The Washington herald., 1918-05-13
Uncle Nick Altrock Does
Comeback by Pitching
Last. Three Inings.

Camp Meade, Nd. May 1S.-Clark
Grinith led his pennant chasing
Nationals in their assault in an
exhisition game with the Camp Meade
soldiers team yesterday on Liberty
feld. in which the Griffmeh had an
easy time taking the boys In khaki
INTO camp by the count Of Il to 3.
The Old Fox chose Mollie Craft OF
exhibition fame to do the hurting hon
ors. and although hit hard in the
early going managed to tighten up In
the pinches. He kept the ten hits well
scattered during the six innings he
decorated the center OF the diamond.
Uncle Nick Altrock, who subbed at
first base for Joe Judge after the
fourth inning. relieved Mollie in the
seventh. Nick did not allow a hit and
sent three soldiers back to the bench
after they had famed the atmos-
phere .hree times. In the ninth Uncle
Nick filed the bases by walking three
men in succession after two were
down and TooSIey was sent in to bat
for Karimoor. who looked at three
fast ones sail by the plate. retiring
the side.
Opposed to Craft was Frank SalD.
Of Georgetown University. but he was
hit hard in the opening innings and
retired under fire in favor of Nc
Nutter in the third McNutter Jared
n little bettef than his predecessor.
for he kept the seven hits gotten on
his delivery scattered through the six
innings he worked on the mound. Not
until the ninth were the Nationals
able to get more than one hit OF his
twisters.
Camp Meade opened up a savage
attack on Crafts In the first inning
when mis- assortment of twisters were
bumped for four singles but only one
crossed the plate. Rowe singled to
right, took second on a wild pitch.
McMinamon scored him with a single
into right. Frazier singled in the same
direction but was picked OF first by
Molhe and on Bentley's fielders
choice McMinamon was forced at
third. Galt's roller put Bentley ou
second. but neither Torpey or Langon
could score Bentley. Again in the
third on three hits two taIlies were
scored by the soldiers. After one was
down Bentley hit to center, the ball
taking . bad bound past Shotten and
before 1t was returned to the plate
Bentley had scored. Gait and Torpey
singled to center and the first named
scored while Mcbride was throwing
out Torpey. Drummond ended the
inning by being thrown out by Crafts.
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In the Nationals first inning they
scored four counters. Shotton looked
over four wide ones. Lavan advanced
him with a single to center. he took
third on Schulte's base on balls,
Acosta lined to the second-baseman.
and Shotton scored before the ball
could be returned to Frazier. Judge
was put on first by a fielder's choice
and Lavan scored the second tally.
Morgan was hit in the ribs by Slab.
Captain Mcbride hit to left, scoring
Schultz. and Craft scored Judge with
single in the same place. Again in
the third the Nationals opened up a
real bombardment on Salb. On five
bits with a pair of free passes six
runs were scored. In this inning the
batting order went around the clock,
as Schultz was up twice, making the
third out
McNutter blanked the Nationals in
the fourth. but in the fifth after
Craft had skied to center Shotton hit
Tor two bases. stole third and scored
on DIR. Johnny Iavan's long fly to
left field. The Nationals were
blanked in the sixth, seventh and
eighth Their last tally came in the
ninth which Acosta bIazed open with
single to right and scored on Nc
Brides double to left. The score: