Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-20
GAME |SLOST
IN LAST INNING
Three Scratch Hits Give St.
Louis Victory Over Ma
tionaIs by a to 3.
HUGHES AND ENGEL
BOTH PITCH WELL
Long Tom" Goes Four Peri
DDS Without Allowing Hit.
EngeHs Throw Costly.
BY j. ED GRILLo.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. July 10
Luck forsook the Nationals in the
ninth inning of today's game, and
contest which was apparently
safely stored away in their bat
bags was lost as a result of three
scratch hits. Score, 4 to 3.
Going into the ninth inning, the
Browns had not made a hit off
Hughes, who started to pitch in
the fifth. The Nationals had one
run to the good. and it seemed
that they were destined to make
a clean sweep of the series, but
Dame Fortune took hand at this
stage Pratt, the first man up,
got Texas Lacquer between Nc
Bride and Shanks. Williams
bounded high one in front of the
plate which hung in the air SO
long that he beat Henry's throw
to first. Brief looked too danger
Gus, and was purposely walked.
Austin hit to Hughes, who threw
Pratt out at the plate, and then
Compton was sent up to bat for
Lavan. Hughes got two strikes
on him on the first two balls
pitched. He then sent up low
one which went for ball. Comp
ton hit the next one, high
bounder, which seemed tabled for
Gandil's NIT, but it took bad
bound when it got near him and
rolled into right field. 1t went as
d hit, two runs came over the
plate and the game was changed
from victory to defeat
Should Have Been Easy.
Todays game should really have been
the easiest OF the series for the Ma
not have had a run OFF Engel who
worked in the first four rounds. their
two in the third being the result of
his wild throw to second base. With
one out in this inning, Agnew got a
scratch hit over Engefs head which
Mcbride could not handle. Hamilton
hit a bounder right at Engel. who
turned 10 throw TO second He under
estimated the time he had to force
Agne~ there. hesitated, and then threw
wild. Both men were safe when he
should have had a double play. Shot
ten followed with line drive to right
field against the screen, the ball re-
manning in the screen. Both runs
scored while Moeiler was making fran
tic efforts 20 get the ball. He finally
got il and threw TO the plate by the
Gandil relay route III time TO get
Shotten there. The "details of this par
ticular play appear in another col
umn. That tied the score. but in the
fourth the Nationals again took the
LEAD by scoring run and when Engel
walked Lavan, the first man UP in the
NTH, and. incidentally, the weakest
man on the Browns team so far as
hitting is concerned, Griffith decided
that 1t was good time to make a
change in pitchers and he sent Hughes
To take up the task. The change seemed
10 work well. for Hughes appeared 10
be in excellent form. For the next four
innings he did not allow a hit, but
the break in the ninth proved his un-
doing
Hamilton Did Not Pitch Well.
Hamilton. who has now won his sixth
straight game, was not entitled 70 a
victory today. lie was too wild 20 be
allowed To win, Yet got away with the
game because when he was in danger
he managed to crawl out of the holes.
On innumerabie occasions he had men
Ia he only IN taa hGr
He had the sacks filled up in the first
with bat one out, Yet he did NOT allow
q run. and III only one inning OF the
, nine did ne retire the side IN order.
It seemed. indeed. if he was TO SUI
fer "A defeat because of his wlldness
uu.il the ninth rolled around, when
luck broke well Tor the Browns.
Fngel though he had but one days
resf pitched brilliantly He allowed but
two hits during the time that he was on
the rubber, and would not have been
scored on but for his poor play in throw
ing 10 second.
The Nationals two runs in the second
inning were the result of wild heave
by Lavan. Morgan drew walk in the
opening round and then Foster was given
a life when Brief muffed his fly Milan
moved them both up with his grounder to
Pratt, and then Gandil Was veiked,
probably purposesy to get Moeiler up.
This bit of strategy proved successful, for
Hamilton followed by striking out both
Noeller and ShankS, reurInS the SIDE
without allowing a run.
He didn't fare so well in the second.
which Mcbride opened with a clean hit to
right field. Henry was walked and then
Engei put down a neat Sacrifice, moving
both men up. They both scored when
Morgan was called out at third by Shert-
dan when he tried to reach there, though
he was clearly safe Foster followed
with q long fly. which would have scored
Morgan had he gotten his just dues.
Resort to Squeeze Play.
IN the fifth the squeeze play was re-
sorted TO TO get another run This time
Morgan was walked and when Agnews
mitt interfered with Fosters swing he was
given his base. Milan, however, forced
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