The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-16
Tanks Capture Second
Battle Of the Series
Grifmen Unable to Get Hits
OFF Fisher When Needed.
Final Score Is ; to |.
PECKINPAUGH SHINES
By WILLIAM PEET.

Roger Pecklnpaugh, short-stop pos
sessins a large pair Of hands, able to
manipulate double plays and spear line
drives. stood squarely in the Nationals
path to victory yesterday. The Yanks
Won the second game Of the series,
to l, mainly through the extraordinary
fielding ability of Mr.. r. PeckinpauSh
Three times during the afternoon Griff' s
athletes started something that promised
to blossom into a rln-getting party, but
on each occasion Peckinpaugh called a
halt. He was as popular here yesterday
as a pole cat at lawn party
Before delving further into detailed
account of the game, we have one more
alibi to present. The bases were full
in the seventh. two out and Rippy WILL
Jams at the bat. Rippy famed.
A spectator in the upper tier furnished
the answer. The spectator. who hap
pencd 10 be a friend of Jim Henley's.
said. They must be making the bats
smaller this year.
That's why Rippy famed and the crowd
groaned.
Hit Ball Mt Wrong Time.
Washington's feeble array OF hits off
RAY Fisher, who gave eight bases on
balls, was another perfectly good solu-
ton as to Why the game was lost. When
the Griffmen did lambast the ball 1t
opposing fielder. when hits were needed
to score runs the hits could not be pro-
duced.
Grifr worked three hurlers. used a
couple of pinch htters and one pinch
runner. The Old Fox also shook up
the bats In the eighth inning and re-
sorted to every subterfuse known to
baseball in a desperate effort to turn
the tide, but the well-known tide kept
n RI
Harry Harper started the game and
ran true to the form prescribed for a
left-hander. He walked three men out
of the first six to face him and insert
ed a wild pitch giving the 1anks a
run. That let Harper out and Doc
Ayres was called upon to relieve the
nerve-rack1ng situation.
Yankees Score in Fourth.
As a reliever Of situations Doc
Ayres was aces up until the fourth
when after two had gone Boone
d :bled and Nunamaker singled. An
other run for the opposition. Ayers
was unframed until the sixth. when
Tipps single. Cooks sacrifice, Peckln-
pauCh's out, and Boone's poke to left
added another marker.
As pinch hitter was substituted
for Ayers in the Nationals half of the
seventh, JACK oenlieN Was vi 'h'
mound when the Yanks came to bat
in the eighth. No runs off Bentley.
The Nationals averted a shut-out In
TIL fourth when Williams crashed over
Cree's head for double. Morgan
grounded sharply to Maisel and was
run to earth himself. the entire New
York inficld, with the exception of
Pipp. taking part in the execution.
Shanks unloaded a single to left scor-
ing Williams.
After Foster had singled with one
down in the Nationals half Of the first
inning, Milan hit a savage grounder at
which was converted IN
to a double play.
Williams Is Robbed.
Morgan and Shanks walked with ono
out in the second. but were given no
a id from their pals. To start this In
ming Williams slashed a liner at Peck
inpaugh which was speared by one
hand, robbing the Nationals big first
sacker of double.
Fishers wildness filled the bases In
the Nationals half of the seventh. but
two were down and Williams famed.
The crowd refused to leave the park
even when the Nationals came to bat
in the final half of the ninth, hoping
and praying for a Garrison finish.
The rooters were rewarded with
few thrills for John Henry led off
with a clean single to right field.
Pick batting for Bentley flied to Cree
and Moeller walked.
Eddie Foster was up and a nice lit
tie hit would have worked wonders.
out the game ended in most distress
ing manner. 1t was a quick finish, |
100. for the midget gave Peckinpaugh
/ sizzling Erounder which was scooped
up near second base. PeckinpauGh
dashed over to the bag ahead of
Moeller and a lightning throw to Pipp
completed n double play. Then the
crowd went home.
Fielding Is FIawIcss.
According to the official scorer the
fielding was clean on both sides. |
Howard Shanks contributed fancy
-unning catch. while Boone, the New !
! DIRK second baseman paved the way
or one run with a double and drove
over another with a single.
The Score.
hBEHBBs B sH so rOA ri
lo.llcr. r......... 0 % Q!
Foster. 3b.......... 0 oo / OF