The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
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the amateurs But IT wasn't the hit
ting the youngsters did that piled UP the
runs. It was the errors which were Of
such frequent Occurrences that helped
Grifrs recruits along the road 20 victory.
The amateurs sure did have some col
lection Of uniforms. Suits from Sewage
Pumping Station. Aloysius, Technical
High school, Toronto. Navy Yard. New
York and the Capital Athletic Club
teams were worn by the different players.
Only a handful OF fans turned out tc
witness the game. The grand stand and
So-cent hleachers were very sparseIy
populated. The 25-cent seats were the
only ones in which any crowd at all
could be seen. These were probably the
real dyed-in-the-wool fans. who are al
ways on the job TO root for their ia
vorites
Judging from the way Howard shanks
was hitting the ball. he has fully recov-
cred from his recent attack of tonsilitis.
The youngster connected for two safe
wallops for a total OF six bases-a home
iun and a two-base clout
Just TO show the local fans that he IS
stlll there with the old pep" Boss Grin
warmed johnson up before ythe latter
took up the mound duties In the fifth
inning. II viii be remembered that Clark
Calvert first broke into fast company as
catcher.
During the four innings that Buck"
Becker performed. he allowed but two
hits, sent six to the bench via the strike-
out route. and issued but one free pass.
''Country' Morris single in the nth
round netted the amateurs two of the
four rms which they were lucky enough
TO secure
In the five sessions he played. Kelly
Harris pulled some neat fielding stunts
around the short field. His Wild heave
Of knights grounder was his only mis-
cue.
Dixie" Walker is quite a comedian /.
In the seventh inning an enthusiastic
fan in the grand stand asked the Ala
bama Beauty the score. Dixie" re-
piled. six and seyen-eighths; do you get
me?'
Tom Long pulled a classy trick in the
second inning when he ran over the foul
line in right field and pulled down Busch
er's long fly.
Shanks was considerably net up in
the ninth round Two were out and
ShalIn was on second. HandibOe crack
ed one 20 left which the Youngstown re-
cruIt captured Several fans yelled 10
him to throw the ball and catch Shalin,
who was beating IL for the bench. The
Washington youngsters then Joined IN
the yelling. and It was several minutes
before Shanks could gather that the
game had ended.
Lite and Murphy we're king hitters for
the losers, each connecting for two
waliops
Tom Long was tearing around the bases
like mad man in the sixth when he
scored from first on Clarence Walkers
infield hit. Long is also credited with
u stolen base in the first inning.
"swede" Morris and Dutch" shann
were the only members of the losing
club who succeeded In pilfering bases on
"Dorf'' Ainsmith.
The sixth inning was Buscher's lucky
one. he tanning the side. But three
hits and an error sandwiched between
netted three runs for the Vans"
Ainsmith participated in two fast dou-
BILE plays, catching the runner going 10
second after the batter had struck out
on each occasion.
Clarence Walker and Shanks split even
on the base stealing stun, each getting
away with two sacks.
Just to show the local fans that there
stin remains a good first baseman among
the amateur ranks, Litz dug one out OF
the dirt with his bare hand. thereby
saving Buscher a wild heave.
Jack knight inaugurated his appear
ance on the local field by breezing at |
three of Big Pills curves.
Sid Lodge was way on color in the |
line. This is the first time the |
boy has been behind the |
bat this season. |
Ainsmith and Guy johnson were in the |
same class yesterday. each mufing easy |
pop ups.