Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-29
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Nick does a shadow boxing act that
is peach. He fights an ina ginary
opponent. who lands on him repeatedly,
and finally puts him down. Nick staggers
to his feet and is put down again. and
the way he falls is a scream.
Scha efer. of course, comes into the
play. for he throws up the sponge when
Nick is laid low. and then assists him
to his corner. The turn made such A
hit yesterday that the crowd insisted on
another, which was presented during the
intermission between the two games.
for several days as a result of his old
trouble-the dislocated shoulder. Yester-
day Moeller threw the shoulder out of
joint in making the plaT which saved the
second game. With two on and two out
Griggs hit a long fly to right. Moeller
backed up against the wall and then had
to stretch far as he could to make
the catch 1t was in stretching that he
threw his shoulder out and was forced to
quit the game.
The loss of Moeller to the team at this
time would be hard blow. He is play
ing the best ball of his career right now,
and there is no one to take his place ex
cepting Walker, and he does not fill the
bill by any means.
Fortunately the Nationals have cou-
pie of off days. and these may prove suf-
ficient to get Moeller back in shape.
The difference between the speed of the
Maps and Nationals is the percentage
the latter has on the former team. The
Maps made five attempts to steal second,
on Grffith's pitchers during the two dou-
ble-headers and did not get away with
one Of them Their efforts to take extra
bases too. were futile, while the Ma
tionals ran rings around them and stole
nearly every time that 1t was necessary
to do so. Speed gives the Nationals a
great advantage over number of their
rivals. and yet this does not show for
chilly in the averages.
Cashion will most likely pitch the open
ing game against Detroit, and If he goes
well he is apt to pitch two games in that
series. Now that Cashion seems to have
struck his stride Griffith intends to use
him a great deal. The big fellow is
glutton for work. and when he and John
son are pitching well 1t will give the
twirlers who need a lot of rest plenty
of chance TO get it, and thus they will be
able to deliver when they are called
upon.
IT must be realized that Griffith is gath
ering a mighty formidab BILE pitching stan
under him. and next season, barring ac
cidents, of course, he ought to have one
Of the best STATS in the league. Every
one of his promising pitchers Is a young
a year. Johnson Cashion. Vaughn. En-
gel and Musser are young men and good
for a number Of years yet. It Is the fact
that the pitchers are going well that
makes the prospects for another good
trip look bright. for the team gives every
indication of doing its share Of the hit
ting.
There is no doubt that when Griffith
secured Alva Williams he got a much
better man for his team than Char
ley Street ever was. Not only is
Williams a capable catcher but he has
al ho RI nj hoin0 a mighty dan
gerous hitter. He is cutting figure with
his bat in every game he gets into. and
his three base hit yesterday in the fourth
inning of the second game gave the Ma
tionais the run they eventually needed to
win. Now that Williams Is working reg
ularly he is catching fine ball. too. and
throwing well as any of the catcners
on the team.
Gandils tough luck in hitting followed
him through the first game, when Biz
mingham pulled down several drives that
were labeled for extra base hits, but he
and got busy. getting three hits. one Of
which was a long triple to left In the
ninth. which. however, Melted nothing,
though Gandil was the first man up In
| that inning. Neither Morgan, Williams
nor Mcbride could bring him In
/ Just why II is that Milan does not hit
| up to his form at home Is not explained.
| but 1t Is a fact nevertheless Now that
| he is on the road he Is hitting like fiend,
| and IL he keeps up the present clip he will
| be crawling up among the leaders before
| the season Is much older.
Timely hitting against Gregg. backed
| up by splendid pitching by Johnson. al
| lowed the Nationals to win the first game
rather easily. though the lead was never
| SO long that rally by the Maps would
not have changed the result.
| The visitors got busy with Gregg right
/ from the start. Moeller opened with a
| double to right and Foster hit safely
Milan laid down safe bunt on which
Moeller scored. but Foster tried to score
on Gandils short fly to center and was
doubled up at the plate. Morgan could
not get 1t safe. either. Another run came
| in the third, when. with two out, Foster
singled and Milan followed suit. sending
| Foster to third. They worked the double
steal to perfection and another tally
/ came home.
! The third run came in the sixth. when
| Turner booted on Ainsmith and Mcbride
| hit for two bases The final run for the
| Nationals was brought home in the
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