The Washington herald., 1911-09-10
YankS Make It
Three in a RON
Russell Ford Holds Nationals Safe in Hard
Fought Thiteen-inning Game-Dixie
Walker TVirLS in Hard Luck.
By WILLIAM PEET.

Three of EN- in a ro wfor the Yam
KEGS.
''oh, for those good old days of Bull
Run, when we had the Yanks on the
hotfoot," murmured a grand stand fan
from Virginia.
Russell Ford was the stumbling block.
The spitbaI finger started his first
game in the Capital, and everybody
admitted after the scrap that Ford was
some pitcher.
Dixie Walker had a tough old time
of it. Things did not break any better
for him than for johnson and Hughes
in the other two games this week.
In the thirteenth inning, with two
out, Dixie cut loose with an in-curve
that landed in the small of Daniels
back To show that he was not at all
peeved at the accident, Daniels imme-
diateIy swiped second. and what hap
pened after that should be spoken of in
whispers. HemphiIl doubled, Chase sim
gled, and Hartzell tripled. one after
another. but why go deeper into the
narrowing details.
This Daniels person was the thorn in
the Nationals side yesterday. Daniels
not only scored the muCh-needed tally
himself in the thirteenth, but his vicious
one-base knock in the sixth gave the
An unwelCome shower kept the crowd
away and made the playing field soft
and treacherOus. That Walker and Ford
were aUle 10 control the ball in the early
rounds. and the felders escape boots"
and bum heaves'' is beyond understand
ing.
Dixie Has En- BufTnIOed.
For the first FIVE innings Dixie Walkers
smoke and curve balls were so beautiful
ly blended that not a visitor reached
third base. The Nationals were also
easy picking for Ford. In the sixth,
Catcher Blair, of the visitors, pumped a
two-bagger into right center. Ford's
sacrifice sent Blair to third and Daniels
swat through Conroy scored him.
The Nationals tried desperately to sew
things up in the final half of this inning
and also in the seventh, but Ford was
too much for them.
The small crowd jumped up and yelled
itself into a hoarseless heap when Gabby
Street pried open Washington's eighth
with a beautiful drive to the left field
fence, good Tor three bases. Gabby
breezed home a minute later when Milan
died, Gardner 70 Chase.
The Nationals never had another look
in until the thirteenth, when Mcbride
anu NOlll bN SluSlGu, Dul there
was no help forthcoming from the fol-
lowing Washington hitters.
It looked like the visitors would salt
away the game in the eleventh, when
first and third were occupied with one
man down and Capt. Chase at the bat,
but Hal hit sharply to Mcbride, who
nabbed Daniels at the plate by a per-
feet throw, and Hartzell made the third
out on a long fly to Milan.
Il
the thirteenth, and the blow-off came in
a most unexpected and atrocious manner.
Dixie Walker had settled down after the
threatened trouOle in the eleventh and
knocked down the opposition in order |
during the twelfth
The thirteenth opened just as auspi- |
ciously for the home folks. Blair, first |
back to the bench after taking three !
healthy swings. Dixie had two strikes |
on Daniels when one of his shoots went |
wild and the ball pasted Daniels in the |
back. The latter stole second, as Streets !
peg was low.
Daniels Breezes Home.
Charley Hemphin sent up a dinky little
Texas Lacquer, which Milan tried to
scoop in with one hand. The ball got |
away from him, and when he recovered |
Hemphill was resting on second. Chase
Incorked a single TO left. scoring Hemp |
1ill, and a three-bagger by Hartzell sent |
he Yankee leader over the plate Gard |
her was passed, and as the latter at |
tempted to steal second Hartzell dashed |
Tor home. Street chased Hartzell back |
70 third, but threw low to Conroy, the |
1all rolling into left field. Hartzell was
across the plate like a flash with the |
fifth and final tally Of the game.
The battle abounded in fielding features.
EIberfeld, and Jack Knight |
played brilliantly. The latter handled
thirteen chances with only one error
charged against him, this miscue being
he only one against the visitors. Streets
poor throw was the only black mark in
the local E column.
Al Handtboe, the Washington amateur.
was again in right field for the Chase
brigade, and while he did not connect
for safe hit, pulled down four hard
dy balls Handiboe left for the metrop
Olis with the Highland clan last night
Yesterdays game was the last meeting
IF the Nationals and Hlghlanders this
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