The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-08-11
GAMES TODAY
Detroit Mt Washington.
st. Louis at Philadelphia.
Chicago at New York.
Cleveland at Boston.
srANnING OF TIE TEAMS.
BY WILLIAM PEET

Before the smallest crowd OF the sea-
son yesterday Washington and ST. Louis
battled twelve innings. the score stand
ing TO l. when Umpire Egan called the
game in order that the Browns might
catch their train for Philadelphia
Barney Petty and Bob Groom absorbed
all Of the spot light, and both twlrled
alright ball The contest soon devel-
oped into a pitchers battle, which Groom
should have won. as he had all the best
Of the encounter
A lucky high fly by Ferris in the sew
enth, which the wind carried out Of
Lelivelt's reach, went for a home run.
when the ball landed several feet from
the porch Of the clubhouse in right field
and hoped in
Petty although hit harder than Groom.
was about as effective HIS curves swept
the corners and completely baGIed our
leading right-hand swatters
Donohue Hits Timely.
The Browns thought they had the game
locked up in the ice box and the key
thrown away until a right smart batting
rally by the home folks in the ninth lied
the score. Jiggs Donohue proved his
worth as a pinch hitter by smashing the
ball 10 deep right field for a two-bagger
and scoring Lelivelt after two had been
retired
Bob Groom deserves all the good things
we can possibly say about him. Six
scattered hits was all he allowed, and
when men were on the bases and a safe
wallop would have wrought havoc. the
lanky one frightened up like the skin on
dried apple. Stone and Hoffman. the
best hitters on the St Louis club. were
pOwerless before GrOom's speedy glants
Each OF them faced Bob six times Hoff-
man failed 20 pull down anything that
even Cleveland scorer could call a hit.
while Stone did manage to squeeze in
single during the twelfth inning.
The real features Of the game included
spectacular running catches by Lelivelt
and Browne, and Bob Groom's twO-bag-
ger. his second safe swat since PLAYING
in the big league. As an added feature
II might be mentioned that CLYDE Milan
dropped a hy In left field; this incident is
classed as a feature because Clyde never
nuns EN-. The miscue however did no
damage. in fact none Of the errors made
by either team counted in the run hunt.
Browns FIJI Bases.
The Browns really never had a good
chance TO score except possibly in the
eighth. when the bases were fun and
two were gone. with Jimmy Williams at
the bat. grounder TO Conroy killed Jim
my. and St Louis chances faded out Of
sight
George Mcbride batted in hard luck In
the ninth. when DonOhue. or rather Kel-
ley, who was elected to run for him. was
on second. George hit the ball on the
nose. and it struck Hobe Ferris glove on
bee line, going at the rate Of about
mile second. Six inches either way and
the game would have been over-tucked
away safely In the local stronghold.
For six innings there was no excite
ment- The crowd sat back patiently and
watched the two pitchers fight It out
Both were going at top speed. and the
wise ones had a bunch that a cold sup
per at home would be their portion.
Williams opened St. Louis seventh by
swinging three times into space Ferris
drove out a slyscraper In the direction
Of Lclivelt The wind carried the ball
some distance and Lelivelt could not
gauge H. He made a wild lunEe at the
sphere as it landed over his head. bound
ed straight for the porch Of the club
house, a sassy little bound. and then
good-night-the bali was out OF sight.
while Ferris logged around the sacks. the
most unpopular ball player on the
grounds.
The Nationals tried desperately to get
hack this run in their half Of the sew
enth and in the eighth, but Petty was in
vncible. In the ninth, Unglaub first up.
flied to stephens. and Delahanty was
killed, Wallace 20 Jones'
LeliVclt Beats hunt.
The bleacherites started to leave for
home, but most Of them decided to wait
and see what Lelivelt would do. Jack.
instead Of trying to kill the leather. rolled
bunt. a la George Browne. down the
third-base path. and reached frst almost
before Petty got 10 the ball. Manager
Joe sent in Jigger DOnohue 10 bat for
ConrOy, and this move saved the day. for
Jigger after two strikes had been called.
drove the ball out Of Hartzelrs reach in
right just a few feet inside the foul line
back Of the bleachers Lelivelt did some
tall hustling, and crossed the plate while
Jiggs reached second. The little knot of
rOcters broke loose with n vengeance.
making up in noise what they lacked in
numbers. Speed Kelley was chased out
to run FOR Donohue. and McBrides liner
to Ferris, as described above, choked on
further runs.
Single for UngIaub.
The next three innings proved unevent-
full UngHub SGT to first on a clean lift
In the eleventh, but Delehanty's grounder
forced him at second. Del swiped the mid
station. and lift by Lelivelt would have
turned the tide. but Jack fled out to
Stone.
In the twelfth. after Kelley and Nc
Bride had gone. Blankenship cracked out
C pretty two-bagger, and Aiiueg was sent
N 20 bat for Groom Right here a hit