The Washington herald., 1914-07-01
Ainsmith Breaks Up
Game With a Single
Nationals Capture Overtime
: Battle from New Yorks by
the Score of 2 to |.
MILAN SAVES THE DAY
ny WILLIAM PEEr.

WIN ringing slnBle 10 ElBht SeHleI
Eddie Ainsmith scored Capt. Mcbride
from second base in the Nationals half
of the eleventh inning giving the Nation
ais a to verdict over the New Yorks
in the second game Of the series here yes
terday afternoon.
Doc Ayers and Ray Heating opposed
each other when the pastime started,
but both were relieved later to make
room for the best pitching talent in
both the Chance and Grin stables: viz.
Walter johnson and Ray Caldwell.
Heating steamed along in, peerless
shape until the fifth, the parade OF
Washington hitsmiths stopped at the
plate and then marched back to the
bench but the chunky spitball finger
wavered in the nth and was reached
for a tally in the sixth.
Previous to this in the NTH, Nhe in
vaders hustled over a marker and the tie
remained unbroken until Capt. Mac
and Ainsmith supplied the necessary
ammunition in the eleventh.
Clyde Milan made a remarkable run
ming catch in the New York fifth that
saved Doc Ayers considerable embar-
rassment. The bases were clogged at
the time and only one down. Keatings
fly TO the scoreboard sent Milan on a
long chase, but he managed to spear the
ball with his bare hand and only one run
breezed over. We shudder TO think what
would have happened If the ball had run
wild.
Sparkling Fielding by Both Teams.
In one sense yesterdays exhibition was
a remarkable ball game. Behind Ayers
and johnson the Nationals played flaw
lessly. Heating and Caldwell were also
beautifully supported. the two errors
charged against the New Yorks not tg-
uring in the scoring.
Catchers Henry and Sweeney took
many exceptions to ball and strike rul-
ings by Umpire ChHl, but the fearless in
dicator handler did not appear to be one
bit rufied. despite the kickings OF the
players and jeers from the crowd.
During the first four innings only two
members of the Chance gang reached the
initial sack and neither OF these gentle
men reached second.
The ice was broken in New York's half
OF the fifth. After Cook had gone Daley
and Sweeney both singled and Williams
drew a walk. Heating hit a long fix.-
which Milan grabbed in the manner
on the out. Maisel fouled TO Henry, re-
tiring the side.
The Griffmen could do absolutely moth
ing with the moist delivery OF Heating
until Howard Shanks skipped a single
past Peckinpaugh in the Washington half
OF the fifth. Howard swiped second but
was left stranded.
Washington knotted the count in the
sixth with one hand out. MoeIler's walk
made this possible for on the hit-and-run
signal. Foster dumped the ball TO right
center putting Moeller on third base.
Milan hied to Daley, Moeller crossing the
plate on the out
Heating Starts to Slide.
Heating searted to slip in the sixth but
worried through the next inning without
being scored on, although the Nationals
filled the bags in the seventh and Moeller
could have kept the game from going into
extra innings had he produced a base hit
Instead he flied to Hartzel for the third
out
Foster and Milan both walked in
Washington's eighth. At this stage
Keating was removed and Caldwell
shunted to the fore. The slim twirler
quickly retired the side and was in
vincible until the eleventh, when, with
Morgan out of the way Mcbride doubled
to right center and scored the winning
run on Ainsmith's single.
Ayers was saved a lot of trouble by
a sparkling double play in which Fos-
ter, Morgan, and walIy Smith took part
in New York's eighth. and in the ninth
he appeared to be losing control by
putting over four bad balls on Daley
Walter johnson came to the rescue,
famed Sweeney and retired the side
in jig time. During the tenth and
eleventh innings only six men faced
the well-known bridegroom.