The Washington times., 1913-05-14
Big League Biffers Of .
Day.
By SENATOR"

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May A.-Ah ha.
the Climbers have made a new record
in this little old league They
have proved themselves to. have
the kindest hearts in the circuit. They
proved 1t yesterday, when they handed
the Brownies a game. to 6, in spite
of the earnest efforts of Earl Hamilton
and his associates to hand 1t back: But
those kind hearted Grinmen simply re-
fused to take the contest 50 kindly
proffereu by the slim little southpaw,
and when the small crowd fled through
the gates around the supper hour. the
absolutely to gain a full game on the
Naplanders, and half a game on the
Mackmen. Boys. there's kind heart
for you.
People Paid To See It.
Such: wretched baseball as seen yes
terday at Sportsman's Park ought not
to be staged again anywhere this sea-
son or any other season. Yet people
paid money to see that exhibition To
be sure, they howied. and they growied.
first at those permanent officials.
Messrs. O'Loughlin and Ferguson, and
then at the players. The fans should
not be blamed. either, for they had en-
dured much. Such batting and sucn
pitching as shown by both teams de-
serves long prison term.
Carl Cashion endeavored to twiri for
the Griffmen when the exhibition start
ed. He lost his trail to the pan In the
second, filing the bases with Brownies.
and then letting Sam Agnew. the stocky
young receiver from the coast. pole a
thunderous triple. cleaning. Carl van
ished- Joe Engel next took up the
task. and lasted one .and one third in
ming.
Melvin GaIlia came to the rubber. and
performed for four frames, during which
the Brownies whaled him numerically,
though they failed to count more than
two runs on their six binGles. That
wasn't Gallia's fault, @ though. ne tried
Nick Altrock. the laughing Gargoyle.
worked on the mound in the last inning
and strange as II may seem, he showed
more class than any of the youx yer
lads who went before him. -
Tried To Present Game.
But don't think that Earl Hamilton
hasn't a kind heart. too. Oh yes. he
has one. He tried hard to present the
Griffmen with the game In the fourth
session when nve runs came over the
dish for the visitors, tying the tally.
Finding them a trifie backward about
accepting the present. he settled down.
and had no trouble stopping them nom
getting any more, and that's where ne
proved to have less of kind heart than
the Griffmen had.
Amidst so much raw. punk stun. 1t is
a blessing to be able to praise the work
Of George Mcbride In the neid He
played a powerful game. making two
beautiful one-handed stops, getting the
ball on the runner at the midway even
on a high peg, and keeping MS iaos
fired up on the darkest momenfA
As you will notice by glancins south
ward at the box score, Manager Grif-
fith sent about all his players into the
game excepting the two Cubans- They
came mighty close to figuring IN the
score. at that. II any one mad been
hurt, one or both would have been OBJ
liged to play, for the others had been
used as pinch hitters or as extra Twill
ers.- This is a merry old world, travel
ing around here on the frontier, and
other folks with ball games.
Cashion, making his first start OF the
season. looked good for Just one inning.
Then he saw his duty. and he went to
Brief sacrificed. Austin and Walsh also
walked, filing the corners. Sam Agnew
leaned against a fast one. and 1t
bounced OF the barrier In left center.
ali three runners scoring. and the back
stop arriving safely at third. Cashion
yamoosed then and there. Joe Engel
coming to his rescue. Hamilton whiff-
ed. but Peter Compton strolled. and
when he made a break for second Aim
smiths peg to Mcbride was putrid. and
80 Agnew scored before Laporte could
throw out Johnston and bring the thing
to pause.
EngcI emulated Cashion. though. In
the third He passed Gus Williams.
Shanks took care of Pratt's liner. and
10 Engcl passed Brief. He wasn't going
to have those Brownies retired II he |
knew II. A pretty snap peg by Ain |