The Washington times., 1912-04-09
DISCOVER ANTARCTIC:
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS .
IN BROOKLYN CLUB
Nationals Get 7 to O Defeat
at Hands of the
Superbas.
By SENATOR"

Possibly 400 maniacal bugs Amund-
sened at the Florida avenue ball park
yesterday and discovered the new
champions Of the Antarctic League, the
Brooklyn Superbas, who copped the
title by handing the Nationals the snowy
glance and the icy mitt to the tune of Z
to 0. Throughout the fray polar bears
worked hard in the offing toward right
field and chill winds rustled through the
great concrete structure. Furs were
should have been built in places where
they might have done the most good
to the shivering denizens of the stand,
not to mention the young athletes en-
gagged in the noble pastime upon the
foes. ..
Note-Captain Scott is expected in to-
day sometime to announce the pennant
winner in the minor league)
The shivering populace, what there
was of them, had one thing for which to
be glad, Nap Rucker twirled four beau
tiful innings for the visitors. The pre-
mfer southpaw of the older league was
In fine form and the youngsters with
number of times and went away. There
Just wasn't much use of their even
doing that Rucker flung in midsummer
style, and his team mates behind him
Cashion and grabbed a four-run lead in
the opening brace of sessions.
"Herby'' Moran ambled, stole second
and had soft time Of it. coming in
with the first run of the struggle on
two successive wild heayes of our huge
Carolina curver. Buck Wheat col
lided with a bingle in that inning. but
1t went for nothing. Though Cashion
Smith, and Hummel. .....
The second frame ended the battle,
when the visitors just sailed into Cash
ion and counted three times. II looked
enff ART xxalI IraI ht,N
forced by Phelps. Nap Rucker. who
occasionally swats the pill as we'll as
tiings 1t, hoisted one out to the grave
diggers in right Milan wanted to get
II, but the dull sound of the pick and
shovel unnerved him, and 1t counted
two sacks for the twirier.
Moran's fly to Milan let Phelps score,
and Take Daubert plastered safety in
right, scoring Rucker. The first base
man galloped to second on poor handl-
ing of the throw by Cashion, and came
all the way around when RED" Smith
| slapped a dandy to the middle pasture.
| Those three runs had come in easily
| but well.
Cashion got up some reserve energy
and drank a bottle of "Griffs Control
Cure at the bench. sailing through the
| next three innings in much better style.
However, as his supporters were busy
| doing nothing on the bases, the Ma
tionals remained just four runs in the
| rear of the galloping Dodgers.
Dixie Walker took up the mound task
In the sixth. and proved vulnerable in
every session but the last, though runs
| came over only in the seventh and
eighth. Hub" Northen slapped one
past knight in the seventh, and skip
| ped around to third on infield outs
| scoring when Tooley's grounder tc
| Flynn gave him a life.
| In the eighth Allen, another south,
paw twirler who had followed Rucker tC
! the hillock, singled to left, going tC
/ third on Morans beautiful double tC
| right. Smith hammered another two
bagger to left, scoring Allen and Moran
The Nationals played CONCEALED base
| ball. Almost every lad was bundled VI
In a sweater and far from free in hii
| movements. Then, too, the snow and
dred Antarctic cold bothered their bat
ting lamps and not once did one o.
| them reach the red light corner, though
several got as far as second.
| After Rucker had secured his work
| out, Allen, the HillsYille twirler. gaV'
an excellent exhibition of the nat.ona
pastime on the mound, holding the loca
hltters wholly at his mercy. He simpl.
| toyed with them.
Features? oh. we'll, on the field Ra!
Morgan's peppery stop of Tooleys at
tempt at singing over second In tht
third saVored of big league stun Yes
hnd the many expeditions, PERSONAL!
4 conducted, to the regions back of thu
stand for succor and warmth Wer'
worth seeing.
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