The Washington herald., 1909-06-19
srANnfNG OF THE TEAMS.


blaze Of championship form in the final
game with the St Louis Browns out at
the park yesterday afternoon. At the
finish they were 20 the good by the score
OF TO o.
An five tallies were gathered IN the
second and seventh rounds. four as the
result Of a continuation Of q welcome
batting streak on the part OF our nifty
addition, George Browne.
Twice the blond-top youth was called
upon to show the goods with two sacks
occupied. and each time he proved the
man for the occasion.
On the first attempt long drive that
was bound for the right field fence was
his contribution. George attempted 10
reach the third sack on the hit. but a
fast and accurate throw from the vet
eran guardian OF the patch proved his
undoing.
Hughes in Form.
There were others who had q finger in
the pIa Tom Hughes, our Western hoo
doc. who finished Wednesdays game IN
great style for the locals. looked good
to Cantillon- II he WASN'T there yester-
day he never was. The veteran proved
that he is anything but all IN, as touted
by the Society OF Washington Knockers.
He held the Browns 70 FIVE bingles. two
OF which were OF the gift variety. He
had excellent control. his only offense
coming in the third session. when he in
troduced one Of his fast ones 20 the ribs
OF Mr.. McAleese.
George Mcbride, Bob Unglaub. and
"Jiggs" Donohue furnished several sen
sational fielding stunts that added greatly
to the interest Of the afternoons activ.-
ties
In the seventh and again in the final
session our speedy shorthelder blasted
the ambitions OF the opponents with won
derful stops Of what were meant for
clean drives.
In the ninth he leaped at least two
feet in the air and stabbed Ferris drive.
that otherwise would have netted the
Brownie two or possibly three bags.
Unglaubs work at second made the
fans forget that Delehanty was out OF
the game. He accepted seven chances.
and seven difficult ones at that
DOnOlue IN Lime euSht.
Donohue came into the limelignt IN the
final inning, when he stopped with his
unglOved hand a fast one from the bat OF
Griggs. NcAleer's latest acquisition.
'Dode'' Criss. who plays a double role
for the visitors. was looked upon by the
st. Louis boss 10 cop the final game from
the Nationals. Criss was rather stingy
scattered His wiIdness was also respon-
sible for brace Of the hits credited 10
the Nationals.
Nationals Score Two.
Washington tailed twice in the second,
after two had been retired via the strike
out route. Street waited while Criss
served over four wide ones. Long Tom
Hughes walked to the place with the air
OF the slugger. and the outfelders. wise
10 the big fellows old tricks, moved back
a tribe But Sir Thomas fooled 'em all,
and 3 few others at that. by laying down
neat one and beating the throw to first
Then came George Browne with the
big stick that has been a terror to the
visiting slabmen for the past few weeks.
George was there. as he has been on
several occasions.
On a clean drive to right. two run
ners crossed the pan before the ball was
relayed to the infield Browne was
nabbed at third for the third out after
nervy try to stretch his hit into a
triple.
The visitors threatened to score in the
following round. after two were retired
IN rather easy fashion. Hughes hit Nc
Aleese. Hartzell followed with q Texas
Lacquer. advancing McAleese to third. A
hit at this point would have meant two
runs and at the same time have put the
teams on even terms. Griggs was the
batter and he kindly relieved the fans
with a tap that was easy for Wild Con-
roy.
The Lucky Seventh
The Browns made a nervy attempt TO
score n the seventh with two singles in
rather quick succession. The rally was
short lived. as Hughes frightened Up.
much to the disgust OF the visitors.
In the next half OF the inning, the Ma
tionals showed their opponents a few
things more. Criss started the trouble by
hitting Milan. Nick Altrock. who. by
the way. made his debut as an outhelder,
followed with a skyscraper TO deep cen
ter. McAleese caught the ball. but al
lowed II 20 slip through his fingers, the
former White Sox reaching first Milan
took advantage OF the muff by clearing
the circuit Tom Hughes again came
forward with his mighty pole and set the
fans crazy with a slashing double 10
right. Altrock was a little slow in get
ting around and only got as far as third.
Once more George Browne walks to the
plate. Perfect silence; another clean
drive to right. and two runners crossed