The Washington times., 1912-06-22
Bob" Groom Holds
Champions Down
To But Two Runs

! PHILADELPHIA, June 22-Jumping
Into a taxicab in front of a hos
pital. where he had just had a drain
placed in his back, Groom rushed to
/ Shibe Park yesterday and held the
mightiest sluggers of the Athletics in
! the hollow of his hand. easily winning
! his game by score of to 2. Such
! an example Of gameness has seldom
/ been seen in baseball.
Groom won from the Athletics in
Washington Tuesday when he should
/ a large abscess in his back, and
worked throughout that great holiday
! contest when every movement brought
| pain.
Against the stellar twirling Of Groom
/ the Athletics oculd do nothing. For
: five innings the Athletics were hitless.
| Three hits were made off Groom In the
last two frames, because, knowing he
/ had his game in hand, the tall fellow
eased up a bit. He had left a sick
bed to swing the Climbers up a notch
In the struggle for American League
honors
Luck Featured Victory.
The Nationals won, but not WHOLLY
through their own good work. Groom s
support was wretched, and single
handed he disposed of batsmen when
his support wobbled in the face of the
enemy. 'Tis true, the Nationals showed
some ability with the willow. but the
! pitching of the Athletic quartet was
| the very worst imaginable. 1t was no
particular glory in winning from the
Mackmen when they had such tWirlers
! However, this does not detract in the
! Groom. He never weakened at any
stage OF the game and made monkeys
! of such sluggers as Eddie Collins.
| Frank Baker. "Stuffy'' Mclnnis, Jack
| his work not been first class. the score
might we'll have been closer, for the
! Nationals looked very bad in the, field.
Clyde Milan had particularly poor
! 4 to the grandstand, and, later, letting
a ground ball go through his legs for
| three bases However, the tennessee
| Ayer made up partially for his lapses by
! a couple of catches that only he and
very few others can make.
The contest was snuffed out in the
opening session, when Minstrel Man
! Morgan. the pitcher adorned with a
! cavalry stripe, blew 1t away with his
wildness He walked Moeller and Fos-
! ter, the soulmates and Milan laid down
! a neat bunt for single. Chick' Gan
| dil rising to the needs OF the moment
-poled a hit single to center. tteld, scor-
! Ing Moeller and Porter and putting
Milan on third base.
Forced In Run.
long enough to get another walk and
Connie Mack called upon young Pen
mock, his youthful ehud from the Weno-
nah Military Academy, over In Jersey,
to save the day. Pennock's swecpin 6
curve ball swept all around the plate.
but never went across 1t. for Ray Nor
gan, who walked. forcing Milan over
George McBride's foul hoist fell into
McInnis' glove, but John Henry spanked
a clean single to left field, bringing Gan
dill and Shanks across the pan. Bobby
Groom Japanesed III true piteher fash
ionand Thomas nailed Morgan trying to
nip third at the same time, closing a
most disastrous inning for the cham
pions.
along the third base line that PennOCk
failed to get in the second round, but
persisted stealing on Thomas excellent
peg to Collins Foster rolled to Collins
and then Milan strolled. Chick Can
Gil dropped a Texas Lacquer in short
center and Milan showed his class by
EprintipE all the way home on the sin
Hle, Ga.idil taking SECOND when Barry
hurled home Shanks walked, but was
caught off first base by a snap peg from
Thomas.
Groom Makes a Bingle.
McSrides clean bingle TO left opened
the sixth. Henry forced his skipper,
but Bob Groom poked a single to right
and the bases were jammed when
Moeller ambled. "Fateem" Foster
slapped one at second base that Jack
Barry barely knocked down, but Henry