Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-21
GRIFF WILL LIKELY START
NEXT YEAR WITH SAME TEAM
There Is Not Much Probability That Any Of
The Present Holders Of Places Will Lose
Their Jobs-Should Figure in Race.

F., Weaver's poor throw and pulled up at
second after one hand was out, but
Shanks line drive to Rath was turned
into double play.
Laporte started the fifth with a sin
gle. but was doubled up with Shanks
when the latter struck out. In the
sixth there was another. Engel was
walked and Moeller singled. but when
Foster swung at the ball for the third
strike Engel tried to reach third and
was doubled up.
Williams continues to hit the bali con-
sistently. He got two hits off Cicotte
yesterday.
Two innings arc hardly enough to judge
a pitchers ability. but with what Joe
Boehling showed in the two rounds he
worked yesterday he has chance to
make good pitcher. The youngster has
improved a whole lot since he appeared
with the team in the spring. He fields
his position spendidly. and has acquired
Il good motion to first base before which
Weaver. good base runner. fell a VIC
tim. Boehlng was not scored on while
he was on the rubber during the seventh
and eighth innings.
The only time that Cicotte seemed 10
be in trouble was in the seventh, when
for awhile at least the Nationals looked
to have started what might develop a
winning rally. Cicotte walked Milan to
begin with. ard Gandil hit safely. La
porte flied out to center, allowing Milan
to score, and then Shanks hit safely. Nc
Bride proved easy, bul Williams made
his second hit. and, with the bases full.
Walter johnson was sent in to bat for
Engel. He hit the ball hard, but Weaver,
who was running for second base at the
time. ran right into it and prevented
trouble.
Griffith will cut down his forces before
he leaves here to play exhibition games
at Rochester and Toronton Sunday plight
Johnson Groom and Cashion will be sent
home, and with them will go kenworthy.
Moran and perhaps couple of others
who can be spared. Connolly, the recruit
from Montreal. is expected to join the
team in Rochester.
Chicago seems to have picked up
very likely youngster in Borton. the
first baseman. He handled himself we'll
around the bag and is fairly fast on his
feet. and looked impressive at the bat
yesterday, getting two hits and walk
ing once out of four times up.
Interest in the game is on the wane
in the west. With the pennant decided.
and none of the western teams prom
inent in the race, the attendance in
this section is such that 1t is question
able whether the visiting clubs will get
enough for their share to pay the
hotel bills What is more the wea er
has not been favorable, SO that every
CLUB is liable to have a few marks on
the wrong side of the ledger as re-
suit of the final trip. This, OF course.
hardly applies to the Boston Red SoX.
who, as champions, are a great attrac-
ton.
Joe Wood has not succeeded in break
ing Walter Johnsons winning streak
The two great pitchers of the Ameri-
can League have run dead heat. each
having won sixteen consecutive games.
Wood came to his doom at Detroit yes
terday In fact. the Boston star has
been going poorly of late. on several
occa sions having shown signs of weak
ness and here in Chicago he had to be
taken out of the game to save IT.
Those who are figuring on Boston
winning the worlds title arc alarmed
"a. the poor showing Wood has made
of late and those specnlatiFe1y in
clncd figure that his showing viii
change the odds which now favor the
Red Sox. It Is understood, now
that the winning streak OF Wood has
been broken. that he will be used but
seldom until the worlds series games
extend himself.
Two passes by EnEel. Fosters error
and scratch hit by Borton gave the
White Sox brace of runs in the open
ing inning Of yesterdays game.N and
these sufficed to win, for the Nationals
got but a single tally off Cicotte.
The game was cinched in the SKIN.
when a pass, four hits and fielder S
choice gave the locals four runs. The
one tally the Nationals secured came
in the seventh, when pass and three
hits netted them but one run. The
score: