Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-19
NIP WINNING STREAK
Athletics Halt Locals After II
Straight Victories.
COOMBS VICTOR IN FIRST
Iron Man" Beats Hughes in Ten
Inning Thriller.
PETTY BEATEN IN THE SECOND
PETTY BEATEN IN THE SECOND
Chief Bender Twirls Worlds Cham
piens to Triumph Over Crit
fith's Latest Acquisition.


achieved by team in modern base ball,
seventeen consecutive wins. Clark
Grifiiths Nationals, with Hughes pitch
ing, today went down in defeat to the
Athletics. led by Jack Coombs, in the
tenth inning of one of the tightest
games ever witnessed at Shibe Park,
score. to /.
! The Nationals. with Petty pitching
won the second handily, defeating
Chief Bender
me Athletics kept up their good work
ana copied the second in handy style,
Chief Bender being returned victor
over Barney Petty.
In the first game the visitors lone
tally was produced on a single by Nc
Bride and Hughes double in the sixth.
| In the ninth, with two out and two
strikes on him. Baker tied the score by
| hlttlng the ball over the right field fence
| for home run.
! After the Nationals had been retired in
the tenth the champions scored the run
| they needed to win. Mcbride made a
great stop of Barry's grounder over the
Dag put threw poorly and Barry was
safe Lapp hit to right for two bases
ana Barry scored. breaking the winning
| streak- The decision was objected to by
| crowd hooted Egan. Henry seemed to
nave Barry blocked at the plate He did
not appear to have reached ii by feet
put was called safe nevertheless.
The runs were scored in the second
game as follows:
Phliadelphia-Baker up-1 strike ] ball,
balls: singles to left. Strunk up-1 ball.
balls " balls. | strike; hunts safely to
s r1iiy Mein a1ei,, up strike ! ball:
triples to left. Baker and Strunk scoring
Thomas up-1 ball, balls, l strike:
rnomas grounder to Mcbride forced
Barry at the plate. Bender up-1 ball.
balls. flies to Milan: . runs
Fourth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. up:
singles to center. Gandil up; I ball: /
strike: balls: :: balls Milan steals sec
ond. I balls: walks. Shanks up; strike:
strikes; Shank triples to right Milan
and Gandil scoring Morgan up: out.
Barry to McInnes. Mcbride up; / strike:
strikes; bail; . balls: flied out to
oidring. Shanks scoring on the sacrifice
A1nsm1th up: ! bail: . balls; l strike
foul: strikes; balls; out. fly to center.
Three runs
Philadelphia: Lord up-Out. fly to Mi
ian. Oldring up-FOul. l strike, l ball,
strikes Mcbride fumbled Oldrings
grounder. Collins up-One ball. balls.
strike. . balls. balIs-walks Baker up
Singles to right. Oldring scoring, Collins
ON third. Strunk up-Out. Petty to Can
dill, Baker on second. McInnes up-One
strike. ] ball balls. . strikes. :, balls
out fly to Mcbride One run.
Ninth inning. Philadelphia: Baker up-
Doubles to center.
Strunk up-Sacritices Gandil to Morgan.
Baker on third.
Mclnnes up-singles to right, Baker
scoring One run
Details of First Game.
First inning. WASHINGTON. MoelIer m
strike. ! ball. balls = strikes, :, balls,
3 strikes and out
Foster up-1 ball. ] strike. > strikes, .
balls. foul back. Out, short to first.
Milan up-1 ball, l strike. 9 balls .
strikes. :! balls. Out, pitcher to first.
No runs
Philadelphia-Lord up; out, short to
first.
Oldring up; foul. one strike, singles to
| right and takes second on Moeler's poor
throw.
Collins up; one ball: out, fly to Milan.
Baker up: one ball: out, grounder to
Gandil.
No runs.
Second inning. Washington: Il
Gandil up-One ball balls / strike
Out, foul to Baker.
Shanks up-One strike, foul strikes. 1
ball, ; balls, 3 balls, foul. Out Collins to
McInnis
balls, 3 strikes. Out. No runs
Phlladelphia-Strunk up. 1 ball. . balls,
STRIKE. strikes. out; fly to center.
Mclnnis up-Out, fly to Shanks.
l..
Lapp up bail, strike. out. pitcher to
/! first No runs.
| Third inning
Observation-Disclosures up, l strike. foul
| strikes. Henry up, l strike / bali. ,
balls. foul, strikes, 3 strikes, out
Hughes up. | ball, = balls. / strike, 3
| balls, : strikes; out, fly to McInnes. No
runs.
Philadelphia-Coombs up; one bali; one
strike: two strikes; out. Henry to Gandil
LORD up: one strike; one ball: two
strikes; OUT foul to Henry.
oidring up; one ball; two balls; singles
| to left
Collins up; one ball. wild pitch. Oldring
goes to second; two balls; three balls;
| four balls: walks
Baker up; foul. one strike: foul, two
strikes: three strikes. No runs.
Fourth inning: Neutrality-suspicious. up
i ball. foul. l strike; out. pitcher to
| first. Foster up-1 strike, l ball. balls.
foul, strikes; foul to right. balls; out.
out, fly to Collins. No runs
| Phiadelphia-Strunk up-1 ball, l strike,
9 strikes. balls, foul. 3 balls. 3 strikes,
out. McInnis up-1 strike: out. fly to left.
Barry up-1 ball. l strike; out, fly to
Shanks. No runs.
| Fifth -Washington-Gandil up:
out, fly to left. Shanks up-1 strike; foul. 2
strikes ball: foul: doubles to right. First
| Washington man to get on. Morgan up-1
strike; = strikes; Shanks out. stealing.
| Lapp to Baker. Morgan singles to left
Mcbride up-1 strike; l ball; strikes;
= balls: Morgan out. stealing. No runs.
/ Phi.adelphia-Lapp up: / ball; balls. /
strike; out. grounded to Gandil: great
stop. Coombs up; out, Mcbride to Gan
dill. Lord up; ball: out. pitcher to first.
| No runs
| Sixth inning: Observation-Disclosures up;
/ singles to left.
| Henry up; one ball, FOUL one strike
/ out. third to first, sacrifice.
/ Hughes up: one ball; doubles to left,
Mcbride scoring
| MOeller up: one strike; two strikes;
one ball. three strikes out
i Foster up: foul; one strike, two
strikes; three strikes. One run.
/ Observation-Disclosures UP; one ball; one