Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-17
Special Dispatch to The Star.


CLEVELAND, Ohio, September IL
Blame 1t on the umpire Is a poor ex-
ouse for defeat in most cases, but the
Nationals can advance it as result OF
yesterdays to loss, and there would
not be a murmur Of discomfort from the
$500 fans who witnessed the game. I'm
pire Perrine was at fault A very punk
decision made the Maps winning run pos
sible.
Dixie Walker had been found for five
hits in succession In the eighth inning
when Manager McAleer substituted DOL
ly' Gray. Mcclure had sent Niles to bat
for Mitchell, but when he saw the Ma
tionals star southpaw making for the
hill, he substituted Harry Bemis, right
handed batter, for Niles.
Gray had Bemis two and two when he
diShed UP fast-breaking curve. BemiS
swung over two-thirds the way round
with his bat, and everybody thought he
had famed, that Is, everybody except
Perrine. who called It q ball. Bemis walk
ed on the next ball pitched, filling the
bases. The side would have been retired
with the score . all as Hohnhorst, who
famed, would have been the third out.
AS 1t was Callahan singled driving in the
winning run. .-r
That eighth inning will be talked about
for long time to come, The score was
to l against the Nationals when they
came to the bat. Elberfeld walked and
Cunningham sacrificed.
Ralston was safe when Hohnhorst
dropped Peckinpaugh's throw, Gessler
popped g. single to center and Mcbride
tripled to center. while Unglaub beat
slow infield roller. four runs result
ing.
Joe Jackson started the Maps half
with a single over second. Ralston
held Lajoie's vicious smash to sim
gle by a great one-hand stop. He then
held what appeared to be sure dou-
BILE by Easteriy to a single. Turner
who batted for Peckinpaugh. singled
sharply to left. Land sacrificed and
then followed Perrine's raw deal.
Even at that the Maps would not
have won the game had Ainsmith
profited by the mistake Of Catcher
Charley Street in Thursdays game.
one for which Manager McAleer took
mined that his men shall use their
heads as well as their hands and feet
in playing the game. Thursday Street
made the objectionable error OF throw
ing to third in an effort to catch Lar
ry. when he was less than four feet
went into loft field, Larry and Eastarly
scoring. That mistake brought the
Maps total Of runs up to three and
the entire aspect Of things,
and lost the game for Johnson.
Had the Maps scored only one run Nc
Aleer would have changed his line of
attack
Yesterday Ainsmith tried the same
stunt with Easterly on first. the only dif-
ference being that Easteriy was even
closer to the cushion than Larry the day
before. Ainsmith's throw was ten feet
wide OF the bag and almost as high as
the stand, Easterly reaching third.
Turner followed with q pass and steal.
on Peckinpaugh's long fly. Turner scor-
ing on an infieid out.
The Nationals first run resulted from
Milan's single, Pecktnpaugh's nun OF
throw and Elberfeld's single.
In passing out suggestions for improve
ment. McAleer viii scarcely overlook
Dixie" Walker, who up to the eighth
inning appeared to look upon his pitching
task as q serious proposition, giving
grand exhibition OF twirling, but that
rally of his teammates In the eighth SEEM
ed to turn his head and he started kid
ding the Maps. They soon removed hts
kidding clothes for him and he was down
in the mouth when Stovail registered the
nth hit OF the inning, when sent to bat
In pinch. That drive OF Stovaus was
a pippin and served to warm cMcAleer to
him more than ever.
The Nationals manager and Owner
Charley Somers got together last night,
and, although they did not deny 1t. they
refused to admit that Stovall was under
discussion a consider able portion of the
time.
McAleer's men tried q new stunt during
the game which helped them to rally in
the eighth. Conroy, Street and Henry
had tried In vain to rattle young Willie
Mitchell from the coaching lines, but
just as soon as the National bench-warm-
ers started to shout to him from their
dug-out the seuthpaw commenced to
soar. II was not long until he had
eclipsed all OF the altitude records Of
the famous aeronauts. Manager Nc
Guire protested to Umpire Perrine about
McAleer's tactics, but all in vain. They
tried the same stunt on Koestner in the
ninth, but the latter refused to emulate
Aitchelrs example.
Even il the Nationals win today's
game, they will have to leave Cleveland
in sixth place. They had it all ,doped
out before coming here how they would
pull the Maps out OF fifth place in much
the same manner as they shattered the
locals pennant hopes two years ago, but
they were doomed to disappointment. To
see the Maps and Nationals in action, one
would not think that the pennant race
had been decided, or that these two