The Washington times., 1912-06-20
Maryland Farmer Lands
Heavily on Hughes
Delivery.
WASHINGTON ALMOST
WON FIRST GAME
Athletics Pocket Two From Griff-
men BY 2 to and
4 to 8.
By SENATOR.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 20.-John
Franklin Baker and Jack Egan, UNI
pre-, won two games from the Climb
ors yesterday, breaking the glorious
winning streak Of the Nationals and
filling them with chagrin, despair, and
almost madness before fully 5000 root
ers, many of whom came from WASH
ington to cheer for Griffith's lads.
With two out in the last of the ninth
and two strikes on Baker Hughes
looked like winner. He slung in his
best curve and John Henry dropped
the foul tip which would have retired
the side and given him the victory by a
l-to-0 score. He grooved the next one
and the farmer from Trappe, Md.
world-seried 1t over the garden wall In
right, forcing the teams to battle for
an extra session. That was where
Baker got in his fine work.
With one gone in the tenth Jack Barry
scratched safety to the short field and
went all the way around when Jack
Lapp singled to right. Moeller dallied
a moment with the ball and then sent
II to the plate, via Ray Morgan. The
peg from Morgan to Henry was perfect
and the big backstop completely blocked
on the smaller Barry as he took the
toss. A roar went up from the throng
almost, Umpire Egan had ruled Barry
safe. deciding the victory for the Mack
men, to l.
Again It's Mr.. Baker.
With the tally even at three, in the
second battle. Baker strolled to the
plate in the ninth and cracked a choice
double to left field. Strunk sacrificed
him, and when "Stuffy" McInnis lifted
a sweet single between Foster and Nc
Bride to the garden, Baker raced over
with the run that won for the Mack
erels and snatched the laurel wreath
from the brow of Barney Petty and the
glory from the Climbers
For four innings the Climbers marched
to the plate and back again, wholly
unable to do thing with Coombs
puzzling delivery. However, the Ice
was smashed in the fifth. when with
one gone, Shanks thundered double
to right
Shanks, failed to land on the ball and
Lapp's perfect peg 10 Baker snuffed
out the Youngstown flyer at third.
Morgan Immediately followed with a
single to left, but died trying to steal.
After that sixth. Morgan's single to
right in the seventh was the only bin
gle the Climbers could get. but Coomb3
wildness put a number of them on the
sacks, only to stay there until the side
went out. And so it went on, the
Climbers leading well into the ninth.
Won Out In the Tenth.
In the tenth Mcbride walked. only 20
be forced, and Henry died at second
trying to steal. 1t brought up the
Mackmen and gave Jack Egan his op-
portunity of proving his worth as a
big league arbiter. And he failed most
miserably, giving the game to the
champions by one of the poorest deCi-
sions ever seen on a diamond
Mcbride tossed out McInnes, but
could not quite reach Barry's vicious
bounce toward the midway cushion
Lapp banged a single to short right,
and Barry was off. He rounded second
and then noticed Moeller, juggling the
ball: So:he continued on past third and
headed for the plate. Morgan ran out,
took Moeller's peg, and threw on linz
to Henry. The backstop grabbed the
ball while yet Barry was on his feet
and, turning, allowed him to bump into
his shinguards in an effort to find the
pan; all the time holding the ball up
against him.
Seeing that Barry had failed, the
huge crowd was silent for a second or
so. and then Umpire Egan was seen
spreading his hands, denoting that the
runner was safe. Immediately there
was an uproar of cheers mingled with
teers. The decision meant the game,
but many Philly fans howled at Egan
for his blindness. The Nationals com
plained in a body, but the arbiter, pale
as sheet at his own work, refused TO
Climbers wonderful winning streak had
been broken by bad decision.
Here are the detailed results in which
there can be little JOY: