The Washington herald., 1919-04-24

Thsv call Eddie Foster lucky. that
A. Ne r,any friends both here and
aIo,x the line Of the American league
circuit. Eddie must be lucky as on
tuo occasions things went wrong IN
TIA xixnal line when he was the pivot
r.snonsible for delivering q punch.
th.t could have changed the verdict
~.,lv IN the fray. But Eddie's maj
~ that bounced off the shins OF
roa Duxan placed Menosky across the
nar In this lucky or unlucky thlr-
teenth session which squared up All
miscues Of early chances
The victory scored by the NauonaIs
will long be remembered by fanoom
who were lucky enough oe preseht
but in the face of defeat 1t must ots
said that Scott Perry. iron man oi
tn cumberland tribe gave an eNhiD', :,
tIon of curve twisting that wou.u
have easily fitted in to Worlu .
series championship. Perry ootalheu
an even break win the Kansas Cyc,
lone In this battle which deVeiopeu
into a hurting dual during the earn
fr>mes. 1t was one of the haroest oe-
feats that Perry has ever oeeh
forced to swallow as he held the
Nationals to four bingles untll ina.
lucky thirteenth when a ulo o.
elouts along with a sacrincial he''eu
the much coveted run.
II was the same old opening day
with the same old opening DAY crown
NowIy-suited athletes and secohu-
guess managers were plentiful IN ooth
the stands and pavilions. Uncle NICK
Altrock carried the punch for the VIC
tory Loan drive, while Gen Pey y.oh =;
March. Chief of Staff OF the Onlteu
gtsses army, opened the inaugural oy
tosstnx the first ball to Umpire Bill
Dtneen.
Ths lone ally which annexed the
fray In the thirteenth resulted from
a mort Texas Lacquer off the b at OF
Agnsw. which fell safe near the thlro
base foul line. Menosky was imme
diately substituted to run for Agnew.
Jof1pson upset the dope Of long clout-
ins-eby a neat sacrifice along the nrst
bess line. Joe Judge gathered In MS
initial hit Of the season by scratcn-
ing one through Perry and Dusan'
which placed the war hero Mike at
tha.far corner. "Fatima" then pulled
his third hit of the game which was
a xrass hopper that bounded all
aroand Dugan. allowing Menosky
plefty of time to count. Every one
went home happy. as the Nationals
had.registered the initial victory after
onesof the greatest games ever PLAYED
at the Florida avenue stadium
Amer two were out in the fourth
Georze Burns scratched the first bin
gle on Johnson's delivery. while jan
yrio knocked down the ball after II
croGed the second. but was too late
to make a play on the sluggtng Mack
mad In the fifth Joe Dugan blew
a Chance for the Mackman by falling
70 touch the keystone sack, as, with
onesdown, the former Holy Cross star
managed to breeze one through Fos-
ter.H Perkins followed with crash
TO right field that sent Dugan to third
basA but little Ike Davis was watch
ing .every move OF the runner and
placed the ball on the keystone sack.
which resulted in Umpire Owens call
ing Joe out for failing to touch the
bag and which also robbed the for
mer Atlanta receiver of base blow.
Shannon hit in the sixth. but was
caught when he attempted to steal
Kopp followed by drawing a pass
andE stole second, but Barney flalted
the athletes here by forcing Roth to
Will lnC "lilu " 6AOuAio
out,
with two down in the seventh. Joe
Dugan obtained his second hit, but
theTe was no scoring. as Perkins et-
fort was only a ny to left field. II
the eighth Shannon opened with a
scratch bingle. but Kopp forced him
down with a roller to johnson. Roth
hit to left and Hank Shanks allowed
his feet and hands to get tangled up
in fielding the ball, which placed Kopp
at third as the first and only man to
reach the station. but Burns was not
equal to the occasion. as he was re-
tired. Foster to Judge.
Whitley" Witt hit to left in the
ninth. but Thomas popped to johnson,
who completed a double play and
pulled himself out OF what appeared to
be a bad hole. Kopp hit in the. elev-
enth. but was doubled out when Roth
grounded to Davis. The Mackmen got
Shannon as far as second in the thir-
teenth. when the Jersey City young
ster scratched his third single and
Kopp drew a pass. but Bobby Roth
forled out, ending their chances.
For three innings Perry took the