Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
BATT|STE IN FORM.
Beats Baltimore School in
Easy Fashion.
is NOT SCORED AGAINST
Final Score Of Well Played Game by
Gallaudet Is g
to o.

Gallaudet had no difficulty in vanquish-
ing the Baltimore City College nine in a
light hitting game yesterday afternoon
at Kendall Green by the score of 6 to O.,
Chief Battiste pitching the first shut
out and his best game of the season for
the Kendall Greeners, and winning his
third straight victory The Indian was
very stingy, not only in hits, but also
toyed the Marylanders with his dazzling
assortments of curves and fast ones,
holding them down to two clean and two
fluke hits. and striking out eleven men.
In the fifth session he retired the side
on strikes.
Both sides did nothing in hitting or
scoring until the third round. when Gal
laudet scored what proved to be the
only necessary runs to stow away the
game. Miller made first on Prices poor
throw of his teaser, stole second, as
Jacobson famed, Johnston dropping
Prices throw. Dodsons foozle gave
Battiste life at first. and Rockwell
banged out a corking triple to right,
clearing the bases of Miller and Battlste.
Blanchard got one In his ribs, and i'm
mediately a double steal was called,
second on Johnston's drop of Prices
swing. Roller went out, shortstop to
first, and Ramussen ended the agony sor
the visitors by lining out to Johnston.
The Monumental collegians 'had only
One lone chance. to score during the en-
tire afternoon, when they had man
at third for the first and last time
After Battiste retired Haddaway and
West on strikes, Johnston singled clean
ly to right, stole second and made third
on a passed ball, but got stalled at the
difficult corner, as Battlste took care OF
Heises easy roller. The losers were
credited with only two men left on bases
for the entire afternoon due to Battiste s
alright pitching and an errorless sup
port by his teammates.
Gallaudet played the best fielding game
of the season so far, pulling on two
lightning double plays at critical mo-
ments. In the seventh session the BUN
and Blue rooters got a scare, when
Johnston started the inning by meeting
Battiste's fast one for a clean single
to right. Attempting g. hit and run
game, Heise sent screaming liner
which looked like another clean nit, but
Jacobson grabbed it a la Lajoie and threw
Johnston out easily at first base. THIS
nipping In the bud OF a threatening
rally disheartened the visitors and gave
more life to Battiste and his co-W0rkers,
to the pitcher. Another fast double play
came in the eighth inning. With one
man down. Randall. the clever Gallaudet
catcher. made long running catch OF
Johnstons foul fly. West was on second
base, and Immediately took a desperate
chance to make third hoping to catch
Kendall off his balance, but was run
down, Kendall to Rasmussen to Jacobson
to Rasmussen. Miller made nice one
handed stab Of Shortstop Rockwelis
high throw in the sixth session.
Dodson pitched a good game for Balti-
more City College in spite of the score,
allowing Gallaudet only three. hits, one
triple by Rockwell, but this long hit
as we'll as the two other singles, together
with a miserable support behind him.
caused his downfall
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