The Washington times., 1912-09-11
Nationals Hammer at Will
Nap Pitchers in Opening
Fray in West.
By SENATOR"

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Sept. 11.-Base-
ball is a strange pastime. That's why the
Nationals, worn and weary from three
nights spent in sleeping cars Of the
vintage of 1776, tired out thoroughly
from cavorting on bush league dia-
monds and rescuing hard hit balls from
under the feet of patient farm cattle
in York state. defeated the Naplanders
by the overwhelming score of II to 2
in their first battle here in their final
swing around the Western wheel.
Miracles were seen. Dare Devil Dan"
Moeller, whose special forte for weeks
has been to strike out, got two hits.
His skittishness on the paths put pep
into Eddie Foter who promptly SIAM
med the pill on the nose safely just
three times. Milan, following good ex-
ample, spanked out a brace OF bingles,
and Chick" Gandil became real devilish
with his two singles and screaming
triple. Even Howard Shanks. who had
been benChed for his light stick work,
walloped the pill twice.
Seventeenth Win Over Maps.
This recent transforming tour of the
Nationals. instead of tiring them, added
life to their diamond performances, and
they had little trouble in winning their
seventeenth victory from the Naplanders
by smothering the opposing pitchers in
bingles and shoveling runs in upon their
graves
Fred Blandlng started to twirl against
the Nationals and failed to last out
the first frame. A boot and bad
throw by Larry LaJoie got Blandlng In
the lads from the Capital whaled the
ball to the extreme sections, and Bill
Steen was shunted suddenly into the
fray.
Steen, who has been troublesome on
more than one occasion this season in
battles with the Nationals, was sim
ply slaughtered in the third. Four hits
in succession brought his exit and the
entrance of Wolfe. a busher from An
derson, s. c. Wolfe had a lopsy wopsy
slow ball that now and then curved
imperceptihly. He met with some sue
cess until the eighth, when the Nation
ais fell upon him for four bingles and
three runs. Neher, a semi-pro. from
somewhere in Pennsylvania, pitched the
last inning and yielded no hits or runs.
Larry Does Some Sticking.
Carl Cashion, the Carolina monolith,
had everybody on his staff except Larry
Lajoie. The big Frenchman gathered
in four hits during the long, sticky aft
ernoon, two Of them hard, clean drives
TO center, one a Texas Lacquer to left
and the other a bunt with two down in
the seventh. But he alone could tamper
with the delivery of Cashion.
Joe Jackson got a real single and then
beat out a bunt for his records sake In
the ninth. Hendryx, a recruit outielder,
got a single and Johpston plunked a
| two base knock up against the right
| field barrier in the second. These were
| the only lads to get into the hit column
and Cashion sailed along to an easy
| victory.
Joe Birmingham took himself out OF
the game in the third TO give Hendryx
trial. The youngster showed himself
| q grand fielder, robbing Milan of al
| least a double in the sixth by grab
blng his line drive after lengthy run
Al the bat he got one of the few bin
giles credited to his team.
Encouraged by Applause.
Terry Turner was yanked from tho
lineup to allow Kibble, from the Pa
cifc coast, to show his wares. Kibbl'
had bunch of easy chances in the fieiC
and became all Of a sudden hero with
the brave-hearted fans. AS a matter
of hard, cold fact. though, a class
player could have taken any Of tn,
chances he had. But the applause gav'
\ the lad courage, even " he did fail mis-
EFbly II the bat.
Sne Nationals settled all controvers!
In the very fIst inning. Moeller's role