Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-30
landing of American League Clubs.
Standing of National Leag

PHILADELPHIA, June 3O.-Mack's re-
vivified forces played torrid ball in heat
wave yesterday and gave Washington its
second straight shut-out of the series.
Score 4 to q.
There wasn't enough vigor in the air to
jostle a raincheck. and had Jimmy Col
Inns cared he could have shirred an egg
on the stuffed canvas sack at third With
out the aid of the stove man. 1t was
the kind of weather TO promote general
lassitude and gin rickeys, but there was
nothing of the lazy or languid In the
game the Mackmen put up.
First of all, RUDE Vickers exuded line
of trajectories which the Nationals could
not fathom. There were just four hits
made by the enemy. and none OF them was
rangy enough to permit of a trip to the
plate Dave Altizer. who wormed his way
around TO third base in the third inning.
was the prize frontiersman Of the Ma
tional squad.
Athletics Lively Afield.
Rube's eight associates fitted in the
picture like mosaic. Everything that PEN
etrated the burning atmosphere was alb
sorbed. The infield was particularly live
ly, and Kid Collins hoped all over the
tract allotted to him by Connie in quest
of divers smashes and sizzlers which fire.
Quently challenged his skill. Likewise did
Simon Nichols Swoop down his Saharian
stretch like wolf on the fold.
Maek's second sacker was also high gun
with the fail, coping three singles out
of three stabs at the leather. Davis got
his usual double, and few of the other
seven safeties were sQuandered.
Washington started with Johnson, the
Montana marvel. on the hill 1t was john
sons second game of the season, because
Of the fact that he has playing the
hospital most of the time since the first
OF the year. Notwithstanding his dis
advantage, he did fairly wen. and was
only taken out to permit Oliver Pickering
TO club for him.
According to Manager Cantillon, john
son will repeat his success of 1907 when
he gets accustomed to working. Falken-
berg. the tall man, who is problem the
Pullman people can't solve. pitched the
last inning for Washington, and the Ath-
lectics stung him for a run.
Davis Double Scores One.
After Hartsel quit on strikes In the
opener. 81 Nichols worked Johnson for a
pass. An instant later he battered over
the plate, when Davis. the cleanup first
sacker. sent double whistling over Gan
ley's newly trimmed pate.
They might have scored another in the
third had not Topsy Hartsei been over
conservative. Two were out when the
towhead doubled. The Nichols party
then sent long single to left and Hart
sci moved leisurely to third, when the
plate fairly yawned for him. There was
no scoring, because Davis famed.
Powers. first up in the fifth, flied to
Ganley, but Vickers' pop fell safe in
center. RUDE took second on a wild
pitch. Hartsel raised foul to Street.
Nichols hunted to Johnson. who was
too deliberate chucking the sphere to
Freeman and ST beat 1t out When
Davis walked the bases were peopled
with Athletics three.
Murphy smashed savagely between first
and second. Altizer backed on the grass
and knocked down the drive. but Dan
easily beat the throw. Vickers and
Nichols scoring. The Collinses produced
the final count in the eighth. One out.
Jimmy poled a double. Oldring grounded
out but the kid outfoOted a reluctant
moving tap to Altizer. and Jimmy crossed.
Altizer is Twice Left.
Washingtons best chance came in the
third when Altizer singled and took sec
ond on a passed ball Mcbride walked,
but Johnson flied to Davis, trying to
bunt. Milan forced Mcbride. Altizer TAX
ing third. and then Shipke famed
Altzer also doubled in the fifth with
one down. Mcbride flied to Oldring who
made poor throw to flag Altizer at
third AltiZer kept on running, but Wick
ers cleverly backed up Jimmy Collins
and cut off Dave at the plate. Tannehill.
batting for Shipke, opened the ninth with
a single. but was never budged. The