The Washington herald., 1909-06-29

Boston and Washington fought Il out 20
the end in the Nationals ball yard yes
terday afternoon. the visitors winning
out IN the final inning after having nearly
clinched the game In the early sessions.
Score, s 10 3.
II was the Nationals final chance before
a trip Of months duration, and every
player tried his best to help cop the
game. After smiling geniany or them IN
the late rounds of the game. Dame For
tune frowned severely at the finish and
eitowed their opponents the tantaIizing
lead OF a single tally.
For six innings the game was slow and
uninteresting, without a single feature to
create excitement But when trouble
came, Il arrived with a rush With the
score to . against them in the eighth
session. the Nationals pOunced ubon
Pitcher Wood. who up 10 this time was a
complete puzzle, driving him to the tim
Oers and finishing up on one Mr. Steele
Tor the necessary runs TO even up mat
ters.
Johnson n Failure.
At this juncture Capt Donohue. who
held the reins IN the absence Of Manager
Cantillon, saw a chance 10 clinch the
game. and sent the redoubtable Walter
Johnson 20 save the day.
There are times when the Idaho phe-
nom fails TO deliver the goods and yester-
day was one of them. The visitors man
aged 10 bunch a couple Of bingles for the
necessary tally, and a sadly disappointed
crowd made for the gates.
Nick Altrock Informed the manager. be-
fore the game that he felt as If he could
trim the bunch that mangled his shoots
last Thursday. He gained his point and
was sent to the mound to turn the trick.
He failed. but again proved that he is
good for many more turns in the box.
The visitors managed 10 hit him freely.
but most OF the bingles were Of the horse
shoe variety. The handsome slabrnan was
forced 10 contend with one piece Of hard
luck after the other. To clap the cllrnax.
he was hurt running to the initial sacl, in
the seventh inning by cclliding with Jake
Stahrs outstretched hand. In the eighth
he retired in favor of Bob Groom without
loss OF confidence, but greatly discour-
aged.
For six innings, Wood, who was op
posed 70 him, pitched excellent ball Tor
Boston. allowing but two bingIes. one Of
which was decidedly scratchy. In the
seventh. he showed the effects OF a re-
cent surgical operation. and was forced
10 retire. Steele. who served them over
during q part OF an inning. was given
a dizzy reception, sacrifice fly and a
timely bingle resulting in two runs for
the Nationals.
Players Are Injured.
Players FGessler. Of the Boston club
and Conroy, OF Washington. were slight
" injured. In going after Delehanty's
long drive IN the first inning. the Boston
player ran into the right field bieachers.
inJuring his hand 70 such an extent that
he was forced 20 retire.
In the eighth inning Conrov was
struck on the head by a ball thrown
Wildly by Street in an attempt to catch
runner. The game was delayed for
several minutes while the wound was
dressed.
Locals Score First.
Washington scored first. tauylng once
In the opening inning. Milan worked
Wood for base. Conroy laid down A
neat sacrifice. UngIaub forced Milan AZ
third Delehanty, the next the face
Pitcher Wood. connected with q straight
one for long drive 10 the left field
bleachers. scoring Unglaub.
The visitors came back strong IN the
second. Thoney grounded out 10 Nc
Bride. stahl contributed the visitors
first hit & Texas Lacquer. over second.
Wagner connected for long fly TO deem
left which Lelivelt misjudged. stahl
scored and Wagner reached third.
After short consultation. Messrs.
AltrOck and Street decided 70 mass
Spencer, who has been swattinz the ba1
for keeps. and to take a chance on
Pitche Wood. He furnished the goods
in the nature Of a teaser which wended
its course toward shortfeld. Wagner
crossed the pan with the second tally OF
the inning.
The Red Sox scored again in the fourth
on successive hits by Wagner and
Spencer
Both teams went out in quick order un-
I'll the seventh when Woods unexpected
ascension resulted in another for the
locals. Lelivelt's double and Streets
timely single brought this one The Ma
tionals had chance to score another
when Altrock contributed bingle. How
ever. Milans best effort was a sod cut
ter 10 Mcconnell.
Boston added two more in the eighth.
wh.se Washington went one better. For
the Red SoX. Hooper was passed, and ad-
vanced to second on Thoney's sacrifice. and
reached third on Stahls infield hit Hoop
er scored on WagneT's third contribu-
ton in the blngle line, Stahl reaching
third. Niles sacrifice fly sent Stahl over
the plate.
Nationals Tie the Score.
In the Nationals half OF the inning
Conroy singled, reached second on IN
glaub's out to short. and scored on Dele
hanty's hit TO right. Dcnohue followed
with a drive that bounded over first
At this point Wood sounded the signal OF
distress, and Steele was sent to stop the
onslaught He. too, was unequal 10 the
occasion. Delehanty scored on Nc
Brides sacrifice fly to right, and Dono-
hue followed suit on Lelivelts lucky bingle
over second. Lelivelt attempted TO steal
second and was nabbed for the third out.
Lords two-bagger. followed by Hooper's
single. furnished the winning tally for the