Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-13

ter will hang it so high that it will never
be reached in the future history of base
| ball.
| Just what has happened to Pratt. no
one seems able to explain. This lad. VINO
was thought to be the find of last season.
appears to be only very ordinary play
er. He is hitting barely over the 100
mark. while i'm the field he acts much
as If he were suffering from stage
fright. His error yesterday, which gave
the Nationals their two runs. was on one
of the easiest chances Imaginable me
ball came to him on graceful BOUNDS. not
beng hit very hard, yet 1t got away from
him, and made it possible for the Ma
tionals to score the brace of runs which
proved sufficient to win the game.
Horace Milan. brother of zeb Milan of
the Nationals, has been let so by Nor
folk. but as Griffith has sort of taken the
young fellow under wing. he at once
secured him a position with the Albany
Ca. team. where he will finish the sea
son. Horace is a mere boy, but should
develop into good player according to
Griffith. and he purposes to keep him in
the minors for couple of years until he
develops
Groom had the distinction of striking
out the three batters who faced him in
the opening inning-Shotten. Johnston
and Williams, all left handlers. Mitchell
ulu HOl get away To SUCH kOOu SldIt
but allowed no runs nevertheless.
After Moeller had flied out on the first
ball pitched. Schaefer drew pass and
Milan sent him all the way to third with
a hit to right. Then Milan stole second
and. with the stage set for Laporte to
avenge himself for being sold by the local
club. he was kind enough to strike out
Morgan however. drew pass and
walked, but John Henry killed all chances
for nv hitting a long fly t0. Sloften
which ended the round.
Brief got A hit with one out in the
second but when he took liberties with
Henry's arm and tried to steal, he was
thrown out by yards.
Then came the second. I'm which the Ma
tionals scored. Shanks and Mcbride
started none too auspiciously because
both Of them were thrown out at first.
Groom. however. got one to his liking and
sent it on a long journey to left center.
netting three bases. When Moeller sent
grounder to Pratt 1t seemed that
another chance for runs had been over
from him and Groom trotted home.
Mitchell made palpable balk and Moeller
went to second. He came home when
Schaefer cracked one over Austins head
tor base. Milan sent a long fly to Will
Jams and the inning ended.
The Browns had their chance for runs
in the third and fifth. In the former in
ming McAllister hit for two bases with
one out. but Groom forced Mitchell to
ground to him. and Henry took Shotten's
foul fly In the fifth Walsh was walked
with two out, and succeeded in stealing
second. but Groom struck out McAllister.
eliminating the danger of a run. After
that there were no chances for the
Browns.
1t looked like runs for the Nationals
in the third when Laporte hit safely and
Morgan was hit by a pitched ball before
a hand was out. Henry moved them up
with neat sacrifice. but Shanks and Nc
Bride popped up. and the chances went
glimmering. In the fifth Laporte's single
was followed by Morgan's double to left
field. but Henry famed and Shanks hit
out a long fly. In the seventh Milan tried
to make the circuit. Johnson gave him a
life by dropping his line drive. but when
he tried to steal. he was thrown out be-
cause he overslid the bag. The score
tells the rest of the story: