Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-29
AYERS WEAKENS
IN THE TWELFTH
Does Remarkable Work
Against St. Louis Browns
Until That Period.
EARL HAMILTON WINNER
OF GREAT PITCHING DUEL
Carries Rickey's Team to Victory in
Overtime Contest by
2 to ! Score.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.


ST. LOUIS, August zo.-Dr.
Wyatt Yancey Ayers weakened
in the twelfth inning OF pitch
ing duel with Earl Hamilton to-
day and the Browns won the sec
ond game of the series from the
Nationals by the tight score OF
2 to |. Prior to the fatal twelfth
Ayers had outpitched his south
paw opponent, but the Washing
ton HEAVIER let down after he had
retired two runners in the final
frame and three hits, two of
which were inheld scratches, were
mixed with a base on balls and
produced the one run needed to
win for St. Louis.
Clarence Walker, whose many
long, unnecessary throws in
practice have often brought jibes
from the fans, played an impor-
tant part in the downfall of the
Griffmen. On two different oc-
casions Title put his mighty
right wing to good use by throw
ing out as many runners who
tried to score from second on
clean singles to nidfield. Gandil
was victim of Walkers shoot
ing in the sixth, when the Griff-
men were guilty of some stupid
base running that brought an
abrupt end to a rally, while Ayers
also was plucked at the plate
when he attempted to race home
from second on Fosters single in
the seventh.
Foster had scored a run without any
aid at all in the third round, and as
Ayers had been going along at merry
clip the one marker looked pretty big.
Starting the seventh inning, however,
Howard caught one of the Docs fast
ones and lifted it into the right field
seats for home run, giving the Browns
their first tally and tying up the score.
in every succeeding inning, save one,
after the seventh, the Browns had run
defeat until the twelfth. In the elev-
enth a break came which deprived
the Griffmen Of a run, and as the Browns
failed to score in their section Of this
counted for the Nationals would have
spelled victory. AT the beginning OF
this inning Acosta opened with single
to center and got around to third on
Henry's sacrifice and McBride's grounder
to Pratt. With Ayers at the bat and
two strikes and three balls called,
Acosta made dash for the plate in an
attempt 10 steal home. 1t seemed that
he would have negotiated the theft but
Asnew interfered with Ayers. Umpire
Evans ruled that because of the inter-
ference Ayers was entitled to his base,
but waved Acosta back to third.
1T this stage, Moeller. who hadn't had
any success against Hamilton, was
benched and Alva Williams went up to
bat for him. His best was a foul to
Austin. ending the inning with runners
on third and first. Thirteen hits, three
OF which came in the twelfth inning.
were made off Ayers. Hamilton held the
Nationals to eleven, although his con-
troll was not so good as his right-handed
rival. Ayers passed only two batters
AGAINST five walks off Hamilton, while
the left-hander also uncorked a wild
pitch that gave the Nationals their one
and only run. Each pitcher struck out
two batters. -.
Ayers Caught OFF First.
Ayers, who surprised himself and
every one else by getting two. hits in
the game, permitted one to go to waste
when he was picked off first on
Agnew's throw to Howard in the third
inning Then Moeller lifted to Walker,
after which Foster walked. The kid
stole second and. with Milan up, Hamil-
ton let go wild pitch. Foster scored
all the way from second on this bat
terry error. Then Milan walked, but
Shanks lifted to Jacobson.
Towards home run came at the be-
ginning of the seventh inning, and was
a drive that sailed into the right-held
bleachers with plenty to spare. Lavan
followed with single to right and
was moved to second on Agnew's sac
r:fice, but Hamilton flied to Milan, as
did S:hotton. 1t remained IL until the
twelfth. Lavan, first up, was out on a
foul to Shanks and Agnew lifted to
Mcbride. Hamilton started the rally
with slow grounder down the first
base line on which Gandil and Ayers
became confused. pass to Shotton
came next, while Austin's effort was a
slow tap past Ayers for a single. That
filled the bases with Pratt up. With
two strikes on him he connected with
a fast one and sent 1t to center for a
clean single. Hamilton scoring the VIM
ming run. The score:
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