Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
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one of the most disastrout in the histor,
| of the White Sox. Not only did the,
lose four games on which they figured L
| strengthen their lead. but Walsh was sus
pended for five days. while Zeider wa
injured running into Gandil. Toda!
johnson undoubtedly put Fournier out O
the running for while. for he probabi,
broke his arm when 3 hit him with
fast ball in the ninth inning. Fourne
stayed on the bases during the inning
but he was pale with pain and it seems
to be the general opinion that johnson
broke his arm.
Most remarkable is the showing of tn.
Nationals as hitters and run-getters OF
the present trip. In the seventeen game:
which have been played since the team
left home an average of nearly sever
runs per game has been made. Pitcher:
of all kinds and descriptions have beer
up against the Nationals and with one
or two exceptions every one of them ha:
been numerically pounded. 1t used t.
be that the Washington team was one o.
the weakest hitting aggregations in tin,
country. yet today it is on a fair way t.
establish a record for hitting and run
getting.
The team is now within hailing distanc,
of the leaders. 1t has but few stride:
to make to overhaul them. and while i
may seem strage to make any claims fol
a Washington team so far as leading tn,
race at this season of the year is con
cerned. it is by means unlikely tina
Washington will be at the head of tn,
procession when the team reaches HON,
in about two weeks.
No team is playing better ball than
this one. There does not appear tC
be a single thing lacking now that
the pitchers are coming through with
the kind OF work that wins, and ii
anything there is a constant improve
ment noticeable in the general play
ing of the team.
In one thing the team is making it.
self most popular with the crowds in
other cities, and that is by the splendid
practice it puts up before the game
Griffith allows less than ten minutes
for the warm-up, but while it is or
it is fast and furious. All sorts OF
circus stops and plays are being made
and Gandil at first distinguishes him
self repeatedly with really wonder
full one-handed catches. 1t is a fac,
that the crowds want the team to con
tinue it's practice when Griffith sends
his players to the bench for it is near
ly interesting to watch them as i,
is to view the game
1 When Griffith went down in his
jeans and spent $4,000 for Chick Gan
dill he made his ball team. Gandil fits
perfectly into the combination No,
only does he plug up a hole which
has never been any too strong In a
fielding sense. but he Is Just the man
to bat behind such players as Moeller
Foster and Milan, who are constant
ly getting on the bases. for Gandil is
dangerous man with the bat. He is
apt to clean up any time. can run him
self. and displays real intelligence
when facing a pitcher.
There is no doubt about Gandils worth
to the team. He has changed to from :
certain second division aggregation to one
which is going to be hard to beat in the
pennant race. What is more, he is 8
Iyoung man and will be of value for many
years. That, in fact. is the beauty OF
Grifhth's team-it is made UP of kids, al
OF whom have many years of usefulness
| before them, and every one of whom Is
sure to play better ball in the future thar
he has in the past.
Should 1T come to pass that the Ma.
tlonals should climb high enough to be
real contenders in the race, Walter John.
son Is to have strenuous season of ii
Johnson will be worked to the limit II
| TINS ever comes about, and no one is bet
ter fitted or more willing to do it than he
ne Just aches to get into the games
which other twirlers are working in when
| they get into a mess. Griffith never has
| TO ask him to warm up, but he takes his
glove and starts to pitch to some catcher
OF his own volition. There exists a SPLEEN
did spirit on this Washington team Crit
fifth has his players interested, they have
confidence in themselves and they are
| playing really wonderful ball as their
record on their present trip plainly shows
Gandil for reasons best known to him
does not have many friends on the Chi
cago team, and nothing has pleased him
more than the winning of the games, for
which ne has been more or less respon-
sinle. Today he played another perfect
game at hrst and added a triple and a
single to his batting average His triple
| came in the fifth, when he was the first
man up, yet he failed to score. though he
could had the run been necessary.
Had Walter Johnson gone at full speed
from start to finish today he would have
established new strike-out record. AS
| IT was. he famed snine of the Sox, and he
was only toying with them. at that Wal
ter Is a great believer in saving his arm.
and after he got a good lead he actually
pitched nothing but slow balls for several
innings. and yet the locals could not hit
him TO any extent.
! This saving of his arm is annoying to
some folks, who want to see him NOV
down opposing batsmen in scythelike
| iashion, but It is wise play for Wal
| ter Tor 1t undoubtedly takes lot OF
strain OH ms arm, which he hopes to
| keep In working order for many years
| to come
Report had it here today that Comiskey
intended to trade Ed Walsh and Rolia
| Zeider to New York for Ford and Chase.
but it is perhaps needless to say that
| there is no chance for such a deal being
pulled Off. Comiskey denied even having
given such deal thought and he de-
| cared TO-DAY that there was not the
snshtest chance of his parting with Ed
walsh so long as he can pitch
| The White Sox seem to have shot
their bolt. The team does not look any,
| thing like it did when it beat the Ma
| tionalS four straight in Washington
! ana Callahan's pitching staff is in a mis-
| cradle condition Boston comes here next
and 1t matters not how the series goes
the Nationals are sure to be benefited. as
| Doth teams are leading them in the race
| but unless the Sox take a sudden and I'M
| expected brace, there is little hone for
| them to hold the lead much longer for
| the team is going poorly in every respect
and 1t is doubtful if Callahan will be
able to pull it together again
| Ray Morgan continues to prove himself
| one OF the best hitters in Criffith's line
/ up. All pitchers seem to look alike to
| him and he is hitting the ball hard and
| tinlelF- mere is not a chance for him
TO be taken off second base, for his
hltting Is or great help to the team.
| Jack Knight in the meantime is be-
ing practiced at short field so that he
| can take McBr!de'S place in the event
| that something should happen Griffith
is Well fortified with utility men. He
| has knight. Schaefer and Clarence Wal
| ker to draw on and any of them can
| hold down position in either the in on.
out field satisfactorily. What Grif1ith is
trying to do is to get couple of more
| seasoned pitchers of the Petty Lake
| Knapp variety. so he can call on one of
these If his pitchers should start to slump.
and one can never tell when that may
| happen.