Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-13
NO CHANCE FOR
NATIONALS TO WIN
Double Play Cuts Off Hopes in First and
Coombs, With Fine Support, Attends
to the Other Innings of the Game.

PHILADELPHIA. September 10
Maybe one OF these palmy days some
base ball team will come plugging along
and manage to get run off that guy
Jawn Coombs. Wouldn't it be awful II
they did? M-Aleer's Washington outht
tried il Yesterday, and the nearest they
came to il was 10 get as far as thlru
base once and To second base twice. only
seven of EN- got to first, four Of EN- on
hits. two on free transportation and one
on wild heave by Frank Baker. Final
count was 8 10 nawthin'. favor OF our n
And lawn wasn't hurting himself with
overwork yesterday at that. his col
laboratorS were pulling the sort OF stunts
behind him that Is gong 70 KNOCK the
eternal StuffingS out OF the dope OF. the
wise AleNanders who can't nSure tnelh
with the Chicago Cubs in the world ;
series. and Jawn Just had nice. easy
time OF il. With the team going the way
II was Yesterday and CoombS IN the
box the prevailing odds on that day OF
the worlds series ought to b. something
like bushel Of diamonds against Deer
stew on the Athletics. And I'd nate NE
the very duce To take the short end at
that.
As far as the contest itself is concern
ed, there was none. IL was an eSihpi-
ton. After hostilities got fairly under
but the conjecture as to whether Coombs
would be scored on or not Viewing the
entertainment in the light Of an exhlbl-
ton a remarkable play by Eddie Colllfis
An the seventh inning was the headhner.
Gessler opened this inning with be-
whiskered smack between nrst ana sec
ond, which Eddie nailed out On the grass
with his meat hand while. he was going
at full tilt with his back TO the batter,
and then by a phenomenal recovery and
throw got GeSsler at nrSt II Eddie
pulls anything like this in the world
series the post-mortem dopesters VIII pc
talking about the play TIL they are gray
headed and cumming IT,
The nearest the WashingtonlanS
came to scoring against COomDS was
right at the opening Of hostllltles, ana
then IL was a riD-snorter 81 douoie
play engineered by Coombs himself, AID
ed and abetted by Baker and Harry Ia
Wis. that blasted their brightest nope
Milan pried open the entertainment pS
vhacking the first ball JaWn pitched lot
n two-base belt to right center, and then
lawn walked Cunningham. Conroy
dumped one ia front of the plate with
eacrificiai intentions. but Coomos GRABBED
that game by chucking 10 Baker IN time
IL force Milan at third, and Baker got
,he throw TO Davis in time TO double up
tonroy Cunningham was wild pitched
10 third but Gessler boosted an easy ny
10 Baker.
The only time they threatened after
that was in the ninth inning. and Jawn
had waxed blase and careless by that
time. In this inning. after Cunningham
had famed, Ralston, who had taken Con-
ray's place in left. bounced one on
Coomhs' knee cap for a single. ana then,
after Gesser had aeriated 10 Murphy.
lawn pinked Mcbride on the seventh
sninal vertebrae with pitched ball. max
ing two on. Elberfeld then wound up
the afternoon of pastiminS with foul
fly to Davis. -
The counting started in the third with