The Washington herald., 1911-07-29
Hughes Vanquishes
The Cleveland Maps
Veteran Shows Od-time Form, ALowing but
Eight Scattered Hits-Jackson Cracks Out
Homer Over Right Field Fence.

and went over the fence-a fuke home
run for Shoeless Jim.
Now, knockers, put away your ham,
mers. Tom has come back to life.
| Maybe Capt. Mac didn't clout that pill!
single and double out of three trips
to the counting station. The other two
| times he received free transportation.
| Macs error was on bad bounding ball
and did no harm, as a fast double play
saved the day.
| Ball was the only Nap to steal base.
and Tom Hughes gave Neal such a long
lead it was impossible to get him at sec
ond.
"Gabbys' work behind the bat was of
the same high class that has always
characterized the talkative one. Pegging
true, Charlie held Long Tom up great.
Jim Saffell, our king Of the wires. SEEM
ed rather peeved when the Maps tied the
score; but when those four runs came in
Jim had the smile that won't come off.
behind the bat for the first time after his
injury.
| After being run down on the third-base
line, Germany Schaefer got back to the
| bag safe in the first, but Elberfeld was
on third and the Kid was out. Hard
| luck Or
Tom Hughes famed the first two men
| in the second. Tom had plenty of that
| hot stuff.
With men on second and third and
none out in the opening session. the Ma
tionals failed to get a run. Same old
| reason,
Mcbride led of with single in the
second, but-as heretofore.
! Fisher tried to steal second on a short
passed ball. but Gabby was on the job
and had the Nap receiver easily.
Knapp struck out the side in the third
Milan. Schaefer. and Gessler being the
tanners.
King Lajoie, the clouter OF all clouters
was on the coaching lines during the
game His injury still keeps him out of
the game.
The Nationals pulled a great double
play in the fourth. With Olson on first,
Stovall smashed a hard bounder to
Hughes. Tom grabbed the pill and slam
med to Capt. Mac, and the field leader
tossed to Dutch ahead of the runner.
Again in the fourth that needed hit
was not Forthcoming. With two on in
this session. Street and Hughes were
easy outs.
Maybe that boy Knapp can't field his
position! Well. you know.
Doc" didn't come across with a bingle
in the fifth, but that sacrifice fly helped
some. 1t tied the score-1 all.
But Red" Walker was the clouter
with the timely bingle. Spartacus scat
tered n single through short and "the
Kid wabbled over the pan with run
No. 2.
Red" Walker is in the game all the
time. The youngster backs up third in
great style.
Graney's double in the sixth was
petty hit, but it gained the Maps moth
I ing.
Billy Evans, our young Indicator
handler. received a bad crack on the
knee in the sixth, but stuck to the job.
Knapp sure did tighten up after Con-
roy had singled in the sixth He famed
Hughes and Milan. .
Maybe Walker didn't make one awful
stab at that long hit of Balls. He all
hut caught the pill, and then threw Neal
out at third.
Mcbride was the boy with the bingle
in his bat when he doubled to left in
the seventh, scoring Gessler with run
No 4.
And then Knapp came across with
wild pitch and in ambled Red Walker.
Knapp walked Conroy on purpose in
the seventh. The Widow had been clout-
ing too much and the twirler threw four
bad ones over.
Easterly batted for Fisher in the eighth
and promptly singled to right.
Schaefer has it soft on first. Shade is
always at the initial station.
Lajoio was sent into hit for Knapp
in the eighth and lined a drive to left.
but Red Walker was on the job and the
Peerless slugger was an easy out.
Kaler replaced Knapp on the mound
and famed Schaefer, but Elberfeld hit,
Doc was hit, and Mcbride walked, filling
the bases. Clouting Conroy walked to
our new plate and grounded out to Sto-
vail.
Uncle Cyrus" made his appearance in
the ninth on the coaching lines. Cy is as
fat as ever.
Neal Ball famed and the game was
ours. Well. come out to the painted PAL
ace to-day.
DnDvflle, ~ Richmond, q.
Special TO The Washington Herald.
Richmond, Va, July 2S.-Danville waited
until the fifth and sixth innings before
starting to work, but in those two Sec
tions piled up nine hits for six runs of
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