The Washington herald., 1909-07-07
STANDING OF TIE TEAMS
spelal . TIE Washington Herald.

Boston, Mass. July 6-There was some
class 70 the performance of the Nationals
and the Red Sox this afternoon. Al
though the home team SHARED both games.
the Nationals PLAYED some baseball. They
were really put out Of the running by Joe
Wood aad Larry Pape, the latter PresI-
bdent Taylor's Milwaukee find
In the first session Wood outpitched
Dolly Gray, the score being 3 10 2, while
I'm the second mill Pape whitewashed
the CantillOn brigade. the score being .
10 0. Pape allowed but three hits. and
TWO Of them were scratches.
SOx Took Chances.
Groom went 10 the mound for the Ma
tionals in the second contest, and the Sox
found him for only five hits He pitched
good enough 70 win. but the Boston men
took chances on the bases in the first. q
run being tailed in that period, while In
the second inning Stahl laced out a
homer. After that Robert had the Indian
Sign on the Sox and the scoring ceased.
The crowd that came out to the park
to-day brought along umbrellas. II ralned
some before the game, and several times
during the afternoon IL sprinkIed. The
wetting OF the diamond made II hard on
the helders, also on Pape, who lost two
easy plays at first base because he could
not retain his footing after handling tho
ball
Canullon sat somewhere IN tho stand
the entire afternoon. Rain drove him
from his front row seat, and after the
game he eluded the reporters several of
whom were anxious 10 know what the
argument he is said 10 have had with
Tom Hughes was relative to.
Jlggs ran things in tip-top style,
but luck was against him
CLASSY Baseball.
Milan. Mcbride. and Unglaub olaved a
classy article OF ball for Washington
Street caught in his usual skippy fashion.
mailing several Of the Red Sox base run
ners. Conroy laid on IN the second game
Unglaub going to third Browne 10 left
and Milan 10 right. Browne retired IN
the third so that Blankenship could run
Tor him. Blank is making himself gem
orally useful
Gessler. Lord, Wagner, Mcconnell.
Niles, and Speaker played a swell game
In the field. Speaker went into the sec
ond contest and despite a bad leg COW
cred much territory In the second game
the SoX gave Tom Madden. a local bov
they secured from Lynn two years ago
his first real chance behind the bat and
he showed exceptionally good form.
IN the first three innings OF the opener
the Nationals could not DO much with
Wood. In the fourth however. their
chances looked good. With one out. Con-
roy put one past second, OF which Wag-
made r 81 rrr~
spelling the play. Conroy taking second.
Unglaub was passed, but Jiggs forced
him az second, COnroy taking third. Le-
hvelt famed. and the scare ended. Bos-
ton scored al their runs IN the fourth
With one out Lord walked and stole
Niles fled out Gessler's slam DETECTED
o1 Gray's glove and went 70 Del who
threw quickly to first, but Egan called
the Doc safe and Lord romDed home
Wagner beat out bUnt and with Cess
Ter worked double steel Dolly passed
Stahl filing the cushions. It was poor
judgment. for Hooper singled. scoring
Gessier and Wagner. Donahue fled out
and the chapter ended.
Nationals Find Ball.
Washington came back strong in the
fifth. Del singled, scoring on McBride's
creamy double. which had a ring TO II.
Donohue failed to stop the ball when
Niles threw home to get Del, and Nc
Bride raced to third Hooper took
Streets fly. and Mcbride scored. That
ended IL
Stupid work on the bases lost the Ma
tioaals az opportunity to tie the score in
the ninth. With one out. Jiggs singled.
Leiivelt cracked one 70 Wagner, which
got away from him. but Jiggs was out
when he Overran second. Lelivelt stole
second, but Lord shared him coming
down the line after Del had tanno5 ~