The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-18
CORNELL TIGERS
DOWN ST. NICHOLAS
Buscher Allows New York
erS Only Two Hits.
KEANE MAKES GREAT CATCH
Maver's Grab of Browns Liner
RobS the Local Champs of Pair of
Runs in Opener-Vaughn Cracks
Ont Three Hits Out of Four Trips
to the Pan and Fields Well.
By n. T. MORLEY.

By n. t. WORLEY.
New York, Sept. 7,-Buseher let the ST.
Nicholas team down with two hits and
Cornell Company shut them out. 8 10 0.
In the second game or The double bill
here this afternoon for the amateur tri-
city championship.
Cornel's Tigers played up TO their usual
form, hitting the ball harder than in any
Of the post-season games this year, and
registering fourteen bingles off Pitcher
Pfanmiller, Of the local squad. The
merry crack OF the bat against the ball
sounded the death knell Of the New York
tribe in the very first inning, when the
Washington boys made four hits. hlled
the bases with none out. and were only
prevented from scoring three or four runs
| by a sensational double play engineered
by Shortstop Maver. Keane. Vaughn,
and Marceron were hugging the sacks,
and Brown advanced 10 the plate and hit
a sharp liner which looked like it would
pass over the short felder's head Maver
jumped into the air and pulled the horse
hide down with one hand. nabbing Keane
at third by quick throw It was due
to this brilliant piece OF work that the
! Paperhangers were only able 10 get one
man home in the first inning
Buscher was never in better form. He
had speed and control, and famed FIVE
Of the Gotham aggregation, He passed
but one and hit two. but both of the men
hit with the ball walked into 81 when
he fooled them on fast inshoots. The
only hits garnered of the big fellow were
made by W. Findlsy and Rider Find
| lays hit was bunt in the second inning
which rolled 10 Vaughn. but came so slow
that by fast running the batter reached
| first in safety. Riders hit came in the
seventh session with one out. and was a
Texas Lacquer over Vaughn's head Had
Il not been for Vaughn's sore ankle the
Washington's third sacker might have
handled both chances and Buscher would
have pitched no-hit game.
Vaughn went into the contest limping.
but despite his pain whenever he stepped
on his sore ankle, he put up a great ex-
hibition at the third corner and hit the
/ ball like a f1end. leading his team with
/ two doubles and a single out of four
journeys 20 the plate. Kings triple in
the fifth was the longest swat of the
matinee and went TO the sand pile in
/ deep center field. Marceron. Handiboe.
and Noyes each made two hits.
| Cornell Company made two misplays.
one by Vaughn on the first ball which
| was hit by the New Workers in the
opening round, and one by Hayes in the
sixth. Vaughn threw the ball wild to first.
when Mayer laid the sphere down the
third base line. Hayes chance was a
difficult bounder. which hit his hands and
rolled to one side.
| Maver made three OF the four errors
charged 10 the losers, but he had some
| hot ones 10 handle around short, and his
whole performance for the day was not
as bad as II appears on paper. Maver
engineered two fast double plays and
| took care of six chances in faultless
style.
Outside OF Maver's stop In the first
| inning, which shattered a Cornell rally
in the bud. Charley King and Billy
Keane did the best work of the day.
Keane came in on the dead run from
| left field and bagged Comptons Texas
Lacquer in the seventh. The ball looked
good for a hit. but fast running on
Keane's part enabled him 10 bag the
| ball. King stretched himself In the fifth
| when Hayes threw Maver's clout wide
to the initial corner, and he succeeded
| in getting the ball with one hand rae
| ing the runner
Pfanmiller and Bridges. the New York
| battery, which were said TO have been
secured for the Cornell game. proved to
be the best kind Of joke. and the big
fellow was FOUNDED hard throughout.
Cornell made one In the first inning
After Keane, Vaughn and Marceron had
hit safely Brown hit into double play.
Keane being nabbed at third. Handiboe
| singled to left, scoring Vaughn. Hayes
then ended the inning by grounding out,
short TO first.
There was nothing doing in the second.
out IN the next session the IdperndnSSFS
| plastered two more 10 their total. Vaughn
struck out. but protested in vigorous
manner at the umpiring. Marceron and
Brown singled 10 center In succession.
| Handiboe laid one down 10 third. and
| Marceron raced home. Handiboe stole
second. Hayes grounded out 10 first
| base and Brown counted. Noyes singled.
but was caught off first base by quick
throw from the pitcher.
| Two more scores were added in the
| nth. Handiboe foul flied to the catcher,
who made a grand catch of the ball near
the Cornell bench. Hayes singled and
stole second Noyes struck out King
| tripled. scoring Hayes. Buscher singled.
scoring King. Keane went out. second
to first.
A double by Vaughn. his third hit for
the day, started all the trouble in the
| sixth. and when the shortstop made a
poor throw to second on the relay from
| the outfield to catch Vaughn on the bag,