Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02
REGULARS GOODWIN
BEFORE YAN|GANS
Series Between MCAleer'S
Team Now Stands a
5-to-5 Tie.
CUNNINGHAM AND
CORBIN GET HOMERS
Johnson and Walker Show Su-
perior Form Over Groom
and Hughes.
Special Dispatch 20 The Star.

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
ATLANTA, Ga, April 1.-The standing
between the Shamrocks and the Regulars
is now five to five. with two games in the
tie column. the Shamrocks winning the
game this morning by the score of > to .
in mighty pretty game, winning the
affray in the final round.
Walter Johnson and Dixie Walker were
pitted against one another to start the
game. the former working for the Sham
rocks and the latter for the Regulars.
and both were in fine fettle in so far as
hits were concerned, though they were a
trif1e wild. They were succeeded by
Bob Groom and Tom Hughes and the ma
jority of the runs were made off these
two tvirlers.
Some mighty pretty fielding on the part
of both sides. with home run hits by
Cunningham and Corb;n. were the
features.
The Shamrocks were the first to tally,
Sending one run home in the second
round Henry led off with slashing
single to left field. He reached second
when Cunningham dropped Streets
throw. Miller hit to the pitcher. who
made an error, Henry reaching the three
quarter mark. Henry scored on an in
field out.
In the third the Shamrocks tailed an
other. Johnson poled single to center
field and when Milan let the ball get by
him. Walter pulled up at third. He
scored on Corbin's sacrifice fly to center
field.
The Regulars tailed one in the fourth
round. Cunningham got hit and went
20 third on Ralston'S error, scoring on an
infield out.
Corbin Hits Homer.
Corbin picked the ball over the right
field fence in the sixth inning, putting the
Shamrocks way TO the good.
In the eighth the Regulars tied the
game up. tallyinC twice off of Groom. Bill
Cunningham drove a hard liner to center
field for the circuit Mcbride got a life
on Conway's error. stole second, went to
third when Conroy let the throw get by
him and scored on Charlie Streets good
bingle.
Not 10 be denied. the Shamrocks came
back good and strong in the ninth round
and cinched the game Henry got a life
on McBride's error. He went to second
OF Miller's infield out and scored on Con-
ways single Conway went to third on
Bunting's single and the two worked the
double steal for the final tally of the
game. Corbin's home run without
doubt the longest hit that has been driven
TO right field since Ponce De Leon Park
was built. There is a fence that runs
along at the bottom of the bank in right
field, which is 125 yards from the home
plate. Corbin caught one of Hughes fast
ones and sailed it on line twenty feet
above the top of the fence. the ball strik
ing in the bank right at the top and
sticking. II was a smashing hit, one Of
those kind tibet you read about. 1t was
his first hit of the day.
Cunningham's home run Clout was
hingle that went high in the air to deep
center held. Doc Raiston started after it
on the run, touched it with the tip of
his fingers as it passed over his head, the
bal! rolling 10 the scorehoard in center
field and Bill making the circuit without
exerting himself in the least
George Mcbride made one of his won
derful ORe-IIanded barehanded stops on
Conway i'll the second inning that robbed
that worthy Of hit, the Nationals cap
tain getting the hall after it had gone by
Elberfeld and tiinging to second base,
nipping Miller there
Conway has been hitting this way for
the past week now. The big fellow has
been hitting the ball right on the nose
and like the shot out of gun. but some
one has always been jumping up right in
front of it making some sensational
stop of this kind. He has hit much
Harder than the box scores and the bat
ting averages have shown to date.
Charlie Street Iow-bridged Bob Groom
In the eighth inning, driving one right
straight back at the pitcher that struck
him in his glove, with the glove right at
his chest, but knocked him down, Charlie
getting well earned hit on IL.