Evening star., 1909-06-27
NATIONALS PUT UP
A L|STLESS GAME
Absence of 'CantiIIon Takes
Life Out of Locals and Bos-
tons Win Easily.

Flat pale and uninteresting are the
adiectives which might well be associated
in describing in a general way the ex-
hibition furnished at the National Ball
Park yesterday by the locals and the
Boston Red Sox. Not alone because the
locals lost was the contest listed in the
soggy class, but it was devoid of both
snap and ginger, which is the greatest
attraction of the national pastime, ana
the session spread itself through nine
weary innings and the major portion OF
two hours without producing one thrill
or even one new blister on Frenchys ap-
plause- hardened hands. Added TO this
Umpires O'Loughlin and Perrine. after
their verbal castiSation in the pubic
prints for manifest unfairness to the
Washington team and the dissemination
OF the news that formal protest against
them had been made to Ban Johnson
president of the American League were
as tame as pair or white mice, ana Tue
crowd did not even nave the oppoFtuhitS
of yoiclng dISpleaSure at any tniflS saw
the past performances OF tne Two di "
traitors When the curtain descended
after the last act the BUstonese hau pus
seven dents in the registering coihei'
wnile the locals hau only tnree lailles "
their credit.
from the opening round until the last
National had expired, Spitter ochi.Aei'
the Athletics caSt-oI, VINO oiu Tue '"A1-
ing Tor the visilors seemed 10 nave HltIe
or nothing on the Dali, yet ne Mo- d cohA-
paral,yeIy easy time ulSposlng Oh Marse
Jue's boys. only SIX hlts We're Hiaue oAl
his de.lvery, anu most oI THESE oil6ies
came IN TWO innings during the ldtel
periods of the game and aIter the heu
81, oaa a commanding iead. 4 base OH
bans To Uononue in the locais hall " TIE
fourth was PRIMARILY Responsible ior lhe
1aitIIio4lIes inst fu.i, liinush !. iIiu.. i' ~
successive hits by Mcbride anu Lensvl.
ana a Sacrlnee Hy Dy Street 10 AAah1
uring the JlSger across the PAN NC
BrIue and Le,ivelt We're sun decorating
second and nrSt, respectively "heh
l,ugi,es enoed tins inning by sending
Ciouuscraper 10 GeSslef.
Dels Timely Double.
Nothing further transpired in the locals
Camp until the eighth round and then
singles by Milan and Cnglaub, Two
bagger by Delehanty and an infeld out
produced two more runs. In only Two
other innings of tile game did the Wash
inyton bunch assume anything like a
threatening attitude. Two were out IN
the second round when Mcbride drew
pass and Lelivelt tapped hlgn pounuer
To Wagner and reacned the lnitial sach
by an ants whisker. But both We're
left when Street sent a roller TO McCon-
nell Lelivelt had expired, SchlltZer TO
Stahl in the ninth inning, when street
went to first on Wagners error. Blank
enship batting for Hughes, popped an
easy one to Lord, and Milan drew pass.
but again the two runners were anchored
when Conroy skied to deep center.
Plenteous swatting of the horsehide'
plus wobbles by the Washington heiders'
and bases on balls at lnopportune mo-
ments were assembled in one general
hodge-podge to produce the Red Sox VIC
tory. incidentally 1t might be mentioned
that Long Tom Hughes soaked two bat
ters In the ribs in the ninth inning when
his usually faithful out-shoot talled 70
break, and one run resulted therefrom
But this is scarcely worth mentioning,
because Manager Freddie Lake had care
fully slowed the victory In his strong
box before the ninth was played, and this
additional run was not needed.
Gray Didn't Last Long.
Gray started to serve the slants for
Marse Joe, but he vanished via the der
rick route after pitching only one and
one-third innings In this time he issued
n pass, committed the error Of juggling
Lords would-be sacrifice. and permitted
two hits Two runs resulted from the
base on balls and the error and Jake
Stahl's bingle In the first inning, and
Gray gave way to Hughes after opening
the second. by permitting wagner 10
send a liner against the clubhouse for
two sacks. and hitting Niles with a
pitched ball. Both runners advanced
base when Hughes signalized his arrival
by uncorking a wild pitch, and wagner
counted from third while Hughes was
throwing out Schlitzer at first.
Two more runs were added to the Lake
jtes' total in the third round on hits by
Hooper and Gessler and a sacrifice ny by
the same old Jake" Gesslers hit went
lOl n Ii
turned a handspring. three flipflops and a
cartwheel in an effort to head on the ball.
Bob Repeated.
Just to show that it could be done twice
In the same place. Unglaub helped
Schlitzer's hit In the fourth round to
count for three bases by again rolling on
the lawn. Schlitzer might easily have
made home run on this swat by speed
ing up trife. but IL was evident he was
saving himself for further work on the
firing line IN the renal ming innings. He
was left at third when Lord hit easy
bounder to Delehanty.
Mcdonnell. who drew three passes in
five times at bat. opened the seventh in
ming by taking first on gift. and he
straightway stole second. and kept right
on 10 third when Streets wild throw
went through Mcbride. From this corner
he scored easily on Hoopers drive to
center. Three Bostonese were left strand
Cd on the sacks in this same round Cess
Ter and Wagner also drew passes, but
Niles ended the inning by sending a long
ny to Milan.
Ringer plays were pulled off by Dono-
/ hue and Milan in the ninth inning, and
these two bits of brilliant fialdinG were
b the sole bright spots in a Nstless game
Jiggs earned his medal by running far
down the right field foul line for Lord 5
ny. while Milan killed a sure three-bag-
ger off Gessler's bat by running into deep
! left field and pulling down the ball
Hooper. who was the first of two batsmen
to be hit by Hughes scored from second
on Wacner's two-base drive along the
/, left field foul line. Stahl tried TO score
from first on the same hit. but was nailed
at the plate on LelivAlt's perfect heaye.
Following is the official score:
WASHINGTON. A.B r. II. o. A. r.
Milan: cf--........... 2 I ! . 9