Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-06
GRIFFITH FIGURES ON THREE
OUT OF FOUR FROM CHICAGO
Nationals Are Playing Strong "lnside" Ball,
and Astonish the Windy City "Fans"
by Outguessing the White Sox.

he is in gooo form 1t is under trying
conditions that Hughes is always at his
best When the other fellows are In
danger of scoring he usually manages to
fool them, and it is this fact which makes
him a great pitcher.
Griffith took no chance of having the
game taken from him once his team had
a lead. and had Hughes shown the slight
est indication to falter Walter johnson
Griff had him warming up every inning
after the fifth. But Hughes did not need
any assistance and finished the game as
strong as he started it.
Ray Morgan continues to hit the ball
hard. Yesterday with two out in the
fourth he drove the sphere far beyond
Bodie and circled the bases before it
could be returned. Collins Of the Sox
also got a homer drive. but it was a
long hit into the left field bleachers.
Foster and Mcbride played great ball
in the field yesterday. They made all
sorts of stops, and also at critical mo-
trouble. but for their strong defense. In
the sixth. after Collins had hit for the
circuit Hughes seemed to falter for an
instant and walked Zeider but when
picked it up and with the aid of Morgan
and Gandil made double play.
AS has been the case so often of late
the Nationals found themselves with an
uphill fight on their hands when they
came up to bat in the third. but before
the inning was over they had passed the
SoX. The score stood to O at this juno
ture and there were two out before there
was any semblance of action. But
Hughes hit into right field and Moeller
promptly followed suit, Hughes going to
third and scoring when Collins throw was
wild. passed ball put Moeller on third
and Foster was walked. He stole. and
Kuhn threw poorly, Moeller scoring. Then
Lord made a poor throw Of Milan S
grounder and Foster came all the way
from first home. There were but two hits
in this inning. but fast work on the bases
made three runs possible.
Morgans home run brought another
one home in the fourth, and then came
the rally in the fifth, during which more
good base ball was displayed Hughes
also started this inning with a hit, and
again Moeller followed him with one.
The Sox looked for Foster to bunt, but
instead he caught them mapping when he
hit throgh and hit which resulted
sent Hughes home: that hit also benched
Benz. and Mogridge was brought in.
Milan's grounder to Zeider caused Noel
Ter to be caught between third and home.
but not before Foster and Milan had
moved to third and second respectively.
Gandil was fooled by Mogridge, but
Shanhs came to the rescue with hit
to center and two more runs scored.
Henry's double and Moeller's third hit
gave the Nationals their final run in the
sixth Doc White pitched thereafter, and
he was not easy. A hit by Rath, Nc
Brides error and two putOuts which
followed sacrifice, gave the SOx their
first run in the opener. They scored
again in the second on a pass to Zeider,
his steal and Kuhns hit. Hits by Rath
and Lord and Callahan's long fly. gave
them their third one in the fifth, while
Collins hit for the circuit in the sixth.
but after that Hughes refused to allow
any more scoring The score: