The Washington herald., 1913-03-09
climbers GRAB
Opening BATTLE.
Schaefer's Pimientas Trim
Virginia Aggregation
by a to 3 Score.
ACOSTA SHOWS SPEED
Interest in the Game Centers Around
the Cubans-Nick Altrock
Umpires.
ACOSTA SHOWS SPEED
By WILLIAM PEET.

Charlottesville, Va. March S-Germany
SChaefer led his Pimientas (the Ma
tionals' second team TO a well-earned 4
10 ; victory over the University of Vir-
ginia boys this afternoon. starting the
exhibit. season in the most approved
manner
Virginias three twirlcrS served up
ncthinS but wicked curves and We're out
TO win TIE game by hook or crook Jack
Eyan. Manager Griffith's assistant. who
also acts in the capacity of coach for
the collegians. directed the wearers OF
the Orange and Blue from the bench,
and but for the strategy employed by
the veteran, the score would have been
more One-sided in favor of the profess.
SiOnais.
Owing to the injury sustained to Utility
Catcher Jack Egan, it was necessary for
Eddie Ainsmith TO go behind the bat.
With the exception of Ainsmith the
others in the Washington lineup We're
all new recruits. Griff pitched Barton,
Lefty Austin. ana sullivan three innings
each in the order named and also used
two sets of outfielder5. Dutch Munich
went behind the bat in the sixth inning
GnL finished the game.
Youngsters Look Good.
AZ thm"s considered. the younS Ma
able manner. and Manager Griffith was
able to get A pretty fair line on the abii-
ity of each recruit.
Interest. of course. ccntered around the
'ubans, Calvo and Acosta, who started
he game in the outer garden patches
and played six innings. Little ACostd
showed amazing speed. reached South
paw Grant for clean single in the
third. and stole second base in the fifth
after dra wing a walk. In addition, AcoSta
ramped Under three flies in left field.
Calyo hit in hard luck. sending up
couple of high flies and grounding 10
Ncff in tho fourth. heating a bad throw
To the initial sack. Calvo did not have
y chance in the field.
Of the Young pitchers. Barton and
Austin looked the best. neither one Civ
ing a l,ase on balls. The first named
Welded three hits and Austin two.
Hits were even. seven for each club.
&iurey came through with the only ex-
tra-base knock. beautiful triple to left
''"nter in the sixth inning of CIark's de-
livery. which scored run. Joe Gedeon
al second looked mighty good. and Rcb
Williams. with a pair of singles to his
credit. led the young Nationals with the
stick
Grant starts Game.
Virginia's best twirler. Grant. started |
in the box, and his sharp shooting curve |
baffied the professionals for two innings, |
three going back to the bench via the |
strike-out route. In the next inning |
both Ainsmith and Acosta singled, but |
no runs resulted.
Clark. a right-hander, relieved Grant |
when the fourth opened. and Calvo start |
ed trouble by hitting a sharp grounder
to Nefr. which the thrd-sacker fumbled |
and threw wild to first. The Cuban was
safe by a good margin, and when Ged- |
con smashed a wicked bounder- which |
got away from First Baseman James, |
Calvo. by dint Of fast sprntisg, pulled /
up at third Williams dumped a single |
10 right scoring the Cuban. and when |
Schaefer's grass-cutrer was fooled by |
MCGUIRE Gedeon crossed the plate This |
pair of runs smacked very much of the |
gift variety. but We're gained by fast |
work on the bases and taking advantage |
Of ViTSinia's miscues. all of which We're
mighty pleasing to the Old Fox
The Collegians got to Buck Barton
for a run in their half of the third. Nut |
Feb Williams contributed costly fum-
Ill which paved tn" way for the mar
k"r. which arrived after two had gone
"m Fini";'S Gruunde.to the third -sacker.
a clean steal of second and pretty
single from Ncfs bat.
Ia the sixth. the Nationals tucked the
with a single and furnished one of the
features of the game when he raced all
the way from first to third base on a
slow grounder from Schaefer's bat field
ed by Shortstop White to Finlay. the
ball beating the Teuton by a step. Nor
ley uncorked his three-bagger at this
stage of the combat and Williams scored.
long fly from Ainsmith to Lille sent in
Morley with the Nationals fourth coun-
ter
Austin in Form.
The ccllegians failed to score off Lefty
Austin, but snatched a run in the sew
nth while Sullivan was on the mound,
and added one in the ninth off this same
Ilinger.
The game provided a. bunch Of thrills
for the rooters in the final half of the
ninth, when Virginia clogged the bases,
and a double play, followed by a nice
catch Of sky-scraper by Al
Scheer averted serious trouble.
Nick Altrock. the other half Of the
troupe, arrived on the
grounds a few minutes before the game
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