The Washington herald., 1914-08-16
BENDER HOLDS
THE NATIONALS
in EASY STYLE.
Washington Fails to Get a
Base Runner as Far
as Third.
jim SHAW PROVES WILD
Harper Relieves Big Right Handler
After Sixth and TwirIs
Air-ight Ball.
jim SHAW PROVES WILD
Ipecial . me W.shinrton Herald.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Philadelphia. Pa, Aug. 15.-Mack's au-
tocrats of the diamond finished the set
with Washington today with their in
evitable victory, and just to emphasize
their superiority they shut out the COM
mon enemy. Score. 6 to Q.
Just johnson dominated the game on
Friday, so was Chief Bender the COM
manding figure today. In many ways he
was a check to the advance Of. the
Capital chaps.
The Chippewa was full of speed and
curves and had them under control. Five
hits were made by the losers and they.
were so completely isolated that only one
batsman advanced so far as second.
1t was sterling performance on the
part of the grinning Indian, but his
worth didn't end with competent serving.
In the sixth inning with SchanR his bat
terry mate on base, Bender sent crash
ing drive to left that catapulted into the
bleachers for a home run. This jarring
lick made Washington a sure enough
corpse
Jim Shaw. the competing curver, was
4 man of meagre attainment His was
solvenlY exhibition for he was not only
4 liberal dispenser of bases on balls, but
he was hit in every inning he pitched. In
the six innings he lasted, the Athletics
made all their hits and runs. Eight was
their swat total. Harper steamed boldly
to the mound in the seventh and fore
stalled any further designs on the plate.
Athletics star in Field.
Afield the monarchs of baseball looked
as good as an original Velesquez. Barry
Elittered at short and Strunk absorbed
line drives like a sponge absorbs water.
Not one break was made by Mack's
'formidables.
The Mack machine was under way right
at the start. Shaw bequeathed pass to
Murphy. An out put him on second and
Baker put him across with a booming
single to left. ' .a
The Athletics did not make full use of
bountiful material in the third. Murphy
again faced Shaw for q pass. Oldring
went out at first and Collins also strolled.
A pitched ball grazed Bakers shirt and
the runways were crammed. McInnis
signed for the squeeze play and bunted
single past Shaw, admitting Murphy.
Baker thought that Collins would try to
score, and made a wide turn Of second
But as Shaw made no attempt to throw
to first Collins held third. In the run
down Baker was tagged by Mcbride. The
double steal failed, Collins pinched at the
plate.
Washington did not get a man on base
until the fourth. Moeller opened this
round with a single, but a second later
was cut down trying to steal
Mcbride pumped out single for Wash
ington in the fifth, and in the domestic
section, Collins doubled along the talcum
powder in left, but these stray shots
were wasted.
shaw Gets His Bumps,
Shaw came in for a severe tanning in
the sixth. Fosters low throw gave Nc
Innis third. The first ball served to
Stfuuk was a wild pitch and "Stuffy"
hot-footed it home. Then Strunk walked.
He advanced on BaTTy's sacrifice. Schang
dubbed a torrid single TO center, scoring
Strunk. Lii Hung took second on the
throw Then Bender gave the ball
mighty jolt over Mitchelrs head. 1t
hopped into the bleachers for a home
run, his battery partner scoring ahead.
Murphy dashed a single to center. He
tried to steal but overslid and was re-
tired. Oldring lined to Moeller.
Gandn singled and Morgan walked in
the seventh, but Bender frightened and
didn't let the pair advance.
Harper, q left-hander went to the hill
in the last half Of the seventh and the
scoring came to a STOP
In the last inning the Nationals found
Render Just as hard to fatlom as at
the start.