Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-06
Menosky Gets a Homer.

Leonard had been retired in the
opening when Foster and Milan got
singles, and then Rice popped to Peck
for the second out. Menosky then
started the Nationals on their way
to victory with a home run into the
on an error by Russell, Shanks and
Janvrin followed with singles. Shaw
was safe on Peck'S tumble and
Leonard got a single. Then came
muff of Fosters fly by Wick. throw
which Ruel failed to block and on the
entire collection five more runs were
added. Ruel had made mlsplay
earlier in the inning. swelling the
Yanks' error total to five.
With these eight runs in. Shaw
began to work. In the third inning
the Yanks punched four hits for three
runs, in the seventh they punched two
hits for another and in the eighth
three hits netted the last run. The
Nationals did little with McGraw,
a rookie who replaced Russell just
before the final out in the first In
ming. Before he departed in the
eighth fora pinch hitter, Joe Leonard
nicked McGraw for a home-run drive
to deep center.
Sensational catches by Shanks.
Leonard and Foster featured the
game. Judge was hit with thrown
ball before the first game. came INTO
the contest late and then remained
out of the second game. A crowd Of
$4,000 fans saw the twin bill.
First Game Tiresome.
The first game was long and tire
some; so much SO that the second
battle was not started until 4:3O
o'clock. three hours after the first one
no NOT
extra heavy. it required almost two
hours and forty-five minutes to nm
ish the opener. Pitchers arrived and
departed frequently in this battle,
Huggins being forced to call on four,
while Griffith used three.
Craft and Schneider were the orig1-
nal nominees and both went out dur
ing Commandments. Wildness was the
main trouble with Schneider, who is
sued seven passes before Higgins
finally used the derrick in the nth.
inning, the frame which produced all
the Washington runs. Mogridge, who
succeeded Schneider, was pulled out
Lefore he had retired a batsman, and
Nelson lasted long enough to deliver
the hit which turned the game into
a defeat for the Nationals. Then Bob
Shawkey. who pitched yesterday
morning was called upon to save the
game. which he did. j..
Craft went along smoothly until
two Yanks had been retired in the
fourth Then Pipp and Pratt dashed
singles to right, Bodie hit to the same
section for two bases and Pipp regis
tered, Pratt reaching third. The lat
ter scored while Hannah was being
thrown out at first by Mcbride.
Nationals Score Four Runs.
A pass to Judge and a single by
Foster started the Nationals on their
way to four runs in the fifth. Schnei-
der was taken out here and Mogridge
sent to the hill Milan's safe bunt
filled the bases. Rice doubled to right
center and Picinich tripled to left
center. four runs coming across. That
closed Mogrdge's work for the day.
Nelson put a check on the scoring. but
in the seventh he ran into difficulty
and Shawkey had to be called on to
save the game. The Yankees won the
contest in the sixth. Pipp and Pratt
drew passes, Bodie sacrificed and
Hannah. after getting a life on Pici-
nich's nun of his pop foul, reached
scoring. Nelson's double to left sent
two runs over and sent Craft to the
clubhouse. After Wick had flied out
Peck doubled to left and Nelson car
ried over New Yorks last run.