The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-10-06
GRIFF IN GAME;
DUTCH PITCHES,
NATIONALS LOSE
But Athletics Are Beaten by Red
Sox and Climbers Finish Sea-
SON in Second Place.
PRESENT CONTEST TO YANKs
BY HARRY CROSS,
Baseball Expert, New YORK Times.
cal 70 The WASHINGTON Herald.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
New York, Oct. 5.-The most
disastrous season that New York
American League team has had
since the Johnson, organization got
a foothold here was concluded on
the Hilltop to-day in game with
Clark Grifith's Nationals. The
Yanks ran true to their seasons
form, but had to accept victory
with the compliments of the Ma
tionals' chief and his noisy players.
With the score 6 to 5 in favor of
the Nationals, Griffith heard the
final result of the game at Phila-
delphia. which made second place
! secure for his team, and thereupon
he turned his attention to amusing
the crowd and handing the Yanks
the game. He succeeded in both
features, and the final score showed
the Yanks in front, s to 6.
COMEDIANS Amuse Crowd.
No such travesty on the national game
has ever before been staged on the Hill
TOP. and it is doubtful If any other
major league grounds has seen its equal.
With the games two leading comedians
Nick Altrock and Germany Schaefer-
leading the chorus OF noise and fun, the
entertainment went TO the extreme Of
hilarity. Even Griffith got into the game
as pitcher. chasing AItrock out of the
box after the seventh batsman to face
the southpsw had got the first hit on
his delivery. Grin pitched to just one
batsman, Hal Chase, and Hal hit to the
right field fence for a home run. That
was too much for Altrock. and he
promptly chased Griff OF the mound and
sent his fellow comedian, Germany
Shaefer. to the box. The latter finished
the game as a pitcher. with Griffith
playing second base and Altrock on first.
Grin Hears Good News.
The big shift came as the Nationals
lined up for the Yankees half of the
seventh inning. Tom Hughes had been
batted out of the box in the fifth, and
Cashion was sent in to check the Yanks.
Grifith at this-time was battling hard
for the game, as the result of the Bos-
Philadelphia game was in doubt.
Griffith got the Boston score from the
operator as IL came in on the wire, and
nation was correct he made a wholesale
change in his team. Cashion, Gandil,
Laporte, Mcbride, and Foster were re-
placed with substitutes the veteran
catcher. Jack Ryan, going to third base.
Only the outfield and behind the bat es-
capped the shift. but new catcher was
put in during the next inning. and the
lnfield underwent more shifts to make
room for Griffith and also keep the
comedians in the game.
Nick Altrock batting for Ty Cobb,
was Altrock's own announcement to the
crowd as he went to the bat in the
eighth inning.
Get a hit. Nick" yelled a bleacherite.
IF do lead the league this year,
was Aitrock's retort. 1t was the first
time that he went to bat during the sea-
son. But Schultz tossed him out.
For six innings the game did not vary
from the everyday style. The Nationals
greeted Ray Heating quite heartily in
the second and third innings, punching |
six hits with pair Of passes and three
passed balls, the combination netting
four runs They got another of Ray
Fisher in the fourth on two hits and an
error by Fisher. They led to / after
finishing their turn at bat in the fourth |
fourth Jack Lelivelt hit into the center |
field stands for a home run. and in the |
fifth, after Daniels had doubled. Lelivelt |
hit to deep right field for another homer, |
putting the Yanks only one run behind. |
In the sixth inning the Yanks scored |
Continued ON Page Two.