Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25
ShaWen's Smash Over River Bank
Scores Deciding Run IN
Ninth Inning.
RECORD CROWD OUT FOR GAME
Close And Exciting Contest Keeps
Interest and Excitement Of Fans
at Fever pitch-Reynoids Pitches
Well, Retiring Ten Of Smuggling
Athletics Via as Route.

Before the largest crowd tHdt mas
gathered AT the casino park this sea
son, the North Enders. defeated the
Athletics yesterday afternoon by
margin of 2 TO l iii gruelling and
heart breaking battle. Twice the Ath-
letics threw victory away by reck-
less base running and Once-in the
sixth inning Parker well
nigh snatched the game from the
North Enders by one of the most re-
markable decisions even given on a
ball field.
Wierd heaves. the first by Wolfe
and the second by Rice, allowed each
team 10 score one count in the early
frames and when the ninth chapter
rolled around the score was knotted-
An extra session doomed on the hori-
ION. but Nexsen opened the farewell
round with a clean drive to left and
raced TO third when patfN- failed 10
cover second on Sturdevants throw.
Harry Shaver then smashed one OF
Hautz's offerings down the river bank
for a double and Nexsen walked home
with what proved to be the winning
run.
AS the slugging Athletics still had
another chance at bat in the last hai1
of the ninth. the North End rooters
were still on the anxious bench, put
Tom Reynolds retired Mountcastle
via the Us route and Charlie Powell
made a hair-raising catch OF Lana 5
corking line-drive TO left center
Read. the slugger, chopped one down
the first base line and beat II out
However. he turned the wrong way
in returning TO the bag and OHara
touched him. Nearly everyone Thought
the game was ended, but when Rey-
nolds threw TO first after fielding the
ball. the leather hit Wolfe's glove
bounced off and struck Umpire Ray
field. Therefore. Read was safe and
the game continued. Patton lifted a
sky-fy behind shortstOp and Harry
ShaWen ended the game by nabDlng
it.
From the very outset the game
was a pitchers battle between Tom
REYNOLDS and "Butch" HautZ. VINO
made his debut for the Athletics. Key
nolds had slightly the better OF the
argument, allowing only five singles
and striking out ten men. He walked
one Hautz was touched for SIX
singles and two doubles and famed
only two. but he did not issue d
single pass.
In the sixth round the North End
ers began laying the ball down and
Hughes Powell and NeXsen beat out
hunts. Hughes counting when Rice
threw Powelrs bunt in the river:
With Powell at second, Nexsen lalo
one down the third base line and
DOC" Sturdevant thought it would
roll foul. It didn't however, and Mex
sen was safe a mile. Simpson, VINO
was on the first base coaching line
ran toward the home plate when
Nexsen hunted and several minutes
afterwards Sturdevant threw 10
first Umpire Parker called Nexsen
ont on the ground that Simpson nad
drawn the throw to first by running
from first base home. North End
protested and Captain Reynolds noti-
fed the umpire that the game was
being PLAYED under protest.
Rell. the Athletics new first sack
or PLAYED a great game and saved tne
Athletics infieIders from dozen via
thrown by making sensational one
handed catches at first. Sturdevah'
also played well behind the pat
l. Il