The Washington herald., 1908-09-04
RosToN. 3. WAsHINGTnN-

ar stone wall defense that had been
such g potent factor IN that phenomenal
spurt OF the Nationals crumbled before
the Red Sox in the getaway same yes
terday- and as q result Boston won there
by getting an even break on the series.
ErrOrs OF commission and omission. and
poor judgment on the bases conspirsd 10
cause The downfall Of the homers. while
the Red SoX. prohung by their opponents
faults scored enough runs IN one inning
10 snatch The game
Jesse Tauuehiu. the former Baaneater.
who started against Cy Young in the
opener opposed his old team mates
yesterday and. while his work in the box
could not De described as exactly master
fal, he did not pitch a bad game. Btrch-
Ell. the Eastern League product twlrled
for the visitors. and during the early
rounds was quite q puzzle. but toward the
clc5e The Nationals got TO his delivery.
and IN The nine innings Washington made
more hits than Boston.
In supporting their pitcher. The Sox
ezce-I@d- their rivals. and Il was rhesr
clever work in the field and on the bases
that decided the contest IN their favor
Fourth Proves Fatal.
The fourth inning, during which four
rCrs were scored. was 2 nightmare for
Washington. Mcconnell drew a base On
balls and made third when Lord singled
70 right TannehIu settled down and
famed Cravath. and had two strikes on
Gessler when the speedy right fielder.
whose stick work practically decided The
opening game, pole1 q single into center.
driving
1y 20 center which Pickering got under,
ouc allowed 10 alter through his hands
putting runners on first and second
Then came Wagner with e single 70
short right. which was returned 50 slow
" that Gessle- crossed the plate from
second Stahl reaching third on the
throT-1n- When Sullivan uoEed
grou2cer 10 second. StahI registered be
tore pelehancy got the bail back 20
Street
After scoring fl the seventh. The Na-
uonals started a rally in the eighth.
placing three clean singles in succession
but camper vas thrown on the pro-
ceedings when GEnIey was caught OF
second by q throw from the pitcher.
-here was Cothiug particularly start
Ing in the way OF fielding. although The
best play Of the day was made by Lord
n the drst inning, when, with one hand.
he s-agg5d a Wild throw from Donob-z
and tagged Pickering out al third vaE-
1e-- ar short continued his steady work
Tor -ce S0E-
lle Nationals promised 70 score in the
i--s- but things went wrong Pickering
soaked a safety over Stahlrs head ana
made second when Bob GanIey beat o-r
a perfect bunU toward first With TWO
strikes on 'Uuglaub, the hit and run was
tried but the batter famed. and Picker
Dg vas tagged our al third on Lords
neat play.
score in Seventh.
Not another National reached second
until the seventh, when the locals g9t
their first run Delehanty walked. took
second On Ciyuer's biugIe 70 center. and
reached third on Freenan's drive +ov-a-5
second that was TOO hot for Mcconnell
When Mcbride forced Freeman Al -
ond. Delela1ty crossed tie plate TVro
were LEFT when Street foulsd. and Tame
al was thrown out BY Lord 10 StahI-
IN the eighth the Nationals tbraere7a5
20 make things Interesting P{cl-ar57s-
ana Ganley hit safely and on UnElaub'g
single the former scored, but GaaIey VS.
-la7oec on second by BurcheITs threw 10
n asner- and after Deiehanty had force5 1
Lnglaub, Clymer ended the sesein7 bz-
going. out on a fly 20 GessIer-
Bost0n'S big luniuE-Jhe fOurth-was de-
scr1oed above In the seventh The Sor
added another 20 their run column v-bs7
Mcconnell wGs hit by pf-cher. stole g /
ond- and scored On sIcBrsde's moor rs+---, |
Of SullIvau's out 70 short