The Washington times., 1911-04-18

Steamboat Bill Otey, the hetero-
! do1ical hurler, careered along yesterday
against the KiIties until the sun was
dying in the West, and the pie section
! fans were edging their way toward the
gate and warm suppers. Then he
blew Up he went, up, up, into the
clouds, and when he had been discover
ed and hauled back to terra firma, it
! was, goodnight" The Kilties had
hung It on our Nationals to the tune of
to 3.
Dixie and the Derrick.
Dixie Walker, the Birmingham Baby,
tried his embalmed delivery for an in
ming or so and then the derrick seized
him by the slack and hoisted him out of
sight Not a tear was shed. either, as
he disappeared. Three fine. promising
young bingles in the opening session
had brought over a tally and another
had ooZed over in the second when
Steamboat Bill heard the call to bat
tie.
With two laid away In the opener
Childe Harold bingled to right off the
handle of his stick and pilfered. doing
II most gracefully, too. Then Roy Hart
zell drove safety TO right and Hal was
in. Jack knight. husky and brute
with the stick. spanked one down the
foul line to the left garden and it
seemed around there as II friend Walk
er was going to meet lot of enemies on
a dark road in about one minute. How
ever, little Zeb Milan saved the big fell
lows life by sprawling out on the
ground behind second and taking Cree's
savage clout.
Knights Belt to Left.
Two were gone in the third when
Jack Knight started another belt to left.
1t was clean hit and no one srumbIed.
but then Rubber Shirt Bill Cunning
ham spread butter on his fingers and
failed to hold Cree's dancer. The stage
was set with chrysanthemums. thodo-
dendrons. and some more things with
long names when "Ote' johnson, the
terrible slugger of the Eastern League
'.drammer," came up, picked out Just
one and Carelessly dropped 1t up among
those fans who pay money 10 watch
the game from the left field seats. 1t
cost the Nationals one more tally, that
drive, for knight had joined the other
spectators.
The score was 5 to in the fourth
couple OF runs. Bill Cunningham start
ed off the session by driving the pill
down between Cree and Hemphill and
landing on second before the ball re-
turned. Doc Gessler swung a number
of times and was seated to let John
Henry push out a grOunder to right,
Cunningham coming right along for the
first run. McBride's death at first gave
him another base. and then came the
Powerful Gabby" Street. He picked
out a good one and sent it dancing and
leaping down to left field. Birdie"
cree put on steam and made fine
throw to the pan to catch the ambitious
John Henry, but the ball took a bad
bound and two runs were In when Otey
waved his bat thrice.
Are Modest Thereafter.
The Nationals were pretty modest
after that. trailing along one rvR to
the bad, until the eighth. Then they
tied it UP and gave three men in the
stand heart failure. Hal Chase had let
Harry ,Ables face the music until those
two runs were over, and then he switch
ed him in favor of Warhop. The latter
was pitching regular ball, too, and the
Nationals were having their troubles.
But in this eighth Clyde Milan smashed
a fast one at HartzeII and grabbed a
bag, and then another on Schaefers
sacrifice.
Look who's here. My word. If it isn't
little Norman Elherfeld. Watch him
soak that pill. There, didn't 1 breathe
It: didn't ! breathe 1t? Wango! Nor
man had caught the ball right on the
nose. and it was sailing out to bunch
Of friends in the left field stands who
welcomed it with outstretched hands.
Little Milan didn't have to hurry in
with the tieing run.
The crowd of 1000 was roofing now