The Washington herald., 1909-04-29
Yesterdays RESULTS.
Washington. .; Philadelphia, =.
Detroit, :; Cleveland I.
Boston, IZg New York, z.
GAMES TO-DAY.
Detroit At Cleveland.
-, Louis NJ Chicago.
New York at Boston.
GAMES TODAY
sTANDING OF THr TEANs
By WmLIAaI PEET.

~ ~ AA-A4A=NaA
The down-tredden worm viii turn afte,
a while. and yesterday was Washington
day 10 turn at the expense OF the Phil
adelphia Athletics. score 3 10 .. in ter
innings
Some SEQ fans parted with gate monel
10 witness the struggle. and had Oppor
Jgnities galore in which 10 give ven
10 their peRt-up feelings.
Showing a complete reversal OF form
the Nationals put up the article Of which
CsnuIlon has been boasting ever sine,
Christmas
Rube Vickers. the first white elephant
TO face the locals. was Wild at critica
stages. although he allow only foll
hits Brilliant fielding behind him KEEP.
the score down.
COombs. Who followed. celebrated hi
entrance into the game. while batting 70,
vickers in the seventh. by jumping OF
one OF Croom's fast shoots for a Two
bagger 10 the right field fence, sending
Strnk IN ahead Of MIN and sewing u
The game for the time being
DeIehanty Hitting at Last.
Thanks 10 Jim Delehanty. who has ap
parently found his batting eye. a tinell
double in the tenth made the goins
trescherous for Pitcher Ccombs. as In
glasb. the preceding hitter. connected TO
a single. and reached third on Del.
crash TO deep center. Otis Clymer wa.
walked on purpose, rIing the bases. Wit
nobody out. COnrOy hit sharp gTUundel
10 Baker, who slammed the ball home q
Thomas The throw was high. and u
order 20 nab Jhe ball Thomas stepped Of
the plate Just q second before UnslaU'
crossed T with the winning run
The Washington fans were delignte,
with the showing or Bob Groom. las
seasons Pacific Coast star. the tall fel
low had all sorts Of speed and his wide
Quick-breaking curves puzzled the Wis
itCrs not a little.
The game vas rerIete with fancy field
ing stunts. and just enough hitting bl
both sides 20 keep the fans n a Happy
mood The empires had their trouble.
on account Of the many close decisions
Nichols for The Athletics put up Z
wonderful game Al short. accepting
eleven hard chances out OF twelve ing
laub's work for the Nationals was alsC
Of high order
Groom Retires Visitors.
The visitors went down easily in tbs
first inning. but Washington managed "a
send one man across the rubber-a' base
on halls 10 Gan,ey by Vickers Being
mainly responsible. McBride's sacrifice
moved GanIev 10 second. UnglaUb's rs
10 Strunk gave MIN third ana I'D
pitch let him home
In the second inning. the Athletics
came back strong. Davis drove the bal
Cve- 1Iilsn-s hes TWO bases, Baker
sacrifice sent the -un1er o. third StrUns
VOks5 hot EroUudCT 10 JnElaUb who
would easily have ninped Davis al the
Plate had De taken time with his throw.
The bali came high. and Davis sid safely
under Streets legs
The Nationals forged ahead in tHeiI
half Of the second CIymer died on a
crounde- 10 Collins. but Conroy singled
10 left, stole second. took third on Milan s
out. Nichols 20 Davis. and came home
on passed ball
With the score standing . 20 1. IN favor
~ Canullon's crew the pitchers tishtened
ND and nothing happened until the sew
euth. when StrUnk beat out a bunt. took
second on tnDll1S SaCrl4ce. InO scored
on Coomb-s two bagEer 10 The right field
fence The latter tired 20 reach third on
the wallop. but was thrown out.
Game Is Won in Tenth
Washington won the game in the tenth
by clean hitting and snsppy base run
ming Bakers throw 10 the plate would
have retired Cnglaub. had the former re-
covered his balance. while Milan and
Street. who followed. had previously
failed TO get safe hits. and a double
play would have put an entirely different
aspect on things. Coombs is also
blamed by several of his team for pur-
posely walking Clymer during the tenth
inning.
In the sixth Nichols was spiked in the
left ankle while covering third. Clymer
Sid iato him at terrific clip. and It was
al first thought that the bone might
have been broken. but a hasty examina-
zion showed only a slight cut. and the
plUcky ShOTtstOp finished Out The game
The Score.
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