The Washington herald., 1912-04-06
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YOUNG PITCHERS
LOSE FINAL GAME
TO.BOST0N BRAVES
Engel and Boehling Are
Wild, Beansaters Getting
Battle, 7sto.5.
MOELLER IN CONTEST
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ny WILLIAM 1; PEEr.

Manager Griffsth decided ito Try out two
of his Young recruit twfrfers against the
Boston BRAVES in the getaway game al
the. concrete coliseum yesterday, and the
result was Just about wnar might be ex-
pected. Boston won, 7yto s.
Engel and Southpaw, Joe Boehling were
the, youngsters put upon the altar. and
between them sthsy handed the National
Ieaguers ten bases on balls. the former
being more generous than the southpaw.
Boehling had one bad inning, when he
allowed four. hits, and this was all the
Boston shIggers could collect from the
blond finger.
johnny king, of the Bean brigade, pre-
sented his crack left-hsnder Tyler, and
made the pitcher work the entire route.
Tyler was hit hard in three innings. but
was unusually steady in the face OF un-
certain support, and deserved to win his
game.
Capt. George Mcbride was out of the
game on account of a bad ankle, where
he was spiked in Thursdays game. Ray
Morgan held down s1ortstop,, and was
the victim Of bad breaks. every ball hit
In his direction taking a wicked hop. and
the peppery youngster did not show to
advantage. However Morgan came across
with dandy. clean hit in the fourth.
- MoeIIer In Left.
n-MnelIer-yas. placed in left feld..
as his injured shoulder permitted of
working and the former Rochester star
handled three chances and cracked out
= timely hit. but mufedi an easy fly bali.
AlthoughSJoe Engel bIan<ed the Bean
Brigade In the opener @vthe Braves got to
him In the second for couple of runs.
Jackson drew walk and trotted. to the
midway bag when the young twirler
made, a palpabIe balk. Houser hit a
scorcher too hard for Morgan to handle
properly aud reached second on
knights tumble Of a thrown. ball. In
gerton lined to MoeIler in deep left and
jackson came home, on the out. Engel
could not locate the, plate for the next
thr,e batterss his wild streak forcing In
a rum The youngster soon steadiGd
down and forced Kirke. dangerous hit
ter. TO pop to Morgan for the third out.
There was plenty OF excitement un-
corked in the Nationals third. when the
score, was tied. Ainsmith started the
fun when he was hit by a pitched ball.
EngeTs perfect sacrifice along the first
base line advanced Ainsmith to second.
Milan popped to Sweeney, but Germany
Schaefer crashed to Jackson. the speedy
outfielder coming In on the dead run,
and letting the ball get away from him.
EngeI counted and Schaefer kept right
on going. The relay in came true as a
die and Gowdy had the ball waiting for
the Dutchman, but dropped it while tag
ging the runner.
The Nationals lead was short lived. as
the Boston. bunch raked Engel hard in
the fifth. Sweeney was safe when his
grounder took a bad hop in front Of
Morgan. Kirke mauled a swift inshoot
to the center. field fence and the relay
from Milan came in so quickly that
Sweeney was snuffed opt at the plate.
Miller came to the rescue with a smok-
ing single. scoring Rfrke from second. ::
BoehIins on the Slab.
When the visitors sixth opened
Southpaw Joe Boehling was on the
mound, and the youngster got away to
a horrible start. Four large, juicy tai
lies were counted up by the visitors in
this frame, enough to take the heart
out of any pitcher, but in the face of
this Boehling kept plugging away, and
during the next three innings did not
allow a safe tft or. a tally. although he
did issuegas couple of passes and tossed
in bad throw himself.
The sixth was Bostqn,s big inning, |
and was opened by Ingerton, who struck
out. Spratt singled, and Gowdy was
hit in the shins by pitched ball. Tyler
drew foar bad ones. filling the bases. |
and Sweeney shot Texas Lacquer to
center, scoring Spratt. Kirke followed
with single, and Miller doubled, with |
the result that Gowdy.. Tyler, and |
Sweeney all breezed home, placing the
figures, Boston z Washington =. -
The Nationals. refused to be put down, |
and with Boss. Griff on the coaching lines |
the fans were treated to some. real sure |
enough lighting spirit which, has been |
lacking here. 10! these many years.
In the eighth inning Germany Schaefer |
sma shed ont a tiree-bagger to deep /
center and came home on Moeller's |
smoking single over Ingerston's dome.
Kirke fumbled the ball for an instant.
and Moeller dashed to- second. To the