The Washington herald., 1909-04-14
By WILLIAM PEET.

The New York Highlanders gained
sweet revenge for their Grubbing on the
opening day by splauering a pail o;
wnitewash over the Nationals yesterday.
Score. to O
All the Yankees runs came in the sew
enth, when Tom Hughes, who had been
performing brilliantly, went to pieces. a
wild throw. base on balls. and timely
swats causing the utter r0ut OF the Ma
tiOnals The sOrrowfui seventh lasted
long enough for the visiting team TO bar
around. Up 20 tEat time a single safe
swat in the second was the Hughes res
ord.
Quick action by Mcbride and Knight and
a sensational one-hand catch by Freeman
constituted the features. The home team
had chances galore to send runs home.
but timely hits were scarcer than offers
Of marriage to an old maid
Lake Pitches Fine Ball.
A stocky little chap. Joe Lake by
name. occupied the mound for Stallines'
braves. and his twisters were damaged
only six hits worth. OF these Wild Con
roy was the most consistent performer.
cracking out a double and a single out
of four times up.
Staliings is particularly cheerful over
the way his youngsters behaved. Jack
Knight and Cree furnished the swat mu-
sic which accompanied New Yorks runs
in the seventh. and Mcconnell. who
played first. also contributed to the hit
column a pair Of beauties.
After somebody cut the ropes and the
balloon, with Hughes aboard, sailed out OF
sight in the seventh Manager Joe trotted
out one Of his new twirIers purchased
last season from the Coast, Mr.. Robert
Groom, who worked the last two chap
ters.
Groom Warmly Received
The crowd welcomed Mr. Groom 10y
ously-made him walk right into the par
Tor and sit down. He responded bv
banking the enemy for two rounds. and
leaving the impression that he viii be
with rs for the season. His curves broke
well. and he appeared 70 have a lot Of
smoke.
Dolly Gray. the other Western twirl-
er. was also brought 10 the attention of
the crowd Gray was ordered TO hit for
Hughes in the seventh. He took three
healthy swings and returned to the bench.
There was nothing shown yesterday
liable to change the minds Of the fans
regarding the Nationals as possibilities
for the first division-One bad inning
turned the tide, and Hughes unlucky slip-
up happens in the best regulated OF
teams.
Washington had men on the bases in
nearly every inning In the third Hughes
came within an ace Of scoring, a beauti-
ful throw by Engle from left field cutting
him down
In the fifth Street got as far as the last
turn. with two out, and a hit at this
stage. when a run looked az big as a
mountain, would have made the fans
happy.
The day was wretched for baseball
dark and windy. with drizzIing rain at
intervals. The crowd was small and had
little 10 enthuse over.
The SOrrOwfuI Seventh.
A description Of the sorrowful ceventh
in detail tells how Washington was
beaten. Here's the story: EngIe. first
UP. fled out TO Milan. Mcconnell hit
safely TO left for a single Ball bumped
an easy roller to Hughes, who had plenty
Of time TO catch Engle at second. Both
Mcbride and Delehanty started for the
bag 10 receive the throw. and this doubt
less confused Hughes, who slammed the
ball high, and almost out Of reach N
Mcbride. Had the latter been right on
the job and the throw a perfect one
there is every reason to believe that p
double play would have resulted. retiring
tire side
AT this stage. young Mr. Knight proved
the trOUble-mal1er lie hit a beauty over
second base, the ball taking nasty bornd
past Milan and Mcconnell crossed The
Mate. Bali going TO third Kleinow
after tanning twice, soaked the baU
along the right field base line. scoring
Knight. Previous TO this a wild Mitch
lei in Ball. Lake made the second
out by hitting three times into the
ar. Cree followed with a smoking sin
gle On which Kleinow scored, and then
AeeleT walked 10 first on balls Elber-
feds wicked drive past third brought
home Cree with the fifth run. and a few
seconds later Keeler was tagged out at
third on Englc's gpounder, ending the
misery for the Washington rooters
New Rule ExempIihed.
One of the new rules made by the
American League at its annual meeting
was brought into use during the ninth
inning, when Blankenship who batted
for Mcbride hit sharply to Knight. who
slammed the ball over McConneITs head
at first Blank was permitted only 10 90
TO second base, whereas, under the old re-
gime, he could easily have sneaked down
to third
With pleasant weather to-day and Bill
Burns or Groom in the box the Nationals
hope 10 redeem themselves Manager
Stailings will, in all probability. try out
Quinn, the star performer for the Rich