The Washington herald., 1911-06-01
By WILLIAM PEET.

BY WILLIAM fEEI.
When DR. Harry Gessler took his
trusty bat in hand and smote one of
Midget warhop's subway shoots blithely
into center field, scoring two runs in the
fifth inning yesterday, the little knot
Of loyal rooters cut loose with the first
outburst Of genuine enthusiasm mani
Tested here In three days. This wallop
beat the New York Yankees, to q as
an old-fashioned thunder shower broke
up the game in the seventh inning.
Bob Groom was selected to fool the
Highlanders, and, although touched up
freely, was backed by perfect support.
and that the invaders were able to score
at all Sir Robert himself was in meas
ure to blame, his base on balls and a
wild pitch helping them turn the trick.
An old-time baseball proverb reads
something like this: ITO err is human.
but to hit safely is divine" and this
couplet fits Bob Groom like q glove.
While the lanky boxman erred In the
Yankees fourth, he also hit one on the
nose in the Nationals third. and this
little safety gave the home folks their
first tally, as Bob took second on Mi
lan's out and came home when Jack
Lelivelt whanged safely to right center.
So all is forgiven, Bob. Shake,
We can just hear the sarcastic re-
marks Of some Of the fans Hear them
say, "Washington won a game because
It rained." While the rain possibly did
help some, the team prayed 80 per cent
better ball than shown any other time
this week. No opportunities We're over
! looked. and there was plenty Of pepper
displayed.
Stars Are Missing.
The Yankees claimed their aggregation
oil hot ro Vic hot wit ho q
and Gardner out Of the lineup the team
was in a bad way. but it is doubtful if
the club could have done any better yes
terday had these stars been on the job.
Milan furnished the fielding gem in the
second inning, with a beautiful throw
from short center, catching Johnson at
the plate after the latter had tried to
sneak in from third. The batting of
Gessler and Lelivelt also helped nightly.
for these two athletes drove in all our
runs
spiciously. Milan and Conroy both sin
gled. Lelivelt popped to Blair, and as
John Henry took a swing for the last
time Milan was thrown out trying to
steal third.
George Mcbride opened the second with
a two-bagger into left. He reached third
on Cunningham's fielder's choice, but
steal with "Cunny'' he found the ball
waiting for him in Catcher Blair's hands.
The visitors threw bunch of gloom
into the grand stand fans by assuming
the lead in their half Of the fourth.
when two tallies resulted. Roach, first
up. dumped the ball into the left field
pavilion. Johnson walked. Both ad-
vanced when Groom threw out Blair on
the latters bunt. Then Sir Robert in
serted a wild pitch into the melee and
Roach walked home. Warhop drove up
a skyrocket into Milan's paws and John
son scored on the out. Milan's throw
was wide. Daniels made it three out by
another hoist to the little Tennessee flier.
Black Clouds Appear.
II sure did look like slow curtains for
our athletes at this point, for the Ma
tionals went down in turn during the
fourth, and when the last half Of the
fifth opened rain drops began to spatter
all over the half finished s2o0,ooo ball
plant. To add to the misery, both Aim
smith and Groom perished. Then It
happened. Milan skipped single
through Johnson. Wild Conroy did the
same thing in the same place, and Leli-
welt bounced one at Johnson as Milan
dashed for third. The ball shot through
MiIan's legs, and the Yankee short
stopper lOSl MS bearings. he 1unDleQ,
then booted. then picked up the ball, but
when he was able to heave 1t all hands
We're safe, and yells Of delight filled the
air from the grandstand bugs. The Hon.
Doc Gessler and his trusty war club
appeared at this stage, and after looking
one over, he shot a single through John
son so fast the Terrible Swede couldn't
see the ball. Milan and Wild Conroy
dashed over the plate. Mcbride finished
the inning with f1y to Daniels
Groom forced every Yankee hitter in
the sixth to pop the ball into Milan's
outstretched hands, and the Nationals
also died IN proper order during the Sec
ond half Of this round.
The Storm Breaks.
Daniels opened the New Workers.
seventh with a liner to Cunningham.
wolters stepped to the plate. With two
balls and one strike on him. the thunder
storm broke with all its fury. Umpire
Perrine announced q respite for the usual
thirty minutes, but II was easily seen
that further play was out of the question.
The little knot of spectators crowded
under the canvas covering at the rear Of
the grand stand until the rain drove
them underneath the concrete structure
itself, and the crowd moved just in the
nick Of time, for the wind caught the
temporary awning and blew it forty-sev-
en- different ways, smashing the wooden
supports like they were made of straw, |
and somebody might have been hurt.
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