Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-07
BY J. ED GRILLO.

| the Nationals would WIN their tnlTu
| straight game here. yet when the day
was over it was found that the Sox had
| won the game by a score of : to !. DOC
| White, who on but one former occasion
| this season has been able to last nine
| innings, looked no better. perhaps, yes
| terday than on former occasions With
| an arm which is weak and sore he
/ essayed to pitch, however, and so far
as results go to show he made very
good job of it. He seemed to have trouble
pitching the required distance of sixty
| feet. 1t was with an effort that he got
| the ball up to the plate and yet he got
away without being slaughtered
The efforts of the Nationals to hit his
| slow curves were nothing short of
ludicrous. and ten Of them went down by
| the strike-out route Doc" also had
luck with him. for under ordinary con-
/ ditions he would most probably have
| been driven from the slab in the fourth,
! when with two on and one out Schaeier
| hit sharp liner toward right which
seemed labeled for a double triple.
/ But Rath leaped into the air. pulled the
ball down and made double play.
Groom. on the other hand; had luck
break against him. In the first inning,
for instance, with second and third occu-
pied and two out, Collins hit a grounder
right at Mcbride. 1t looked like an
easy chance, but just as Mcbride seemed
set to take the ball on a bound 1t struck
some obstacle and bounded far over his
head for a single, both runners scoring.
These were the only runs the Whlte SoX
secured, yet they were sufficient to give
! them victory, for the best the Nationals
could do with White was to get a single
| run, and that did not come until two
We're out in the ninth inning
| Five hits two of which came in the
| final inning, was all that White allowed.
| Incidentally he walked but a single man
and. barring the inning in which Schaef-
| er hit the liner, he Was> not really IN
serious trouble. His pitching looked so
easy that every man who faced him felt
confident he could hit the ball out OF the
| lot, with the result that he either did not
! hit it at all or offered some. easy chance
| to one of the fielders. Groom came
| back after yesterdays fiascO and per-
| formed brilliantly allowing but four hits
during the seven innings that he worked,
but one of these was the scratch by
Collins. already mentioned, and that was
enough to beat him.
| Vernon, a pitcher formerly from Am
herst College, and a battery mate of John
out with the Nationals before yesterday s
game. He was given trial by the Cubs
! this spring, but let go because OF lack OF
control. Dunlay, an outfielder from the
South Michigan League. also got into
| uniform and chased flies. 1t is not likely.
however, that Griffith will give either of
them chance with the team.
Barney Petty pitched the eighth inning
after johnson had been sent to bat for
| Groom. and he had quite a time of it, but
got out of the smallest kind of a hole. He
started by walking Kuhn. who stole sec
ond. White hunted, and Pelty's throw to
| third was too late to catch Kuhn and
both men were safe. Mcbride took care
of Rath. and then Petty walked Mattick,
! filing the bases. Lord fouled out to Will
lams however, and then Bodie forced
White at third. retiring the side without
run being scored.
Milan and Gandil, two Of the teams
most valuable players, were not In yes
terday's game Milan started, but after
being called out on a poor strike in the
first inning by Umpire O'Brien threw his
bat down in disgust and was promptly
with Iumbago. and Griffith did not think
it wise to allow him to play. He is ex-
pected to be back in the game today.
however. Walker, who took Milans place
in center, had a very good day He got
! one hit, scored the only run. stole base
and made peg to the plate In the sew
enth. catching Bodie, who tried to score
on McIntyre's hit to center. for which he
was loudly cheered.
O'Brien, the dmpire who halls from the
Ohio State League. has less Judgment on
balls and strikes than any umpire VINO
League. His work behind the bat yes
terday was absolutely miserable. White
curve ball. which he used almost in
cessantly. seemed to fool the umpire
more than it did the batters, and as a
result White received much more help
from the new official, who gives evidence
of having a very short career in the
major league.
The deal whereby the Nationals secure
Frank Laporte of the st. Louis Browns
was closed last night, Griffith paying cash
for the player. Laporte will join the
team in ST. Louis and will most likely be
played at second base at once.
Griffith wants more hitting strength and
he figures that Laporte will help in this
respect. Morgan is to make himself use
full as a utility man in the future.
Laporte has always been good hitter
and Griffith figures that a winning
team he would show at his best.
The defeat of Groom yesterday UNI
doubtedly means the pitching Of Johnson
today, and 1t is most likely that he Will
be opposed by Ed Walsh, so that an
other pitchers battle may be looked for
Johnson has done just enough work in
the first two games to have himself on
edge, and the chances are bright for the
Nationals to make it three out Of four
here.
John Henry joined the team last night
When he left Amherst. he says, he was
ready 10 CATCH. Out lie SScIlS ~ HdsC
injured his knee while in his berth last
night, and it will be several days before
he will be able to work.
Foster was the only one of the Nation
ais who seemed to have White sized up
right, and he hit the ball hard every time
he faced Doc, and got two Of his teams
five hits. In the third round White struck
out Mcbride Shanks and Groom, and in
the seventh he started by tanning Schae-
fer and Morgan. Yet he seemed to have
little, but he used his head to advantage
and absolutely baffied the visitors.
When the Nationals rallied in the ninth
and scored their only run the crowd went
wild. Pulling for Washington seems to
be the particular pleasure of Chicago
fans. and they were actually sore when
the game was over and the Sox had won.
Foster was the first man up in this in
ming and Johnson handled his fast
grounder perfectly. Then Walker hit to
center and stole second but Schaefer was
called out on strikes. Morgan, however,
came to the rescue with single to left
which scored Walker and then it was up
to Williams He was at the plate long
time hitting fouls. but finally sent a slow
bounder to Lord, on which he was
thrown out at first. ending the game.
1t is to be hoped that Gandil will get
is badly missed in more ways than one,
but particularly does the team miss his
hitting. He is one of those batters who
are apt to break up a ball game at any
time with drive for extra bases, and it
Is perhaps unnecessary to say that Grit