The Washington herald., 1912-06-23

formerly pitched for q North Carolina
College, was on the mound and had fair
curves and some speed. Anderson out;
Webb to Ranch. Vreeland up. Vree-
land out; Webb to Rauch- Mcclure up.
Mcclure out; Webb to Rauch. No runs.
Republicans DisorEanIEed.
George washington Rauch. OF Indiana,
was the FIRST TO face Pitcher Miller in
the second stanza, and the Hoosier gent
walIoped safe one to center, COM
pletely disorganizfnE the inner works Of
the Republican machine. for Cravens, the
next man up, followed suit with healthy
single to right. Rauch hurried to third,
but Cravens was caught several feet on
first on McGuire's quick return to Vree-
land. Yreeland made several blum throws
to second, ending the agony by placing
the ball gently ON the anatomy OF Mr..
Cravens, who stood open mouthed watch
ing his distinguished colleagues motions.
McDermott lifted q foater, one Of NIL
ler's best offerings, far over Halls head
in left for a triple, Rauch rambling In.
Murray grounded out, third to first, and
Rinkhead hit at three bad ones, but An
derson let the third strike get away from
him, and Kinkhead went all the way TO
second, McDermott counting. Just at
this juncture the crowd went wild. the
runs for the Nationals In the sixth In
ming Of the Philadelphia game. When the
cheering ceased Kinkhead was found at
second ana Harrison advancing to the
plate. Harrison reached first on the third
basernan's error. and Webb also was
safe when the first sacker let a throw
from short get away from him, Kinkhead
crossing the plate.
Rouse's husky swat scored Harrison
and Webb. and Rouse came in when
Charley" Edwards. Of Savannah, who
had replaced White, hit a slow grounder
to short, beating the throw.
Edwards SwIms to Base.
Edwards tried to make second on the
throw home to catch Rouse. but a quick
return to the basemAn caught him mid
way between first and second. He es-
sayed a long, gliding slide from that dis
tance, but failed to make the bag by
three yards. Seeing that he had fallen
short OF the required distance, he went
through the motions Of a man swimming,
finally compromising by deciding to arise
and make another slide. The second base
man put an end to the agony by gently
applying the ball to the PROSTATE
Georgian's shirt. Mr.. Edwards accom-
plished a badly battered knee out Of this
incident, and went home limping badly,
using half Of a broken bat In lieu Of q
cane. Democrats, 3; Republicans, 0.
The Republicans broke the ice in their
half Of the second. scoring four runs
on a triple by Hall, two. bases on balls,
an error, and Anderson's double. Score.
9 to l.
The Democrats put across four more in
the first half OF the third on hits by
Rauch, Murray, and Kinkead, and errors
by Farr and Lafierty. Score, 13 to 4.
ha Nka
scored five in the last half Of the third
With Mcguire out, Webb became sud
denly wild, giving Halls and Beaman
bases on balls. These combined with a
dropped third strike by Rouse. Harri-
sons error, and singles by Miller and An
derson, accounted for the quintet Of tai
lies Score. 10 to 9.
Root in LimclIEht.
Two errors and base on balls brought
in two Democratic talHes in the fourth. |
the prettlest play Of the game being pull
ed in this inning, when Root made a
shoestTing catch OF Rouse's foul on the
dead run. Score. Is to g.
In the Republican half OF the fourth !
the lid blew on entirely. Laboring under !
a heavy handicap during the early |
rounds, the Republican worm turned with |
a vengeance, and when the round was
over the Democrats found themselves |
holding down the small end Of a 10 TO |
15 score. Ten healthy Republican runs
crossed the plate during, the melee
MCGUIRE started on the inning by |
grounding out. short to first Halls reach |
ed the initial station on Murray's bad |
throw, and Beaman and Root singled, |
scoring Halls. Farr touIed on more than |
q dozen balls, Catcher Rouse stopping one |
OF them with his little finger, causing him |
TO shake his hand yiRoroualy and Eay nm
parliamentary things. Naughty, naugh- |
ty,'' cautioned Umpire Hughes, but when |
shorty" stopped the next foul with his |
mask. he was effectually quieted. On toy |
Of this Hughes made bad decision on |
q ball, and Rouse stuck an adrnonishIng I