The Washington times., 1911-07-13
GREGG
IN SECONDCLASH 1
Mighty Southpaw of the Cevelands Trims the National
in Breezy Style, Though Aided to Some Extent by
the Near-Sghtedness of Umpire.
BY SENATOR"
Only WaahinEton
er Mann WIth fine NATIONALS.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 13-Vean
Gregg, mightiest southpaw in the
American League, breezed home
winner in the second battle in the series
with the Nationals because he was
there with bells a-jingling in the
pinches and because Umpire Mullen was
friend of his a couple of times. The
final score of 4 to denotes at once the
close fight made all along the line and
the sturdy efforts of the lads from Taft
Vile to trim the speeding Naplanders.
Some Of the fielding stunts bordered
on the marvellous and kept the obese
multitude on edge. Kid EIberfeld. the
midget third sacker, made two beauti-
full stops back of the box and got his
man each time. Fisher, the Maps young
backstop, ran almost to the Nationals
dugout for Grooms foul in the sixth
and all the way to the stand behind
him for Red" Walkers in the eighth
There was an aureole of magnifcence
about those two catches.
Angel Graney robbed Bill Cunningham
of hit in the sixth, when he boarded
the fast express and rode from deep
left almost to third base for the Rub
ber-shirt'' boys feeble Texas Lacquer.
Again in the ninth, when the Nationals
were making their dying stab for vic
tory. he raced far out toward the score
board and got under Cunninghams ter
rife drive. Had it escaped him it would
have gone for fully three bases.
Two Opening Runs.
Some fossy work in the opening ses-
sion allowed the Nationals to gather
in two talIies. Then when they picked
another in the fourth 1t looked like the
lady on the hunk OF stone for them.
Milan waited till he was passed Turner
grabbed Schaefers bounding delivery
and could easily have got Milan at
second, but Neal Ball was thinking of
his bank roll. his chicken farm or
something as far away as that and
forgot to cover the cushion. There were
two on right off the reel.
Elberfeld's neat sacrifice bunt, Stovall
to Ball, sent both runners along a sta
ton and they had no trouble in hitting
the disc when Doc Gessler, the re-
nowned Akhoond Of Swat, sraNg the
pill on the tender section and bounced
it over against the right field fence for
two hassocks. Fisher couldn't quite
gauge Red" Walkers fly, which
dropped safely near the box after climb
ing up 1858 miles and some odd feet.
At this point Gregg got his pet benders
working properly and famed both
Mcbride and Cunningham.
With one gone in the fourth Cunning
ham got in one of his old-time drives
along the ground to left field, and went
around to third on the hit-and-run,
when Henrys safety crashed to right.
Jackson got "Massa John" at second
trying to stretch the belt. Turner
hiked across the field but couldn't quite
hold Groon's bounder, and Cunningham
was over.
Run For Naplanders.
In their half of the fourth the Nap
landers scored a run, though Bob
Groom did admirable work in getting
out of q hole with but one tally chalked
up against him. With one gone Jack
son bulleted one to right, but was forced
by Stovall. Birmingham's fine sizzler
to right sent StovaIl to third. Elberfeld
hustled in for Balls easy bounce which
scored StovaIl, and tossed wildly to
Schaefer, letting Ball land on second.
Turner walked, but Groom frightened up
beautifully and forced Fisher, a good
man in a pinch. to roll to Cunningham.
John Henry failed to hold the third
strike on Jackson in the sixth and that
misplay allowed the Naplanders to tie
the score. Stovall and Birmingham were
thrown out by Elberfeld. Jackson being
held to second, but he came in when