The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-03
Nv WILLIAM PEET.


inning at the local ball yard yesterday,
and the Boston Red Sox won hard
fought game by to ?.
We say Gessler's foot slipped. It might
have been that the sun was in his eyes,
il might have been the heat; something
slipped, anyway for the good looking
right garden tender nlisjudged Jake Stahl' s
fly, when fair catch would have made
the third out and two Red Sox tallies
would never have been chronicled. Stahl's
sky-scraper looked 10 be easy for man
like Gessler, but DOC" fooled it BY
running in, instead of stepping back. and
hundreds of the faithful swore softly I'M
der their breaths.
LeItvelt Loses Ball.
Then there was another costly little slip
I'D in the fifth Jack Lelivelt let Speak
er's cloud buster get away from him after
reaching UP one bread hook and knock
ing the ball down Speaker gave fine
exhibition OF sprinting and completed the
circuit before the pill could be relayed
home This run turned out to be the
winning tally for the bean brigade.
lnegA
show what might have happened What
really did happen was bungling work on
the mart of our outfelders and woeful
lack of timely hitting when Washington
runners reached the various diamond
points.
II was the same old stOry-missed VIC
tory for lack OF a hit There was only
one inning during the entire game, the
third. when the home team failed to ad-
vance men to second base on two oeea-
sions out of the eight when hits came
along. Gessler, Schaefer, Groom, and
Mcbride could have broken up the game
with a timely smash. but they were nol
doing any pinch hitting yesterday.
Bob Groom deserved something better
than a 3-to-2 defeat against his record
The lanky finger. although hit for tel
safeties, kept them well scattered. ant
was almost as effective as Cicotte in the
pinehes.
StahPs Lucky Hit.
The first inning was a hope wreekel
for fair Hooper and Engle both ven
down in order Speaker drew base OF
balls. Stahrs high fly got away from
GessIer and Speaker scored. Then Gard
ner came across with his only safe wal
Top of the game, a hard smash between
center and right The ball sped pas
Gessier. Stahl crossed the plate an'
Gardner reached third Groom frightened
up and retired Lewis for the third out.
With one gone. Street singled in tn
second, but the two succeeding batter
could not score him.
Bob Unglaub brought forth series o
Justly shouts from the crowd in the fourth
saT 70
fer dumped a single over Engle's head
Unglaub connected for one of his old
time wallops; the bali sailed between
Lewis and Speaker to the center fiel,
fence. Unglaub perehed safely on secont
when the dust settled and Schaefer cam
home. Street cut a single through Gard
ner, and Unglaub tried 10 reach the plat
on the blow Unfortunately Hooper's ain
was deadly, the ball came into Carrigan'
paws. aud the big catcher touched Tn
glaub six inches from the rubber.
A hit and a base on balls put tw,
locals on the sacks in the last part of tn
fifth. but no runs were allowed 70 score.
In the last part of the seventh tn
Nationals made 1t extremely interesting
There was one man down when Speake
made an exeussble muff of Lelivelts lon,
drive after a long run. Elberfeld flied t
HOOPER. DuT DOC ATeSSlGr was hit Dl
a pitched ball Engle then retrieved him
self for his error of Friday by maxim,
a swell one-handed stop Of Mcbride
drive and getting the runner at first
In the eighth Speaker opened with
single and got as far as second on Z
sacrifice, only to stay there Schaefel
opened with a single and stole in thu
last half. but he got no farther thar
the middle sack
Wagner beat out a bunt without re
suit IN the ninth, for the next three were
easy outs. Then the Nationals came il
10 give the Red Sox healthy scare
Batting Rally In Ninth.
Milan. who led of. raped out his frs
hit OF the game a hard single 10 center
LeIivelt pounded one on tee trademark
between Speaker and Lewis. and by The
time the ball was returned Milan had
crossed the plate with run, while Leli
Welt was hugging second. Elberfeld drove
a scOrching gr0under TO Wagner The
latter made a fine stop and threw higl