The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-04-13
ONE LONE BINGLE
TELLS STORY or
NATIONALS DEFEAT
Cy Morgan Holds the Locals
Well in Hand-Moeller
Gets the Hit.
FINAL SCORE is 8 TO /
Walker Pitches Gilt-edged Ball, Al
lowing but Seven Safeties-Grif-
fth's Charges Field Well.
Nv WILLIAM PEET.

Philadelphla, Pa. April 12-Excuses
anent rank umpiring are barred in the
camp OF the Nationals tonight, and the
gloom is thick enough to cut with a
knife. One young member Of Clark
Grifnth's band timidly murmured, I'VE
VIII have a good team next year" He
was promptly squelched. Cy Morgan's
pitching was too good for the Washing
ton crew TO overcome in the second
game against the Worlds Champions at
Shlbe Park to-day, and the Athletics
won. to /.
Dixie walker was Grinrs choice for
the box, and the Alabama Beauty
tviried good enough ball to win almost
any old game. had his team displayed
the proper offensive strength. Walker
was also brilliantly supported. line
drives. wicked grounders. and dinky in
field rollers were handled perfectly, but
the Nationals simply could not hit, and
until Griff's young athletes show re-
versaI OF form at the bat there is little
hope Of getting OF to good start
Morgan deserved a no-hit game; in fact,
many Of the Philadelphia baseball writer's
were inclined TO give him one, but the
gent who carries around the title Of "ofti-
cial scorer decided that Dan Moeller's
sharp hit grounder, which Barry knocked
down and could not field. should go as
single, and MoeIler can look at himself
in the bedroom mirror and say I rep
resent the only safe 'whack our boys
could ring up against Morgan in nine
rounds"
wild Pitch Allows Tally.
That the Nationals scored was at all
was due to a wild pitch by Pitcher Nor
gan himself, which. Of course, is all in
the game, but which only goes to show
how superbly the Quaker slant artist per-
formed.
1t was known that wildness in the past
had caused Morgan to lose many ball
game, so when Manager Grifith assem-
bled his family together for a conference
in the hotel this morning the plan OF
battle was to play waiting game should
Connie Mack send in Morgan. Conse-
ouently each National, as he strolled to
the plate, was ordered to let the first two
balls sail by. Morgan's expected wildness
failed to materialize. His spitbau was
working like a charm, and before a
Washington batter knew what had hap
pened said batter was in a hole with
two strikes and no balls against him
Grifrs wait-her-out policy fell through
like the collapse Of a toy balloon. Morgan
struck out eleven men.
Little Eddie Foster and Dan Moeller
provided the fielding features for the
without single "bobble," and Moeller's
running catch Of Murphy's crash nearly
20 the fence in the seventh brought the
crowd to its feet.
The washingtonians were helpless be-
fore Morgan until the fourth. Schaefer
started this inning by drawing a base on
balls. Moeller damned a hot grounder
to the right of Barry, which the latter
knocked down, but could not recover
in time to catch either Schaefer at sec
end or Moeller at first. Morgan cut
loose with a wild pitch advancing
Sch8efer to third and MOeIler to second.
Jack Flynn took three healthy swings.
knight sent up high fy to Oldring and
Schaefer came pattering home with the
Nationals only tally Moeller also got
around to third, but Foster persisted on
an easy grounder to McInnes-
Only seven BingIes.
Dixie Walker only gave the Athletics
seven hits, but Mack's gang have the
nasty habit of punching their swats at
the right time. This was the case to-
day when four safe drives were tossed
into the fourth and three of them came
in a row. Oldring, Ceilings, Baker, and
McInnes hit safely in the fourth, Dixie
Walker also contributed a wild pitch and
a balk, with the result that three runs
were scored, and the game placed beyond
the reach Of Griff's hopefuls.
Although McInnes led on the seventh
with a hit and Strunk opened the eighth
with q double, alright fielding behind
Walker permitted no runs. After the
Nationals fourth Morgan was so good
that not a Washington player reached
first base.
; Grin tried to start something in the