The Washington herald., 1915-08-04
'SQUEEzEPLAY
BEATS BROWNS
Howard Shanks Pulls the
Trick in F inal Half of Ninth.
The Score Is | to @.
AYERS WINS AGAIN
Big Right-hander Humbles St. Louis
in Two Games of
the Series.
By WILLIAM PEET.

Old Hank Shanks the's been with the
club long enough to be called Old Hank)
slipped a neat bunt along the first base
! line in the final half Of the ninth. ro-
spending to the squeeze play signal
and beat the st. Louis Browns yester-
day. l to 0.
Danny Moeller was on third when
Hank pulled the trick. which was ex-
ecuted so quickly that the ma jo-ity OF
fans hardly realized what had hap
pened until the players began to pick
up their gloves. etc. and trek to the
dressing rooms.
Shanks' hunt fooled everybo for he
had previously taken a healthy swing
at the ball, and to all intents was
fly
While Shanks gets his name in big
type for sending over the much needed
run. we must not lose sight of Doc
Ayers. the burly finger. who held the
Brownies to five scattered hits and Won
his second game of the series from the
sCrappy Rickeyites.
st. Louis has failed to score run off
Ayers in eighteen innings-which is
some achievemnt. believe US
koob Some southpsw.
Opposed to Ayers was Ernest Koob.
the gent from Kalamazoo. Mich. Nor
NAL School. Mr.. koob is some south
paw. too. and had he not cracked a
water blister on the index finger of
his left NIT arI teen forced to retire
in favor of Carr Weilman. the teams
would probably have been PLAYING yet.
for Koob had something up his sleeve
besides his arm. The Griffmen did not
cat fa r 81 l.Ii
the sixth inning.
Marline kopp was again in the game
and it looks as il he would stay in left
field for the present kopp yesterday
poled out a clean single and pulled dowp
a couple of fly balls.
Doc Ayers ability to crawl out OF
tight places earned him the plaudits OF
the crowd. for at times II looked as if
nothing could possibly stop the Brown,
was equal to every emergency.
Ayers Gets First Hit.
Koob's speedy shoots had the Griffmen
baffled completely until the sixth. when
Doc Ayers broke the ice himself, slam
ming a single to right field, but the doc
tor slumbered off first base and was
caught fat-footed when Agnew pegged to
Leary. Lavan threw out Moeller for the
final out.
Shanks singled to center in the seventh
with two down. but was caught steal
ing.
After Gandil had perished in Washing
toms half of the eighth John Henry sin
gled to right. Mcbride flied to Howard.
Kopp singled to left. putting Henry on
second
Hickey Pulls n Bone
Right here Manager Rickey of the
Browns. stalked to the center of the
diamond without asking permission from
the umpires. Henry swiped third as the
ST.. Louis players gathered around their
manager.
Rickey's parade into the spotlight was
in response to. a distress signal from
Pitcher Koob. who discovered that a
blister had broken on the finger which
helps him grip the ball
Out came Koob and in waltzed Carl
Weilman. who had previously warmed
up. At the same time Hickey howled a
protest at Umpire Hildebrand for per-
mitting Henry to sneak down TO third.
claiming it was unethical. AS "Hildy"
did not quite know the meaning of un-
ethical. he refused to do Rickey's bid
ding ordering the scrappy manager to
go back to the bench and be a good
boy.
energy. for the inning closed abruptly
when John Henry and Kopp attempted
to pull of the double steal and Henry
was caught at the plate.
How Game Was Won.
Weilman started right when the ninth
opened by causing Ayers to perish on c
grounder to Leary, but Moeller ratified a
single to left and Foster planted the ball
safely in right. Milan slammed through
Lavan. filling the bases and incidentally
setting the stage for Howard Shanks, |
who put on the finishing touches with a
nifty bunt, scoring Moeller for the run
we needed.
Doc Ayers ability to squeeze out Of
tight holes was uncanny. Lavan opened
the third with a triple. but watched the
next three batters die in turn. koob and
Shotton tanning. In the fourth. seventh |
and eighth the Browns threatened trou-
BILE. only to De checked by gilt-edged
twirling on the part of the big pitcher.
Score:
WASHINGTON ABB BIB sB SH 50 Po A q !
Noeller r.......... } oI
Foster. ab........... o % o ;
ef