The Washington herald., 1909-04-16
CANES TO-DAY.
oston at Washington.
Chicago at st. Louis.
Cleveland at Detroit.
New York at PHILADELPHIA.
sTANDING OF THE CLrRs-
BY WILLIAM PEET.

The New York Yankees greeted our
vest twirler Mr.. Groom. at American
, cague Park yesterday with open arms.
: .ey allowed him 10 iii the bases. and
, n a chap named Engle cracked out a
vO-bagger. and Mr.. Groom saw the re-
ainder Of the game from the bench.
1arley Smith taking UP the reins. Incl
,ntalIy, it might be mentioned that New
lrk won. 4 TO l.
While GrOom's wildness. due probably
nervousness. was in a measure respon-
.5le for defeat, il must not be forgotten
F. n the visiting twirler could not be ap-
Z coached for anything that resembled
1lsecutive batting after the first inning.
ok Quinn. the Richmond phenom. un-
Tered by Al Orth. was on the mound
Stallings' braves, and turned out TO
the star actor His spitban and con-
d had the Nationals guessing.
TwO-baEEer for CIymer.
IA the opening inning CIymer caught
: e first BAH pitched on the point Of the
w, smashing II TO right heId for two
sses. Milan died on a grounder 10
night, and Bob Unglaub's crash to short
ght scored the only tally Of the game
uinn was stingy with his old hits. and
II another Washington player saw third
Sc
canulion took every possible chance
to start something as the game was
-ewing 70 a close. Ganley went in TO
fOr Street in the eighth. and Gray
atted for Smith in that same inning;
e former flied out, but Gray delighted
e fans with a safe drive through
night
Bill Burns showed that he was in grand
'rm by working one inning in the box.
Though a bad start was gained. he
asily retired the side. and appeared 10
i've splendid control Blankenship went
ehind the bat. and was also warmly
-eeted by his old-time friends, the
.Oters.
Mcconnell made a spectacular stop
til his bare hand of a hot grounde-
ON Smiths bat in the eighth, while
onroy by quick work cut of a couple
runs at the plate These, in addition
clever work by Knight and Mcbride,
astituted the features Of the game.
Give Groom "A Chance.
The fans should not judge Groom by
showing yesterday. His wildness was
')stly. and under the conditions he look
like a fourth-rater alongside the other
-abmen; but then they all do when
lingS are breaking badly. Groom will
given plenty Of opportunity to redeem
-imself.
All five runs came in the opening
napier. Cree, first up for the visitors.
Falked, as did Keller Elberfeld stopped
speedy inshOot with his back, and
-ngle hit a beauty just inside the right
ED foul line for two bases, scoring
Nree and Keeler. Exit Groom and enter
smith. Mcconnell, the first man to face
harley, poked one past Freeman, on
which both Elberfeld and Engle crossed
% he plate. Ball, Knight, and Kleinow went
lown in order. The Nationals solitary
ally came as described in the foregoing.
4 curious mixup and the loss Of a run
Or the Highlanders came in the third.
Slberfeld walked and took third on En-
F. els two-bagger. Mcconnell famed and on
Sails sharp grOunder 10 Conroy the Kid
vas caught at the plate. Engle taking
aird. Knight came 10 bat and a minute
u
Streets arm and at the same time I'D
vent Knights bat. Streets throw was
high and Mcbride was unable 10 get
the ball home on the return throw.
ahead OF Engle. Umpire Evans called
knight out for interference and the run
aid not count. In jig time Evans was
sQrroundeG by the entire New York team
a raw deal and everybody talk
Ing az once. He waved them to the bench
after peremptOry warnings which Jack
kleinow failed TO heed. with the result
that he was put out Of the game and
Blair went in behind the bat.
Vice President sherman at Game.
An interested spectator at the game
was Vice President Sherman. who occu-
pied box 10. s. with party Of friends
including Senator Carter. Representative
Loudenslager, ex-Congressman SibIey. Of
Pennsylvania, and Cliff Bergman. MIR.
Sherman was seen after the game. and
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