The Washington herald., 1911-06-17
7 Timely Hitting
Beats St. Louis
Gesser and Walker Pound Petty when Cracks
Mean Chalks Dixie Holds Browns
Safe-Score is 6 to O.
Nv WILLIAM PEET.

Two beautiful, well-placed swats by
Harry Gessler, NJ. D., and Spartacus
Walker, with second and third loaded on
each occasion, took all the starch out OF
the Hon. Barney Petty at the concrete
castle yesterday and helped the Nation
ais partake of another victory over the
Browns. the third in row, and another
whitewash, too. Score, s to 0.
Manager Jim McA1eer was on the
bench after a short vacation, and if he
could not sleep soundly last night, he
must indeed be a very sick man.
That four straight disaster in the
Mound City on the Western trip last
month is still fresh in the minds of Nc
Aleer and his teilers, and this old re-
venge stuff tastes mighty sweet One
more win to-day and somebody's cup of
Joy viii be filled to overhowtng..
The Nationals won because Dixie Wal
ker pitched better ball than did Petty,
his team mates hit at the right time. ran
bases with better judgment, and all told
put up a better exhibition of the national
pastime.
Sehaefer and Milan Shine.
Schaefer played a great game at first.
while Clyde Milan was the real clouting
infant, pulling down three hits out of
five times up. For the tailenders, and
there is a certain amount of joy in re-
ferring to the lowly Browns in this man.
ner, Potts Lsporte was the shining light,
his fielding efforts included several mar
veIous stops, and at the bat he cleaned
up one-third of the St Louis hit total.
Three times the visitors threatened to
score In the first inning, a pretty double
play retired the side, and in the fourth
Laporte and Hogan singled after two
were out, but Clarke was a victim OF one
of Dixie's curve balls, and popped to
Elberfeld. In the sixth a lightning re-
lay OF Laporte's healthy smack to>right
field, caught Mclean at the plate This
was as near as Wallaces wanderers
came to doing any damage.
Pelty's wildness got him into hot water
at the start. for in the Nationals opener,
after Milan had perished via the Wallace
Rowan route, Dutch Schaefer walked and
and stole second. Spartacus Walker drew
a pass. as did EIberfeld. Doc Gessler
smashed one through Laporte for clean
single, scoring Schaefer and Walker,
Elberfeld was able to reach third on the
play and breezed across the rubber a
minute later on McBride's long hoist TO
Mclean. Conroy was called out on
strikes, and the side retired.
Petty Pounded AEnin.
Barney Petty -ughIened up unui tne
seventh, when two more of the home
folks made the circuit Dixie Walker
ripped a single into left field, and took
third on MiIan's crash to right, the latter
racing to second before the ball could
be returned. Bobby Wallace made a
nice stop and throw of Schaefer's hard
hit gTounder. Spartacus Walker was the
pinch hitting kid and crashed through
WaIlacel sending in both Dixie Walker
and Milan.
Just to show that no hard feelings e&-
listed. the local tribe tossed in another
run in the eighth, after two lad perish
ed Dixie Walker again started the rum
pus by waiting for base on balls. Milan
jammed a single to center advancing
Dixie to third, and when Wallace
made bum heave of Schaefer's grounder
Dixie crossed the plate Red Walker
made the third out Wallace to Rowan.