The Washington herald., 1913-03-29
PHILLIES beaten
BY THE GRIFFMEN
Ensel and CaIlia Battle Quaker
City Sluggers in Opening
Exhibition Game.
NATIONALS HIT TIMELY
| Combat Is Won After Climbers Reach
Chalmers for Trio Of Tallies.
Score, 6 to z.
By WILLIAM PEET.

Jumping into the lead from the start.
the Nationals were never headed. and
had little difficulty in defeating the Phil
lies in the opening exhibition game Of
the home series yesterday. The score
6 to ., just about tells how the National
Leaguers were outclassed.
Manager Griffith had faith enough in
Joe Engel to start the youngster against
the slugging Phils, and Joe amply repaid
him by twirling five good innings, allow
ing but three scattered hits and tanning
three. Not a run was scored while En-
gel did the pitching.
Melville Gallia, the Texan, relieved En-
gel when the sixth opened, and, although
wild. was otherwise effective.
The Griffmen punched hits of Chal-
mers in the second. and decided the is
sue right there. Brennan twirIed one in
ming. and Seaton the last three. Laporte
and Sherwood Magee led with the stick.
Frank grabbed off a couple Of doubles.
| and Magee. out of four times up, col.
| lected three singles
Coming here from Southern Pines, N.
c.. where they have been in training, a
week or ten days longer than the Ma
| tionals. the Quaker City crowd. espe-
| ciaIly the pitchers. did not appear to be
\ in good shape physically as the Griff-
men.
Both teams faced real pitching for the
| first time this season, and the Nationals
youngsters did not suffer by comparison.
| Joe Engel's control, which was well nigh
| perfect, pleased Grif more than anything
| else. for Joe is one of the boys on whom
| the Old Fox is pinning his faith to keep
the Nationals up in the race during the
1913 campaign.
Lnportc Plays Third Base.
Gallia and Engel were backed up by
| errorless support, while the visitors were
a trifle unsteady at critical stages
| Owing to the slight indisposition Of
| Eddie Foster. Frank Laporte played
third base and Ray Morgan was at sec
| ond. Neither of the young Cubans got
| into the game. nor any of the other re-
| cruits as GrifT Is anxious for his reg
ulars to get all the batting practice POS
| Sble against first-class pitching during
these exhibition contests.
With Chalmers on the mound for the
visitors when the Nationals came to bat
in the first inning. Laporte doubled over
Msgee's head. after Moeller had famed.
Milan drew a walk. Gandirs grounder to
Dolan forced Milan at second. Ray Nor
gan shot a single to center scoring La
porte.
Mcbride opened the Nationals second
| by perishing-Dolan to Luderus. Ain
smith singled and went to second when
|
Engel dropped a Texas Lacquer into
right field, and Danny Moeller brought
them both in with a terrific smash to
the scoreboard in right center for three
bases.
| Chalmers held the Nationals runless
until the fifth, when his teammates pre-
sented the home boys with a run on a
silver platter. After Moeller had gone
Laporte sent up an easy fly ball, which
Doc Miller first muffed and then kicked
around. Milan tipped one past Luderus.
and the ball rolled to the right field
fence underneath a scanolding, where
men were at work repairing the barrier.
This smash was good for three bases
and scored Laporte-
| PhiIIies Score in seventh.
| The Pihllies did not get look at the
plate until the seventh. Gallia was on
the mound. and his own wildness was
responsible for the visitors run. The
Texan started the inning badly by walk
ing Luderus. Magee singled, and Dolan
walked. filling the bases. Knabe ground
ed to the box and Luderus was thrown
out at the plate. Cravath. batting for
Howley. watched four bad ones sail
past and Magee was forced in.
A base on balls. wild pitch. and Magee's
timely single gave the National Leaguers
their second tally in the eighth. Gallia
! cut them down almost as fast as they
came up in the ninth
After Chalmers had twirled five innings
Manager Doom sent in Brennan. his
| clever southpaw. Brennan pitched only
the sixth, allowing no liberties. and when
the seventh opened. Tom Seaton was on
the mound. Seaton got away with II
until the eighth, when the GHffmen
reached him for a pair of tallies.
+, Morgan drew a base on balls. Shanks
hit to Luderus. who fumbled long enough
| to convince him that he could not head
off Morgan at second, and when he tried
to retire Shanks at first he failed to OBJ
serve the rule which requires that the
bag be touched either with the ball or
foot before the runner arrives. Luderus
did not step back far enough to reach
| the base. McBride's sacrifice advanced
both Morgan and Shanks. and Rippy
Williams came through with ringing
single past Dolan, scoring both the
youngsters.
| In the Phillies' ninth, with a runner
on first and two out, Manager Doom in
| serted himself into the combat, assuming
the role of pinch hitter. A feeble tap to
Gailia was the best the Quaker City
leader could do, and the game was over.