The Washington herald., 1912-07-10

| Ban B. johnson. president Of the
| American League. accompanied by
I Charles Comiskey. owner OF the Chicago
White Sox. drifted into Washington Sun
day afternoon. and disappeared as sud
denly as he came yesterday morning.
Why this mysterious visit7 What was
the object Of their visit7 What's the
answer?
Messrs. johnson and Comiskey regis
tered at the New Willard They received
several mysterious callers In their rooms.
and were evidently here on business.
Was johnson here to investigate. the
charges Of Gandirs spiking or attempting
to spike Eddie Collins when the Ath-
letics were here last week. and. II so.
what was Comiskey doing with him?
Manager Griffith. OF the Nationals
stated that he had heard nothing from
johnson and could not believe that the
president OF the league would be here
without his CGrifith's) knowing OF It.
Grin could vouc..safe no light upon the
subject and President Noyes could not
be located at a late hour last night.
There must be something out OF the or
binary behind this sudden visit Of Ban
Johnson's. and the mystery will not be
solved until somebody has interviewed
the mogul.
Asked IL he thought johnson was here
to investigate the Gandil spiking incl
dent, Manager Griffith replied:
Il don't know nor do care. The Ath-
letics have shown themselves in their
true colors. They are bunch OF
squeelers. pure and simple. only hope
Ban johnson does investigate the mat
ter. Then I will have something to say
about a little matter in Philadelphia,
when Collins deliberately jumped on Can
m SaA broke ShisKs Eose. 1 did not
enter a protest in this case. df5-l-l
Griff apparently does not view John
sons secret visit here with any outward
show Of Apprehension. but nevertheless
there is a dusky guy concealed in the
wood pile somewhere.
What's the answer?
When Griff signed Barney Petty, or rath
er when he bought Pelty's release from
the St. Louis Browns, he was given TO
understand that when Petty was doing
time on the St. Louis Browns there were
two clubs In the American League which
Immediately curled up and quit the min
ute Petty entered the box. These teams
were Philadelphia and Cleveland.
Petty has twice worked against the
Athletics and lost both games, but he
also holds a win against the Mackmen.
for on July with the score to 2 in favor
of the champions Petty relieved Tom
Hughes when the eight inning opened. |
holding the Athletics runless and hitless
during the remaining two innings, and
Washington won with a batting rally in |
the eighth when three runs counted.
/. In the game against Cleveland yester- |
day, Petty should have been awarded |
the verdict A fumbled grounder by |
Morgan robbed him Of the honor, for
had Ray handled the bail cleanly the
game would have been over.
A singular coincidence is that Hughes |
stepped into the breech and checked the |
Maps taking the reins when the score |
was a tie. hence Long Tom gets the |
credit for the victory. although Petty |
pitched the greatest part OF the game |
just as Barney was given the credit for |
the one won from the Athletics On July /
2 after Hughes had toiled seven rounds. !
Senseless kicking by Joe Jackson in /
the eighth inning of the second game /
yesterday when he claimed that Ainsmith i
did not tag him at the plate when Nc
Bride shot the ball home on Larry's |
grounder was amusing to the scribes IN
the press box who were looking down
upon the play.
jackson has not touched the plate yet.
He slid in front Of the rubber by half
foot and Ainsmith easily got him.
As q matter of fact Jackson did the
same stunt in the ninth inning of the
first game. He missed the plate by a
foot, but Catcher Henry made no effort
to tag Jackson, probably because the COL
legian did not notice where the Southerner
hit the dirt.
The Nationals by winning two games
from the Maps yesterday not only jumped
into the 800 percentage class Of the Ameri-
can League standing, but gained one
game on the Boston Red Sox. and are
now but five full games behind the lead
ers of the league.
The Beaneaters are Just about due for
a slump, and when they start tumbling
Grill figures that his club will jump into
the lead with q vengeance and stay
there for a good, long while.
This pennant talk for Washington
sounds like a fairy tale to some folks
We know, but the fact remains that the
have worked their way into
second place by consistent playing. The
Nationals have had their little slump
and must be reckoned with by all comers
from now on.
Chick GandiPs usefulness to this club
is made more apparent each day. The
big fellow was mainly responsible for
both victories yesterday. Gandu Is easily