The Washington herald., 1911-03-31
By WILLIAM PEET.

Atlanta. Ga. March although old
Sol came out brightly this morning. the
wind whistled across the Ponce de Leon
Park diamond at a mica minute clip.
causing outfcldcrs to chase around in
circles after fly balls and made the
handling of grounders by the sack guard
ians extremely difficult.
| Manager MCAlecr saw no real good
| reason why the regulars and Sham
| rocks should not jump at each others
| throatS in ninc-inning battle, and so
! ordered. with the result that Conroy's
ShamroCks batted their way to a clean
cut 10 TO I victory. making the present
series a Tic at four games won by each
club and two drawn battles.
Tom Hughes came back into his own
again. and served 'cm up during the
first five chapters for the regulars
Hughes was touched up freely in the
first and NTH, but was fairly effective.
and. the best of all, felt no i'll effects
from the strain.
Two pitchers were used by both sides.
Groom and Hughes started and worked
five innings: then John"1n and Walker
stepped in and finished IL out. The fea-
tTre proved to he tho unusual number
Of three-baEGers and the sensational
ClOuting of Gabby Street. who came
across with three safe swats out of four
times up. First blood was drawn by the
Shamrocks in the opening round Cor
hin pcrishcd on an infcld tap Conroy
walked. Ralston singled. Henry was
safe on a fieldcrs choice popuatinG the
sacks. Miller died, Cunningham to Som
crIntt. and Conroy scored. Charley Con-
! way drove a single to deep left, sending
in Ralston and Henry. The regulars
| grabbed two of theS" runs back in their
half of the opener. when Milan stopped
ar inshoot with his back. EIberfeld
| singled sending Milan TO third. IIelivelt
walked. and both Milan and the Kid
counted on Cunningham's vicious drive
! 10 center.
| Corbin's stolen base. after he had been
i passed in the ShamrockS' second, cou-
| pied with Conroy's single and Somcr-
| lofts error, gave the Yannigans another
! tally.
GrOom's Twisters HarshIy Treated.
The first team did not score again until
| the fourth. when Bob Groom's twisters
were harshly treated Street, first up,
sIrSIcd to right, but was caught trying
to steal. Tom Hughes connected for a
three hagCer. and scored when Milan also
drove the ball grass high for three has
SOChS. A NllU Iil'n ht Allidu pId4
! ing the figures, regulars 1. Shamrocks. (.
! The s;hamrockS bumped Tom Hughes
! hard in their nth. scoring two runs on
singles by Corbin. Conroy. Henry, and
Conway. Groom's last inning. the fifth,
saw the regulars snatch another tally
when Bill Cunningham crashed to deep
left for three bases and ambled home on
G"%sler's sacrifice fly to right.
Dixie" Walker opened the sixth by fac
ing the ShanLrockS. and his appearance
was the signal for another batfest. a
thr"e-haccer by Sam Ralston, singles b.
Johnson and Conway. Two bases on
balls. and Gesslers mScUc gave the Yam
niCanS four large, juicy tallies. and put
the game on ice. Walker then frightened
uD. and did not allow a single hit dur
ing the remainder of the game. Walter
Johnson. who worked the last four in
ninCs for the ShamrockS, had one bad
inning. the seventh. when a hit batSman
was followed by two free passes, filing
the bases. Gahby Street inserted a single
at this stage. scoring two runs, placing
the score at 10 to in favor of Wild Con-
rDN'S Willing UOrkCrS