The Washington times., 1911-06-07
ZOE LACKSON'S HIT
CINCHES THE CAME,
Maps Marvellous FeIders Drive Over Right Field Fence
Put Quetus on Long Tom" Hughes Chances
to Save the Day.
By SENATOR"

Well, you've seen him-the great, the
marvellous, the twtnkltng Joe Jackson
How does he look to you? Pretty good?
When he laid his young oak up against
that fling of Long Tom" Hughes in the
first inning yesterday. 1t was simple to
see the end coming rapidly. He drove
the ball high up toward that right
field fence, but 1t didn't stop at she
fence. 1t kept right on moving, and
disappeared over the low roof outside
the park. That made three runs for
the visitors. and made 1t possible to
dope out the chances of Long Tom.
Before the human life preserver, Fred
erick Sherry, arrived the game was
gone. 1t wound up like this-Cleveland.
s; Nationals, 2.
Among the Heroes.
Speaking of heroes, how about our
own Fred Sherry? Egg And" was
launched into the battle after Hughes
had been soundly trounced. Turner was
at second and Birmingham at first,
straIning at the bit. Well. they both
scored when Ball ripped single to left,
but after that Sherry was master of the
situation. He closed that inning by
VI SSElLS LdAIO III tHe rest
Of the battle he allowed but four hits
and nary a tally. He displayed much
improvement over his previous work
and-well, Sherry is beginning to prove
that Kid Elberfeld's judgment is worth
something.
And Elberfeld, he was in the game.
He hoped around a bit at third on that
lame ankle. but got into two pretty
double plays and cracked out a bingle
to right in the ninth. His sweet, SIREN
like tones could be heard throughout
the contestor-rather, exhibition-cau-
tioning Sherry to do this or that The
Kidlets was a valuable member of the
Nationals, If he did limp.
No, there wasn't much to the game,
It droned its way through nine complete
innings, and the handful of fans were
glad to get downtown, where there was
something doing. Jim Saffell got so
peeved at the slowness of the darn
thing that he-he had lot of kids fired
cut Of the stand for injecting some life
into It Jim didn't want to be dis
turbed. Nobody else did, either.
Graney crashed a safety to right for
starter and would have been forced by
Olson but that McBride's toss was pain
full to behold. Joe Jackson debuted
field barrier, even over the low brick
house in that neighborhood, and three
runs were in. Herman Schaefer took
Stovalrs fly, but Joe Birmingham
singled to center. Mcbride tossed out
Turner and Birmingham thought he'd
go all the way around. However, the
comedian first-sackcr whipped the pill TO
Elberfeld, a wild toss, but the kidlets
seized It and Eddie Ainsmith completed
the job of doubling up Birmy.
Getting through the second inning
pretty we'll. Long Tom" hit the bump
ety-bumps hard and often in the third.
Angel Graney poked the ball into the
clubhouse front yard for a homer to
start the session. but Milan managed to
get under Olson's high sailer. Hughes
is wicked sometimes and he punched Joe
Jackson in the short ribs Two were on
when he walked Stovall. Birmingham
brought up the dark clouds by scratch.
ing single to third, filling the sacks.
pushed a two-bit .wallop into those
bingle benches in left Exit Hughes.
Then Madame" Sherry.
Enter Madame Sherry. Birmy and
Turner ambled over in a hurry when
Neal Ball singled to left. Sherry tight
ened up Immediately, however, tanning
the next two men. Jackson got a hit
in the fourth, to perish stealing. In the
sixth, with two gone, the Maps got two
hits, and Sherry filled the bags by pass
ing Jackson. but the rookie made
Stovall boost to Gessler. The kid
the time, SHOWING plenty of nerve when
nerve was needed. He's better than q
whole lot we can think Of right of the
reel.
In the second, and he hustled home