The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-17
Gandil's Steal Wins
Game for Griffmen
Daring Theft Of Home BY Ma
ionaIs' First Stacker IN the
Ninth Inning Lands First
of St. Louis Series.
HUGHES GETS VICTORY
BY WILLIAM FEET.


st. Louis. NO.. July 1S.-General Grit
fth's hustling Nationals smiled at =
one-run lead, plodded through an uphill
battle after the seventh and tnen
squeezed through the winning run In the
ninth, thanks to the punches hanoeo
Lefty" Leverenz by Messrs- Milan ana
Gandil. also clever steal Of home py
the last named. Final count OF To-Day
opening fracas with the Browns, to 2
Joe Boehling started the game but did
not win his tenth straight, neither oio
he lose it. The victory goes to the Gre
dit of Long Tom Hughes, who entered
the box during the final half OF the
eighth. Boehling was lifted to allow
Rippy Williams to pinch hit for him In
the Nationals half of the eighth.
After the Climbers had shoveled away
the Browns one run lead and jumped
ahead, Walter johnson took command
and was able to check further scoring.
Evans Decision Hurts.
For once the Mound City gang failed to
make good as the official halters OF as
piring record smashers- 1t Is barely pos
sibIe that Boehling will get one more
fling at the Stovallites before the Ma
tionals pull up stakes.
Boehling twirled shut-out ball for sew
en- innings, and but for a bad decision
on the part of Umpire Evans those two
large tallies made by the enemy would
never have happened. With the count
two and three on Shotten, Boehling shot
over a hook and Shotten swung all the
way around. Evans said he didn't. and
allowed the fieet-footed outfielder to
stroll Then came trouble in large
punches After the game Umpire Evans
admitted that he had missed the strike.
Until the unlucky seventh. Boehling had
allowed but two of the scratchiest Of
scratch hits; not a man had reached
second base, not walk was issued,
and he had famed five. Such pitching
deserved a better fate, but Southpaw
Leverenz of the Browns. was also on
decA with alright stun.
Griff shook up his batting order for
luck. placing Morgan as lead-off man
was little opportunity TO determine the
success of the shift. as Morgan failed
once to get on the bases.
Only eighteen men faced BOehling dur
ing the first six innings. Austin connect
ed for scratch single in the second, anu
Shotten beat out an infield tap in the
fourth. The seventh was a heart-breaker
for the Climbers. Shotten was allowed
TO walk after Boehling had clearly famed
him. Brief sacrificed Shotten to second.
Pratt hit one just out of Gandifs reach.
scoring Shotten, and pulling up at second
himself.
Browns Assume Lead.
Williams singled to center and Pratt
beat Milan's throw home. The ball got
away from Henry, and Gloomy Gus ct
as far as third. Boehling then pulled
himself together and struck out Comb
ton for the third time. Austin was re-
tired, Foster to Gandil. This represent
ed all that the Browns accomplished III
the matter of runs.
The Nationals had chances to score Ia
the first. third, fourth. and fifth inninPs
but could not send over a run until the
sixth, and Joe Boehling himself paved
the way for this marker with a pretty
single to right center. Morgan sacrificed
Boehling to second. and Foster unloaded
q single back of Pratt
On this blow Boehling scored, as Shot
tens throw to the plate was wide, the
bail getting away from Agnew and rcIl-
ing to the stands. Foster went to Sec
ond on the mix-up, and when Milan shot
clean single to right field the nudge;
halted at third base, watching to see
where the ball dropped before making I'D
his mind to try for the plate. He was
caught on a perfect throw by Williams
This one run looked like the winning
tally until Boehling came to grief in the
next chapter.
In an attempt to start something Griff
sent Williams up to hit for Southpaw
Joe in the Nationals eighth. Rippy lined
to Austin.
When the Browns came to bat in the
other half of this frame Bert Gallia
was on the mound, but only stayed there
long enough to pass Lavans, when Tom
Hughes replaced him and blanked the
side.
The Climbers could do absolutely moth
pitched in the seventh and eighth in
nings, but fell on him like a ton of
bricks in the ninth.
Climbers Win in Ninth.
Foster led of the final frame with a
walk and pulled up at third on Milan's
single to right field. Gandil drove the
ball to an unguarded spot in left, one
of those old-fashioned clouts of his,
scoring Foster and sending Milan to
third and Gandil TO second. Shanks
grounded to Leverenz and Milan was run
down between the home plate and third
base. Gandil, in the meanwhile, sneaking
down to the far corner. With Mcbride
up. Gandil pulled Off a daring and sue
cessful steal of home. Agnew clapped
the ball on him and then dropped it.
This run won the ball game for the
Climbers. as Griff sent Walter johnson
TO the box when the Browns came to
the bat in the ninth, and everybody
complained of the smoke nuisance. Brief
did connect for a double of Walters
speed. but Pratt, Williams. and Compton