The Washington herald., 1914-06-08
BROWNS GRAB
game in tenth
St. Louis Comes from Behind
and Lands Battle by
3 to 2 Count.
JOE BOEHLING WEAKENS
Southpaw Is Hit Hard in the Ninth
Frame-Ayers Goes in
the Box.
JOE BOEHLNG WEAKENS
BY WILLIAM PEET.

ST. Louis, Mo-, June s.-Grif had to-
days contest safely tucked away when
he was forced to dig deep into his jeans
and hand the old ball game over to the
Browns Score. 3 to 2.
Joe Boehling was simply invincible until
the ninth inning. when he grew a little
careless, and before anybody realized
what had happened. two OF the enemy
were within scoring distance. Clarence
Walker. former National. blazed away
for a triple, knotting the count. The
winning tally came over in the tenth,
while Ayers was on the mound.
For eight innings Boehling never look
ed better in his life. Two scratch hits
was the best the Browns could get OF
his portside twtsters, and not a member
of the home band reached third.
Carl Weilman opposed Boehling, and he.
too pitched great ball. The Griffmen
had more opportunities to send over runs
than the Browns. but only twice were
they able to register.
Big Crowd Out.
Another sizzling days and another TO-
900 crowd greeted the athletes. The aver
age st. Louisan pays no more attention
to heat than a duck does to water. The
vociferous roofing from the tap Of the
bell would have put to shame almost any
moster crowd of fans in the National
Capital.
The crowd wanted Rickey's team to
win. They pulled for a victory harder
than a Cornell college crew ever pulled to
win a boat race. Washington's two-run
lead meant nothing to them, for they
were confident that by some hook or crook
the Hickey crowd would emerge on top.
That they were rewarded in every sense
Of the word one glance at the box score
will show.
1t was tough for Joe Boehling to lose
such a well-pitched battle. He went at
his work earnestly and with no show OF
egotism, of which he has been accused.
An unfortunate bit of wildness cost him
the decision.
In order to be fair, Big Carl Weilnan
deserves recognition, for he was in more
tight places than Boehling, and the runs
that should have been scored never came.
The tallies Washington was able to pull
down smacked of luck and good breaks.
MoeIIer Doubles.
Danny Moeller opened the Nationals
first inning with a clean two-bagger. but
the three men following lacked the scor-
toms fifth. Morgan and Mcbride singled
in turn, but Weilman frightened up and
famed the next two batters.
The ice melted in Washington's sixth.
when one run spilled over. Moeller
reached first base on a bunt- O'Loughlin
gave Danny the best Of a close decision.
Foster famed as Moeller stole second.
Milan doubled to right. scoring the Roch-
ester rambler.
In the Nationals seventh. with two
down. Henry and Boehling were on the
bases by virtue of a walk and an error.
Moeller made the final out with a
grounder to Austin.
A pass TO Morgan In the first half Of
the ninth, McBride's sacrifice and
Boehling's clean single to right sent over
another run. and when st. Louis came
to bat a to score staring them in
the face, the betting was 10 to / that
a Washington shutout would be recorded
Shotten brought the crowd to its feet
by whacking a single to right center
Austin was hit in the back. On Pratt's
grounder tc Boehling. Shotten and Aus
tin went up a peg. Foster threw out
Miller and Shotten scored on the play
Clarence Walker smashed to the left
field fence for a triple. sending In Aus
tin. but when he attempted to cross the
plate himself. Henry blocked him OF for
the final out.
Grin decided to substitute Ayres fer
Boehling when the Browns came to bat
in the tenth. and Leary hit the first ball
pitched to center for a triple. Wares
flied to Shanks. One the squeeze play
signal Agnew dumped the ball in front
OF the plate. Ayres gathered it in and
held 1t while Leary breezed over with
the winning run. The big pitcher had
no chance to get Leary at the counting
block.