The Washington herald., 1911-10-05
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Well, two out OF three from the world 8
champs is not so bad, eh?
Good-by, Connie and good luck in the
coming big SERIES
Only a handful of fans turned out 10
witness the final game of the 1911 sea-
son at Washington. Even the two-bit
bfeachers were sparsely populated
Both teams played great fielding
games, not an error being made on either
side.
The Nationals were retired on three
pitched balls in the first inning. Milan
was out, Barry TO Davis: Schaefer flied
to Derrick. and ElDerfeld grounded TO
Collins.
Elberfeld made pretty catch of
Davis short fly in the, second. running
back into center after the ball
Tom Long beat out a bunt in the
second. and displayed his ability as far
as speed was concerned was sac
Iifced to second by Mcbride and stole
third while "Wid" Conroy was at the
bat.
The White Elephants were retired in
one, two, three order in the third. Bob
Groom pitching but three balls
Only an hour and eight minutes were
consumed in playing the game
Eddie Collins connected with one of
Grooms slants in the fourth and car
ried it to center for the circuit. He was
given the glad hand as he crossed the
plate.
Livingston pulled e.. good catch in the
fourth session. when he ran into the
stands and captured Walkers foul fly.
Four hits for a total of eight bases
were registered off Krause's delivery in
the fourth.
"Frenchy' made a holler in the fourth,
when "Ump' Egan called wild" Con-
roy's dump down the third base line
foul. "Frenchy" was in the upper deck
and jumped to his feet, yelling to Egan
to keen his eyes on the plays. The
Frenchnlan might just as well have held
his peace, as the Widow clouted the
next ball pitched for a three-quarter cir
cult smash.
Mcbride made great stop and throw
of Emerson's grounder in the fifth. get
ting the runner at first by inches only.
After Red Walker had singled in the
fifth. he attempted to steal second, but
was an easy out, Livingston to Collins.
Derrick has been playing all over the
infield lately, having covered first, Sec
ond, and third in the last two weeks.
Connie Mack has an eye to business, and
is probably training Derrick so that he
or Baker should any of these stars be
hurt in the big series with the Giants.
Krause was replaced by Brown in the
sixth! The youngster met with success,
tanning the first two men who faced
him, Long and Mcbride.
Comics son Earl.-was put on third
in the sixth. Some baseball artists. those
Macks. He looks like conner.
Derrick's catch Of Wild Conroy's short
fly in the seventh was a pippin:
Schaefer had to dig into the dust after
Conroy's low throw on Barry In the
seventh. But that Dutchman is there
with the digging stun.
Conroy had to run back into left field
after Strunk's fly in the eighth. The
catch was made while the Widow was
on the full run.
Our congenial first-sacker was the only
man on either team to garner more than
one hit. Some clouter. that Dutchman.
Emerson handled everything that came
his way in right field. He also con-
nected for one of the four hits which
Bob" Groom allowed.
.Bob' Groom has won the last four
games he has pitched. He beat Cleveland
and Dertsit last week. took fan out OF
Chicago September 1s and trounced the
pennant winners in the johnson circuit
yesterday