The Washington times., 1911-08-31

NEW YORK. Aug. 31-''Damn the
torpedoes, go ahead"
Inspired by this Deweyized senti-
Inent the Nationals, three runs in the
rack, cleared decks for action and
crashed into the final inning Of get
away day at Cleveland with such eclat
and furore that they deuced the battle.
But this elation was as passing as DR..
Cooks glory. for in the extra session
a hit, sacrifice and another hit gave
the homers the necessary count and the
Nationals left the fair metropolis of
Cuyahoga county a disappointed and
detected lot.
But between friends, no one can be-
grudge the Maps their victory. When the
ninth arrived there was not a thinking
man or frenzied rooter who believed the
Nationals had a chance to even avert
a shut-out.
Single In Seven Innings.
For seven long innings a single,
Honest John" Henry's in the opener,
was all the damage The Nationals had
done to the service Of Fred Blanding,
and the pitcher looked in a fair way to
make a glorious record when 1t hap
pened all of sudden-like.
Dixie Walker, who since his return
from the Southland, has been as idle
as a bootblack on a rainy night, was
McAleer's choice as pitcher, and he got
away well enough. For four innings it
looked like a case of the survival Of
the fittest between Walker and Bland
ing, but in the fifth the Maps gave a
perfect imitation of our old friend Jack
Dalton, and IN their demon-like way
amassed three runs that looked as big
as a boiled dinner to a starving tramp.
They jumped on the man from the land
of cinnamon-weed and cotton with both
feet and a club, so Navy Yard Char
ley Becker was chased to the outskirts
to warm up. Walker gathered himself
together just in time to dodge the der
rick and went through the sixth, sew
enth, and ninth without being assaulted
to any unwonted extent. Then came that
fatal tenth, in which Walker fell like
Lucifer, never to rise again.
Recounting the deeds of Ray Morgan
has become so a daily affair so suffice
to say that he was once more the whole
gate and the hinges in that final conflict
in Napland. In the third and again
in the fourth he made scoop plays for
which he is becoming justly famous,
and he had no trouble in handling all
of his five chances.
Cashion Potent In Ninth.
Carolina Carl Cashion, who has
cone nothing heroic in the pitching line
since deserting home, was a potent fac
tor in the rush in the ninth. With two
men on and both needed to tie it up,
Cashion was substituted for Cunning
ham, and the change was wise one,
for the big fellow hammered a single
to left, drove in both men, and then
he retired to let Ainsmith run for him.
With two expired in the first, Henry
singled and stole, but was left, and in
the second a base on balls, sacrifice
and an out put Red" Walker on third
but he died there. After three had been
retired in row in the third the Ma
tionals looked dangerous in the fourth.
Henry out, Gessler walked and sprint
ed all the way to third on a passed ball,
but when Clarence Walker bounded 20
short the physician and surgeon was
out at the plate.
After wasting two hits in the first,
the Maps counted three times In the
ffth. Turner flied to left, but Easterly.
Blanding, and Butcher singled in sue
cession, the last hit driving in the first
named. Olson's long sacrifice tailed
Blanding, and Butcher scooted home
when Jackson bingled over second.
Here's the way men Of the House Of
McAleer caused all the excitement in