Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-30
NATIONALS PLAY
LIKE A BALL. CLUB
Put Up Fine Exhibition and
Break Even in Double
Header With Chicago.

The Washington players pulled them-
selves together yesterday in the douoie-
header with Chicago, played IKE rea'
hal, club. captured the first battle 10
.. and lost the second by only one rum
. to 1.
The transformation of the Nationals can
be attributed solely TO the good WORK VI
the twirlers Walter Johnson worked III
something like his true form IN the lhltidi
contest and Oberlin had but one PAD IN
ming when hard drive by White TO 'iie
center field fence drove in the oniy l"o
rms scored by the White Sox.
I'm the field, the locals outplayed the
visitors in the first game, having only
wv, misplays chalked up against liiei"
,,,bile the Sox had four. and In the SET
,,d b,,t one error developed In the game
a tumble by Conroy.
There was only small bahd OF IN.
faithful on hand to see the gaines, ~ t
q continuation of yesterday Moih .,s
the Nationals will soon bring PACK tne
lovers of the game VINO ulSiiho
their favoriteS beaten.
Sox First to Score.
The White Sox were the first TO oreah
the ice in the initial struggle. setthhs
RIM over the plate in the second HILLS
Johnson scraped Doughertys sleeve win
the ball and Patrick ambied 10 hrs'. VI
,eu then famed and Dougherty got puss,
stealing second. because no one covered
tbe bag 10 take Streets perfect throw.
Tnnnahil1 followed with a single to right
and Dougherty came all the way nome.
Morning daunted by the handicap, the
Nationals came right back In the tuiIu
inning and tied up the score TO me So ntl
acclaim of the onlookers. Mcbride reach-
GA first on PurtelPs tumble and went 10
second after Dougherty had captured
Johnson's long fly. Browne slhsleu oaSl
second and Donohue surprised everypoas
nv LAYING down safe bunt- McbIue
niayed them safe by remaining on thlru-
I-nslaub then hit long fly to Dousherly
and Mcbride scored easily on the ou..
Delehanty closed the inning with ny 10
center. -. - tho
front. scoring an additional run, ana
were never headed thereafter. Johnson
reached first in safety when Parent
threw badly to 1sbell, and Went 10 So
ond on Brownies roller to lsbell. Donohue
followed with a bunt and Isbel dropped
owens throw. Johnson taking tnird
Mr.. JTnglaub was there again with tnat
sacrifice thing a long fly TO DousneI,s.
and Walter scooted over the piate oh 'no
out.
Conroy's Bad Mistake.
Wild conroy lost his bearings In the
eighth inning, and as result the soA
tied UP the score. with Two
down. Isbell doubled to left, and
then Dougherty shot a grounder to Con-
roy. Thinking only one was out. via
tried to chase Isbell back to second. and
then on a hasty throw sent Ine
hall over Donohue's head lsbell
scored on the error and Dougherty went
to second White then batted in Purtells
place, but was passed. and Deiehanty
closed the inning with SVEN eaten OF
Tannehilrs fly to right field. :,
C,onroy tried to even up things with
bit in the same inning with two on
bases, but his long fly, almost to the
fence in left, was finally pulled In by
Dougherty after long run
ninth, and everything was forgiven.
Street started with a fly to Dougherty.
but Mcbride worked a base on Daiis anu
took second on Brownies single TO r1sht.
A new recruit from the Atlantic League
OF the name of Miller then walked to
the bat in place of Donohue. who had
dropped out in the inning previous, and
with plenty of nerve hit high bounder
first in safety, filing the bases. BOD
Unglaub then very kindly tore OF a
pretty line single into center, and little
George scampered over the plate with
the winning run.
Second Game a Fast One.
After rest Of ten minutes the second
battle started, with Frank Smith on the
rubber for the White Sox and Oberlin
doing the honors fer the Nationals.
Both pitchers performed splendidly un-
til the sixth inning. when Oberlin got
himself in bad by handing out a base on
balls to Parent. Isbel followed with a
single to left, and Dougherty pushed
both runners along with neat sacrifice.
Our old college chum. Mr. G. Harrison
White then had to butt into the game
and break it up for the locals by sousing
a tremendous drive against the center
field fence that was good for three bases
and which pushed both Parent and Isbell
over the rubber.
Another New Pitcher
Oberlin pitched the seventh and eighth
innings in clever style and then gave way
TO new aspirant for pitching honors Of
the name of Oil, who worked in the last
round, retiring the Sox runless.
The Nationals came to the bat In the
ninth inning with the score standing 2
10 and with very small hopes of doing
anything with Frank Smiths delivery,
but a grand surprise developed after
Browne and Donohue had been retired.
Jnglaub tore off a single into left and
Jim Delehanty didn't do a thing but slam
the ball against the right field fence for
three bases, scoring Cnglaub. 1t was up
10 Milan 10 tie UP the score, but his best
was a roller 10 -AtZ, and he died at first,
closing the struggle.
Following are the official scores of both
games:
FIRST GAME.