Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
Mcbride and Henry Fail.

ShankS opened the eighth with a
screeching single to center. and Nor
gan moved him to second with a sacri-
flee. Mcbride and Henry, however,
popped up easy flies, and Shanks was
left
A final chance came in the ninth. when
the belated move to use Williams as a
pinch hitter offered an opportunity to tie
the score. Williams was safe when Gard
ner fumbled his hard-hit grounder. Ain
smith was put on to run for him and
Moeller was sent up to sacrifice. His ef-
forts resulted in a little pop fly which
Carrigan caught.
Foster hit grounder to Scott, which
the latter turned into a double play
and the game was over.
Jim Shaw is slated to pitch the after
noon game, which is to start at 5
o'clock
Presentation Made to Gandil.
Before the game started Chick Gandil
was called to the home plate by a com
mittee from lodge of Redmen and pre-
sented with handsome jeweled pin of
the order. All the local players sur
rounded Gandil, and uncovered, while
the presentation speech was being made,
the spectators applauding at the finish.
Neither side scored in the first inning,
although Boston worked man as far
rs second on Scott's clean single and a
steal Of second. Joe Engel made a
pretty stop of Hooper's wicked grounder
and then threw him out at first
Two pretty plays were pulled off in Bos-
tons second turn at the bat, when John
Henry picked Gardeners high foul off the
left side of the grandstand, and George
Mcbride snagged foul fly off of Yerkes'
bat after running almost to the pavilion.
Joe Engel featured Bostons third round,
making two splendid stops of hot drives
from the bats of Carrigan and Hooper,
and heading off these men at first. Both
Engel and Collins pitched first-class ball
in the first three innings, a single by
each side being the best the batters
could do.
Red Sox Score First Run.
The Red Sox go to Engel in the fourth,
scoring the Arst run of the game With
one down Speaker slammed a double into
center. and Henriksen beat out a slow
bounder to Mcbride. Janvrin famed,
and Henriksen stole second on the strike
out Gardner hit to Morgan. who fun
bled the ball. Speaker scoring. Henrik
sen also tried to score 0 nthe error, but
Morgan recovered the ball and easily
headed him OFF at the plate with good
throw ia Henry.
Morgan Gets a Double.
Washington threatened to score in the
fifth, when Morgan slammed a double
into left, with two out. but McBride's
best was grounder TO Gardner and
Ray was run down on the line for the
third out.
Eddie Foster broke into the limelight
in Boston's first turn at the bat in the
seventh, when he jumped two feet in
tbe air apd nulled down Yerkes' line
fly with one hand. 1t killed off a sure
double if not home run.
The locals got good start in the
eighth. shanks leading OFF with clean
single to center. and being sacrificed to
second by Morgan. but Mcbride flied to
Henriksen and Henry fouled to jan
vrin.
Rippy Williams batted for Engel in
Washington's last turn at bat and was
safe when Gardner fumbled his ground
er Ainsnlith took williams place on
account Of his speed. Moeller tried to
sacrifice, but fouled out to Carrigan.
Foster hit into double play. Scott to
Yerkes to Janvrin. The score: