The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-05-22
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
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Cleveland. Ohio. May 1.-From q Wash
most prominently in the defeat Of the
Nationals to-day was Umpire KERN. one
Of Ban Johnson's recruit arbitrator.
Cleveland won the game by TO /. Just
what the result might have been had It
not been for Kerin's queer work never
VIII be known.
When Cleveland went to the bat in the
sixth inning Washington led by the score
Of l to O. Goode. first man up. hit over
Milan's head for three bases Bradley
tried 10 coax a pass from Groom. and
soon II stood three and two. Groom put
the next straight over. waist high. and
Bradley looked disguised until KERN told
him 10 go 10 first base. Street yelled.
NO. Nor Then KERN waved him 20
the bench, and Blankenship took his
place
Turner nit TO Mcbride and was out az
first. Goode sticking TO third Lord lift
70 Mcbride also, and this time Goode
dug for home Blankenship. however
was not as quick getting the ball on the
runner as Street would have been. and
KERN called Goode safe. while the Ma
tionals tossed their gloves in the air IN
derision- Then Lajoie hit TO Conroy. who
tried for Bradley at home. Bisnkenship
dropped the ball. but KERN alleged that
Bradley beat the throw anyway
This gave the Maps the lead and threw
the Nationals into the air. and It was not
surprising that they took a mild sscen-
/ sion and allowed Cleveland TO score two
more IN the eighth, or a scratch hit,
another hit worked according to the hit
and run signal. a stolen base. an infisid
out. and the squeeze play
Groom Has Good Control.
Falkenberg and Groom were the op-
posing pitchers. The former Washington
finger and the Coast recruit rather
evened up things as TO effectiveness. but
Groom had the better control and had
Lot Street been removed from the game
he might have pulled out a victory. Il
was Falkenberg's first game this year
and he kept the Nationals feeding the
! inhelders assists throughout the contest
He threw out six men himself. while La
joie cared for seven more Groom pitched
about the same sort Of a game. he having
six assists. Mcbride seven and Conroy
/ four. Only two flies we're hit TO the out
! field, Hinchman having one put-Out and
Browne one. Each came in the eighth in
ming
Capt. Donohue was again the man in
pinch for Washington. his two Dagger
/ in the fourth sending Conroy home with
the Nationals only run ConToy led the
visitors IN batting with three singles
Washington had a bit Of bad luck in
the fifth With one out Street singled.
Groom famed and Browne beat out a
bunt- COnrOy singled to right, and Street
would have scored but for the bound,
which took the ball right into Goodies
hands on the first hop Goode whirled
the ball home and Street backed up. This
left Browne stranded between second and
third. and he was nipped and the side
retired
UngIaub In Uniform.
Capt. Donohue said to-day that Milan
would be retained. Unglaub will be ks5t
also to Ill the utility roles He appeared
IN q uniform again to-day for the first
tine in ten days. The deal with Toledo
for the release Of Jerry Freeman has not
been completed
A Cleveland paper to-day printed a
Story TO the effect that Cleveland had
signed Pitcher Bloomfield. Of the Oakland
outlaw league team When this came to
the notice OF Manager Cantillon. Of the
Nationals. he said that Blankenship
signed Bloomfield 10 a Washington con-
tract last winter. but that Bloomfield had
refused to report