The Washington times., 1912-07-10
Scoring in the Eleventh In
ming, He Wins First Game
for Nationals.
BY SENATOR"

Chick Gdndll, alone and unaided,
defeated the Naplanders twice yester-
day, though he had to run over into
the eleventh frame in the first game.
When he scored in the eleventh he
made the final count 2 to for the
Climbers. and wlxn he slammed his
bingle TO center il the seventh inning
Of the last set-to scoring Milan, the
Climbers had made the tally to 8.
outside of winning both games, Chick
pranced arund in the broiling sun, stop
ping all manner Of heaves, high and
low, now and then cracking out Il bin
gle and-well, Gandil was himself,
Bsrney Petty had the Naplanders
frozen by 4 l-to~o score in the first
possible double play in plain sight of
lowed the ball TO trickle through his
tihiae to the right garden. Birming-
hams fly TO ShankS allowed Jackson 10
score. That tied up the battle. and
let romasso Hughes go in and reap
the glorieS consequent upon that Gan
dill PERSONS wild rushing along the
paths.
Walter Not Himself.
In the second conflict Walter johnson
couldn't get up any steam in mis- boilers
until the enemy had tied UP the milling.
However. after Ave sessions of go-as-
yow-please pitching. the kansas Cy-
clone" got his machinery all oiled up
satisfactorily ana wnizzed the pellet
past the waiting wands OF the enemy in
old time fashion. But he came close to
starting too late.
In the opening inning of the first bat
tie Foster dropped a Texas Leaguer in
short right. scoring on Milan's slap
VI against the right fled wall for two
bags. The linden speedsser waXed am.
bilious and perished as he overslid third
smart single to left and died at sec
ond. On" run on Two singles and
double. Not over good.
Along went the fray, inning after in
ming. the Naplanders being wholly un-
aDle to do anything with Barney Petty s
slow cure. Now ana then somebody
wOrld make 4 hit, but it never amount
ed to anything.
Fred Blanding, the former University
Of Michigan hurler was swinging along
keeping Petty company in the gladstone
task Of freezing the would-be sluggers
Joe Jackson. the hitting demon from
the wids of the Carolinas, opened the
ninth with his second safe swat: La,
joie skied to Moeller Griggs slappeo
an ordinary roller at Morgan and. te
The dismay of all, the ball shot through
The kids legs to the garden. Jackson
reaching third. Birmingham hoisteo
10 SnankS ana jackson SuQ lot INK
platter. AS a matter of fact the Cleve
land slugger didn't touch the plate, bu
John Henry didn't notice the lapse anc
the run tied up the contest.
Tomasso Hughes, who had beer
warming up with Vaughn, was sent &c
Pelty's assistance and disposed of tht
| side. In the next two frames, though
twice the enemy had men on, Hughes
took care of the invaders and 1t came
down to the last of the eleventh wher
Gandil got in his good work.
Gandil Walks.
Blanding walked GandiI to begin anC
Morgan laid down a pretty sacrifice
that Turner collared near the box and
shot to Griggs. Gandil seeing tha
Olson was not covering third. raced fol
that corner. The two of them arrived
there at the same time, but Olson''
back WSs toward Grggs, who heavec
the pill with reckless abandon. o.
course 1t sailed out to left field anc
Gandil hiked across the platter with
the winning run. That's all there wal
to 1t, simply Gandil's quickness to taxi
advantage of momentary lapse on th'
part OF the opposition.
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