The Washington times., 1911-08-23

CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-It was originally
intended for the Nationals TO leave here
Immediately after yesterdays game, to
be in Detroit this morning. but as there
was no game scheduled for today, Nc
Aleer listened to the pleas of the play
ers. and remained here today.
1t has been so long since the Ma
tionals had a real rest they spent most
of the day around the hotel, although a
couple Of the recruits journeyed out to
the West Side and took q look at the
park where the Cubs hold sway
Harrison White, D. D. s., who entered
basebalrs 400 via Central High and
Georgetown, proved to be the undoing
of the Nationals yesterday, when the
Sox won by to l.
To tell the real truth Of the matter,
the score hardly shows tine relative
work of the teams, as the immaculate
hosed athletes were the, better all the
way, and had they chucked in a couple
or more runs to their total, better line
on the game would be furnished the
folks who live just north Of the Po-
tomac and east of Glen Echo.
Threatened By Rain.
Up to noon 1t was a flip of a coin
whether there would be any game at
all. The day dawned most auspiciously,
but before the banks and othef leading
institutions were under way it started
to rain. First it showered, but soon de-
veloped into a steady drizzle, and by
noon the mercury had volplaned until
the weather felt more like a day for
the Georgetown-Virginia football game
than a highly respectable meeting of two
mines.
AS soon as II was announced that
Harry White was once more to throw
down the city of his birth. Tom Hughes
asked for a chance against the town in
which he first saw light, SO the result
was that the game found pair OF
cxpatriates in the pitchers turret.
In his extended care on the diamond
Hughes has pitched a whole lot Of
worse ball games than he did today,
but with White opposing him Long Tom
had about as much chance as an awia-
tor whose engine @SPlodes while he's
flying 5,527 feet above the earth.
Good Enough Start.
The Nationals got away well enough,
and for half of the distance looked likely
to make It most interesting for DIR.
Harry, but in the fifth the Florida ave-
nue. crew blew and from then on it
was all Chicago. . .
Hughes had remarkable steam for a
man of his age and his control was
good, but the mer from behind him
hardly gave him the deserved support,
although I fought it out to the very
end.
1t was really Mr.. Morgan, the daring
Danville demon. who blazed the way
for the Chicago victory in the final
game Of the series when he gave Bodie
a life by a poor\throw, but he was ably
assisted by Mcbride, who allowed a hit
to drop just back of him that would
ordinarily nave been easy picking.
Bodie later scored on the pop that Nc
Bride missed by inches.
One of the features of the game from
a Washington viewpoint, was the fact
that Cambridge Eddie Ainsmith made
his first appearance in the outfield
Gessler could do nothing with White,
so in the eighth Elberfeld was substi-
tuted as a hitter. When the team took
its place for the final half OF the cuI-
minating round Mr.. Ainsmith was in
Gessler's place. Because of his ability
as a hitter and his unusual speed 1t was
suggested in The Times some time ago
that Ainsmith be giyen a chance to boil
ster up the outfield, but yesterday was
the first time the experiment was tried
as Ainsmith did not come to the plate
and was unoccupied in the field. Ain
smith, however, Is natural ballplayer