Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-09

the fact that in the young giant he has
natural batter, who can be trained to
play elsewhere on the team. Cashion
not only can hit and hit hard, but he is
remarkably fast for a big man and his
hitting would be sure to improve If he
were played regularly. AS 1t is now. he
seldom gets a chance TO face pitching. He
does not take part in batting practice to
any great extent. but is used in the
pinches, being forced to face a pitcher
without having seen a pitched ball during
the afternoon, and yet he seldom fails to
make good.
1t is not often that two pitchers of the
caliber of Johnson and Walsh are retired
under fire on the same day. yet that hap
pened yesterday. Though Johnson ap-
tunate in that everything that was hit
went safe. Walsh, on the other hand,
was far from being in form. He had
neither speed or his splitter working and
il was surprising, indeed, that he got
away as long as he did.
Benz walked a man in the first inning
after two We're out, but was never in
danger but when he walked Schaefer. the
first man up in the second, Callahan took
him out and sent Walsh in to finish. Benz
was mad as a hornet because he was
taken out and expressed his opinion of
the clubhouse The young man will
have to learn that it is not up to him to
complain on any changes that the man.
ager may make. for 1T is that individual
who assumes all responsibility.
Why the American League insists on
INJECTING an umpire of Bull Perrine's
incompetency on the public is hard to
understand. There is not city in the
circuit where he Is not despised and with
every season he seems to prove his unfit
ness for the position more and more.
WITHOUT wanting to criticise his judgment
on balls and strikes yesterday. it was ap-
parent by the way he allowed the Chi
cago players to delay the game in order
to save their pitchers that he is not the
man to be in charge of ball game.
Either Perrine is not familiar with the
rules or he lacks backbone to enforce
them 1t surely cannot be that material
for umpires is so scarce that men of the
Perrine type are forced on leagues.
Lee Tannehill was sent home last night
with a broken bone in his arm as the
result of being hit by one of Johnson's
fast balls. Tannehill went to his posi-
ton after the accident but In trying to
throw the first ball hit to him discovered
that he could not throw, and was then
Immediately taken out of the game. X
ray examinations taken last night proved
that there was fracture.
The Sox have been fortunate in win
ming the two games here. They have had
all the breaks in these games, though
they have proven costly. Both Weaver
and Tannehill are now out of the game
with injuries. while Big Ed Walsh show
ed that he Is far from being in form
Bill Sullivan is unable to catch, and
Block doing the work with a broken
finger.
Base runners who take liberties with
Eddie Ainsmith's throwing arm do so to
their regret. His throwing yesterday
was nothing short of marvellous. He
seemed to hold the ball until the runner
was well on his way. then would shoot
it to the mark and have 1t there long be-
fore the runner was near the bag.
LANCE seems to be blessed with horse
shoes in the pinches. Day before yester-
day he had three men on and none out,
and the first two men to face him in the
ninth yesterday got to third and second,
with but two runs needed to tie, yet
but one Of them scored.
Dixie" Walker and Benz will likely
be the opposing pitchers today though
Callahan Is apt TO pitch Mogridge. a
youngster. who has done some splendid
work for the Sox this spring.
The fighting spirit of the Nationals is
commendable. Even when the team is
apparently beaten of it continues to try
and the result is that no game here is
ever over until the last man is retired.
Yesterday the team seemed hopelessly
beaten, yet at the finish had splendid
chance to tie the score or win out 1t
speaks well for the grit the players are
displaying and is. sure to result in many
games being pulled out of the fire.
No team that ever appeared here does
as mach :'stalling" as do the Waite Sox.
Every time an opposing player gets on
the bases Lord. Callahan and several
others hold conference. This is for
terday il was absurd that the umpires al
lowed them to get away with such tao
tics. The game was delayed fully half an
hour by these methods.
Before the season opened Griffith an
nounced that he proposed to have a high
screen built on the top of the right field
fence. because he figured that oppos-
ing teams would have an advantage by
reason of the short fence, as his team
is not blessed with any long rist. field
hitters. For some reason or other the
screen has not been built, however. and
couple OF games. at least. have been
lost by reason of its absence. Lord has
won both Sox games with drives over the
wall, though it must be admitted tnat
his drives would have been horNe runs
had there been an open field. S.
Both pinch hitters used by Griffith yes
terday made good. Morgan came through
with a hit when ne batted for Johnson In
the fifth and Cashion got hit when he
performed for Becker in the ninth. Both
drives helped the Nationals to scores.
When Tannehill quit the game Zeider
moved over to short, while Collins was
brought In to play first. Mcintyre taking
his place in right field. This same COM
bination will probably be found In the
game today. as Weaver, the teams reg
ular shortstop, is suffering from a spiked
hand. which Schasfer inflicted during
the first game of the series
There is not much OF chance of Doc
White appearing in one OF the games
here this series. Doc is suffering with
a lame back, and 1t will be some days