The Washington times., 1912-06-23
Tom Hughes Majestically
Leads His Team to
Victory.
BY SENATOR"

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 23.-'Iron
Man" Coombs, one OF the three prides
of the worlds champion twirling stan.
got his a-plenty yesterday In the sixth
inning when, with the score even at
three tallies, the Climbers got busy and
showed seven runs across the dish on
five blows. two misplays>~a walk. and a
sacrifice hoist to the garden. After that
the champions were very quiet In their
dugout and hadn't a word to say. When
the scoreboard boy got through his
labors for the afternoon he had chalked
up twelve tallies for the Climbers
against four for the Athletics.
When the cover blew off the contest
in the sixth the 10000 rooters went in
sane They saw their pride and their
joy, the great performer in two recent
worlds series, belted to the far corners
of the arena. humbled as only a twirler
can be humbled and the possibility OF
victory snatched from the Mackmen.
Tomasso Hughes. the battle-scarred
veteran Of the Nationals, twirled an
excellent game. He was always In con-
troll of his own destiny. and moved
along like a stately ship of war. He
was always dangerous to the enemy
and a bulwark of defense for the
Climbers.
Foster a Bingler.
"Fateem" Foster, the wee third base
man of the Nationals, was in his glory
with the willow, punching out three
binsles and making Coombs' life miser-
able. He's some bingler when he feels
in the mood, and he was very moody
yesterday.
Howard Shanks came through with
on. of his wonderful running catches
up the bank in left field stealing a GER
tain triple from Rube Oldring in the
seventh, but the real classy catch of the
day was that of Amos Strunk, in the
third. Henry lifted a fly in short left
and the Mackman raced in. took fly
ing jump through the air and got the
ball as he sprawled on his tummy on
the grass This marvellous catch
brought down the house.
Shanks' ability to peg runners out on
sixth frame. McInnes doubled to left
and the Youngstown flyer scooped up
the ball on the run and shot 1t on line
to oFster. 1t arrived about five seconds
before the sliding Mackman, who was
the most surprised lad on the field.
Two Homers Seen.
George Mcbride collided with a fine
! young home run that shivered all the
numbers off the scoreboard in left, driv-
| ing Ray Morgan over the pan ahead of
him and putting the Climbers in the
lead in the fifth. Indeed, that wallop Of
the Nationals captain seemed to take
much of the snap from the champions
| work.
]. Franklin Baker. slugger-extraordi-
nary, had to come through with another
| of his wonderful drives over the garden
| wall in right. The bingle came In the
| flfth tying the score after two had died
! just as 1t did on Wednesday. While the
lad roamed around the cushions the air
was filled with hats. canes, umbrellas,
and waving hands. the rooters believing
| that 1t spelled victory for the Mack
| eres.
The champions went into the lead
early. but a beautiful peg to the plat
| by Milan, getting Baker on the Jump,
| in the third, kept the score down TO two
runs and gave the Nationals a chance
Mackmen Get First.
The Mackmen got the first run In
the second inning on a triple by Jack
Lapp. and Dan Moeller's tumble of
Cooms' fly ball in the sun. However.
they really looked dangerous In the
third. though they got but one run.
Oldring singled 10 left, going up on
| Collins death at first. Baker stopped
q curve with his ribs and strunk
walked, hlhng the corners. MeIpnes