Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25
BROWNS HAMMER:
GROOM FOR KEEPS
Short on Pitchers and Ma
tionaIs Prove Easy
Victims.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-. July 4.-Groom could
not withstand the Browns batters this
evening and result st. Louis won, D
to 3, Acting Manager Donohue not hav-
ing any one to relieve the ST. Louis boy,
owing to the crippled condition Of his
pitching staff at present. Consequently
when the Browns hammered out five
runs In the opening inning Groom had &c
stay on the slab and take his medicine.
Under the conditions he showed lot OF
gameness and held the st. Louis team
much better In check than the result OF
the first inning would have indicated.
Unlike Fridays game. when st. Louis
tried to make up lost ground in the last
rounds of play, the Browns today went
right out at the start to annex big lead,
running a total Of five counts in the first
inning. 1t was thought that this would
end Groom's appearance on the firing
line, but Acting Manager Jiggs Donohue
sent the yOungSter right back in the next
round, reserving Walter Johnson for to-
morrow. Groom thereafter never allowed
st. Louis to tally over two runs in an
inning. while In most of the innings only
one count was registered.
washington managed to run up its
safeties Oft big Jack Powell to a tota, OF
ten. Bob Unglaub found Powell's slants
Just to his liking. hitting two long drives
to the fences which Melted him triples on
both occasions. Milan, Conroy and Nc
Bride each registered a pair of hits, while
street and Lelivelt got one each.
Hits Thrown Away.
With the exception of the second and
seventh innings Washington's clouting
Of the ball counted for naught. Generally
the visitors hit after one and sometimes
two were out. In most cases with men
on bases Powell frightened and the side
was retired without any damage being
done. Just as an instance of Washing
toms poor luck, after two were down In
the sixth the next two men singled and
the third man walked. filling the bases
This brought the crisis of where a good
hit might have brought the lowly Wash
ington club up to within one run Of
their opponents. With the responsibility
resting on the pitchers shoulders. Groom
tried hard. but only managed to pop the
ball up to Hartzell and Donohue and his
men were never again given a like chance
of bringing their totals up to within strik-
ing distance of the Browns.
Hartzell opened the first round for st.
Louis with an easy out. Cnglaub to Dono-
hue. Stone singled to left. Hoffman
singled to center. Griggs was safe on an
O
Groom failed to locate the plate for Will
liams and Jimmy walked, forcing Stone
home. Ferris singled over second and
when Cnglaub made a wild throw home
doubled to center and Williams and Ferris
Tailed. Powell struck out.
Timely Singles.
Unglaub started the second for Wash
ington with a triple to center. Donohue
flied to Griggs. Conroy walked. Nc
Bride singled to center, scoring Unglaub,
Conroy taking third Street singled to
center, counting Conroy. Groom was out.
Ferris to Jones. and Browne popped to
Hartzell.
Powell in the fourth was out. Groom
to Donohue. Hartzell singled to left.
Stone tripled to the flag pole, scoring
Hartzell. Hoffman hit to Conroy and
Stone was caught In a run-up between
third and home. Conroy to Street to Con-
roy. Griggs flied to Conroy.
Washington scored its third run in
the seventh. after two were down. Browne
was out, Williams to Donohue. Milan
flied to Stone. Lelivelt singled to left.
Unglaub tripled to left. scoring Lelivelt.
Donohue grounded to Jones.
Browns Last Tally.
The Browns scored one more In the
seventh. Hoffman was safe on an in
field tap toward third and promptly stole
second. Jones singled to right and Hoff-
man Tailed. Williams forced Jones. Nc
Bride to Unglaub. Ferris hit into dou-
BILE play, forcing Williams at second on
q toss from Mcbride to Unglaub and
Hobe going out at first.
Stephens led off In the eighth with
single to center and Powell surprised
the Washington crowd by hammering out
a triple to the left-field fence, scoring
Stephens. Hartzell flied to Browne and
Stone was out. Unglaub to Donohue. Hofr-
man singled to right. scoring Powell.
Griggs fouled out to Street.
After Browne had rolled to Ferris and
died at first in the ninth Milan singled
to center. Lelivelt struck out and I'm
glaub ended the game with a ny to
Griggs.
The score: