The Washington times., 1912-03-20

boot gave Long n life and Red Walk
er punched a single past Mcbride at a
mile-a- minute. Shanks sacrificed. and
Spencer walked. filling the corners. AL
Williams long hv to Milan let Long in.
No more runs came in till the fifth,
when Joe Engel was badly battered.
He walked Flynn to start. but threw
him out at second on Cunningham's
bounce to the box. Mcbride and Fos-
ter came through with neat singles to
right field. the last one scoring Mild
william"
Milan was gone in the sixth when
Schaefer, Moeller and Flynn were
passed in a row. Scheer seized Gun
ningham's sizzler and got Schaefer at
the pan, but while Jack Ryan was try
ing to choke off Cunningham at first,
Dan Moeller, by good judgment and
ter digging all the way from second.
Moeller's daring running and display
! Of footwork were well worth seeing.
In the seventh the regulars made one
beautiful single to right field, going all
the way to third when Tommy Long
let the pill roll away from him to the
barrier. E. "Dorf" Ainsmith forgot his
strong friendship for Groom and crack
ed one on the nozzle for a single to
center, scoring Foster.
Eddie Gagnier got in his strong blow
in the, last of the seventh; He playfully
tapped slow one from Cotton" john
son to the barrier in center. giving
''Zeb" Milan a merry chase. The Lin
coin star hiked around those paths as
If followed by life insurance agent or
up. Bobby Groom, never considered
much of a strong armed gent with the
stick slapped one over Schaefer's head
for two bags. Bobby tried to annex an
extra bag on the slam but died at third
on the Dutchman's excellent heaVe TO
Foster.
four runs crossing the pan for the
toothpick twirler opened by winging
Schaefer on his left foot. Joe Boehling
succeeded the comedian and immediate,
ly purloined second. Moeller waited
| for four and got 'em. Flynn famed
weakly. Cunningham filled the bases
with a punch too warm for Groom to
handle. Al Scheer then proved he had
a mighty powerful arm by taxing NC NC
| Brides grounder and hurting 1t to the
grandstand in a vain effort to get
| Boehling at the plate.
Let ,Moeller Score.
Eddie Fosters long fly to Clarence
Walker let Moeller score Two rising
young consultations glittered on tho
| paths when E. "Dorf" Ainsmith
healthy swing at the leather as pro-
PEELED from Bobby Groom's attenuated
right arm. Ping, away went that
leather, hitting far in right field and
bounding over the turf as II escaped
from school Cunningham and MeBride
chased themselves in with the last runs
of the game for their side. E. "Dorf
tried to sprint in. too, but relayec
throw, Clarence Walker to Long tc
Gagnier to Ryan, stified his EFFORT.
Tommy Long, the "Gadsden Gal
loper." opened the last half of tht
eighth with a fancy shot over thirc
that Foster did we'll TO knock down
Long was running the bases like nea
all DAY, and so he proceeded to trave
down TO the midway station on the frs
pitched ball, sliding in beautifully. Ft
landed on third while Guy johnson
was throwing out Red" Walker, anc
crossed the plate when Cotton" un
corked a wild pitch.
Keep this collection of figures, fans
II you would get good lines on the per
formances of the striplipgs Down herr
in Virginia working their heads off t
prove they have major league class
Some of them have, too.
Here are the figures: