The Washington herald., 1916-07-19
Indians LOSE
in CLOSE GAME
Gallia Pilots Nationals to g.
to-2 Victory, Allowing
But Six Hits.
RICE PLAYS OUTFIELD
Young Pitcher Makes Good in His
Garden Debut with a Couple
of Hits.
By WILLIAM PEET,

Lee Fohis Clevelanders pulled out of
our fair city list night, a badly demor--
allied crew, beaten three out of the
four played at the National Park, also
a contest in Cleveland tossed. in, for
good measure
BY winning yesterdays battle, to
Z. the Nationals made it four out of
rive aISl handed the Ohio crowd a set
back which viii take some time to
overcome
Its the same old story whenever the
Griffmen and Cleveland meet-the
Cleveland crew gets IL right where
Katy wore the beads.
Take yesterdays game for example.
which was featured by good pitching
but sloppy fielding at critical stages.
Tris Speaker dropped a fly ball which
let the winning run trickle over the
plate. Speaker seldom drops fly balls.
From the standpoint OF the Cleveland
fan, Speakers error was the break in
the game, which proved costly to the
Fohl crowd, but on the other hand Nc
Bride made a bad peg in the second
inning, and Henry cut loose with a
wild throw irs the sixth, and that's why
Cleveland got two runs. Both of Wash
lngton's bad breaks cost runs. Cleve-
lands only error permitted a tally, so
oh TIC udS > play, II "OulQ seem as
II Cleveland really got the breaks.
GaIIia VS.. Gould.
Bert Gallia was opposed by Bert
Gould. the last named a youngster,
who has all the esrmarks of a conner.
Gallia allowed six hits and Gould
seven. but three of the Nationals blows
were nicely punched in the second
frame and II was this chapter which
provided the big doings for the home
flock
Danny Moeller's speed helped the
Griffmen score a run in the first inning
after Gallia had blanked the opposition
In the other half of the chapter. Moller
started the inning with a scratch sin
gle and stole second, going to third
when Chapman tossed out Foster. and
crossing the plate on Milan's slow
roller to Turner
The Indians knotted the count in the
first half of the second inning. Roth,
getting away to a flying start. and pull
ing up safely at second when Mcbride
after picking up a grounder, threw over
Jamieson's head. Terry Turner a few
minutes later uncorked a double. scoring
Roth.
After shanks had gone in the Nationals
half of the second, Jameson dubbed past
Wamby for a single, went to third on
Henry's drive through Chapman. Nc
Bride flied to Roth, but when Speaker
dropped Gallia's pop fly. Jameson scored
and Henry raced to third. Moeller
singled to center, putting Henry over
with what proved to be the winning run.
Cleveland Scores Again.
Galha was effective until the sixth,
when Speaker started trouble with a
single to left. Roth singled through Nc
Bride. putting Speaker on third. Gandirs
grounder to Shanks forced Speaker at
the plate. Roth and Gandil then sue
cessfully engineered the double steal,
made possible by Henry's bum chuck to
Shanks. the ball bouncing of Shanks'
glove into left field. Before II could be
recovered Roth was home. Gallia then
settled down and retired the side.
The visitors threatened again in the
eighth. Roth, with one down shot a
single to center, and Gandil followed with
Texas Lacquer. the ball dropping in
front of Milan Roth stopped on his
flight towards second, figuring probably
that the ball would be caught. This
pause was fatal, as Milan grabbed the
ball on the first bound. slammed to Nc
Bride and forced Roth at second base
Chapman later followed with a safe hit,
but all danger was averted when Foster
speared Turner's line drive. The score: