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good work at the bat and on the bases
was much commented upon.


| When Speaker stole second in the eighth
! Mcbride was positive that ne nau
/ touched him before he got to the bag
| that when Umpire Egan called him saIe
| Mcbride made vigorous protest. Tor
which Egan banished him from the game
| Egan was let out by Ban Johnson ias'
| season. but he seems to have been recall-
| ed because the numerous protests mace
against most of the newcomers on the
| staff probably convinced Ban Johnson
| that there was room for Egan In this
| league.
! Walter Johnson is slated to pitch the
| game this afternoon Groom having work
| ed this morning. Johnson displayed all
| his old form in Philadelphia the other
day. when he pitched six innings ana did
| not have to exert himself so that he
| ought TO be at his best today. Boston
/ has suffered four times a the hands OF
Johnson and he is very apt to make IL
| five.
| Whether Joe Wood will oppose him is
not known, but it is likely that the smoke
+! ball twirler will work In one of the two
games today. though Stahl may inten-
| tionally avoid Johnson with his star.
| Had the Nationals had longer lead IN
| the ninth inning yesterday 1t would have
been possible for Dan Moeller to allow
| Harry Hooper to win himself hity-doi-
/ lar present. Hooper hit ball in TINS
! inning which if Moeller had not inter
cepted it. would have hit the bull sign III
right just about four or flve feet from
| the bottom. Moeller backed up against
| the sign and pulled down the ball which.
| if the game had not been in danger, he
| would have allowed 10 go by to snow
| that there is real fraternal spirit III the
! players association. AS it was, condl-
| lions were such that he could not afford
to take any chances
one reason why George Mull!n was anN-
| ious to get away from Detroit was the
/ fact that the fans there had tired OF nm,
| and when his name was announced as
pitcher for the Tigers he was usually
! greeted with boots and jeers. Conditions
of that nature are not calculated to Get
| players best efforts. and Muliln was
/ plainly pleased when he walked out on
the rubber yesterday and the crowd
| greeted him with applause He was i'll d
| rarely good humor when the game Was
! over and he had broken into the win col
| umn.. for he believes that from this on:
he will get his share of the victories
1t did not take the Nationals long Il
| get under way yesterday. They started
ming. and before the third round was
| ended OBrien had been derricked and
! Leonard had taken his place.
=, After Moeller had been retired Schaefei
! started matters with single He scored
| when Milan dropped the ball over third
| base and it bounded away from Henrik
sen, and netted three bases, SchaefeI
| scoring. Milan was forced at the plate.
however. and Shanks, who followed Gan
dill. fouled out.
! There was lull in the second, but in
| the third O. Rricn was mauled about. Null
| lin started this round with hit. Noel
Ter hunted to O Brien, who threw over
| Wasners head trying to force Mullin.
| Schaefer moved them up with a sacrifice.
| and Milan brought both runs home with
"A single which Speaker allowed to get
! through him and then threw wild. Milan
Going to third. lie scored on Gandil S
| single.
The visitors scored their first run in the
| fourth on Iieniicksens double and d
! single by Engel They had three on and
none out in the sixth on which Shanks
made his great catch, preventing disas-
| ter and they did not score again until
! the ninth, when three singles and a pass
| Melted a run. The final run for the Ma
| tionals came in the fifth inning. when
Schaefer hit safely and stole second. and
came home on Gandil's second timely hit.
| Leonard was not easy thereafter. though
| the locals got men on the bases In the
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