Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-27
BY J. ED GRILLO.

| PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September D.
AS result of the Philadelphia clubs vio-
lation of the rules in failing to play a
double-header yesterday there is no
| chance to play more than two of the
three games which We're scheduled here,
| and, judging from weather conditions this
| morning, it is by no means certain that
any of the games will be played
Yesterdays game resulted in nine
inning tie, it being called becaose of
darkness. If the rules had been lived up
to two games would have been on the
program and there would most likely
have been but one game remaining to
complete the series
AS it now stands two games must be
played today, but should rain interfere
the games will stand exactly where they
did before the Nationals made their final
appearance here.
Not only is this practice of manipulate
ing double-headerS violation of the
rules, but it is a financial loss to the
Washington club, and its owners should
not hesitate to register their protests
with the league.
Philadelphia has always been a cheap
town so far as base ball is concerned,
% cents admission having always pre-
dominated. but the methods of the local
, a tendency to farther cheaper the sport
here.
All this season the schedule has been
so manipulated as to give the local club
as many dOuble-headerS as possible. OF
the seventy games which have been play
ed here to date thirty have been in
double-headers. and if tomorrows double
bill goes through it will be thirty-two
out of seventy-two. The patrons Of the
sport here have been educated to these
bargain matinees with the result that the
single games are attended by only a
handful. Two games for a quarter is the
battle cry here, and at the rate the local
club is encouraging this demand it win
be only question of time when the Ath-
letlcs will be playing ten-cent ball.
The same old hoOdoo which has follow
| ed the Nationals all this season when
ever they have been pitted against the
Athletics was not absent yesterday. After
| having three-run lead and the game APP
| parently safely stored away a couple of
| scratch hits off Hughes, who up to
| the seventh inning had been hit safely but
once, and that drive was questionable. got
him in trouble. With two on and tow over
johnson was brought into the struggle,
but an error by Mcbride and wild pitch
gave the Athletics the run they needed
TO tie After that they did not score, but
1T grew dark it was impossible to see
| the mall and Umpire Evans wisely called
a halt.
A better-pitched game than that pre-
i scented by Tom Hughes during the six
| innings yesterday is not seen on any ball
| field very often. But one hit, sharp
| srounder which got away from Foster,
| was charged against him, and the locals
| had never had look-in so far as scoring
was concerned. But in the seventh, Nc
| 1nnis opened with hit Foster threw
out Walsh, McInnis going to second,
| from where he scored on Barry's single.
Lapp got a hit when Laporte knocked
! down his grounder but failed to get it to
| first in time, and then Coombs dropped
little fly which neither Shanks nor Nc
| Bride could reach in left, and another
. run came home. This brought Johnson
| into the game. Murphy was given a life
! and the bases filled. when Mcbride made
| mess of his slow bounder through the
| box. Then Maggert struck out. but be-
| fore doing SO Johnson made wild pitch
and the tying run came home. Collins
| was walked, but Mcbride made a great
/ ending the inning. With two out in the
ninth Murphy and Maggert hit safely,
! but Collins popped to Foster ending the
| inning and the game.
There were enough hard hits caught
during the early innings of the game to
prevent the Nationals from getting a
healthy lead. Gandil. Laporte. Mcbride
and Hughes had liners speared during
! the first four innings, any one of which
would have been good for three bases.
On the whole Maclx's team does not look
| formidable. There is no life among the
, players and they are just playing the
game because they are paid to do it, and
| If 1t were not for the luck which favored
| them the Nationals would be on a fair
| way to make it three straight here.
The fact that Baker just got back into
| the game yesterday after a two weeks
| illness shows that Connie Mack, however,
-, wants his strongest batting against the
| Nationals. though Baker proved a dis
! appointment, failing to get hit and
| making two errors in that seventh in
| ming which helped the Nationals to get
| their three runs. Baker is far from be-
| Ing himself, and it is perhaps fortunate
| that the Athletics are no longer in the
pennant fight or they would be very apt
to suffer the humiliation of being beaten
out In the homestretch, for the team does
not resemble its former self in any re-
spect.
Frank Laporte once more came through
| with a base hit at the right time and
put his team in the lead. He singled in
! the sixth with the bases full and none
out, scoring two runs. Foster opened
| the inning with a double and Milan
| walked Gandil hunted and Baker made
mess of the grounder, filling the bases
Laporte then singled to left scoring Fos-
| ter and Milan. Shanks hunted trying to
! sacrifice and again Baker fumbled, once
| more filling the bases. McBride's long
! sacrifice fly allowed Gandil to score, but
| Coonbs saw to it that the next two bat
! tiers accomplished no HARM
In recognition Of their splendid showing