hird, when Hughes soaked GOods in the
lbs with The ball Two outs and Josh I
-.aTEes scratch hit toward Unglaub
1lacec the runner on third but he died
Enen Bradley sent T-nElaub an easy (