The Washington herald., 1914-05-22

of the only hit obtained during the five
remaining chapters
Manager Hickey opposed Boehling
with Carl weilman. the human string
Carl was reached for couple of runs
In the first inning and one in the
fourth. He developed marked tenden-
cies to go aeroplaning and was sent to
placing him in this inning and putting
a stop to a perfectly good batting
rally by the home folks.
There was plenty of hight and pepper
displayed by the Browns, and the inn
preston prevailed among the fans that
the Hickey combination will win a lot of
ball games this season St Louis does
not look like a tail-end ball club right
now. Just paste this in your hat.
shanks Makes Fine Catch.
A hair-raising shoestring CATH by
Howard Shanks and a clever scoop and
peg by Morgan of a hard smash by
Leary in the Browns fourth proved the
fielding features.
St Louis put over a run in the first
inning without the aid OF base hit. A
heiders' choice, base on balls double
steal and a wild pitch contributed by
Boehling made this possible.
Washington came back in the other
half of this inning with two taIlies. Fos-
ter singled and stole after Moeller famed.
Milan whitfield. Gandil shot a single to
left field, scoring Foster. On this blow
Chick was able to reach second base, as
Wares muffed the ball On Agnew's per-
feet throw. A single to right by Shanks
scored Gandil. Howard being turned
back at the keystone for the final out
Boehling was raked for a trio of swats
in the third, the visitors scoring two
runs. Wellman beat out a roller to Gan
dill and was safe as Boehling failed to
cover first base in time to take the
throw. Shotten forced Weilman, Gandil
to Mcbride. Austin and Pratt followed
with singles, Shanks letting the ball get
away from him on Pratt's hit. This
5ombardment scored Shotten and Austin,
and put the visitors into the lead.
In the Browns fourth Clarence Wat
ker singled and stole, took third when
Morgan and Gandf retired Leary, and
came home on Agnew's clean single to
center.
The Grifmen were called upon to cut
down a three-run lead and managed to
grab one tally back in the final half
of the fourth, when Shanks walked and
came home on Morgan's triple down the
left field foul line weilman had thrown
two balls over to Mcbride when he was
taken out and Baumgardner substituted.
Baumgardner held the home team safe.
=. Nationals Knot the Count.
Double plays in the fifth and sixth
Washington innings snuffed out chances
to score, but the game was sewed up in
the Nationals seventh. Henry famed
for a starter. Boehling singled, and went
to third when Danny Moeller crashed to
the right field fence. Foster hit to Pratt.
and Boehling was thrown out at the
plate. Baumgardner at this stage de-
veloped a wild streak, passing Milan.
This gift filed the bases, and Gandil was
able to work the lanky pitcher for SIM
ilar donation. Moeller trotted home with
the tying run. /
The washington's ninth. when the game
was won, was an exciting chapter.
Boehling flied to Shotten, but Moeller
was passed. Fosters grounder to the
pitchef advanced Moeller to second base.
On the next ball pitched Danny took
daring lead OF second. drawing a throw
from Catcher Agnew to Shortstop Wares.
Instead of racing back to second Moeller
hiked for third. Wares pegged hurriedly
to Austin, the ball was high and on to
one side. It shot through Austin's hands
and rolled nearly to the stands. Before
it could be recovered Danny was over
the plate, and everybody went home.
The Scare