The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-06-23
srANpINa oF lie CLuBs.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS June q 1903.
Rr WILLIAM PEET.

Boston, Mass, June 22-Dropping both
games Of to-day's double-header TO Bos-
ton was bitter pill for Manager Nc
Aleer to swallow and the gloom is so
thick in the Nationals camp tonight
you could cut it with knife.
There was never much question about
the first game. Reisling was hit hard
with men on bases, while Cicotte was
always steady in the pinches. Boston
deserved their to victory. In the
second battle, with Walter Johnson
showing fine form, couple of weird de-
eisions by the umpires choked of the
Nationals chances TO cop the big end
of the score, and the Red Sox won in
the ninth when Jake Stahl smashed the
bail over Gesslers head with second and
third loaded, the final count being
to l.
Charley Smith, the former National,
was puzzle. McAleeT's brigade only
reached him for a quartet Of bingles
and these were well spread over the
nine rounds. Smith never pitched better
ball III his life than to-days exhibition.
Second Game In Detail.
Walter Johnson made monkeys OF the
Red Sox during the first four rounds.
Not a single batter reached first base.
On the other hand. the Nationals were
able To populate the bags in every inning
and put a run over the plate in the NTH,
which does not show in the tabuIated
score. This run. according to McAleer,
was perfectly legitimate, and Umpire
O'Loughlin is blamed for weak eye
sight Conroy led off the fifth with a
clean two-hagger into deep left. I'm
glaubs sacrifice sent Wild 10 third,
Street crashed TO Engle in deep center
and Conroy beat the throw home by six
feet. At this stage Lord, OF the Bos-
tons. yelled for KleInow TO throw the
ball to him at third. Lord touched the
bag and O'L0ughlin declared Conroy out
for failing to wait on the base until the
ny was caught.
The Washington players to a man de-
clare that OLoughln was dead wrong.
and losing this tally raised havoc with
the Nationals chances. In Washington S
seventh, after Gessler had died. Mcbride
singled to left, reached second, and came
all the way around TO third on COnroy' S
slow roller to Lord. Charley Smith in
serted a wild pitch ana Mcbride scored
Another Weird Decision.
The Red Sox tied the score IN the fina-
half of this stanza. A decision at the
plate brought the entire Washington club
around Umpire PerriBe protesting. Engls
led off this inning with single TO right
A wild pitch gave him the midway bag
Gardner almost knocked the props from
under Mcbride with a smoking grounder
with the result that Engle got to thirC
and Gardner was safe at first Levi!
dubbed a skyscraper 10 Milan. which the
little fellow caught after hard run. A
fine throw from deep center caught
Gardner al second before Engle. who /:
slow runner, could make the plate
This was the third out, and the players
all declare the run should not have
counted, but Perrine ruled otherwise anC
McAleer came very near being chased
out of the grounds for kicking
With the score a tie, Johnson had tbs
Red Sox at his mercy in the eighth, bu
in the ninth Speaker. batting for Lord
who had kicked himself out OF the game
protesting a strike decision, was hit il
the arm Hooper sacrificed and Mcbride
booted Engle's easy grounder, Stahl came
to the rescue with a wicked smash ovel
Gessler's head. and the game was over