The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-04-30

We lose. and most The rootsrs
Then prefer 20 use an ak.
! Pitcher Frank Oberlin's one bad inning
marred what would have been a pretty
baseball battle on the Florida avenue
pasture yesterday, Boston winning, 9 70 3.
and robbing the conflict Of excitement for
the home fans by pillng up six TALES
in the fearful third.
! To the accompaniment Of a drizzle Of
rain, the big show started. In the very
! first round "Gabby' Street let a third
| strike get away from him. and two runs
| counted for the Bean Eaters. The wet
ball bothered Oberlin, and almost all of
his four passes figured in the run hunt
Three Hits for EIberfeId.
Kid Elberfeld and Clyde Milan led the
! Nationals at the bat. The former
whanged three hard drives into safe terri
/ tory, and Milan sneaked IN two.
| The Red SoX continued their heavy bat
ting streak by landing on OberIin for ten
clean hits. Star catches by Lelivelt and
/ Gessler. and exceptionally clever fielding
/ by EIberfeld and Mcbride robbed them
Of several other hits and a couple Of Iegit-
! innate TWO baggers. The result IS that
Washington fans are firmly convinced that
the hitting OF the two previous days was
no fuke. Even the most rabid concede
that Patsy Donovan has a bunch OF ter
rife batsmen in his lineup.
Outside Of the heavy hitting Of the Bos-
ton team there was little TO enthuse over.
The fielding Of the visitors was consider
ably off color. and though the wet ball
accounted for this in a great measure. il
did not seem 20 affect the Nationals in
the same way.
Wood Replaces Hall.
Charlie Hall started in to pitch for Bos-
ton and was reasonably effective. al
though somewhat wild during the two
innings that he worked But after the
first half Of the third. when the Red
SoX hit Oberlin all over the field and
piled up a big lead OF six runs. Wood
replaced Hall, as the latter was all
pumped OFT from scoring from first base
on French's two-base hit Wood was
touched up pretty regularly. but seldom
for more than one hit an inning He was
generally effective. however. and the To-
calls never had much OF a chance after he
went in the box
Half an hour before the time for calling
the game the rain began TO fan. and il
did not look as though chances for play
ing were bright. But both sides were
anxious to play. Donovan feeling that he
was bound TO win and the Nationals be-
lieving that Oberlin would prove effective
enough to allow them TO win. SO the bat
tie started on time, and although the
downpour continued TN the ninth and
made things extremely disaEreeable II
cleared up at the finish and the sun
broke through the heavy clouds as the
last Of the Nationals went out in the final
inning
With one down, Lord got his base on
muffed third strike and lost no time
stealing second. Speaker was given a
base on balls. and a passed bali let both
men move up. Hooper popped up 10
Elberfeld. but Jake Stahl made good
with a slashing hit to center. and two
runs scored Wagner got a life on IN
glaub's muff of OberIins throw. but
Lewis forced Stahl at third.
The Nationals got one cheap run in
their half for after Milan had drawn !
pass, gone to second on a passed ball.
and advanced to third on Lelivelt's ont
Elberfeld scored him with a hit to center. !
In the second, a lot Of weird ball play |
ing let the locals tie up the score. Nc !
Brides began the inning by bunting
safely. Street sacrificed, but Lord made |
a wild throw Of the wet ball TO StahI. !
Mcbride had already started for third
and made it when StahVs throw 70
French went wide. Oberlin was an easy
out, French TO Stahl. and the latter had |
an easy chance to get Street, who was |
away off second. He chased the latter |
and neglected to watch Mcbride, who |
scored when Wagner made a futile ef-
fort to shoot the delayed throw to the |
plate.
OberIin Bumped.
Oberlin was handed his I'm the third |
Lord started the music with a hit. and |
advanced on Speakers sacrifice. Hooper
was walked. Stahl was thrown out by
Schaefer on a very close play. but Oberlln |
filed the sacks by granting free trans
portation TO Wagner. Lewis singled to |
short left and Lord counted. Carrigan |
doubled TO deep left. and three runs came |
in. Hall was passed. French dropped |
a two-bagser in center. Carrigan and Hall /
increasing the score. Lelivelt's fine catch
OF Lords line drive gave Oberlin a breaths
ing spell.
Wood replaced Hall IN the box, and !
Elberfeld's lucky hit In the third went
for nothing.
Poor base running cost the Red Sox a
run or two in the fifth. Lewis led. off
rrfsF
fence. and Carrgan slammed another
safety over McBrides head. Lewis was
held on third, but Carrigan, who had |
turned first and was headed toward the
middle sack ives run down between the