Evening star., 1909-06-22
NATIONALS BREAK
EVEN WITH YANKEES
Street, Conroy and Unglaub
Feature in Hard Dou-
bIe-Header.

NEW YORK. June 22.-An even split
with the habitual tail-enders was the
best our Yankees could do in their bar
gain day getaway at the Hilltop yester-
dav After virtually handing the first
argument to the Nationals. to 4. they
came back to a runaway start in the
final clash and lasted long enough to nose
out the invaders :; to .
There was plenty of good base ball
spilled throughout the double number.
The CeIt clan showed more spirit and
aggressveness than had previously been
evidenced since the beginning of the
home stand. Despite the patchwork
makeup the home forces died most gal
lantly in. the Introductory skirmish. 1t
was an uphill struggle all the way for
Jack Warhop. who was caught In the
web for four tallies the barrier
sprung. Had the club not tied ii up for
the frisky HEAVIER no recriminations would
have been due. But to tie it up only to
have il blown in the last period left
dark brown taste in the mouth of fam
dom. Miscarried strategies and base-run
ming somnambulance on the part of those
We love were prime factors in clarifying
the Capital. That is. if we except
Merry Widow Conroy.
This waltz dream, who wasn't fast
enough for the 1909 Yankees. didn't have
10 exert nlTnS6II very StTenuOuSlS u0tlI
after his pals had for the second time
taken a commanding lead in the ninth.
Then he shone like one of those search
lights by means of which Old Fox Grit
fifth hopes to play night base ball He
choked off couple of sure doubles in
quick succession that killed the value of
Demmitt's dying slash in the ninth. The
castoff robbed us of tieup-perhaps the
game.
Manning Had Some Luck.
Walter Manning was sent out in the
second event to tame the Nationals. BY
grace of a three-run handicap in the
first half of the debate he was able to
do the trick. The foemen kept rapping
on the door every minute till the last
man was out, however. From the sixth
till the ninth they made things decidedly
interesting Long Jack Knight twice
came to the rescue with malice afore
thought, and as many times killed deadly
batting rallies by starting lightning dou-
BILE plays.
In spite of the fact that the visitors
grabbed quartet of counts in the first
round of the opening battle, Warhop
should have won the argument even In
the face of Walter Johnson. He was
somewhat unfortunate in walking the
feet Browne. After Conroy sacrificed,
Jack tried to catch his man mapping
The throw hit Browne on the shoulder
of course. advanced and Unglaubs clout
went for a single through the drawn-in
infield. Hemphll fumbled Donohue's s
drive and .'Jiggs' reached second, while
Unglaub Tailed. McBrides slam, after
Tannehill famed. took the meanest kind
of bound over Engle's dome and went
as double. Milans clout to right gave
the fourth run. He was nailed stealing.
Warhop escaped from some tight holes
in the third. sixth and seventh. In the
ninth punk grounder by Browne took
mean hop over Lapate and Conroy neatly
sacrificed. For theIsecond time Unglaub
was on deck with clout. this time
triple to right center. Engle might have
got Donohues Texas Lacquer had not
knight tried the impossible. AS it was
were in.
Walk Starts the Second.
The Yankees hit Hughes in the
pinches in the second game. Demmitt
walked to start the second. He scored
and Laporte took third when Browne
juggled Francois hot drive. Blair sim
gled through Grawn-in infield for the
second count. Manning was safe in the
fifth on Unglaub's error. and Hemphill
walked. A wild fling by Long Tom to
catch Manning mapping advanced the
runners, but Manning was out when he
stumbled off third In pulling up after
his run. Chase singled Hemphill home
after Austin ballooned.
Mcbride was the only one to see first
base off Manning till the sixth. His
isolated SafetieS in the second and fifth
were wasted. Donohue walked in the
beginning of the seventh, and Tannehill
followed with the fifth safety. knight,
I.aporte and Chase turned fast double
play on Mcbride. II was timely. as