Evening star., 1909-05-12
NATIONALS BUMPED
into LAST PLACE
White Sox Get Timely Hits Off
!. Groom and Gray and
:: Win Out.

special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO. ILL.,. May Ed Walsh and
Tom Hughes are booked as opposing
pitchers for this afternoons party at Sox
Park. For two days Joe 5Cantillon and
his noisy Nationals have been Comiskeys
guests. and TO date they have been on
their good behavior and haven't taken
single thing that wasn't presented to
them.
lin yesterdays game the Sox thought
they detected desire on the part of the
visitors to lay aside their company man
ners. In fact. the Washington folks SO
far forgot the part they are expected to
play as to grab.itwo big juicy runs off
the table before their host had INDUCED
to extent Of anything that savored of a
tally. !. ~
But the session landed quite happily. as
cur heroes gorEed themselves on the offer-
ihgs Of three Of csntiilon's choicest serv-
efs later on, ESQ thar when, the finger
bowls were passed around and the crumbs
had been gathered up the Sox had stored
away another victory. to 5.
:. Walsh Confident.
Instead of our athletes being satisfied
with their lot their appetites have been
fruits Of seasonable swatting are sweet
to the Sox and they hope to stuff them
selves again this afternoon, But this
greed for gore is not alone responsible
for the expected appearance of Mr. Walsh
That we'll fed pitcher does not care to
SPARE the spotlight with his fellow-fing-
ers. He stood on the side lines yester-
day and decided he must improve on that
record.
In addition to that he must work for
his keep. Then again that one-hundred-
dollar fine the commission slapped onto
him for not reporting to his boss when
the season opened must be worked out
ssme way. He thinks he can balance the
sheet by winning whole string of games
and is eager to square himself.
c-Of course, il Walsh pitches the fans
will be confident of success. There will
be an element of doubt, however. con-
cerning the attitude of Cantillon. Joe
Used only thirteen players yesterday. OF
course, that is an unlucky number. and
the manager of the Nationals may use
seventeen or eighteen men today in an
sffort to break the hoodoo. The guessing
contest now is whether he will use eigh-
teen or the smaller number today.
:. Nationals First Tally.
Washington started yesterday in easy
fashion. hoping to deceive the Sox as to
their intentions. In the second inning
Ciymer picked a hit to left field which
cfawled through Dougherty's legs and
scampered to a damp. dark spot in a far
corner.
Otis ran as fast as the ball did. and
reached third in safety. There he lin
Sered while Conroy was taking three
swipes at nothing. He dashed for home
when Milan lashed one at Tannehill, and
heat the throw which was designed to
cut him down.
Street aspired to build up the score
and dumped a roller between first and
second, which went as a single because
it's progress was not halted. Milan went
To third on the play. but he languished
while Burns and Ganley went out in or
der
Burns had a narrow escape in the Sox
half. With two gone, he hit Parent ;Il
the limousine and piunked Manager Bill
in the gasoline tank. Tannehill singled,
dlling, the bases. and glorious opportunity
confronted Frank Smith. He took some
awful wallops at the pill. but hadn't con-
nected when Informed that he was out
!. Score on Errors.
Right back in the third came those Wis
itors with another run. Mcbride had
walked right up and right back to the
bench when Unglaub hit q long one into
right center. Cravath ran into a marsh
TO get under the ball. His feet stuck in
the mire so he couldn't do half Justice
His nun permitted Robert to reach sec.
ond. Tannehilfs throw to nail Delehanty
went wild at first and Unglaub scored
The next two were easy outs.
Starting their half of the fifth the Sox
made some important changes. Ed