The Washington herald., 1914-05-15
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GRIFfMEN TAKE
GAME in Tenth
Only Hits Made Of Scott BY
Nationals Come in Ex-
ira Inning.
DOC AYERS TWIRLs WELL
Holds White Sox to Three Scattered
Bingles- -Shanks' Triple Sends
Home Only Run Of Game.
DOC AYERS TWIRLs WELL
Ry WILLIAM PEET.

yesterday-two belateo waNopS IN row,
and washington snatched the third game
of the seriS, a ten-inn.ng affair, to 0.
For thrilling, hard-fought combats. send
us this Chicago club every time. The
White Sox in the past have furnished
more real excitement caused more cases
of heart disease in this town than any
other gang in the American League.
Yesterday matinee was no exception.
Death Valley" Jim Scott. who possesses
the sharpest breaking curves known to
science, was the slabman Washington
was called upon to beat. Doc Ayers
pitched for the home boys.
Scott did not allow a safe hit for nine
innings, and everybody ION the Chicago
behch) was pulling for him 10 come
through with one of those no-hit no-run
affairs.
Chick Gandil spilled the beans in the
final half of the tenth with a tantalizing
= sod buster past second base. Howard
Shanks thumped a line drive to right
field, the ball getting away from Dem
nitt and Gandn did not stop running
until he had crossed the plate with the
only tally of the afternoon.
Pftchers' Battle from start.
No finer pitchers battle has ever been
seen at National Park. Scott was a trifie
more effective than Ayers early in the
the lgaff to the END, and never faltered
in the pinches.
The support accorded both slabmen was
brilliant, especially the work of the men
behind, Ayers-Morgan. Mcbride. and
Milan contributing sensational stops and
throws.
Until the eighth inning the Nationals
could not put a runner as far as second
base Previous to that period Gandil and
frSt ho
by Blackburn.
Three times, only. the invaders threat
ened to score on Ayers, as follows:
Chase, after two had perished, tripled
to the scoreboard in the opening chap
ter, but Collins flied to Milan for the
final out.
Bodie opened the White Sox's second
with a single and Alcock was safe on
Morgan's tumble Blackburn hit into a
double play, and the side was out when
Mcbride retired Schalk
Only a wonderful one-hand stop and
quick throw by Milan saved Ayers from
being scored on in the Chicago's sixth.
One down. when Demmitt hit a line drive
to right center. Milan dashed over and
scooped I'D the ball while on the dead
run with his bare hand; he threw with
out attempting to set himself, and the
peg to Mcbride was perfect, Demmitt
being turned back trying to stretch the
waIlop into a double. Had the ball got
ten away from Milan, Demmitt would
easily have gone to third and scored on
Berger's fly to Milan. There was some
luck and also some mighty quick-think-
ing baseball attached to this play
Ayers fight in Pinch.
From the sixth until the tenth Ayers
sent the Chicago crowd back to the bench
as fast as they came up. With one down
in the tenth, Foster made a bad peg to
GandN of Collins grounder. Bodies fly
to -Moeller was raKed in, and Alcock
walked. Ayers got himself into hole
with Blackburn up, but quickly extri-
Gated himself from the predicament The
count was three and two on Blackburn,
and Ayers shot a third strike over, waist
high, at which the batter took vicious
lunge.
Jim Scott retired the Nationals in order
until Gandil was safe in the fifth inning
on Blackburn's error. Shanks forced
Gandil at second. but was caught nap
ping himself hter' Berger threw out
In the Nationals seventh Foster got a
life on Blackburn's tumble, many in the
park were inclined to give Foster a
single, but Blackburn got squarely in
front Of the ball and juggled 1t. There
was no scoring, as Scott put on the
screws
With two down in the Nationals eighth.
Mcbride and Henry both walked, and for
the space of a few minutes the fans
were expectantly happy. Ayers fell al
victim to Scott's surves and struck out
amid groans from the faithful. \
With the top Of the Washington bat |
ting order up in the ninth, hopes vert
entertained that something might hap
pen. It did-Moeller, Foster, and Milan
died In turn.
Scott Gets u Bumps.
The tenth saw the wind up of the |
matinee. Scotty's hitless inning record
went a glimmering when Gandil singled
to center Shanks was sent up to bunt |
missed one and had a strike called on |