The Washington herald., 1914-04-30

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showers, substituting Doc Ayres
the double-header king.
was on second, with Barry up and no.
body out. Ayres shot over two balls in
side. Then came the signal for Connie
Mack's pet play. the squeeze" Barry
popped to Gandil in an attempt to lay
the ball down. Chick, with a mighty
lurch, grabbed the ball with his gloved
hand. The rest was easy. Strunk was
almost over the plate. when Gandil shot
the ball to Foster at third. and Eddie
quickly relayed 1t to Mcbride. who raced
over to second base, before McInnes
could scramble back.
Maekmcn Tie Score.
Previous to this the Mackmen had tied
the score with a couple OF runs and
were in one of their savage hitting
moods. The crowd could not grasp the
situation for several minutes, but when
the fans finally realized what had hap
pened. the Griffmen were given the first
outburst Of applause accorded them dur
ing the present series.
The credit of winning today's game
goes rightfully to Doc Ayers. Grin sent
him in to pitch at a time when every
thing looked dark and foreboding. Too
much praise cannot be showered on
Ayers for his great work.
The combat lasted more than two
hours. 1t was one of those hard fought,
affairs. with both sides
hitting well and the score so close that
nobody cared to leave the ball park
until the last man had been retired.
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run in the opener. Washington came
back in the third with a couple. adding
one more in the fifth. The Athletics
knotted the count in the sixth, but in the
seventh the Griffmen forged ahead two
points and added another in the ninth.
Although diputing every bit OF the way
and attempting every subterfuge known
10 baseball, the champions of the uni
verse could only muster one more tally,
his gift run in the eighth.
Lots of Baseball.
Seldom has there been so much base
ball crowded into nine frames as on eX-
libition this afternoon. The Nationals
outbatted the Athletics and outfelded
hem. The triple play was only one of
lalf a dozen sparkling bits OF action.
At the bat Foster, Gandil and Henry
we're the demon sIuggers for the Grif-
ithian clan Henry drove in three runs
Inaided. Just to show why he was en-
titled to fifth place in the batting order, |
Morgan. who is not hitting. |
Eddie Foster was again very much in 7
he limelight. The midget scored three |
uns. made a couple Of clean hits, and I
handled five hard chances without the /
emblance of an error.
Three of Connie Mack's young pitch |
rs were roughly handled. Byron Houck .
'nly lasted five innings. Bressler. a .
'ri-State Lacquer. was jostled loose from .
lis cap, while Eoardman, another husky .
was not allowed to escape
nscathed.
After the Nationals had been retired
he Athletics got to Engel for a run in
he opening frame. when Murphy, the
rst man up. doubled and Daley singled.
Two Scratch Hits.
Engel managed to get his bearings. and
ntil the sixth allowed but two scratch
it's In the meanwhile. the Grif1men
yere pecking away at Houck. threaten
lg trouble in every inning. It was not
ntil the third that damage was in
icted. Joe Engel started this chapter
Y drawing a walk Moeller flied to
,aley. Eddie Foster stepped back and
laced a dandy single to right field near
he foul line. This blow advanced Engel
, third. Milan hit sharply to Collins,
'ho fumbled. allowing Engel to score,