The Washington herald., 1914-06-09
browns AGAIN
trim GRIFfMEN
Nationals Are Beaten by St.
Louis in the Tenth
Inning.
is A WEIRD EXHIBITION
Jim Shaw. Doc Ayers. and Jack
Bentley Work on Mound
for Locals
is A WEIRD EXHIBITION
BY WILLIAM PEET.

st. Louis. Mo-. June s.-For the sec
ond time in succession the Grimthian
forces had to bow before Rickey's st.
Louis Browns. losiHs today ten-in-
ming contest by 70 I.
Excuses and alibis should be thrown
to the winds. One bad decision by
Umpire O'Loughlin blotted out what
would have been the Nationals win
ming run in the ninth, but So many
chances to load up >the tally column
were missed by weak hitting and bad
baseball that OLoughlin's ruling is
not to be considered.
The game consumed 3 hours and 35
minutes and the players did not reach
the hotel until nearly o'clock. which
Is o'clock Eastern time.
Jim Shaw started and worried
through six innings. He was wild and
decidedly of color. Doc Ayers relieved
him and finished the chapter. Bentley
was on the job during the three re-
naming rounds.
Errors All Hurt.
Grif"s pitchers were denied gilt
edged support. which accounts for the
bulky run total of the Browns Even
old reliable John Henry inserted
couple of wild and wolly throws that
hurt.
Bill James opened in the box for the
Browns, but he only lasted six innings.
and when Roy Mitchell. the Official keep
er of Washington's goat. was wheeled
into the pastime, everybody on the visit
ing bench groaned. for Mitchell only
holds his job here because he can usu-
ally be depended upon to beat the Ma
tionals.
Shaw was reached for a couple of
singles in the Browns second inning.
hOr a rd
a walk and an error the Rickeyites as
sumed a two-run lead.
Shottens single. a pass to Austin. to-
gether with Red Walkers smash to left.
and Shanks error. added two more mark
ers in the Browns third.
The Griffmen cut this big lead in half
during the fourth when Shanks walked
and Morgan slashed to left field for a
double Walker made a poor throw,
and both shanks and Morgan counted
Washington tied the score in the fifth
by tearing Mr.. James to pieces on four
clean blows contributed by Moeller. Fos-
ter. Milan. and Shanks did the trick.
In the sixth Mcbride doubled and
scored on Shaw's single. This run put
the Griff crowd in the lead, but the
Browns knotted the count in the other
half of the frame and Washington
ieaped ahead one notch in the seventh.
but again the pesky Browns came Dack
strong and made the count to in the
first half OF this chapter.
Washington's ninth was the real thrill
er. All the excitement Of the afternoon
was crowded into this spasm. Foster led
OF with a double to right center and
scored on Milan's two-bagger to right
field. Gandil died. Wares to Leary. ad-
vancing Milan to third. Shanks walked.
Ray Morgan gave Milan the squeeze sig
nal and instead of bunting the ball was
forced to make a swing at a low curve,
with the result that Red Walker camped
under a short fly. Milan dashed back to
third. touched the bag and then sprinted
for the plate. Walkers throw was wide.
Leary getting the ball six feet from the
plate. tossed II to Crossin who tagged
Milan for the final out.
In a twinkling Umpire O'Loughlin was
surrounded. Milan claimed he had beaten
the throw and was safe a mile. Griff
also chimed in and II took ten minutes
to restore order. Umpire O'Loughlin fired
both Milan and Griff out of the park for
kicking.
From the press box II looked as IL
Milan was. safe by a small margin, but
decided otherwise.
Jack Bentley blanked the Browns dur
ing the eighth and ninth but In the tenth
the winning run was put over when
Leary singled and Wares tripled to the
left field stands.