Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-11
BY J. ED GRILLO.

If Chicago can have the same luck dur
ing the remainder of the season that the
team displayed here. i; will walk in with
tae pennant.
Granting that the Sox played good ball.
there is no DENYING the fact that they got
every one of the breaks even in so far
as catching the Nationals in a slump.
When they needed runs they got them.
and on several occasions, without max
ing base hit Every one of the locals
errors proved costly in the series. while
II seemed to be the good fortune of the
visitors pitchers TO be at their best with
men on the bases.
At no time this spring have the Ma
tionals played as poorly in the four
Chicago games. The team did nothing
right and seemed to he badly off its
stride. besides having everything break
against ii. Its work the bases seemed
to indicate both lack of judgment and
overanxiety. The pitching. on the whole
was good but the support given the
pitchers fell far below the mark.
1t may be that the Nationals crowded
all their poor work into the Sox series
and that from this out they will play
the kind of ball that marked their work
earlier in the season.
team since it started its losing streak
Morgan has been placed on second and
Schaefer. who has an injured wrist. has
been benched, while Cashion has been
sent to right field. This combination is
figured TO greatly strengthen the teams
hitting strength, which, however, has not
been evident, as Yet.
George Mcbride was once more made
the target for abuse from the stands
when he was in no way to blame for
what happened. In the fifth inning, with
Rath or first and none out, Lord hit a
sharp grounder at Groom. who. in throw
ing to second. threw wide. and both men
were safe, when theer should have been
double play made. Mcbride was blamed
for this
A moment later Zeider popped UP lit
tie fly 10 short left. Mcbride was after
the ball. but before he set himself to
catch il Moeller called for it. and Nc
Bride stepped aside. as he should, with
the result that Moeiler did not come
through, and the ball fell safe. Mcbride
had TO shoulder this blame, too. though
there seemed to be enough people in the
stands who know base ball and silenced
his abusers.
Schaefer's injured wrist gives Griffith
q chance to get line on Cashion's abil
ity a hitter. The big fellow came
through with home-run drive yester-
day. and ii is figured that he will be of
position regularly. Just how good a
fielder he is remains to be seen. for he
did not have difficult chance yesterday
and caught the only fly into his territory.
But there seems to be no doubt as TO his
hitting In practice yesterday morning,
with Musser pitching Cashion hit a line
drive over the score board, the ball pass
ing over where the word Innings ap-
pears 1t went over on line and lodged
in the trees the tops of which can be seen
from the stands. This hit, in the opin-
ion of the players who witnessed it, is
one of the longest in the history of the
game. and if il had been made in game
il would undoubtedly have gone down as
a record.
Walter johnson will pitch against
Cleveland today. Just which of the Maps
pitchers will oppose him had not been
decided this morning by Manager Davis.
Johnson had an off day when he faced
the White Sox Wednesday. but he pro-
poses to make amends for that compare
lively poor showing today.
There has not been a lack of oppor-