The Washington herald., 1912-04-21
NATIONALS PLAY
DUNN'S ORIOLES
THIS AFTERNOON
Team Goes to Boston To-
night fer Series Of Four
Games in Hub.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT

Manager Clark Griffith win take
his bail club over to Baltimore this.
afternoon and tackle Jack Dunn's
Orioles for the second time this
season. The game will be played
Ion Dunn's Back River Park, and
the International Leaguers are out
for revenge, as the Nationals
earlier in the season took the Balti-
moreans' measure.
Griff will not stack his regular
team against Dunn's band, as he
plans to give Schaefer, Milan,
Mcbride, and Jack Knight rest,
so Bill Cunningham will be in sec
ond, Ray Morgan at short, Clar-
ence Walker in center, and Tom
Long in right. Jerry Akers and
Buck Becker will do the pitching,
with Ainsrnith behind the bat.
Immediately after the game the Ma
tionals will prepare for their second
out-of-toWn invasion this season. The
players will board the midnight express
out OF Washington for Boston, where
they open a four-game series tomorrow
afternoon on Jim McAleer's brand-new
bali park
Bob Groom or Tom Hughes viii pitch
the FIRST game against the Red Sox. and
the chances are that both Walter John
son and Dixie Walker. with Carl CASH
ion, viii work the other three.
On Friday the Nationals appear in
Washington against the New York yam
KEGS for series OF four games Then
comes the Boston club, followed by all
the Western teams.
II don't want the fans OF Washington
to put rs in the class OF umpire baiters.
We don't ask for anything except what
s coming to US, and II we do not think
we are getting a square deal from the
men who handle the indicators we are
going to tell them so
Umpire O'Loughlin's work yesterday
when he chased myself and the other
players on the bench was uncalled for
In the first place. O'LoughIin grew sore
because 1 protested that the Athletics
were taking more time than the rules
allowed TO warm up a pitcher. Then
when Morgan went into the boz our
players tossed up the bats in front of
the bench just for duck. It was for this
last that We were chased"
The foregoing statement IL Grifith's
explanation Of the affair yesterday after
noon. He wishes the public to know
that neither he nor his players are out
to bait the umpire, but will always reg
lister a kick when they think they are
justified in so doing.
Howard shanks the young outfeldsr
who was hit in the head by a pitched
ball. is out Of danger, and will in all
probability be able to play bail to-mor-
row or Tuesday.
DR.. Larkin. the club physician, who is
attending Shanks, says that the player
only suffered a slight concussfon and
rallied quickly.
During the week just closed the Ma
tionals played four games. and won
three of them. Two clean cut victories
over the New York Highlanders and
one here against the worlds cham
pions.
The present week will be a tough
one, as the Nationals are forced to
play four games away from home. and
the Boston Red Sox are going like a
house ahre at present. II Grif is lucky
enough to split even in Beantown he
will keep his club around the 500 per
cent mark, and te 9 Inc shape to meet
the Western invaders. ,-G az
Dan Moeller and Jack Knight came
across with their first hits before a
Washington crowd yesterday. Noel
lers work in the outfield was one Of
the features of the game
According to Eddie Foster, both he
and MoelIer are not hitting as they
will later. we have not even started
to hit our stride" said the midget.
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