The Washington herald., 1910-06-25
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
By WILLIAM PEET.

Boston. Mass, June 24-Kid Elberfeld
and Lelivelt injected a couple OF boots
into the first inning and Dolly Gray came
across with a CHASTITY heave in the third
of to-day's game. and the Boston Red
Sox won, to /, capturing the series with
a clean sweep.
The bali players tonight are crying
hard luck. blaming umplres, and bowling
murder because luck has entirely de-
serted the Nationals camp, pointing 10
the fact that four games out OF the FIVE
played here have gone to the home team
by one-run margins.
The answer TO ali this is simply that
McAleer's brigade is in the midst OF
horrible batting slump and until this is
overcome victories will be few and far
between. Take, for example, the Boston
series which closed this afternoon. Milan
has been the only consistent performer
with the stick. Bob Uuglaub Kid Elber-
field, and Jack Lelivelt have done abso-
lutely nothing.
Nationals Not Hitting.
Dolly Gray pitched good enough bah
to-day TO win any ordinary game, but
where were the Washington hits? IN
third were occupied by the Nationals,
and a timely swat would have won the
game. In the eighth every sack was
filled and TIVE were down. COnroy could
have ripped things up with just a wee
tiny safe smack. A dinky little ny 10
Lewis was the best Wild could produce.
True Dolly Gray helped lose the game
by a wild throw 10 Unglaub I'm the third
and has no fault TO find with the result
but this does not excuse the fact that
his teammates failed TO come across with
the necessary cracks which should have
meant chalks
The Red Sox offered Charley Hall as
their star flinging attraction. Charley is
an ambitious young athlete with fair
speed and good curves. He was badly of
color to-day. and a club like the Tigers
OF Athletics would have buried him under
an avalanche OF hits in three innings.
but the luckless Nationals only combed
him for five safeties. three of them being
for extra bases including a circuit punch
by 'Gabby' Street
Boston First to Score.
Boston was first to score. the tally
coming after two had died in the open
Ing chapter, when Engle skipped a daisy
cutter along the third-base patch, which
got past Jack Lelivelt. who retrieved the
ball and slammed poorly to second, per-
hitting the chubby one TO reach the
three-quarter stretch Stahl hit an easy
grounder TO kid" Elberfeld, who had
plenty of time to catch the runner and
make the third out, but he slammed high
to Unglaub. Stahl was safe. and Engle
scored. Boston was thereby presented
g. III.
The Nationals got Mcbride to the mid
way bag in the second chapter with only
one man down. He never got any nearer
home.
In the third "Gabby' Street, the first
man up, met one Of Halls inshoots with
the business end of his bat and sent the
leather sailing over Lewis head in deep
left. The ball bounded into the left field
bleachers and Street walked around the
bases with the Nationals only run.
Gray Il Responsible.
The Red Sox won the game In their
half of this inning. when Hooper, the
first man up. planted a bunt in front Of
the plate. Gray dashed in. picked up
| the ball, and heaved 1t into the crowd,
Hooper taking second.
Stahls only hit of the game popped up
here-a safe drive to right, sending
Hooper home. During the remainder of
the game Gray twirled good ball, and
the home team meyer had a chance to
score. On the other hand. Hall tight
ened up and refused to grant liberties
when hits were needed.
There were no real fielding features,
and only small crowd turned out, as
the weather looked threatening and a
brief shower sprang up half an hour be-
fore il was time to play
The Score