Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-28
hnson Cashon to Pitch Against the ghandes This Afternoon
SIGNAL TIPPING BUREAU IS
LIMITED AT IN NEW YORK
Manager Griffith and Local Players Cannot
Account for the Sudden Brace in Hit
ting by the High1anders.

winning. Incidentally. the Nationals
have been hitting good enough to win
every one OF the games they have
PLAYED here. having. scored nineteen
runs IN -FOUR days. which is almost an
average OF five runs to a game, surely
enough to win majority OF them IL
the pitchers were delivering the goods.
ana there may be good reasons why
Griffith denies that he had any deal on
for Outfielder Murphy of the Baltimore
team. youngster who is setting the In
t ter League on fire by his wonder
full hitting. Griffith contends that there
is no chance to get Murphy from Dunn
at this time. and that for that reason he
has made no effort in that direction.
Cashion has rejoined the pitching staff
From this out the big fellow will be used
as twirler. and Griffith is by no means
satisfied that he will not make a success
of 1t in this line. Jack Ryan has again
taken him in charge. and he hopes to
teach him how to control the ball while
on the present trip. 1t is not at all I'M
likely that Cashion will be used in one of
the games at Boston If he is not pitched
today.
There is no getting away from the fact
that Clarence Walker is a much improved
ball player. He Is hitting in much better
form than he used to. and with any luck
WOulO nave ndd tnTee more nltS 10 MS
credit yesterday. He got single and a
double, and on one other occasion that he
faced Caldwell he drove the ball right at
him on a line Caldwell was fortunate
to knock the ball down, and then forced
Milan at the plate.
Yesterdays game was interesting for
about six innings. but after that ii was
turned into a slaughter by the Highland
ers. After Caldwell had retired the visit
ors in the first inning his teammates
got busy and secured themselves a run.
a double play alone preventing further
disa ster. Shanks made a great catch of
Daniels line drive as starter, and then
linn hit safely. Chase and Cree were
walked, filling the bases. and Simmons
came along with hit, which scored linn.
Mcbride turned HartzelFs grounder into
a double play, ending the round.
In the second the score was tied. Walk
er hit for two bases and Mcbride brought
him home with hit.
The Highlanders forged to the front
in the fourth, scoring two runs on pass
to Cree, his steal, a wild throw to catch
him, mapping by Hughes and sacrifice
fly. Then HartZell hit for a home run,
getting it because Walker fell down in
trying to stop his line hit. The Nationals
took the lead in the first half OF the sixth.
Shanks opened the round with scratch
hit. Hartzell booted Fosters grounder,
and then Dolan made a mess Of one from
Milan's bat. Walker and knight both hit
safely. and four runs were over the plate.
But the locals came right back with
four more on Simmons single, HartzeiIs
double, a walk to Dolan, Hughes error
and double by Daniels. Fosters error,
a three-bagger by Daniels and Zinn's
single gave them three more. while the
Nationals stopped hitting Caldwell after
the sixth round. The score: