The Washington herald., 1914-05-03
YANKEES EASY
FORNATIONALS
in FIRST GAME
Grifmen Pound Ball All Over
Lot, Scoring Fourteen Runs
In Easy Fashion.
SHAW SEEN In THE BOX
Big Right-hander. with Bentley, Do
the Honors-Home Run for
Eddie Foster.
SHAW SEEN In THE BOX
BY WILLIAM PEET.

BY WILLIAM PEET.
Those fast travelling Yankees
from New York did not look very
impressive at National Park yes
terday, when the Griffmen Soaped
the chute and sent them scurrylng
to the bottom. The score, 14to l,
does not begin to tell OF the car
mage.
1t was the opening skirmish of
the series and the initial appear
ance of the Yanks here this sea-
son. That they looked like selling
platers, instead of team which has
Just won two straight from Boston
and the majority of games played
against the Athletics, is due to the
fact that everything the New York
pitchers handed up was unmercl-
fully hammered by the Grift crew.
Fourteen hits. count 'em. totaling
twenty-four bases, was the bomhardment
credited to the home folks Five two
baggers a triple, and home run are in
cluded in this swatfest
Il isn't often that the Nationals go on
one of tfrose mad hitting streaks, and
the fans enjoyed II slaughter.
Little Eddie Fost, led the Griffmen
with the stick. The midget refuses to
be tanned. Two singles and a slashing
home run drive was Fosters portion In
addition he scored three runs.
Next to the heavy bombardment by
the Griffmen comes the fine pitching Of
jimmy Shaw. who made his first Ameri-
IN ~ of NeStnT-
day afternoon. Shaw twirled six innings,
was nicked for three hits and had one
run scored AGAINST him. but perfect sup
port would have prevented the hostile
tally.
With the count II to l. Manager Grit
fifth felt perfectly safe in substituting
Jack Bentley for Shaw when the New
Yorl1s came to bat in the seventh.
Bentley was a trife nervous, and in three
innings was hit safely as many times,
hut he managed to keep the platter clean
and justified a lot of the good things
predicted for him.
MOeIIrr Scores Four Runs.
Danny MoeIIer was also a factor in
the Nationals victory Danny faced the
New York pitchers five times, drew three
bases on balls, came through with a
single. and scored four runs.
Jack WARRIOR, usually puzzle to the
Griffmen, could not seem to get his slow
underhand ball working properly. He
only lasted four innings and was relieved
by Cy Pieh. a lanky recruit drafted from
the Dayton club of the Central League.
Poor Cy-one inning was enough for
him. Five hits. including a homer and
double, left him badly managled and just
family breathing through his ears.
Guy Cooper. who pitched for the Pc
tersburg club of the Virginia League last
year, took up the burden where Pieh left
on, and Cooper looked good for two in
nings, but, like his predecessors, was
roughly handled before the Nationals let
him get away.
After Shaw blanked the enemy in the
first inning. the Grif clan lost no time |
scoring runs. Moeller and Foster both |
walked. They were advanced on Milan's /
sacrifice. Gandil sent up a long fly to |
Walsh and Moeller scored on the out.
A second pass to MUeller was fatal to /
warhop in the ',.ird inning. Foster
singled and Milan shot a safety TO right |
scoring Moeller. Henry forced Milan at
the keystone sack, and on this play
Foster counted.
Ray Morgan started the Nationals /
fourth with a skyscraper TO Holden |
which the last named lost in the sun |
Mcbride shot the ball past Maisel at a |
lightning clip. and Morgan did not stop
running until he had crossed the plate |
George himself pulling up at second.
Shaw's bunt advanced Mcbride to third, |
and Moeller scored him with a single TO
left. Truesdale threw out Foster, but
Milan crashed TO right and MoeIIer
counted.
Exit jack wurhoD
With six runs to washington's credit
IN four innings, Warhop decided that he
could best serve his team by hiking to
the shower baths Enter Mr.. Cy Pieh
when the Nationals fifth opened Here
comes the real slaughter. Henry greet
ed Pieh by doubling to right Shanks
scored him with a two-bagger to left.
Morgan singled, putting Shanks on third.
McBride's wallop to left scored Shanks
Jim Shaw famed. Moeller flied to Hart
zell. Eddie Foster crashed to the score
board in right center. Neither Holden
or Hartzell could get to the ball until il |
bumped up against the boards. By this
time Foster was tearing along the base
paths, and amid a roar Of applause from
the crowd. crossed the plate behind Nor
gan and Mcbride, with the first home
run on the Florida avenue Enclosure this
season.
The New Workers managed to avert a
white wash in the fifth. when Milan made
mess Of Peckinpangh's fly, losing the
ball in the sun and then cutting loose
with a bad throw placing Peck on TIE
keystone sack Shaw retired the next
Two men 10 race MIN, out MatSel dubbed
to short right and PeckinpaUgh breezed
over the plate.
Cooper Relieves Pieh.
Guy Cooper was on the job when the
Nationals came to bat in the sixth. His
fast breaking curve and good speed
puzzled the hcme folks not little. II
was In the eighth that the Griffmen
FINALLY got to him.
In the meanwhile Shaw and Henry
had been replaced by Bentley and Al
Williams.
Moeller started the eighth by drawing
walk. Foster blasted the ball through
haisers paws, with the result thai every
body was safe. Milan popped to Harry
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