Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-24
WALKER AND VAUGHN
IN PITCHERS BATTLE
Nationals and Highlanders
Play Six Innings With
out Result.

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while it lasted-out in Uncle Shamus
McAleer's ball yard, fornist 7th street
and Florida avenue, yesterday after
noon. Washington and New York locked
horns for six innings and neither side
was able to score a run In that PERIOD
Umpire Evans called an end to hostility
at the end of the sixth because the
lowering thunder clouds made the atmos-
phere so grimy that the players couiu
not well see the pellet.
1t was a pitchers battle from the open
ing gun to the finish line and 1t would be
mighty hard to make a selection between
our own Dixie Walker and Commodore
Southpaw Vaughn, who ofiiciated ION the
slab for the Manhattanites. The visitors
came a little bit nearer to getting run
across the pan than did the locals. but
they made only two hits while the Ma
tionals were getting three. Walker IAN
ned four men, while Vaughn whiffed three,
and Dixie issued free transportation TO
the first station to only one New Yorker,
while Vaughn gave one pass ana soaked
another batter in the bread basket. Each
side had four men left on bases. Exactly
twenty-five batters faced each OF the
twirlers in the six innings and II PROD
ably would be difficult to find a pitchers
battle In which the respective siaomen
were more evenly matched. Each pltcnef
retired the side in order in three dlnerent
innings In each of two other innings
only four men were up Tor either sioe
and i'm only one inning did either side
succeed in getting two men on bases at
one time.
From the very beginning of the con-
test the April showers predicted py the
weather man seemed to be sure TO termi-
nate the game at almost any moment,
and when New York was retired In the
first half of the fifth without run the
fans were roofing good and naro ior
the locals to chase just one run across
the registering pan, and then for the
heavens to open. The rooters had one
chance to yell in that last half OF the
fifth when with one out UngiauD drove
a clean single into the center garden,
but the happiness of the crowd was
short lived. because Mcbride and Street
could not get the ball outside the dia-
mond.
Had a Chance.
Again in the sixth, after the New
Workers had been retired in order, the
fans were given real thrill. Walker
opened the inning by clouting the horse
hide along left field foul line for sin
gle, and Milan stopped one Of Vaughn's
benders with his shirt front. With
two men on bases and none out, ana
the best end of the Washington batting
certainty, but Schaefer's effort to sacri-
fee produced only dinky roller directly
into the pitchers box, and Walker was
squeezed by a mile at third. Leliveit
and Elberfeld did their best to knock
the ball out Of the lot. but the former
popped a measfy fly. while Elberheld's
effort produced a skyscraper which feh
into VOTERS waiting mitts. Then Mr.:
Evans called the game on account OF
darkness" and the crowd beat II 1or
the five-cent carryallS.
The visitors were easy in the flrst
inning, and only a wobble by Eaberfeld
permitted Chase, the third batter, TO
reach the initial sack. Hemphill opened
the atmosphere and Wolter died on
bounder to Walker. Following Chase,
Cree cracked one toward the snort neid'
which Mcbride gathered In. For WASH
ineton Milan opened by drawing pass,
hut after Schaefer had gone out on NY
to right, Milan was nipped stealing,
Sweeney to Laporte. Lelivelt beat out a
hunt and Elberfeld ended the inning oy
giving Laporte an easy ASSIST. AIter
two Yankees were gone in the second,
Austin drew a base on balls, but he was
still hugging the initial sack when
Sweeney was thrown out. Schaefer to
Cnglaub.
Chance for New York.
In the next inning and hah both
sides went out IN OIueI. anu Az eiio
fourth the visitors made their only
serious threat to score Chase opened
the session by banging a sizzler, which
was too hot for Mcbride to handle in
time and the runner advanced base
on Cree's perfect sacrifice. Laporte was
safe at first on roller which was placed
midway between Unglaub and Walker,
SO that neither of the fielders could nan
die IL i'm time Chase was held at third,
and an instant later he was nipped at
in front of a hot drive off Knights bat
and made a perfect throw to Street. La
porte was held at second and Austin end
ed this troublesome inning by sending a
short fly into left, which Lelivelt caught
only after beautiful run and dive.
The visitors went out in order In the
last two innings. and 1t has already
been related how effectively Vaughn
tiehened up when the Nationals got men
on bases in their last two turns at bat.
With these few remarks we will pass
on to the formal record of the diddings
OF the eighteen athletes on the diamond.
Following is the official score of the