Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-29
FOUR STRAIGHT FOR
SPEEDY ATHLETICS
Plank and Krause Too Strong
for the LuCkleSS
Nationals.

The Washington pitchers once more
failed to hold up their end or the game.
and as A result the Athletics Sarhereu
both contests of the doubleheader Sester-
dav bv the respective scores or 10 l
and 6 to o. The Quahers outplayed Tue
locals in both games, both IN the heiu
and az the bat and as a result tahe ou'
ahead with little trouble
Things broke the Quakers way IN the
opening clash. Groom was MT haro -"
spots, and refused to support hihnseil ~
a fielding way. His lapses. tosether VIII
a plenty OF passes. rendered the naNisa-
ton of the bases rather easy perform
ance for the persevering Athletics.
Plank started off badly, the first three
men hitting him safely, but luck was
against the storm-tossed Nationals ana
not one of them got over the pan be
ginning with the second inning Plank re-
gained his grip and but for wild pitch.
on which Paddle Livingstone was put out
of commission, he would nave scored q
shut-out. Plank also had the dlst1nctioh
of dividing the batting honors with bakct'
who planted double and triple IN lett.
besides hitting the ball hard in his other
trips to the plate.
Fast Double Play.
fast double play nullifed Ganley's
single and Collins base on balls in the
Athletics first For the Nationals Browne
singled, but was nailed there trying to
steal second. Livingstone to Barry. Don
ohue poked solid single to left and
went around To third on Cnglaub's equal
~ solid drive to center. Here Bob Gan
ley pulled off something. Unslaub, evil
IDENTIFY thinking that Ganley would throw
fret III a
quick throw to Davis Bob caught him
off the base. He was finally run down
Delehanty fouled to Livingstone, which
was hard luck for the Nationals.
In the second the Athletics got busy
Murphy singled to left and Davis was
safe on a tumble by Conroy. both NOV
ing up on Barry's sacrifice. Livingstone
hit to Groom, who made wild throw to
the plate. Murphy and Davis scoring.
Canley's single and three bases on balls
In succession yielded ore in the third
and Bakers double. Murphys sacrince
and Davis single produced another IN the
fifth In the seventh Barry trlped. OUT
was held on third on Murphy's hit to
Delehanty. Davis walked and went TO
second on a passed ball, scoring Win
Baker Barry's single to left. Ihomas
was thrown out by Mcbride, Barry going
around to third on the play and scoring
on Plank's third single.
Nationals Only Run.
The Nationals only run developed In
the third inning. George Mcbride tore on
a nice single into left and galloped to
second on a wild pitch that knocked out
Catcher Livingstone's right thumb.
Groom famed and Mcbride raced to third
while Collins was throwing out Browne
at first Donohue proved the timely boy
with line single into center. on Which
Mcbride romped over the plate.
Tom Hughes, who was treated SO rudeiy
Tuesday, being knocked out In the middle
of the third round, was sent right back
by Cantillon for the second game. That
Tom did not make good was not altogeth-
err his fault. There was some ragged
fielding behind him, but at that even he
could not have delivered under any cir
cumstances, for his mates were practical
~ helpless before krause, who also had
the advantage of perfect support.
Browne Messed Things.
For four innings Hughes held the Ath-
letics down to one long hit, but they got
to him in the fifth, after Browne made a
mess of Heitmuller's fly. Thomas led off
with a triple to left and Krause struck
out. Heitmuller followed with fly to
left, of which Browne. evidently wanting
to throw the ball before he got it, made
gorgeous muff. Thomas scoring and
Heitmuler taking second, Ganley flew
to Mcbride, and then Collins made his
first hit of the day, two-bagger down
the right field line, scoring Heitmuller
Baker sent Collins in on single to CEN
ter. but persisted himself in an attempt
TO steal second.
There were more doings in the sixth
Murphy singled to left. Davis was hit
and Barry was safe on Donohue's tumble.
Here Hughes contributed wild pitch
scoring Murphy and Delehanty juggled
Thomas grounder long enough to enable
Davis to count. Murphy's base on balls.
Davis single and Barry's fly to left net
ted the last run in the eighth. Following
are the official scores:
FIRST GAME