The Washington herald., 1910-07-21
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nr WILIIAM PEET.


In a free-hitting exhibition the Ma
tionals slapped an S-to-4 defeat on the
Cleveland Maps at the Florida avenue
park yesterday afternoon. McAleer used
up three twlrlers and Mcclure two. Lit
tie Milan was the hero of the nine-round
scrap. He not only scored three runs
for the home folks, but blasted the Maps
hopes in the fifth by pulling off a won
derfui one-hand catch from Graney's bat.
The waliop was easily tagged three
bases" and Cleveland had two men on
the far corners when the play was made,
Bob Groom worried through the first
five innings. and was touched up for five
hits worth for a trio OF runs. Nearly
every ball the Maps hit sounded like the
ring OF an ak cutting into a tree on a
frosty morning In other words. they
were iambasting the pill on the nose.
and the hand writing on the wall was
seen in poster type. When the visitors
sixth opened Groom had disappeared. and
Doc Meyer, the boy who has been set
ting the o. and P League afre. was
given his first taste of big league stuff.
Turner. Lajoie and Bemis gave the
young athlete a warm welcome and
three smoking singles in a row rather
took the pep" out of Meyer. He claimed
they didn't hit EN- like that out Youngs-
town way McAleer then waved Meyer
10 the bench and sent in Walter John
son, who twirled ne last three and a
half innings, allowing the foe only one
scratch hit.
Five Pitchers Used.
II was a great day for pitchers.
Mitchell, the slabman Jim Mcguire Of
fered up when the game opened, lasted
one round. His three bases on balls were
more than any self-respeetIng box artist
should toss into one stanza. so when the
locals second opened Koestner was doing
duty Outside of the fifth. when the
home crew cut loose with five healthy
sale swats. Mr.. Koestner put up a cred
liable front
Larry had an off day at second, two
ground balls shooting through his pins.
The big Frenchman made up for this
with the stick by tearing OF a double
and single.
The real loud noise with the bludgeon,
however, was Wild Conroy, who drove out
three hits. two of them scoring runs.
After the Maps had gone in the opener,
Milan worked Mitchell for a pass. Lell-
Welt and ConrOy were easy picking, but
Gessler walked. and a minute later Milan
stole third, Gessler dashed for the mid
way bag oTNthe first bah pitched. Bemis
slammed TO Mitchell. but the pin got
recovered Milan was across the plate like
a flash
The visitors snatehed this run back in
the second. Larry opened with a two
Dagger to left, a wild pitch sent him 70
third. and he came home on Stovall's
sacrifice fly TO Milan.
Larry's error was directly responsible
for the Nationals run in the third, for
Milans grounder went through the big
fellows legs Lelivelt came across with
a sacrifice, and on Conroy's clean single
TO center Milan scored.
The Maps In the fifth sent shivers down
the backs of the faithful. Bemis started
the fireworks with two-bagger to left.
Stovall singled to center. Birmingham
dumped the pin over KILLERS thatch,
and Bemis came home Perring and
Koestner forced out stoyal and Bir-
mingham on infeld rollers, but Mcbride
fumbied Niles grounder, and Perring
scored. With Koestner and Niles on
third and second. respectively, Milan
made his great catch, saving two runs.
Five Runs for Nationals.
The home folks went after Koestner
with vengeance IN the latter half OF
this stanza. and again Larry's error fig
ured in the Washington run hunt. Beck
endorf, first up. gave Laioie a dinky lit
lie roller, which filtered through Larry 5
paws. schaefer. batting for Groom. beat
out a bunt. and Milan duplicated the
trick. A base on balls 10 Lelivelt forced
in Beckendorf Conroy singled 10 CEN
ter. scoring Schaefer and Milgh. Gessler
drove through Turner. Lelivelt and Con-
roy counting. Then Koestner settled
down.
Meyer replaced Groom when the sixth
opened. but. as has been stated In the
foregoing, singles by Turner and Lajoie