Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-04
ANOTHER DOUBLE
DEFEAT FOR LOCALS
CIeveIands Shut Out Nationals
in First Game and Also
Win the Second.

The slump of the Washington ciub con-
tinued through yesterday afternoon, and
as result the Cleveland boys walked
away with two games, the first by the
score of 6 to and the second to 1.
In both fielding and batting the Maps
Waved rings around the locals, and there
lis no denying that they deserved both
victories.
Berger and Witherup were the opposing
pitchers in the initial contest. me lot
mer pitched first-class ball throughout
the nine innings and was especially strong
lat critical points. In the second contest
Charley Smith and Fred FalkenDers had
a splendid battle. but the former weak
ened in the final inning, allowing lhree
hits and the winning run to score.
oood-sized crowd turned out. as many
thought the Maps were the one eiuo .n
locals could beat. but their hopes went
glimmering once more a -,
In the first game the Maps opened up
u,itb three runs and were never IN Danger
.tbroupbout the nine innings. Goode iieu
ont 70 IeIivelt after Nc Bride nda u'oppeu
his foul f1y, and Stovall reached mrs. vi
Macs second error. FLICK slnsieu ~ tho
tor and StoyaIl went to third, Wnie the
better raced 10 second on Lellveit throw
10 conroy Lajoie singled 10 righl anu
Stovail scored. Hinchman bunteu saie,s'
filling the bases. Clarke then mt 10 Dsle
h.ntT Who tried for a double play. nut
In ni,ttine the batter out at f1rst Hl,ch-
,,,ap had to be run down on the line' our
Inc which both Flick and LaJole raced
over the rubber
Got Runs in Bunches.
w;tberup then held the Maps in cheek
<,, four innings but in the sixth they
started the ball rolling again, scoring Two
r,,s Stoyau was safe on Mcbride rum
h1e aud Flick sent him to third on SIN
Ole 10 right. Lajoie followed with a sac
,,soa av IN Jeliyelt, and Stovali crossed
tho nlater Hinchman did likewise. anu
Flick scored from third, where ne hau
gone on Lajoie's out &C. .,
In the seventh Berger reacneu M foul
a LUCKY hit that kept just within the lou
line aud Goode sent him along Win d
single 10 center Stovall then puiieo Oh
double into left and Berger came nome:
The Nationals made near Iuiis Id
three innings. In the nth onglauo ieu
orf With a single to left and Delehanty
sacritced him TO second. McBride then
hunted safely, sending ungiauo 10 'iiru.
street then hit into double play ~
the sixth, with one out. Browne feacheu
srs, as Clarke let the third strike get
Eav from him Conroy fouled to Clarke.
b,,t T eliyelt singled to left. Miller ciosed
he inning by striking out. In the nnal
wound Ieiiveit flied out to Flick, and ely
mer batting for Miller fouled out to the
catcher. Unglaub and Delehanty tnen
nnIIed off singles. but Mcbride closed the
game with fly to Perring.
Second Game Looked Better.
In the second game Manager Cantillon
shifted his batters up again, and also
I he positions, sending Donohue- to hrst'
UngIaub to third and Clymer in right
The combination worked we'll until the
seventh inning and then the trouble
started, when the Maps tied up the score.
The pitching was so effective that for
Ave innings neither side could get run
ner over the plate, but In the SIKH the
locals broke the ice, scoring their solitary
run of the game. After Donohue mao
died on a roller to Lajoie. Bob Unglaub
slammed single into center. Delehanty
followed with a drive to right that Goode
misjudged, and it went for three bases,
Jnglaub, of course, scoring.
Everybody woke up for few minutes,
as il looked as though this solitary run
would win the game. but once more
disappointment fell to the lot OF In" sp""
tators, the Maps getting busy in the
seventh and tying the score After Tn
glaub had made swell stop and good
throw-out on Bemis. Perring tripled TO
deep left center, and kept on home when
Mcbride threw wide to Tnglaub at the
third corner, relaying the ball in from
the field.
Umpires Mixed Up.
Then came the ninth. and victory for
the Clevelands. Lajoie led off with a
smashing single into left, but Hinchman
forced him out at second on a pop fly
TO Delehanty which the second baseman
dropped intentionally. expecting to make
a double play on the batter, who had
stopped running. The ball got away from
Delehanty, but he recovered 1t quickly
and passed 1t to Mcbride at second.
Hinchman then dashed for first, and beat
the throw from Mcbride. both Lajoe
and the batter being the bag. The
umpires got crossed in their work, Evans
ordering Hinchman out for stopping. and
when KERN called out Lajoie the batter
Was ordered back to first When play
was resumed Bems was out, pitcher to
FIRST, Hinchman going TO second Per-
ring followed with clean single into
left and Hinchman scored.
The Washington batters went out in
order in the final round.
Following is the official score OF the
two games:
FIRST GAME.