The Washington herald., 1913-04-10
IS EASY
FOR NATIONALS
Griamen Pound Out Thirteen
Runs with Seventeen Hits,
Including Three Homers.
RUDOLPH Is HIT HARD
International League Champions Are IN
Poor Shape Physically and Make
q Sorry Showing.

BY WILLIAM PEET.

In order to put on the finishing touches
to the training season, the Nationals
took healthy fall out Of the Toronto
International Leaguers In the Concrete
Coliseum yesterday, u to 2.
1t was not a ball game; simply a
slaughter. Our young men were In q
savage hitting mood, and collected sew
enteen hits, for total of thirty bases,
off Rudolph and Brandt, the Canadian
pitchers.
This bomhardment included three home
runs, a triple. and a couple Of two-bag-
gers, while Carl Cashion, on the mound
for the GriYmen. went the full route
and yielded seven hits. The Carolina
curver was backed up by brilliant sup
port; not an error cropped out during
the nine innings.
In order to give his regulars a chance
to rest up for the big doings tomorrow,
Manager Griffith pulled out his entire
first team after the fifth. with the ex-
ception of his battery. and gave the kids
chance to stretch their legs before an
admiring throng of 12s persons, including
two sailors and a dog.
Toronto won the championship of the
International League last year with the
IDENTICAL club which faced the Nationals
yesterday. and Rudolph was their win
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four innings, and during that time be
was batted to all corners Of the field
Brant, a youngster, who succeeded Ru-
dolph, did a whole lot better.
The International Leaguers did not ap-
pear to be in good physical condition.
notwithstanding the fact that they have
been training at Macon, Ga, for the past
month. Manager Joe Kelley stated after
the game that Pitcher Rudolph, who de-
Ponds entirely upon a spitball for his sue
cess. did not attempt to use the saliva
fling once. which may explain why the
Griffmen carried him for thirteen safe
swats
Cashion Has Good Day.
Cashion handed out six passes. and
apparently did not use all his stuff. Up
to the seventh inning he allowed but one
hit, then he eased up. and the visitors
started to clout the ball, but bang-up
fielding behind the Carolina curver kept
the Toronto run total down.
When Grfn changed his lineup as the
Canadians went to bat in the sixth
Schaefer replaced Gandil at first, Gedeon
took Morgan's job at second. Morley
went in for Mcbride at short, Laporte
for Foster at third. AItrock for Shanks.
Calvo for Moeller. and Acosta for Milan.
Cashion and Williams stuck ii out dur
ing the entire route.
Moeller started the Nationals run hunt
by beating out bunt in the opener. A
wild pitch and stolen base put him on
third. and Fosters single scored him.
Foster swiped second and counted on two
infield outs. Morgan walked, stole sec
ond, and crossed the plate on Williams
single to left. Three runs.
Cashion drew a pass in the home folks
second and came in on Moellers double
A single by Morgan in the third. followed
by Williams double, Shanks' single and
a home run smash to center by Cashion,
added four more runs, placing the Ma
tionals total at eight.
After two had persisted in the GrifY-
mems fourth. Gandil and Williams
singled and Shanks connected for a
home run to left center. Three more tai
lies
When the fifth inning for Washington
opened Rudolph was warming the bench
and Brant, youngster obtained from
the Boston Red Sox, was on the mound
Moeller was passed for a starter, and
sprinted all the way from first to the
plate on Fosters single near the right
field foul line.
The final tally credited the home folks
came in the seventh, when Frank La
porte met the first ball pitched, sending
it to the center field fence for a circuit
punch.
Outside of the heavy hitting of the
Nationals, the combat was featureless