The Washington herald., 1910-05-04
GROOM'S PITCHING
BEATS NEW YORK
LankyTwirlerin Fine FettIe.
Final Score, 8-3.
NATIONALS lombard DOYLE
McAIeer's Tribe Knock Yankee Slab
man Ont of Box in First Inning
and Score Five Runs-FOrd Does
Lot Better, hut Bob Groom
Holds HiEhInnderS Safe.

New York, May 3.-The Highlanders
went on the rocks in the fog and mist
to-day They were beaten by the Wash
ingtons, who made a complete job Of 1t.
Joe Doyle girded up his loins and Jared
forth 10 pitch for the New Yorks,
but Joe didn't prove an able seaman on
the New York craft, and il was due
largely TO his ineficiency that the New
Yorks lost. He was batted out of the box
in the first inning. and then and there
the Nationals strung together festoon
Of tallies ample enough 10 capsize the
New Yorks
Doyle had undulating curves but his
control wasn't good and his speed was
somewhat speedless. ~ many hits were
made off him in his brief regime OF one
third Of an inning as were made off Ford
in the eight and two-thirds innings Of
the latter's semester. The orb looked as
big as a push ball when Doyle sent II up
through the translucent mists which
fioated up from the Hudson, while the
well-controlled and Outlines side arm
pitching Of Bob Groom caused the globe
10 shrink 10 the size Of a golf ball as IL
threaded the haze past the New York
batters
HiEhInnderS Bunch Hits.
Except in one inning. when they
punched four hits. the Highlanders could
not cope with tower-hung deceivers Of the
Hon. Groom. They melted away after
that one short rally. The lively hitting
by the New Yorks in this inning. and
the lively hitting by the Washingtons IN
the first inning was about all the life
there was in the game Ii was uninter-
esting and poorly played mostly.
Jester Schaefer. the merry soul. crack
ed a few mots and wheezes. His wit.
while not exactly rapier like. Eushes
forth freely-when his team is ahead
but at such unpropitiOus times when
home rooters do not rise eagerly 20 the
bit Of humOr. However. the good fielding
Of Hemphill and Elberfeld was worthy
of better played game. Hemphil cover
ed lots Of ground, and the Kid picked
up ground balls cleanly and threw IN
erringly.
Milan started the local downfall with
a hit to short Schaefer hunted and
Chase handled the ball with poor
judgment. 1t did not come 20 him fast
enough for him 20 touch Schaefer out
on the line, but that IS what he tried
to do. When he threw TO Laporte. who
covered first, Schaefer was at the bag.
Sweeney made fine play of Lelivelt' s
short tap. forcing Milan al third. Elber-
g-1E d
Ter tore off a two-bagger 10 center, which
cleared the bases.
Unglaub walked. Roach booted a drive
from Mcbride. and again the bases were
all occupied A pass to Street forced In
Gessler. and Groom made hit because
Austin slipped on the wet grass. Groou's
hit scored Unglaub. Ford went in. and
Washington did not score again. Ford
passed Milan. but he was put out steal
ing, and Schaefer fouled out IN the sec
ond inning, Gessier hammered a triple
20 right and scored Elberfeld, who had
singled.
Groom Gets a single.
The only other inning in which the
Washingtons hit Ford was the sixth.
Groom plastered the left field vista with
clean single. Ford made a three-base
heave over first of Milan's smite. Groom
scoring. Rapid-fire relaying by Wolter
and Chase came pretty near getting
Groom at the plate. Milan traipsed in
from third on hit by Schaefer, Roach
lurchirg and falling as he was about 70
field the ball. Lelivelt met the ball
savagely, but lined to Roach and was
doubled along with Schaefer.
The New YOrks' runs in the fifth were
due TO a hit by Hemphin, a hunt by
Wolter, a Jumper. which Mcbride couldn' t
handle. a twO-bagger by LapoTte, and a
sharp one TO short by Roach. There was
a base on balls to Cree in the middle Of
the hitting eruption. Wolter was tripped
trying to steal third. Elberfeld making a
nice play on Streets rather high throw.
But for this untoward occurrence, the
New Yorks would have made more runs
No Washingtonian reached first after
the sixth inning. and no New Yorkian
after the fifth, save Chase. who tripled.
with one out, in the seventh. and was
left at third The New Yorks were re-
tired on four pitched balls in the sixth
and the Washingtons on nearly as few
as that IN the seventh.