The Washington herald., 1916-09-12
Red Sox Trim Nationals in the
Third Game of Final Home
Series by 4 to 2.

Dutch Leonard one OF the no-hit
wizards Of Bill Carrigan's Hub City Red
Sox, annexed a new line to his baseball
vocabulary yesterday afternoon at the
Florida avenue ball park when he pre-
sented a telling punch" with the willow,
which sent Jimmy Shaw on the down.
ward path and gave the worlds cham
pions the third game OF the final home
series, 4 to 2.
Jimmy Shaw, the big pittsburgh
Stogie," looked like a million-dollar doll
for five innings, but tine big southpaw
hurler from up Cape Cod way put
crimp in the hopes of the local fans, who
were pulling for Jimmy to put over a
no-hit game, by smashing out a hot
single to the left of the keystone sack
In the sixth session.
The stlngy drive opened the way for
the Red Sox and young Charles Chick
Shorten, who pastimes in the center gar
den for the New England visitors, put
the finishing touches to this sixth/inning
act, Not to be outdone by Shorten, this
same Dutch" Leonard placed the old
ball game out OF the reach of the locals
in the next session by policing a double
to right center with two Of the Hub City
runners waiting on the sacks.
The Griffmen tried hard to grab the
game out of the fire in both the sixth
and seventh, but to no avail. Leonard
proved a puzzle, pure and simple, as in
the sixth after Foster had led on with
single, he famed Milan and Smith
and forced Shanks to pop to HOblitzell.
| In the seventh the locals put across their
real threat of the afternoon, but a light1
ming double play, unassisted, by Hoblit-
cell. killed all hopes the local fans had
of landing the battle as Leonard finished
of the Nationals in one, two, three order
| in the eighth and ninth.
In the first, after Jimmy Shaw had
| famed Hooper and Janvrin and forced
Shorten to foul out to Judge, the Ma
| tionals started to work on Leonard in
earnest, but Scott was the right man
in the right place, and put through a
two-ply killing. which resulted In the
Griffmen obtaining but one counter.
With three and two on Joe Leonard
| Dutch laid one through the groove
which Joe poled to center field. Fos-
ter refused to offer at four wide ones
heaved by Dutch and took a free
transportation to the initial sack
Milan attempted to move the runners
up. but McNaIly was slow in handling
his tap along the third base line and
| all hands arrived safe.
Carrigan hustled Sammy Jones and
Wykoff to the bull pen" when Leon
ard gave Elmer Smith two balls. Ell
mer caught hold of the third one
pitched and sent a long fly to Hooper
J. Leonard scored on the play. Fos-
ter and Milan failed to move up on
the throw-in. and Shanks sent a
scOrChing grounder to Scott, who dou-
bled Milan and Shanks via the sec
ond to first route.
Boston grabbed the lead in the
sixth when Dutch" Leonard started
making things unpleasant for Jimmy
Shaw by gathering in the first hit off
the Nationals big hurler. Hooper
flew out to Smith and Leonard moved
to the keystone sack on Henry S
passed ball of a low one on Janvrin
The breaks of the game were then
with the Hub City nine. as with two
strikes on Janvrin, Henry dropped
two foul tips. andsthe Boston school
boy smashed one over Shanks' head
for two bases, Leonard pulling up at
third base on the clout. Chick
Shorten put in his timely punch with
drive through the infield. scoring
Leonard and Janvrin.
! Duffy Lewis started the seventh with
one-base blow. and was sacrificed to
second by Scott, McNally few out to
Smith and Carrigan was given a base
on balls. Dutch" Leonard en- came
through with his timely gallop for two
bases, and "Old Man Carrigan showed
some sprintIng ability by coming from
| first to the plate on the wallop. This
was the final tally made by the visitors,
although they threatened seriously in
both the eighth and ninth
! By jumping high in the air and making
| a great one-arm stab. Dick Hoblitzel
| halted a perfectly good batting rally OF
the locals in the seventh. Judge, the
| first man up, was given a base on balls,
but was forced out at the keystone sack
| by McBride sHenry looked over four
wide ones and Rippy Williams was sent
in to hit for Shaw. The big catcher de-
livered, scoring Mcbride and Jameson
was put on to run for Williams. Hobby
then made his sensational stab of
Leonard's line drive and doubled up
Jameson at first, ending the scoring OF
the locals. Score:
WASHINGTON. ABB H BIB sB sH 50 PO Z
J. Leonard, 3d.. 0 o ;