The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
DODGERS CHECK
Winning STREAK
nationals Unable to Hit Brook
lyn Twrlers and Are Van
pushed by 6 to 2.
ENGEL DELIVERS GOODS
by WILLIAM PEET.


Bad Bill Dahlen let US look at a mighty
good ball club i'm the Concrete Coliseum
yesterday afternoon-the Brooklyn Dodg
ers of 1913.
The game itself was an easy win for
the gang from the wrong end of the big
bridge, for the reason that Southpaw Joe
Boehling uncorked lot of wild stuff in
the pitchers box, and that our side
could not hit the opposing pitchers. The
final count was 6 to 2.
With mild weather and a dry field,
there was every incentive for the Ma
tionals to cut loose. and the team looked
mighty good in the field, but batting
lamps were family lighted, and the
Brooklyn fielders were always in front
of fly balls or grounders.
One ray of sunshine peeped out-the
twirling of Joe Engel, who for the sec
ond time in a week opposed a real ball
club and came through with flying
cclors.
In the game against the Phillies last
Friday Engel allowed but three scattered
hits i'm five innings. Yesterday the
young man relieved Boehling, and In four
rounds held the Dodgers to one hit,
swinging bunt by Jake Daubert. Joe
handed out two passes and famed three,
strengthening the belief that Griff really
has developed a slabman to help bear the
burden of the near-approaching campaign
with johnson, Groom, and Hughes.
Despite Joe Boehling's wildness, the
Richmond southpaw did not look so bad.
He was hit hard, it is true, but because
he frequently slowed up in desperate at
tempts to control the ball there was moth
ing on it to fool the enemy.
Duubcrt Daxzles the Crowd.
Jake Daubert gave wonderful exhibit
ton Of how to play first base, handling
thirteen chances, several of them diff
ficult in a fawless manner. Four double
plays. two for each team and near
batting rally with two out in the last
half of the Nationals ninth. featured the
combat
AS they appeared yesterday. the Brook
Ign Dodgers have something on the
Phillies in the matter of condition. The
new blood infused by Manager Dahlen
this spring makes the club formidable
one. The Nationals suffered by COMPARE
son only, as a loser always does.
Brooklyn won the game in the opening,
chapter by sending over three runs after
Boehling had retired the first two bat
tiers. Meyers, Wheat and Daubert all
walked. With the count two and three
on j. Carlisle CRedD Smith, the sorrel-
topped third sacker, hit safely to left
field, Clearing the sacks.
Miller opened the second Brooklyn in
ming with single to right, the ball fall
ing safe behind Ray Morgan. Ragan
was snuffed out, Boehling to Gandil. and
StengeI drew a pass. Cutshaw scored
Miller and Stengel with smoking triple
to right the ball humping up against
the right field fence.
Southpaw Joe held the opposition in
check during the third and fourth but
the Dodgers nicked him for a counter in
the fifth. Meyers slashed to left field,
the ball landing close to the foul line.
Shanks came dashing over. attempting 10
pick up the ball on the first bound, but
was not quick enough and Meyers COM
pleted the circuit while Shanks gave
chase after the bounding sphere. Meyers
was credited with home run, and here
the scoring ceased as far as Brooklyn
was concerned.
Joe Engel was on the firing line when
the Superbas' sixth opened. and he fin
ished out the game, Only fifteen batters
faced Engel in four innings, and Dau-
bert's swinging bunt in the seventh rep
resented the sum total of the Dodgers
attack against the young Highlander.
haGOn N FuHZIes
Pat Raglan twirled five innings for
Brooklyn, and proved to be the hard
est kind of a puzzle. Perfect control
and a tantalizing underhand ball held
the Griffmen at bay The home folks
hit Ragan all right, but were unable to
drive the ball safe. Only one member
of the Griff clan saw second base, Milan
in the fourth, when Stengel muffed
Clyde's line drive after a hard sprint.
Manager Dahlen worked as his second
pitcher. Wagner, a stock Highlander
obtained from the New Orleans club of
the Southern League. While the young
ster was hit harder than Ragan, his
teammates gave him fine support except
in the sixth, when he entered the box.
Engel, the first National to face Wag-
ner. was safe on bad throw by Cut
shaw to Daubert. Moeller walked. Fos-
ter hit into a double play, advancing
Engel to third, where he scored on
Milan's clean single to right field,
Wagner held the Griffmen runless until
the ninth. After Foster and Milan had
been retired. the crowd became excited,
as Gandil singled to center and Morgan
tripled to the left field bleachers scor-
ing Gandil, but Shanks ended the game
with tap to Cutshaw, who threw out
the Monaco marvel at first.
Umpire Eddie Handiboe, who has given
good satisfaction thus far during the
exhibition games, handled yesterdays