Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03
NATIONALS RALLY
DOES NOT REACH
Single and Double Start on
Ninth, But End Finds Locals
One Run Short.
GR00M'S 0UTFIELD
SUPPORT LACKING
MispIays by GessIer and Left.
welt Give Visitors All
Their Runs. II
BY J. ED GRILLo.

BY J. ED GRILLo. 80
Had our luckless ball team been able "a
get hit at any one of several occasion,
yesterday, the abominabIe work In ,b.
outneid which gave the visitors from Bos.
ton every one of their three tallies. vouls
not have been sufficient to decide the vic.
cory. AS 1t was we gave them three rim.
and got but two ourselves altbough 49,.
were plenty of opportunities offered 10,
more.
Inc grand chance for either tying o,
winning the game came in the ninth. Nc
.eam ever started rally more beauti.
iuhS' nor was there ever an occastor
"hen the hopes Of the fans had reaso.
to run higher -.
win TWO runs needed to tie. II look.t
pretty good to have Milan lead Off Win
screening single, and then have I<,,v.1.
Dring him home with a long double WIZ,
put one run needed to tie, a man on &C..
ono ana none out, the situation ,o,l.s
most pleasing. and yet not another rur
crossed the plate, and the Zig was nm
put that was not the only occasion u,,,er
base hit would have played havoc rt,r
the visitors little lead, to which the,
were really not entitled Bob Groom
p.cned well enough to earn a shutout
unfortunate stumble by Cessler after h.u
ing misJudged a fly b0ll in the verx
opening inning started all the trouble
LOT the play cost two runs, and the faIIx
whlch eventually decided the game wa.
s snosher gift by LeliveIt. who played
SPEAKER long ny poorly6in the fifth and
IL mao TO go for a home run.
Had Many Chances.
There was really but one inning wb.r
the locals did not have chances for run.
In every other round a base hit voulh
have sent one or more tallies home. hu,
with runs in sight it seemed irnposs,bl.
for any of McAleer's men to connect Vim
the ball safely.
A base hit would have cut down tbe
VISITORS early lead in the very opening
round, when Cicotte gave three bases
on balls, two of them with but one out.
ana yet not run was scored In the
1ourth inning single, a double and a
single Melted but one run, but fate was
not to blame for this. for there was some
playing on the bases which would have
made an amateur blush. In all, We had
eleven men left on the bags, against
six by Boston
Groom got rid of Hooper and EngeI
without much trouble in the first in
ming. but walked Speaker after having
two strikes >on him, and this proved
fatal though with good support IL would
have been harmless. Stahl sent a long
fly to right center which Gessler started
after slowly. finally got his legs crossed,
and fell, while the ball rolled to the
fence. OF. course. Speaker scored, and
Stahl landed on third He came home a
moment later. when Gardner hi: Clearly
for three bases to the clubhouse
But Cicotte seemed unwilling to get
off with that big a lead, and tried hard
to give the Nationals bunch of runs.
which, however, were refused Milan
was not troublesome, but Lelivelt and
Elberfeld walked. Gessler flied out to
right, and then Mcbride worked Cicotte
for a pass, which filled the bases. 1t
was up to Schaefer, but he hit to the
pitcher, and the inning was over.
Neither side threatened to score again
until the fourth, when the score should
at least have been tied With one down
hit safely in this inning, and
scored when Unglaub hit to left for
two bases. Street followed this with
a Texas Lacquer over second. Unglaub
may have been unable to tell whether
the ball could be caught or not, and
for this reason hesitated to advance.
He should have been held at third, but
instead made an attempt to score. with
the result that he was thrown out
at the plate. Groom, of course. could
not get hit, and two singles and q
double Melted a single run.
In the fifth Lelivelt hit safely and Ell.
berfeld walked with one out, but the
next batters failed. In the seventh Leu.
Welt hit a long drive to left center which
Speaker muffed after a great run. Leli.
welt reached second and with two out
Gessler was hit by a pitched ball. but
there were no runs to be had.
1t was in the fifth that the run which
proved the winner was scored by Bos-
ton. There were two out when Groom
got himself in hole on Speaker and he
was forced to lay one straight over.
Speaker got a toe hold. took long swing
and the ball started on a high and long
journey to left field. 1t was hit so high
that though Lelivelt had to cover some
ground, he got under il in plenty OF
time to make the play. But instead OF
using both hands. he tried one and failed
to make the catch. Before the ball could
be retrieved to the plate Speaker had
made the circuit. that was the run which
hurt, for as matters turned out the two
runs which the visitors were presented
with in the opening round would not have
proved sufficient.