Evening star., 1912-09-06
BY J. ED GRILLo.

BOSTON, Mass, September 6.-It was
not the Red Sox's fault they won yester-
days game. No team ever made a more
desperate effort TO throw away runs on
ths bases than did the coming champions.
ana H Carl Cashion's top piece had been
alert he would have won the distinction
OF beating the locals.
The base running of the Red Sox was
rather discouraging for those who fig
ured that this team will run away from
the Giants in the worlds series. There
were several occasions yesterday when
runs were deliberately thrown away by
foolish work on the bags. Had the SoX
been stacked up against a lot of anna
teurs they could not have pulled more
absurd stuff on the base paths than they
did yesterday. IL was this that helped
Cashion out. for his pitching on the
whole did not warrant either victory a
close score. When pitcher walks seven
men he Is not entitled to much considera-
tion. and surely not praise. Cashion did
this yesterday. and yet If he had not
made g. poor play in the fifth inning he
would have gotten away with his game
comparatively easily.
Cashion had walked Wagner in this in
ming and Carrigan got a hit on the hi
and run when he threw his bat at wild
pitch that rolled the ball into the infeId
where il could not he handled O BrienS
grounder TO short moved both men up
and Hooper hit slow grounder to Cash
ion.
Wagner was half way up the base line
toward third. Instead of running over
and then running Wagner back To third
Cashon threw to Foster, who. in hurry
ing TO get the BAH home. threw wide and
Wagner was safe. Then came YerneS
with a base hit and Speaker with triple
and three runs were over the plate. There
was not a single inning that Cashion did
not have men on the bases, but ne was
fortunate TO get out of most of these
holes without allowing scores. He walk
ed wagner. the first man up in three
innings every time that he faced dim.
and Carrigan. who followed him always
got on right behind Wagner. twice by
means of passes and another occasion on
scratch hit.
Each time OBrien was retired. twice
on strikes. but on another occasion he
moved the runners up to third and Sec
ond. and yet in only one of these in
stances did the Red SoX score. 1t was
John Henry who proved of great help
10 Cashion. His throwing to bases was
absolutely perfect. and though four of
the home boys attempted to plfer on
him, none Of them succeeded Speaker
was thrown out three times by Henry
trying TO steal. and on another occasion
Gardner tried it, and was thrown out
by feet.
What is carded as the battle of the
giants will take place at Fenway Park
today, when Walter Johnson and Joe
Wood will oppose each other in the third
game of the present series.
= II is needless to say. perhaps. that both
of these star twirlers will he on their met
tie. If both are in good form il ought 10
be contest worth while going miles to
see. for there is no question that Johnson
and Wood are the two greatest pitchers
in the American League.
Unless. however. there is great re-
versal of form in Johnson. Judged on what
he has shown of late he is very apt TO
have his colors lowered for there is no
getting away from the fact that on his
Two last times out he did not pitch the
Kind OF ball that Is usually expected of
him. What is more. Wood is showing bril-
liant form right along, and he will have
an advantage in that he will have ii hard
hitting team behind him. All Boston is
worked up over the prospects of the
pitchers battle. With the pennant appar-
entity safely lodged away, local fans are
anxious TO see their team hang up some
new records. They want il TO win the
most games that any championship team
has ever corralled in this league and they
would like TO see Joe Wood gain a new
consecutive winning record Naturally
they figure thar Johnson will be a tough
proposition for Wood. and the chances are
that If today is bright the park here Will
he filled TO overfiowing when the umpires
call play this afternoon.
Eddie Foster was hitting Yesterday. as
the box score will show. Two singles
and they We're clean-cut. and three
bagger shows what he accomplished at
the bat. O'Brien struck him out the
first time up. but the next three trips to
the plate found him hitting safely He
even started the ninth with a base hit
and was sacrificed 10 second by Moe. Ter
but Gandil and Iaporte could not bring
him home with the tying run. Laporte
hit a long fly to right which for an In
slant looked 10 be just the hit wanted
nut Hooper after covering "A lot OF
ground. got under the ball and made the
. catch which ended the game
OBrien. who has been factor in
bringing the Red Sox to the front has
never been a hard proposition for the
Nationals and he was not a puzzle YES
terday, being hit much harder than the