The Washington herald., 1910-05-24
STANDING OF TIE CLUES.

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With Walter Johnson serving EN- up
in his usual alright style and a lot Of
clean-cut fielding behind him. The Ma
tionals yesterday sent the ST. Louis
Browns home with another can dangling
and won the game rather easily, Z TO ..
When the dust cleared at the close of
The third round. after Kid EIberfeld had
knocked the ball underneath the right
field bleachers for a home run. sending
IN two Of McAIeer's tribe ahead Of him.
the fans had a bunch that St Louis
would never have a look-in, and so II
proved. for IN the next stauza Pitcher
Graham was knocked out of the box and
Kinsella. who relieved him, was also bit
freely
While the home folks outhit and out
nclded the visitors. they also outlucked
them-it was one Of those games where
everything breaks with the winning team.
Johnson was also mighty effective. fan
ming nine Of the visitors.
A sample Of this is best shown in the
/ seventh, when. with Johnson on third
and McAIeer coaching, a signal was Civ
en- for the squeeze play EIberfeld was
at bat and reached way outside the
/ plate, rolling a perfect bunt along the
base lines. Johnson coming home with
ridiculous ease.
EIberfeld's Lucky Homer.
Kid ElberfeId's homer was another BIZ
Of luck. The ball was smashed into
right garden, close TO the base line. and
/ by the time Schweitzer dashed In 10 field
It the pill had disappeared under the
! seats OF the right field bleachers Man
/ ager Jack O'Connor and the visiting
| players put up a mighty protest, claim
| ing that The Waterman I'm charge Of the
! bleacherites kicked the ball out q sight.
| Umpire Connolly and Bill Dineen held q
/ hasty consultation. and as no convincing
! proofs could be produced by the Missouri
brigade. the hit was declared legitimate.
BY winning this game the Nationals
take the series from the Browns. with
two victories against one defeat. and one
tie game All OF which helps a lot in
keeping the club we'll out OF the Gus
tomary last two places in the league
standing
! II looked a bit dark in the second. when
the visitors connected for a run. After
Griggs had gone, Hoffman crashed to
right for a two-bagger. Schweitzer club
/ bed safely 10 left. sending Hoffman 10
third. Abstein was easy picking on a tap
! in front Of the plate, but Walter John
son uncorked a wild pitch, and Hoffman
! spriEted home.
When Graham. the Browns twirIer.
started. he did not look 10 have a whole
I lot OF stuff on his ball, and the wlseacres
/ predicted that the home team would soon
get 10 him. The explosion came in the
third. Johnson. first up, drove safely to
center for a single. Milan ducked to get
away from a high close one. and the ball
rolled to HartzeH The blow proved to he
a good sacrifice, as Johnson reached the
midway bag while the Browns short
stop was throwing out Milan. Lelivelt
drew base on balls, and then EIberfeld
made his home run as described In the
foregoing. three tallies counting.
/ Graham Gets His Bumps.
| GruhGm's finish came in the fourth.
Kilifer whanged the ball over Stones
/ head for a two-base hit. McBrides
! sacrifice advanced Wade to third. Street
! doubled 70 center, scoring Kiuifer. John
son famed, but Milan sent Hoffman A
! liner, which the latter muffed. giving
! Street plenty OF time to scoot home.
Lelivclt made the third out on a ground
er to Abstein. Score, Nationals, 5; ST.
| Louis. /
Tho Nationals seventh inning was pro
I ducuve Of another tally. Walter Johnson
again starting the fun with a clean sin
gle TO center. Milan drew a base on
balls. With Lelivelt up. Stephens threw
to Hartzell TO catch johnson. who was
! playing or the bag Walter. instead OF
| scrambling back, kept right on, going TO
third, reaching the bag easily. as Steph-
! ems throw was high. After Lelivelt had
famed, EIberfeld laid down bunt. when
| the ''squeeze-play'' signal was given. and
Johnson crossed the plate, the Kid was
/ thrown out. and Milan. who attempted
TO come home behind Johnson. was also
nipped at home by quick throw from
AGstein
| Browns Add a Run.
The Browns gathered a run in their
/ half Of the eighth. Stephens was hit by
a pitched ball. advanced to second on
Kinsella's grounder to Unglaub and
went to third On Stones single. Stone
was thrown out stealing. Stephens scor-
ing on the play.
McAleer's tribe in the other half NJ
this round boosted their total up TO
seven without the aid OF a hit. Gessler