Evening star., 1912-06-13

| he has always pitched his best ball
| against the Maps. Griffith is believed to
have paid $500 for Peltys release, and
yet the investment is good one. Jen-
nings handed over $1,000 for Lake. and, in
speaking of deals yesterday, he said: 1T
is better to take chance with a sea-
soned pitcher at those prices than to
spend lot of money experimenting with
lot of seasoning Petty may make a
great pitcher for Griffith. and he was wise
In taking the chance, for now that his
team is going we'll, a pitcher who knows
the game is invaluable to him"
Ray Morgan is one of the most dam
gerous hitters on Griffith's team. He is
far from being a finished ball player for
he lacks experience, but he comes
through with timely hits, and that counts
for much. To date no pitcher, regardless
of ability. has been able to fool Morgan
to any great extent. and what is best of
his work lies in the fact that any time
he is up at the plate he is apt to clean
up. for he hits the ball hard.
No one must expect to see finished
second baseman in Morgan, and yet he
plays the position we'll. but by the time
the season is a month older Griffith r-nl
have him playing the bag as well as any
one.
The Nationals have not changed In any
one respect as mucn as In the display
OF daring. They take all kinds of
chances on the bases, and it is this
which makes them look much more
formidable than any of their rivals,
barring. perhaps. the Athletics. More
hits which ordinarily would be singles
trip than in the ten last seasons.
Most of the time they are catching
opposing fielders by surprise and at
the same time they are on the alert
hall I, .%@ A-x t.
field are returned with a quickness
that is pleasing, and 1t is not an easy
matter for an opposing team to take
extra bases on them.
John Henry believes that Cashion has
several innings Tuesday. and he was
surprised with the stuff that the
young giant displayed. Il had the
hardest time Imaginable getting the
ball which Cashion pitched to strike
the center of my mitt They took all
sorts of funny shoots, and l don't see
how any one can hit him from this
out. for he appears to have the con-
troll which he has been lacking" said
he.
There was never any doubt as to the
outcome of yesterdays game. the thir-
teenth straight which the Nationals have
won on this trip, though the Tigers
quite time. Covington may be given
credit for pitching a fair game of ball.
but for all that he was lucky. His bacon
was saved in the second inning, when
Cobb made one of the most remarkable
catches ever 5een on a ball field. which
nipDed a rally in the bud and incidentally
robbed Mcbride of three-base hit. Nor
gan had singled In fact. he should
have had a double but in turning first
he missed the bag and had to return to
IL nd hot g.
Mcbride who followed him, crashed the
first ball pitched to right center. Cobb
was playing a trif1e toward left, but he
cut across the field at lightning speed
the ball when stretched out on the
ground II is needless to say that he
easily doubled Morgan, who naturally did
not think there was chance to make
the CATCH
The honesty of base ball can never be
questioned. and yet 1t should always be
remembered that ball players are huma n
and they naturally have their likes and
dislikes. In this connection 1t might be
said that the present winning streak or
the Nationals is decidedly popular with
the players of other teams. Washington
has been a tailender so long that the
players are actually pulling for them to
win. This does not mean that they are
showing them any favors or not putting
up the best game they know how, but,
after ALL they are not worrying when
Griffith's team is winning. There are a
lot of players on the Washington team
who are decidedly popular with members
of other teams because of their actions
in former campaigns, and that Is not
being forgotten now by any means. II
helps to have the good will of an OPP
posing team.
Washington was not long getting under
way Yesterday The first inning found
them with a score. and. while there was
no particular punching of hits thereafter,
there were four other innings in which a
tally crossed the plate. A walk TO MoeiIer
opened the game, but Foster failed to help
him. and Mian's out placed him on third.
from where he scored when Gandil, who
is getting to be the cleanup man, singled
10 left. In the fourth there came another
run. Milan started this one with a hit and
promptly stole second. Gandil and Shanks
went out but on Gandil's fly Milan took
| third. Morgan was hit by a pitched ball
and Onslow tried to catch Milan mapping
| off of third. but, throwing poorly. Milan
raced home. while Morgan went to third,
where he was left. In the sixth Gandil S
two-bagger and Covington's error on
Shanks' tap gave them another, while
Moeller's double and Milan's single
brought one in the seventh The final run
came in the eighth when Morgan tripled
and Ainsmith hit for two bases.
The Tigers got their only run in the
fourth when, with two out, Crawford hit
for two bases, and after Gainor walked. a
which allowed Crawford to score There
were several other occasions when the
Tigtrs threatened, but at such times