The Washington times., 1911-04-30
DOWN
TO REAL BUSINESS
Good Start at Boston Has Encouraged Washington Club
and All the Players Are Anxious for Resumption
of Series Against Red Sox.
By SENATOR"

BOSTON. Mass. April 3O.-Say. hurry
up and get that ticket. sound the Gym
bal, and ring the tom-tom, for the nifty
Nationals have come into this strong
hold of patriotism and proVincialism
and have handed one Josephus Wood
pretty lacing in the opening game Of
the series. Yes, keep on banging that
tom-tom, Jack. for we are liable to
repeat again Monday.
McAleer's nervy lads have felt the bit
between their teeth now. and are going
to it. The Nationals nosed out of the
frav by a lone run, TO 3. but while the
battle was on there were fireworks, bal
loon ascensions. and a grand diving ex-
hibition. Yes, but what of it? When
the Nationals copped the honors. Dolly
GRAY was the wonderful box artist of
the afternoon, facing Josephus Wood
for three innings apiece without single
bingIe trickling into the box score.
Both lads began TO wobble. tottered. and
finally fell into the hard earth
First on a Beauty.
GRAY was the first, but Wood didn't
last much longer. The first bingle on
Dolly Gray was a fine, juicy melon OF
a homer into that corner Of center field
for1ist the barrier and the fans. The
bold lad from Hubbard City, Tex, ore
..Tonsilitis Iris" Speaker, was the lad
who managed to connect, and Mrs.
Dolly Gray, sitting in the stand. almost
tainted at the awful sight. Then, in the
next round, Yerkes bent the pill in the
direction of Wild Conroy and landed
on the Midway Plaza, where he saw
hot
section for a death. But Josephus
Wood, hailing from Ness City, Kan, re-
membered those happy days out in Wei
IingtOn and plunked the pill to the eX-
treme far corner of the right garden.
Jack Lelivelt jumped into his trusty
bundle of Wood at third. But ferkes
was over.
In the sixth the Nationals. not to be
outdone, broke into the scoring propo-
sition. Rubber Shirt Bill Cunning
ham coaxed a pink ticket, stole that
second sack on wheels and scooted In
when Dolly Gray, yes, the well-known
twirler of that name, bounced beauty
to left But the real fireworks came in
the next, when the Red Sox's tepee
was blown over by the furious gale.
Jack Lelivelt was patient. ambling. Ell
ncrfeld smashed into the ball on the hit
and run and Engle pegged too late 20
get Lelivelt, but Yerkes uncorked a
u
ting Lelivelt on third and the Hessian
on second.
Wood Fans Mcbride.
Joe Wood pulled out his book on how
to pitch and famed Mcbride. Larry
B. Gardner-B for boot-handled that
pill well directed punt when Somerlot
smashed it at him, and Lelivelt was
over. Ha, ha! twas very excellent,
noble gentlemen. And young Eddie
Ainsmith, our srnash-up kid, was stand
ing at the platter, as soon as Bill Cum
ningham had emulated his dandy cap
tain in learning how to breeze Now,
and whiting is one of the things.
Nearly all of the 5000 rooters and
rooteresses howled in horror when
Eddie picked that pill to right field,
way down in the corner, and motored
around to third. scoring Elberfeld and
boys wiped their eyes for grief.
Alva Williams caved in Cunninghani's
shins with a drive and scored on
Yerkes' double to left center. Gray
couldn't get 'em out of the way, and
Long Tom" Hughes marched sedately
to the mound. One run would have tied
the tally. and Yerkes took third when
Hughes failed to nail Nunamaker's
lolly-popsy bunt. But Hughes, crafty
old fox, was on the hill, and when Wag-
ner hit for Wood he drove to Mcbride.
A Very Busy Scene.
But Gardner walked, filling the cor
ners. Yes, nine men shouted encour-
agement to the noble Red Sox. Mcbride
drew a long breath when he got under
Hooper's little scooter, and then John