The Washington herald., 1915-05-16
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Richmond Thunderbolt AL
lows Sox but Four Bingles
and Grifmen Win, 81.
CONNOLLY HITS IN PINCH
Comes Through with Timely Swat,
but Fails to Cover Ground
in Field.
Rx WILLIAM PEET.

Chicago. ILL.,, May 15.-Like the girl
who had little curl-when she was
good, she was very. very good; when she
vas bad she was the limit-so WAS
Southpaw Joe Boehling here TINS atter-
neon Joe was good. and the Grihmen
y,p the, final game of the four piece
ske tcb BY 3 to !.
Boehline's pitching and the Nationals
ability to marshal runs in the seventh in
ming turned the trick. The Richmond
thunderbolt'' yielded four hiss. walked
four. and hit one. which is a very fair
DAYS work for any self-respecting young
southpaw.
Georgetown Tommy Connolly was
once in evidence. this time coming across
with a safe swat in a pinch. Connolly's
fielding was not so brilliant, for the
enemy's guns poured a couple of shots
over his head. so toward the end OF the
struggle Georgetown Tommy was
yanked. and for the purpose Of playing
il safe Griff rushed Howard Shanks into
the breach.
storm Fails to stop Came.
4 violent thunderstorm Threatened to
,,ut Com,skny Park out Of business about
the time the fifth inning arrived. but
the umpries insisted upon playing bal.
and it's a good thing they did. for the
storm cleared almost as quickly as 1t
broke.
Opposed to Joe Boehling was Wolf
gang the diminutive ball hurler. and for
five innings our side did not send a man
to first base. so good was the little guy
with the saliva fling.
George Mcbride nicked him for
blow in the sixth. but died standing UP,
and il was not until the seventh that
the Grifmen were able to take Wolf
gangs measure.
Foster Opens seventh.
Foster opened the seventh with q
hard smash to left field and stole
second. Connolly pokcd the ball be-
tween Collins anu Brief for a single.
scoring Foster. Milan singled. and
when "Rippy-' Williams hunted to
Brief. Connolly raced around to third
and Milan to second. Ray Morgan gave
Roth slow Erounder while Connolly
was headed for the plate. as fast as he
could sprint.
The peg from Roth ia Schalk turned
the tide in the affair of the afternoon.
for the ball hit Connolly on the back
and bounced half way to the stands.
Georgetown Tommy was safe, also
Milan. who came dashinc in madly be-
hind him. Ainsmith hit into a double
play retiring the side. but the damage
had been done and there was jubilation
on the Washington bench.
BoehlinC found himself in a mum ber
OF holes of his own digging. The SoN
averted a shutout in the fifth when
Schaik doubled to right center and
counted on Ro,hs smash over Con-
nolly's head
Class in Pinch.
With the crowd yelling like clans in
The home half of the seventh. South
paw Joe" faced critical situation.
Brief and Schaik were both passed in
row before anybody could be retired
Blackburne. pinch hitting for Wolf
gang. grounded to Mcbride, advancing
both of his pals. The mighty Flesch
was up. and any kind of a safe rap or
a tumble would have meant enough
runs to knot the count. Boehling
famed Felsch and Roth's high fly to
Morgan. ended the chapter.
Jim Scott pitched the last two in
nings for the White SoN and was
nicked for a couple of blows. including
a pretty single from Shanks bat to
lead off the ninth. No runs counted.
and thank goodness none were needed,
a : Boehling held the enemy in the hol-
low OF his hand in the ninth. Score:
T. II L.