The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-07
Timely Base Swats With Good
Pitching by Callia and Har-
per Wins for Nationals.
ERRORS PROVE COSTLY
By WILLIAM PEET.

Philadelphia. Pa. May 6.-NeXt to
getting money from home without
| writing for it. is to chronicle defeat
for Connie Mack's Athletics when the
Griffmen are playing.
! ioday's IL to 2 defeat. plastered on
; by means of regular base swats. good
pitching on the part of Gala and Har-
per. and smart all around baseball. is
sweet morsel for any Washington
scribe to chew. recalling how often in
seasons past. we have watched, with
sickening regularities, these same
White Elephants grind our young ath-
| letes to a fine powder.
Griff's pennant contenders land they
looked like such today knocked Her
bic Pennock out of the box. securing
seven runs in two innings. RUDE kres-
sler. who came to Pennock's relief. was
greeted with fusilade of hits and
before he could pull himself together
four more visitors had clattered over.
After that it did not matter.
Bert Gallia pitched shutout ball for
five innings. and with an eleven-run
Lead Griff felt perfectly safe in turn
ing over the reins to Harry Harper,
just to seq how the kid would act
Harper was nicked for a couple of
runs, due more to his own careless
ness than anything else.
"elNe mus "dS the SUN tOidl III
Washingtons efforts. more by a good
margin than has been made during the
past two games. This swat collection in
cluded a home run by John Henry, a
triple by Moeller and Fosters double.
The Mackmen played a miserable game
afeld, seven errors being charged against
them, only four of the miscues did no
damage. 1t was good. old-fashioned
clouting when hits We're needed that
nj cd for ha inv 1arS frnr ho
Capital.
NeE and Shanks Play.
Not only did Griff remove Gallia after
the game was safely tucked away, but
he gave Mcbride and Foster a little va
cation, playing Nef at short and Shanks
on third. just to give the scorers extra
work.
Moeller. to open the game. banged the
first ball Pennock pitched to the left field
stand for a triple Milan walked. Fos-
ter doubled to right, scoring Moeller and
advancing Milan to third.
GandiI famed. but on Morgans long
fly to Strunk. Milan scored
Washington's second inning saw the
finish of Pennock. A taste of what was
to follow cropped out when John Henry, |
first up, crashed into the left field bleach |
ers for home run. Mcbride was safe |
on Barrys error. Gallia famed. Noel |
Ter walked. Then followed a single by |,
Milan. a pass tc Foster, two stolen bases
and safe wallop to center by Morgan, |
putting over, all told. five runs
Bresslers entry in the third was
hardly an suspicious one. as Henry |
was passed for a starter and Mcbride !
singled to right. Gallia shot a ground !
er to McInnes. advancing both Henry !
and Mcbride. Danny Moeller's single |
TO right scored both of his pals. Milan |
and Foster followed with good healthy
slams and two more Washington runs
oreezed across. placing the total figures
at eleven.
After the third chapter the Nation
Ills found Bressler a tough proposition.
and there was no more scoring.
The Mackmen scored in the sixth
IN Lajoie's single. wild heave to first
base by Harper. putting the French
nan on third and McInnes' fly to Mi
an.
Transportation to Walsh. who batted
or Bressler in the Athletics NINTH
wo stolen bases by this same gentle
nan. who was unmolested a he sprint
d all the way to third, together with
iarper's tumble of Murphy's roller.
ne more run. The score: