The Washington times., 1911-08-11

And "Gabby" stole third. Few viii
believe this, but a couple of thousand
! royal, loyal roOters saw him do it.
I They know he did it. He did II with
| those same two runners that generally
fail to land him at first ahead of the
flying pill. Furthermore, he work ed
the double steal with Bob Groom. Ha,
ma, its almost too much to believe, but
those fans sat there in their seats and
actually witnessed this miracle.
Nothing but the Monument Baby's"
daring and-shall we say speed?-saved
the day for the Nationals as the
sloppy, t-care-a-hang style of per-
formance being shown by the Browns
had infected Jeems McAleer's boys and
the honors might have gone to either
team. ''Gabby' sent them to the proper
outfit.
Double Steal In Seventh.
That double steal came in the sew
enth inning when the Nationals were
chalking up five runs against the spit
ball darling of the gods, one Josephus
Lake. 1t brought over the final run,
the tally afterward proving to be the
winner. Jimmy Stephens was so sur
prised at "Gabby's' audacity that he
hurled the ball to left field and Street
kept right on going, trotting over the
Fan under full head of steam.
The game? Pretty punk. m'boy. yes.
very much Oshkosh. The Browns
copped their eight Iuns in pairs all
down the line, almost every time some
convenient error by the hired men Of
McAleer doing the trick that got
Do - in had With biD1Salf
"Eed" Walker lost Laporte's three
hagger in the second inning and Ho-
gan walked. Groom put on all steam,
tossing out Kritchell and tanning
Black. Then Wallace showed up a
high fly to left and Walker got under
Aetolian marge and then spectacular
ly muffed that pill. Even E. Law
renee Phillips, hardened to things like
that, groaned and applied himself to
the water bucket. Laporte and Ho-
gan rambled in.
Elberfeld singled in the first and
scored on Walkers ripping splash
to center. Forcing Street in the sec
ond. Milan pilfered and scored on
double to left. The fifth
lead, Gessler starting things with one
gone by punching a safety to center
Laporte was fooled on a hit-and-ruD,
Walker showing the ball past second
Mcbride forced walker ana then Ges-
Sler and the captain scored on "Wid'
Conroy's neat tap to center for one
bag.
Tied In the Sixth.
The Browns tied it up in the sixth
when an easy bounce skipped merrily
over McBride's head. Schweitzer
singled to Conroy, Laporte walked,
to be forced by Hogan. Kritchen die,
easily on a roller to Groom and, with
Two gone, Black bounced one right
at Mcbride. 1t looked an easy out,
but the ball suddenly leaped right
over the fielder's head and "Cheese'
and "One-aTmed" were in.
Five runs. the last one the result
put the Nationals in the lead in the
seventh and, despite their fuzzy play
ing, kept them there. Joe Lake was
bumped and banged around the lot
till he limped and hobbled from sheer
fatigue. 1t was just a procession of
tallies.
Elberfeld singled to Austin. Ges-
sler hammered another safety to CEN
ter and Walkers bunt was beautiful
10 see, filing the bases. The Brown
infield came in and Mcbride pulled a
ing Elberfeld and Gessler. Conroy
S!Sied to Shotton. but The Powahful
Mr.. Gabby" Street plunked a hard one
In center, scoring Walker and Nc
Bride
Then. to the great amazement of all
present Robert Groom registered a
clean hit to right and there followed
that other eight days wonder. the
double steal with Street and Groom