The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-13
Rr WILLIAM PEET.

The Columbia 1O baseball team. COM
posed OF Washington typos. upset al cal
culations yesterday by winning the open
ing game OF the annual printers tourna-
ment at National park. putting Philadel-
phia Chapel, No. p down for the count, 9
to g.
The contest was ragged in spots. but
developed into one Of those old-fashioned
thrillers and last night the streets were
filled with local printers hardly able to
talk above a whisper
During the early stages OF the battle It
looked like the Quaker City lads would
sweep the home team off the baseball
map, A left-handed finger named Lang
was putting something on the ball our
boys could not hit When the Columbia
team went TO bat in the sixth the score
stood to IN favor of the visitors. Lang
got his bumps in this chapter good and
plenty. Five clean hits in row scored
four runs and the game was sewed up.
When the eighth opened for Washington
Pitcher Weaver won his own game with
a pretty single. scoring two runs on the
wallop.
Umpire Eddie Handiboe was master Of
the situation at all stages. and because
the visitors took exception 20 one OF his
statements fired Kiefer. the Philadelphia
crack third sacker. out Of the game for
back talk. A shift had 70 be made. and
the Quaker City boys lay their defeat ct
the door Of Umpire Handiboe. AS a mat
ter OF fact, the Jump was acting within
D. ~ In, .,
impartial manner
Likely Looking Team.
The Philadelphia team presented a
much better looking infeld than the
home nine. Byrnes. Huppi. and Kiefer
played great ball and looked so good that
many a curious one in the grandstand
wanted TO have a look "a their union
cards. They are printers in good stand
Ing, IL was learned after the same, and
in addition are corking fine ball players.
Catcher lyman also put UP a grand
game behind the bat.
For the Columbia printers Walter Ball
was very much in the limelight. One
minute he would lose the game with a
bum error and the next time he came to
bat would crack out a hit and score a
run. Weaver pitched a steady game, in
spite Of the poor support. and, as stated
in the foregoing. his hit In the eighth
turned the tide for the local boys.
Columbia 101 deserves a lot OF credit
for winning this game They came across
with safe wallops when needed, and
ran bases in good shape. To all ap-
pearances the Quaker City typos had a
much stronger team.
The features included the work OF the
visiting infield and a sensational one-hand
stop which later completed a double play
by Shields, the Washington third sacSer.
Big Crowd on Hand.
A good big crowd turned out, and the
roofing was the real stuff. A band OF
music also helped enliven the scene.
In philadelphia first inning Byrne
raped a pretty single to left, and on the
hit-and-run play Huppi drove the ball
through shortstop. Kiefer hit to Ball
who slammed TO the plate, catching
Byrne, but Suess threw, the ball a mile
over Eletts head IN an attempt 10 mai
Kiefer at second Before the pill could
be recovered both Hupp and Kiefer
crossed the plate.
Philadelphia added a tally in the third
on an error by Ball, stolen base. sacri
fee. and Kiefer's pop fly. which wa lost
| in the sun out of Ellett's reach.
A ray of hope came the Columbis
Printers way in the third, when aftei
Thornburg had led of with a hit anC
was caught trying to steal second Weavei
walked. Wood singled and Ball followed
with safe drive TO center, which Angus
tine threw wide to the plate, Weaver anC
| Wood counting
II looked as II the jig was up in Phila
] delphias fourth, when three large. juicl
tallies fioated over the plate. lyman wal
safe on Shields error; Lang was hi
by pitched ball, and both he and Tynal
pulled of the double steal to perfection
Walton banged to left for a two-bagger
scoring lyman and Lang. The next tw,
died. but Augustine came across with
single, sending in Walton. This ende,
\ the visitors scoring, for Weaver set
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