Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-14

CROWD ENCOURAGES GROOM
AND HE BEATS BOSTON REDS
Nationals Pot Up Another Brilliant Game
Which, Like the Opener, Is Won
in the Sixth Inning.

| ner was all that robbed him OF stolen
base Again in the second inning he
/ grabbed throw which was none too good
| from Street and put 1t on Williams. who
was attempting to steal. Had either
| OF these men gotten away. and they would
| have with any one but Mcbride handling
| the throw, the game would probab bly,
| have been lost.
After Warren Miller is in the game a
| while his speed will improve, and he is
| fast enough now to beat out inf1eld hits.
which he demonstrated in the eighth In
ming yesterday. Cunningham had reached
two were out. when Miller hit q ground
er to Yerkes at short. The latter did not
realize that he would have to hustle to
| beat Miller to the bag and did not hurry
the bag before Yerkes' throw reached
| there.
A timely hit more than offsets an
Jack Lelivelt was the first to offend
when he allowed Speakers hit to go
through his legs, which resulted in the
! Red Sox first run, but Jack redeemed
/ himself in the sixth when he got time
| ly single. Cunny made an error in the
second inning, and while it did not cost
| anything, 1T endangered the game for
minute, but Cunny was there with the
one of them excusable, but in the pinches
he was very much In evidence in field
| ing way.
player is more fearless than Kid Elber-
| field. In the ninth inning yesterday, with
Myers running for Williams, on sec
ond base. Madden hit a long fly to center.
until the ball was caught and then adj
vanced. Milan relayed to Mcbride who
made a low throw to the Kid at third.
| The ball and the runner reached there
| sion, during which Elberfeld had his arm
| injured and dropped the ball, or he would
have had his man. It would have been a
sensational wind-up to close game.
1t was fortunate that Clyde Milan was
have reached Engers drive in the first in
ming, Madden's long one in the ninth and
that terrific clout by Wagner, who batted
for Cicotte in the ninth 1t required the
covering of lot of ground to make these
catches. any one of which would have
turned the tide had it got away.
Two straight from Boston. with an ex-
ceilent chance OF getting another of the
remaining two. will be a better start than
any one Of the Nationals followers had
| hoped for. In view of the fact that the locals
nave been hitting the visiting pitchers time
~, while their opponents have failed to come
through with any opportune drives in the
two games played, surely makes it look
as II Walter johnson should not expert
ence any trouble winning his game. But
it does not pay to count victories in base
ball until they have been so recorded,
though it looks like a good chance that
the Nationals will win one of the remain
ing two, il not both.
Four attempts were made to steal sec
ond on Street and only one succeeded
Gardner. in the fifth inning-and Street
claimed that Hooper. who was at the bat.
1nterfered with him. In every other in
stance Streets throws stopped the run
ner, thanks to the excellent handling of
the ball by Mcbride and Cunningham
Street is showing that he is in much
better shape this spring than he has been
in several years The Boston club, which
had chance to make a trade for Street
last winter. but refused, believing that
Street was on the down grade, has oc-
casion perhaps to regret thats'it over
looked the chance to grab the star
catcher. ',
The best feature Of Warren Miller's
hitting is that he rarely hits a ball in
the air. Most Of the time he keeps the
ball on the ground. and this is quite an
advantage. If kept in the game regular
ly Miller is sure to improve In every
way. Scout Kahoe declares that there is
hit Miller. and, II that is true. the team
can stand for his other shortcomings,
for hitting is what counts most in an
outfielder. who often goes through a
week of games with but few chances.
1t does not do to loaf on that Boston
outfield. In Speaker Hooper and Lewis
Pat Donovan has trio OF great throw
base hit that goes straight to any one
Of them. In the sixth inning Cunning
ham hit to center with Elberfeld on
first, and Speaker got the ball to Sec
ond so quickly that Elberfeld had a
close shave at the bag. In the seventh
Mcbride led off with q hit to right. and
he had to slide into first to beat Hooper's
throw there. Mcbride, however, used
good judgment a moment later. when he
went from first to third on a grounder
hit to Engel.
1t was an interesting game which the
Nationals won. being see-saw affafr,
which was not decided until the last man
was out, and 1t required a sensational
catch by Milan to accomplish this.
There was not moment during the
nine innings that the crowd was not on
a tension. In the first round things
scored a run. Henry dropped McBride's
throw and Gardner was safe. Hooper
walked after Gardner had been nailed
stealing. and then Speaker hit safely
Hooper scoring. That one run looked
mighty big as inning after inning passed
and the Nationals failed to score, though
they held their opponents down. Finally
locals have got habit Of scoring, they
forged to the front. After Groom had
been struck out Milan drew pass. and
Lelivelt hit to left field for base
Elberfeld's grounder was juggled by
Gardner. and Cunningham scored Milan
with a single. Miller had a hit, but the
ball struck Elberfeld and he was out
where he would have scored, Henry end
ed the inning Boston tied the score in
the eighth on Gardner's triple and Hoop
er's scratch double before any one was
out, but Groom then retired the side.
In the last half of this inning the locals
took the lead. after two hands were out,
Cunningham hitting a triple, while Miller
beat out an infield hit.
It looked saually in the ninth. which
Williams started with hit. He was
sacrificed to second. and Milan then
made two great catches OF line drives
by Madden and Wagner, the latter bat
ting for Cicotte. The. score tells the
rest Of the story. The score:
WASHINGTON.
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isI;Ys,, ia ! 9 % 9 ! s g 81
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