The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
GAMES TODAY.
PhiIadeiphia at Cleveland.
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
STANDING OF THE TEAMS JULY "a.
nv WILLIAM PEET.

The Chicago White Sox, or, as they
are better known, Callahan's Comets,
furnished the attraction for crowd of
10000 Capital fans and fanettes in the
concrete coliseum yesterday afternoon
and Griff sicked Walter johnson on
EN-, with the result that the home gang
romped off with the opening combat of
the series, 4 to ?.
The exhibition was only mediocre
affair. The pale-hosed enemy could not
hit the Kansas Cyclone when hits were
needed, and after the fifth the Nationals
could do very little with the offerings
served up by Eddie Cicotte, former
Boston. hurier, whom Cal turned loose
on us Just to Sc what would happen.
Shortstop Weaver and imp Silk
O'Loughlin ran dead heat in the accf-
dent race. Ground balls took all sorts
of weird hops at Weaver. while foul Ups
made life miserable for Silk In addition
TO this a small boy in the upper tier
beaned the ump with a ball. and SILK
wanted TO clean up"
johnson struck out eleven of the enemy,
and was backed up by perfect support
The White Sox touched johnson up
seven hits worth, but most of the swats
were swinging bunts or little pop-ups
over the inner breastworks.
MoeIIer Hits Ball Hard.
Danny Moeller and Walter johnson led
in the attack against Cicotte with two
safe smacks each. Moeller opened the
game with a home run drive to the left
field stands and in the fifth lashed the
ball to the screen tackled above the right
garden barrier.
Eddie Cicotte did not look like the
pitcher who has always been so effective
against the Nationals, but at that he
twirled creditable game, and will doubt
less make Callahan a good man.
The White Sox look much stronger
than when the Nationals played them in
the West Weaver and Rath were very
much in the limelight, and Fournier
handles himself like regular first base
man.
AS John Henry is tossing about on q
hospital cot with water on the knee 1t
was expected that Alva Williams would
don the mask and receive Johnson's
shoots but Eddie Ainsmith pulled his
bum knee out Of moth balls and tape
and held Walters speed in his usual
, capable manner.
The visitors managed to get couple
of men on the bases in the first inning
after two were out, and Johnson retired
the side by tanning Ping Bodie. the
well-known fence buster.
johnson was invincible until the fourth,
when the Sox grabbed OFF run after
two had perished. Lord and Collins
opened this frame by taking three
healthy swings each. Bodie dumped
clean single over Morgan's head. and
jacques Fournier hit to left for double
only the fastest kind of fielding by
Shanks held Bodie on third. Weaver
connected for swinging bunt johnson
picked up the ball and slammed high
TO Gandil Weaver was safe by an eye
lash ana Bodie scored. Billy Sullivan
whitfield for the third out.
With Fournier out of the way in the
White Sox's seventh. Weaver beat out
an infield tap Sullivan flied to Shanks.
but Cicotte tore OFF nifty single, and
when Rath sent the ball skipping over
second base Weaver crossed the plate.
johnson frightened up and struck out four
men in the two remaining innings.
Nationals Jump Into Lead.
By crowding three runs into the three
first innings the home folks were able to
assume lead which the visitors could
not pull down. Danny Mosller cracked
out a home run the first time up. and
after Foster and Milan had been disposed
of, Gandil walked and dashed around to
third on Cicotte's poor throw to catch |
Chick mapping. little later Cicotte !
fumb1ed and Gandil tried TO sneak home, |
hut was caught by three feet.
Another run was scored by the home |
folks in the second. Morgan singled |
and Ainsmith walked. Mcbride sacri- |
feed, Morgan going to third and Ain |
smith pulling up at second Shanks red |
lot groundsr was beautifully handled by |
Rath, who slammed the ball to Sullivan. |
catching Morgan at the plate. johnson
hit to Fcurnier, the ball bounding out of |
jacques mitt Cicotte ran over to first to |
take the throw, but the ball got away /
from the pitcher and Ainsmith scored on |
the error.
The Nationals third tally was fairly |
earned Milan crashed 10 the right field |
fence for a triple and breezed over the
Plate on Gandirs single to center. This
run came in the third ming
Johnson opened the Nationals fifth I
with a single and reached third when7
Moeiier banged the ball up against the
screen which surmounts the right field
fence. Moeller got twc-bagger on the