Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-05
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
| NEW YORK, October 5.-It was a little
! difficult to tell yesterday afternoon
! whether Schaefer and Altrock was fun
| nier than Griff. But Griff was funny
in different way than the comedians.
He could not keep his eyes off the
scoreboard. He tried to get out on the
/ coaching line and run the team. but in
variably his eyes were directed toward
the score outfit until Washington got a
pronounced lead over the Highlanders.
Then his anxiety ceased. 1t was pretty
. certain that the Bostons were going to
lose to the Athletics and if the High
landers had shown a disposition to get
saucy the sun might have been embar-
RAISING to the manager, who Is deter
mined that he will beat the Athletics for
second place.
gu fellows think that You have some
excitement ahead of you in getting ready
for the worlds series,' said Schaefer
to the spectators, but what do You
think of US, racing neck and neck down
| to the wire for second place?
your fight for the worlds series is
child's game compared with ours.
Watch me ride Old Sal through the fin
ish." said the inimitable German. as he
initiated a hobby horse and started away
full tilt over the field.
Washington gave the Highlanders a
great deal more of fight than the
Highlanders gave Washington when it
the Highlanders were not much on the
bat. Groom was as full of wishing to
win as he has been any day this. sea-
son, and he twisted the ball around
the necks of the local players until
some of them will have to look over
their shoulders for the next fortnight.
They got their heads on the far side
of their spinal columns. Ford was
raped with scattering attention, but
when the blow came which was to set
tie the day for the WashingtOns the
ball was pounded on the nose. 1t was
Milan. as usual. who started the trou-
BILE against the New York team That
youngster has made nothing but trouble
all of the season for the New York
players. 1t isn't any wondeT that the
pitchers of the Highlanders are willing
to throw gift whenever they see
Milan walk to the plate.
Moeller had scored the first run for
Washington by batting the ball into
the center field bleachers. 1t looked for
a while as if that would be the only
hit of the afternoon which would
amount to anything, and the newspaper
, folks were figuring that they would be
able to write a thrilling story of how
Moeller saved second place for the
Washingtons with home run.
But Just to make the fray more binding
Milan allowed that he would put the fin
ishing touches on the affair. and he did
so. With one out in the sixth he batted
the ball to center teld for two bases.
Gandil followed with long poke to left.
on which Milan scored. Laporte hit the
ball on the nose, and although Smith
ran back almost to the center field fence
and jumped his length in the air. the best
he could do was to knock the ball down
Laporte made two-bagger. Shanks tap
ped the ball to Mcmillan and Gandil was
| thrown out at the plate. Mcbride was
given base on balls and Williams
cleaned up matters by hitting for a base
and sending two more runs over the rub
ber AS it was the last blow made by
| Williams on the day previous that had
put the Washingtons safely on the side