Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-02
NATIONALS LOSE IN
HARO-FOUCHT BATTLE
Smith Weakens in Seventh In
ming and New York Does
the Rest.

NEW YORK July 2.-The Yankees
made II three in row yesterday by wal
Iopine the Nationals. to 1, in one OF the
most exciting games of the year at the
HILTON II took ten innings to turn the
trick or nearly ten. for but two were OUT
In the overtime period when the belated
fans we're sent home happy. Inc VICTORY
nuts Stallings' brigade within scant step
of an even split to date, not such a PAD
record for a team of experiments. y
decision over Johnson this afternoon
would conclude the best home series Oh
the year.
II was a grand game. even If it had 10
be drawn out to overtime. There Were
errors of course, as there are bound 10 pe
when evenly matched clubs embrace III
st,ch q tight struggle. But there was
brilliant fielding. and plenty OF u. Inc
Giants. enjoying one of their very re"
holidays sat in the stands crlticlsms we
work ~ their rival leaguemen. 1t wouldn I
do under such circumstances 10 TURNS II
anything but the very best brand OF Whlcn
Ban Johnson's boys are capapie.
Really a Battle of Wits.
II was battle of wits on the part OF
nIayars and managers. New York mad
the bunch when it presented Wild con-
roy a former pal, with handsome UNI
hreIla and suit case when he first came
to hat wild" was indirectly responsible
for the victory of his old pals. His boot
i'm the tenth let in the winning run. III
view of the fact that he severai Times
saved the day previous TO ms somewhat
excusable blunder he may be forgiven
hotb nv CantiIIon and his teammates. 1T
might not be a bad idea for the Big Chief
to have little tokens of esteem hanos
for Walter Johnson this afternoon Nel-
Their would ii be amiss To nand pachase
~ George Browne and Bob Unglaub- Ihal
trio of former New Workers has furnished
about seven-tenths of all the WISHING eA-
element this year.
Now. If Conroy was chleny lnstru-
mental in prolonging the agony OF the
yisitors Hal Chase and Birdie Cree were
every whit as forcible in their talk TOT
the HighIanders. With Unglaub on tnird
in the tenth. Chase speared WlcReoly
rising liner from the bat of J1ggs Dono-
hue as it tried to hop over his cupoia'
and registered a third out by grace OF
fancy sprint to the bag. But for Prince
Hal the swipe of Jiggers would have been
good for three relays OF the circuit.
Cree Does a Star Stunt.
With Mcbride on in the seventh Cree
went away back to the chalk mark by the
scoreboard and killed sure triple from
Streets bat, with a grand circus eaten
After killing a couple of base swipes pre-
yiously. Conroy distinguished himself by
knocking down Chases terrific drive down
the foul line that would easily have scored
Il anorte from the second in the tenth IL
wa, one Of the most beautiful stops or the
year, even II 1t did go for hit to NIL the
sacks. Engle's terrific slam that followed
) WAS scored as an error, though Conroy
was lucky to block 1t. The ball rolled sew
eral feet behind him, and every one had
:; an opportunity to advance before he re-
: covered. 1t was a fitting finish for the
hard game, and showed that "Wlo ap-
preciates the offerings of friends.
For several innings 1t was pitching
duel between Manning and Charley
smith In the first seven innings the
f1illtoppers got but three hits off the Sen
ator knight tripled with two out In the
second and Sweeney. who singled 10
open the third got no further than second
Three passes in the seventh saw the be-
ginning of the end of Smith. He walked
Chase, whom Engle forced. Clyde TOOK
third on the hit and run when Demmlt'
poled to right, Ray moving TO second OF
the throw Hemphill batted for knight
and walked, filling the bags Austins II!
10 right tied the score. Sweeney walked
again filling the bases, but McBrid'
pulled in Laporte's Texas Lacquer on
grand sprint when the Frenchman Dat
ted for Knight.
Ieliyelt's lucky triple, which bounced
over Engle's skypiece, to start the fourth
gave Washington its only run. Delehant!
sacrificed TO Cree by the sky route. ing
laub doubled with two out in the first Ell
rors put men on third and second, VIII
one Out in the second, but Mannlns
famed Street, and Smith skied. A hit
error, sacrifice and pass filled the bases
on Quinn in the ninth, but Tannehill. bat
ting for smith, popped. Chase's grea
stoD saved the game in the tenth as re
lated. The score: