Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-12
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Sr,cioI r,i.nat,b ?, The Siar
-, IoI-IS NJ, august 1.-Thoush
1o;,r. ti,rcc of the final four games
.l.,-aJ ~, tho s.cond western trip which
.Ioled here Yesterday. The Nationals find
.,,eolo. IN virt,aII,- the same posi-
At, -, ..,,,,i.d in the race when
-, Ioft homo Passion is now but
..,-on and . half games away. while il
IA irs+ an eran ssven-camc lead at
-; a. <,tin,,,IS dopar1ed for
,.i r.o.,..r, INVASION There
-, - If,+Io 81, M change in the
I.,.t,-o s.,,,5ine At the Athletics. so
-. ,,,,,,,.,- ,b.,,,... there * for Crit
CT 80. 70 win rbs remnant. il is Just
-, - .. II vs. three weeks ago.
,,., l,na stand at home
-, .r,.,,. win The chicago White
g ,o-,,,r,.,v and before the team
leaves II WI" i'e'' -,
western 'e""'H e.
mere should "' -''' ,,,,+
prove ''e -\"'''''',i0 80,
peiio"' lol =" -, ,r,,,,l,
iedihe It, -
Suo'i I'cahiS'' ~ ~. s..io,.
eoi"Pi4S''e" '' CIV - -,
mere "iaH
I'll 81 m The
-, ~, -. -, The schedule
- 49,, IT. - ,..,,,,-s stay i'm this
- - -, ", ,oriar ,ba, tho club
-. - ~, 80, iron,
- 49,, ,,-,,;,.I, closed win =
-. IT., p,.,,-,,.. orr, Going
Ni''"i! 4eS'''"d'' Nv
far ahead "f tuelt normal S''it' ana ''l'79
are breaking exceptionally Wei Tor them
II was only after one of the hardest
i"sSI'S III w ''9'o'N - ~
the Nationals Won '"e i'i'ai Sdiit Vi '.'c
series Yesterday. Tire contest was in doubt
until the last man was retired. and Wal
- -Iobreo,, l;d NO, l,.,,-,. :, single moment
-, :,
uIil"S '''e ih'ic i'ii''h7a "'e" NC .o"'u
aHofd 10 take breathing spell "heh
tho struggle was over he fairly dragged
himself from the field. so exhausted and
.;., 80, -,
'N NJ
=, ,-,.,o.,7.,,- ~, ,o..,b<r in ,ro VS.
'''o -
mas oteH ueciutuiN COOL anu t'c play Il :
naturally protected themselves on the
plavjng field with heavy underwear John
son did not re.,1iz.. tn, .bange in tho tom
-. -, - =,
P''d'i'e '''dt Aau 'dheh Itdt' Wien ne
Went into yesterdays game clad in one OF
the heavy UndershirtS In about the fifth
inning he began tn tir. ard i, was tho
-. c. -
c'''i' ''' MN w - ''"N '''iiiS
on the pall NJ the hnlSh OF the game he
control AVID sDaad Va. Griffith ala NOT
- ,-.. -
odt 'dhe i'iih "u'- II was pi'iiui 10 see
hlm lunglnS forward trying TO get speed
the bal. He worked like Il Trojan
and did not look anything like himself.
lie staggered through the eighth and
ninth innings. and was finally rewarded
with a Victory-but what Il victory,
Nothing went right for the Nationals
during the series here. Every break Went
against them. and under such conditions
it was no easy matter to keep up the
players spirit.
Yesterday. for instance i'm the third
inning, johnson had walked and was sac
rificed To second when Foster hit a long
single to center Johnson turned for
home before thu. ball was STONED hy the
he stumbled and sprawIed ON tho Ira So
path so that IL was only with difficulty.
that he returned tn third in safety in
fact. had the throw To the DIatc heen
anywhere near good he would have hcen
thrown ONT AT third No runs We're scored
in this inning though had Walter taIHed
several might have gotten home In tbe
fourth I,aporte led off with a trinJo n
right center bIt he atteu,nted 70 score
on A sharp rrounder 10 Wallace ana
was thrown out ar the plate. His drivq
however. opened the way for the Ma
tionals' first run, for ShankS, who forced