Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-10

bring about as many double-headers as
possible.
While it is tough enough on the Ma
! tionals to lose the chance yesterday OF
adding a victory TO their string. what Is
| worse there was good chance OF getting
two very troublesome pitchers out of the
way. Adams had already been driven tc
| the bench. and was therefore most likely
| eliminated from the remainder of the
| series. and had the game gone along
few more innings Jack Powell. another
| rather tough customer, would have been
out of the way, for he no longer can
work without three of four days rest
! AS il is, Powell is available for any one
| of the other games for he only worked
| i'm one part of an inning yesterday III
was really nothing more than a warm-up
for him. and it would not be at all sur
prising to find him back on the rubber
| today. Then, 200. the Browns nave
| Allison. a young man who not only proved
most troublesome to the Nationals when
| the Browns were east last. but who since
has scored victory over Boston. so that
| the prospects here are not for an easy
thine for the Nationals.
| There was a double play in both halves
| of the first inning. After Moeller mad
hunted safely Foster tried to work the Old
| hit and run game with him, but the ball
J bounded to Wallace. who threw to Pratt.
| who in turn got IL to first in time to nail
| Foster There was virtually a repetition
] of this play in the Browns half. After
| ShOtten had been retired Austin hit one
at Hughes which got away from him. and
/ Austin was safe. Pratt followed with
sharp drive to Mcbride. which the lat
ter handled clearly. stepped on second
| and his throw to Gandil easily beat
Pratt.
While the crowd of fifteen hundred or
so sat in the stands watching the rain
| and the laborers trying to get the fed
| in shape so that the game could be re-
sumed. Schaefer and Altrock furnished
the amusement. Schaefer gave an imi-
tation of Jack Sheridan and Silk
O'LOughlin umpiring, which proved de-
cided hit Then he and Nick initiated a
battery, giving signals and going through
all the usual motions that pitchers and
catchers do in an exaggerated manner
and Nick wound it up with his famous
shadow boxing act, in which he knocks
himself out. The crowd was so pleased
with the act that 1t did not seem to care
whether the game continued or not, and
freely expressed itself in this manner to
; by taking a standing vote of the audience
as to whether the game should continue
: or not. and he figured that the ayes had
the majority.
1t stands to reason. Of course. that in
Thursdays game there was nothing about
the Nationals to suggest a pennant con-
tender. and some of the ScribeS here took
occasion to come out with the predic-
ton that the Nationals had shot their
bolt and that from this out they would
not be prominent in the race again. All
this. of course. is absurd. 1t was SIM
ply one Of those days when a team could
do nothing properly. All teams have such
| DAYS and. on the whole. it was the worst
exhibition that Grifiiths team has given
| at any time this season.
One reason for the fusillade of long hits
| which confronted Jim Vaughn in Thurs
days game was made responsible by
the manner in which the Nationals out
field was playing at the time. Griffith
/ plays his fielders in and out as the con-
ditions may warrant. II he has lead he
plays them deep to prevent long drive.
but II the score is close he brings them
II in. so that throws can be made to the
bases or the plate on hits. When the
Browns went to the bat in the sixth the
score stood 1 to in their favor. Just
as soon as Shotten got on the outfeld
moved in for play and then came the
long hits, any one of which would have
been caught had the outfelders been
playing in their regular positions.
Walter Johnson had secured a promise
from Griffith to spend Friday at home.
and reporting here again Saturday morn
, ing. But after the drubbing the Browns
gave the Nationals Thursday Walter
. went to Griffith and called the trip to
Coffeyville off. saying that it might be
best for him to remain with the team in
u.
. course. agreed. and johnson will not
visit the farm on this trip.
The fact that Boston has gained con-
. siderable ground on the Nationals dur
ing the past two days has not caused
Clark Griffith to weaken In the least on
his teams remnant chances. He says
!, that it is a long while to October, and
there is chance that things will happen
, before the race is over. II should like
; to have hung right close to Boston during
+ the remainder Of the trip he said, but
: we cannot expect to win al the games
: and they will have their off periods before
We hook with them. Let us be close on
. them wren We meet again and we will
! set them back. OF that feel confident.
, This race is by no means over and our
I chances are Just as good as they have
: ever been. Wen get them yet mark
, my word. for our pitching strength is
. bound to tell on them sooner Or later
Griffith breaches this to his players, and
as result they go into every game con-
fident of winning.
This is what happened in the two and
half innings which were played of yes
terday's game. MoeHer started matters
by bunting safely. but was doubled UP
, by Foster. Then Milan singled and
stole second and third. but after Gandil
had walked Laporte flied to second. end
ing the inning. The Browns got Austin
on on a scratch hit after Shotten had been
retired. but Mcbride turned Pratt's
Srouhoer INTO oouoie play In the
D second the visitors got tsr brace of
e runs. Shanks opened with a double, but
:. died trying TO make three bases. Nc
3 Bride hit safely and scored when VIII
liams tripled to right. Hughes scratch
! hit brought Williams home Moeller and
s Foster. however. were unable to move
S Hughes through
Foster gave kutina a life when he
made a great stop of his grounder but
! made poor peg TO first. Williams hit
t one which Hughes knocked down but
e could not field and there were two on
and none out. He struck out Compton
A wild pitch put kutina on third but as
e Compton tried 10 steal Williams threw
D him out by feet. Wallace flied to Moeller
b for the last out. Milan started the third
with hit and stole second Then IT
3 raineo and when play was resumed La
: porte forced Milan at third. Then Shanks
famed and while krichell was at bat for
e the Browns II rained again and the game
was called off.