The Washington herald., 1912-05-30
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TO STOP RID SOX;;
DROP TWO GAMES
Nationals Hurlers Are Pounded
Hard by Boston Grew.
Five. Used.
SCORES 81 TO 5 AND la TO II
ny WILLIAM PEET.

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the Nationals and Red Sox to-day put
up two games that win long be remem-
bered OF course, the Nationals had to
eat crow. Griff's athletes lost the
| opening encounter, 81 to and the hnal
combat u TO IL.
There was no question about the cur
tain raiser. Boston knocked Dixie
walker out of the box and buried Jay
Carl Cashion under an avalanche of
safe hits. The farewell number. was
stopped by Umpire Dineen at the open
ing Of the Red sox' eighth. on account
OF darkness. The fans howled their
dfsapproval, for to many IT was evident
that there was plenty OF light to per-
init of staging the entire show.
From a Washington standpoint It
was indeed unfortunate that the sec
ond game dragged so slowly along, for
Griffs boys, after assuming big lead
In the early rounds, only TO lose it,
crawled slowly but surely up toward
the Red Sox' even dozen tallies, ana
stood a hrst-rate chance Of coming
through with enough runs to win, but
fate otherwise decreed.
GandII Looks Good.
Mr.. Chick Gandil, who rejoices in
the Christian name Of Benedict Arnold
Gandn. Joined Grff's forces to-day and
covered first base during both games.
Gandn is the, best man Washington
has had on first since the club was In
the American League. There is abso-
lutely nothing he cannot do. In the
first game he came through with two
hits and in the second collected one,
and that one drove home a couple OF
tallies, and those are the kind OF wal
lops that count.
In the field Gandil made two stops
that saved runs, and covered the bag in
great shape. GandiI has improved easily
IS per cent in all departments since the
writer saw him perform with the Chi
cago White Sox two years ago, and IL
looks as IL Griff had strengthened his in
field wonderfully.
When It comes to passing around the
floral tributes, two young athletes-Clar-
ence Walker and Howard Shanks-de-
serve more than passing mention for
their hitting. They were the leading
Washington swatters in the double pic
mic Shanks drove in a run with clean
single in the first game, and in the sec
ond connected for a double and single,
besides drawing two bases on balls. Red
Walker connected for two singles out of
four times up inlthe curtain raiser, and
in the final combat hit everything that
was served up. A triple and three sin1
giles out of four times 10 the plate helped
some for a youngster who was supposed
to be ready for the minors
Pitchers the Trouble.
Getting right down to cases, the whole
trouble with Griffs team in to-day's
dual bill was the pitchers. Boston used
up Dixie Walker. Steve White, Carl
Cashion, Bob Groom, and Tom Hughes
in both games Not one of this quintet
could stop the sIugging Red Sox. and
the pitching problem seems to be the one
which Clark Grifith will have to solve II
he hopes to keep his club in the first
division.
Steve White was only signed up last
night This young man was given a trial
by Boston last year but soon released
Grif decided TO take a chance with him.
White had two opportunities to show
what he could do. He relieved Dixie
Walker and was batted so hard in the
first game that he had to give way TO
Cashion. In the second game he opened
the eighth, succeeding Tom Hughes, but
only pitched to one batter, when the
game was called.
The First Game.
Dixie Walker and Joe Wood opposed
each other, and both were effective until
the third in the Nationals half Of this
round, aftet Mcbride had gone, Ainsmith
doubled. Walker famed, and when
Shanks crashed to right for a single, Ain
smith counted. Boston came back in
their half Of the third and pounded Dixie
all over the lot, a base on balls, three
singles, and a home run producing six
taIlies.
The Nationals showed their teeth in
the fourth by bombarding Mr.. Wood for
keeps, safe drives by Milan, Walker, and
Ainsmith, and a tumble by Yerkes netted
three tallies, placing the figures 4 TO s
in favor Of the home team. Walker got
OF to 3 start in the Red Sox's fourth,
and after one run had been scored he
gave way to Steve White. The last
named was little better, and when the
Chapter closed Boston had amassed four
runs. Cashion relieved White in the
Boston fifth, but Jay Carl was also in
effective. His wildness and a couple of
timely hits gave Boston three runs.
StahTs team added another in the sixth,
three in the seventh, and four in the
eighth.
Joe Wood was touched up lively in the
sixth, three hits in a row producing two
runs, and the same amount of club
swinging added a couple more in the
ninth, but Boston had collected twenty
one points, and the Nationals eight only
made the score assume something better
than a horrible one-sided encounter.
The Score.