The Washington herald., 1913-04-08
By WILLIAM PEET.


sand on the track and surreptitiously
halted McGraw's New York Giants on
their victorious march from Marlin
Springs to Gotham In a game featured
by numerous bone-headed plays. Final
count, to 2.
Der Choints." respondent in lavender
trimmed raiment, stumbled up against
real pitching, probably for the first time
since quitting camp Walter Johnson
held them runless for five frames, and
Engel, by his own wildness, helped them
to couple of markers in the seventh,
but withal was effective. Tom Hughes
tworked in the ninth, and nobody saw
first base. Up to yesterday the New
Workers had won eighteen straight
games.
The combat was a light-hitting- affair.
Demaree, who started for the tribe OF
McGraw, escaped uniniured in five in
nings Tesreau was poorly supported
and wild when he entered the box in the
sixth. and il was while the Ozark noun
taineer served UP his anointed shoots
that the Griffmen won the ball game.
Sensational fielding on the part of young
Shafer, the visitors shortfielder, robbed
our side of several base hits and chances
to score. Capt. Larry Doyle also put up
"A great game at second, while the Griff-
played fawless ball.
North pole weather kept the crowd
down to a mere handful, and it is posi-
ble that for this reason the New Workers
did not show to better advantage, as
the pepper and dash seemed to be lacking
when the team engaged in fielding prac-
tice before the combat
The cold weather held no terrors for
the Griffmen, who fairly revel in chilly
md ftlrf a
la Charlottesville.
Bush League Base Running.
Stupid base running cost the Nationals
run in the third, and likewise the
Giants a chance to win the frolic in the
seventh, while in the home folks sixth
the Nationals pulled off successfully
every trick they attempted and made the
Go than gang look foolish.
Joe Engel, the lanky kid pitcher, inter-
cepted a line drive hot off Tesreau's bat
in the eighth and split the little finger
of his left hand, the ball was detected
ia it's flight toward Ray Morgan VINO
turned back the Giant pitcher at first
base, but Engel will be on the shelf for a
few days as a result of the accident
There is no denying the fact that the
Giants look mighty good. although they
could do little or nothing with the WASH
slated to succeed Fletcher. and Burns in
left, who at present has crowded Josh
Devore out of the batting order, both
played great ball in the field, but neither
hit safely.
AS for physical condition, the New
Workers, who have been in training near
" a month longer than the Griffmen.
and in a warmer cline, do not appear
to have a thing on the home folks.
"a1f National
League champions at his mercy. only
sixteen men faced him in five innings,
and only one of these saw third base.
Walters control was perfect. and he sai1
after the game that he could have gone
the entire route had Griff wanted him
tn do so.
With Demaree the Giants promising
twirler, obtained from the Southern
League, on the mound when the game
opened, Moeller started Washington
first inning y beating out perfect
hunt, but was caught mapping of the
bag and run down.
Nationals Careless on Bases.
In the third the Griffmen lost a chance
to score by carelessness on the bases.
Shanks started the round by drawing a
walk Mcbride shot single to left
johnson hunted and Demaree threw out
Shanks at third. Dan Moeler. banged
slow roller over to the right of Doyle
on the "hit-and-run" signal. Mcbride
started for home. but turned back when
he saw Doyle shoot the ball to Catcher
Wilson. While Wilson was running Nc
Bride to earth, Johnson strolled off Sec
ond eight or ten feet, and a quick return
Wilson to Doyle, caught the great pitch
er red-handed.
The Griffmen filled the bases in the
,I-ifh fun hut ShanES
unable 10 drive the ball safe.
The sixth saw the real fireworks when
the home folks crowded in three runs,
enough to win. Milan drew base on
balls for starter. Gandil dumped
single 10 short and Morgan let four bad
ones sail past, filling the bases. Ain
smith flied to Merkle. Shanks hit a
vicious grounder to Shafer who rushed
to second before Morgan arrived, but
could not complete double play by
throwing to first or get the fleet-footed
Milan at the plate. Gandil pulled up at
third while this was going on. Mcbride
hit a sharp bounder to Merkle, who
threw high to Teserau while the last
named covered first base. Big jeff neg
lected to touch the bag before Mcbride
arrived, and Gandil scored the play.
Shanks going to third. The winning run
came minute later when Mcbride
started for second and Catcher Wilson
made a short throw to Teserau, with the
probable intention of catching Shanks
mapping at third. Unfortunately for the
Giants Teserau muffed the ball. and
before it could be recovered Shanks was
home.
Joe Ensel occupied the mound when
the Giants sixth opened and got away
with il i'm that inning, but in the seventh
he passed Shafer and Burns, the first
two men to face him. Doyle flied to
Milan. Murray singled to left. scoring
Shafer, and when Merkle slashed to right
Burns scored At this stage came some
bone-headed base running on the part of
the McGrawites which robbed them of
a chance to tie the score or win the
game.
Giants Look Foolish.
On Merkle's single Murray hiSed for
third and Merkle kept right on running
from first Moeller shot the ball to Fos- |
ter. and the ball got away from the /