The Washington herald., 1912-04-21

IN the neld for the home folks. and big
Al Williams, behind the bat snuifed
out every daring visitor who. attempted
70 steal.
Mack's champs got on to a good start
inning II was all very exasperatlng.
and should not have happened
Dan Murphy started the trouble when
his grounder took bad hop IN front Of
Mcbride Mcznnis died, knight to Flynn.
and Murphy pulled up - second With
Grin's infield playing very much In, Bar
.ry popped up Texas Lacquer. which just
breezed beyond the reach OF Mcbride s
outstretched paws. Murphy scored.
Tough luck No. l. Thomas banged safe
y TO right and Barry raced around %
third. There was no question abopt this
blow, Coomhs hoisteds to Sohaefer and
Barry crossed the plate Sirunk singled
to center, scoring Thomas, who had pre-
viously sneaked TO second on Sch8efer's
throw to the plate, On this waBop
Strunk was thrown out at second Nc
Brides little foozie on the FIRST man UP
paved the way for at least two OF the.
runs. but it's all in the game boys
Mcbride Drives in Run.
Capt Mac redeemed himself in sthe
other half of this inning, when, with.
Sehaefer on third by virtue OF singie
and two infeld outs the crack short
stopper smashed the ball to right for
clean single; sending the German home
In the third another tally came our
way Dixie Walker dumped a single out
Of Bsrry's reach MoeIler famed. The
Alabama Beauty stroIled to third when
Eddie Foster poked a safe hit into
right field. Coombs uncorked a Wild
pitch and Dixie scored
Jack Flynn was in a generous frame of
mind and handed the Athletics a run in
the sixth when McInnis was on third with
two down and Jack muffed throw from
Foster on Barry's groundeF.
In the seventh inning for Washington.
Jack coombs met with his accident. The
iron man from Mainev- had pitched
three balls to Dixie Walker, and then
curied up with an agonized expression
on his face. Coombs was carried on
the field, and Cy Morgan took up the
burden. proceeding to give Walker q
base on balls. MoeIer dropped single
over Bakers thatch. Dixie speeding to
second. Fosters grounder to Collins
forced Moeller at second and advanced
Walker TO third. At that. had Moeller
slid into the bag instead OF overrunuing
it, he would have been safe. as Barry
muffed Collins throw. When Milan died
on slow grounder. Collins to McInnis.
Dixie Walker scampered home with the
Nationals third tally. i
Two errors. "a bad throw by knight,
and clean silgle by Eddie Collins gave
the worlds champions another tally
hey did not earn in the ninth frame.
Morgan Tfghtens Up.
The Nationals tried desperately to
wen matters up in the eighth when
lack Flynn led OF by drawing walk,
but cy Morgan had his A'.spitter's work
ing properly and the home folks could
not knock the ball out Of the infield.
The same condition obtained In the
ninth, when with Clarence Walker bat
ting for Dixie and striking out Dan
MOeller singled, but Foster and Milan
were easy for big Morgan.
six OLoughlin and WesterveIt, the
umpires became incensed at something
which was said from the washington
players dugout, and by O,Loughlin's
orders Grin was put out Of the park.
followed by Ray Morgan, Cashion, and
others. Later Mcbride disputed Wester-
welt when the umpire ruled Bob Groom
on the coacher's box. and Capt. Mac
was told to follow Grin TO the dressing
roon.
Altogether a pleasant afternoon was
spent by everybody-there was some
thing doing every minute, and the re-
grettable part of the whole affair was
that the worlds champions collected
the most runs.
The score.