The Washington herald., 1914-06-03
RALLY in ninth
wins FOR GRIffS
Howard Shaaks Plays Great
Part in 9 to 8 Victory
Over Yankees.
ENCEL COMES THROUGH
Holds Chancemen Safe After Ma
tionals Take Lead in Final
Session.
ENGEL COMES THROUGH
BY WILLIAM PEET.

and two gone in the ninth was the con-
dition OF affairs here this afternoon when
the Nationals pounded their way to a
8 to victory over the New York
Yonkees in the opening game Of the
series.
When the combat is reviewed from
every angle, but one man stands out
head and shoulders above his pals
Howard Shanks.
1t was Shanks who helped send over
four runs in the second inning, which
put the Grinmen one to the good. A per-
feet squeeze play In the third added a
tally. when Shanks manipulated the will
low and with the score a tie Howard
busted the ball into the left field stands
with two down In the fifth, which again
launched the Nationals into the lead
and his rip-snorting single in the ninth
showed over the run which made victory
possible.
A Real Battle.
No harder grapple for a box score has
ever been seen In Gotham. The big Polo
Grounds went fairly wild. One minute
victory seemed certain and in a twin
king everything was changed.
That a ball game Is not over until the
last man is out was never better exem-
plified than right here today and the
predominant feature OF the afternoon
struggle was the never-say-die fighting
spirit OF the Griffithian clan.
Those Washington's don't know when
they're licked-they simply refuse to
quit" was an expression uttered by one
spectator as the crowd wended its way
homeward.
No truer words were ever spoken and
1t is this fighting spirit which will win an
American League pennant for Griff and
his young men, II the fates so decree.
BoehlinE on Mound.
Joe Boehling started in the box for the
Nationals. but was batted hard in three
innings Doc Ayres relieved him and
orked until the ninth when Engel hn-
ished the job.
Fisher for seven rounds. Then King
Cole. until he was jostled loose from his
cap, with Keating on the mound to finish
things up.
Boehling apparently had lot of
stuff" but he was hit hard in the
pinches. -Four singles and an error by
Aoeller scored three hostile runs right
on the bat. and with this lead. the YAM
KEGS appeared confident OF coming out
on top. but a mighty rattle of base
hits in the Washington second inning
yielded four runs. and angry mutterings
We're heard on all sides.
Shanks opened the fourth with a high
fly, which Cook dropped. This blow put
Howard on second. Morgan popped to
Maisel. Mcbride singled to left, scoring
Shanks. Henry doubled. Boehling forced
Mcbride at the plate. Moeller trippled to
left center and came home behind Henry
and Boehling on Walsh's poor throw to
the plate. Score: Washington, 4; Yanks
3.
The Nationals added a marker in the
third without the aid OF a base hit
when Milan reached first on a passed
ball. which would have been a third
strike Zeb promptly swiped third and
scored a minute later when Shanks laid
down a perfect bunt in response to the
squeeze play" signal.
Two for Yankees.
Boehling blanked the enemy in the
second. but the Yanks got to him for
two runs in the third inning. tieing the
score.
After Milan and Gandil had gone in the
Nationals fifth, young Mr.. Shanks again
bobbed into the limelight by whacking
the ball into the left-feld bleachers for
a home run. Score: Washington, s.:
New York. 5.
Doc 'Ayres was in the box when the
New Yorks came up in the fourth. and
until the seventh he was never in dan
ger. This lucky home seventh was a
heart-breaker for the Griff crowd, for
a base on balls, two singles in a row.
and a sacrifice fly scored three New
York runs, putting the Yankees very
much in the game, for a two-run lead
was not to be sneezed at.
As Chance had sent in a substitute
haf f1,-
job when Washington's eighthD Dppened
Morgan drew a walk for a starter, but
Mcbride hit into double play. and it
was all of in this chapter.
Acostn Walks.
Grin ordered Acosta to bat for Ayers
in Washington's half of the ninth and
the instruction to the diminutive Gu
ban were, get a base on balls"
Acosta did as he was told. but when
Moeller and Foster both flied to Walsh.
there was so much gloom surrounding
the Washington bench that you
couldn't cut 1t with a knife. Milan
ripped a single to center putting
Acosta on third. Gandil slammed to
right, scoring the Cuban and advancing
Milan to second. Howard Shanks was
up and as the Monaco Marvel had al
ready done his share little was ex-
pected Of him. Two strikes and no
CJBS DOWN PIRATES.