Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-05
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working these days most anything may
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working these days most anything may
| be expected.
Cleveland did not play game all last
week barring the double header with
Philadelphia Saturday. Gregg and Steen.
the two most successful pitchers on the
| Maps staff, however, were not used
| against the Athletics though both had
had five days rest. and instead KahIer
and Baskette were handed to Macks men.
and of course both lost. Gregg and
and though they were defeated. it was
not the intention that this should hap
pen. Ball players point to this manipu-
lation Of the Cleveland pitchers as an
/ help aut Connie Mack, and the day Is
dreaded when, IL the Athletics need three
! or four games 10 swing into the lead, the
| schedule should bring abut a series Win
the Maps.
The first two times that Gandil faced
| Walsh yesterday he seemed to have
| fallen deeper into his batting slump, for
| he famed on one occasion and offered an
/ easy chance on another But in the
eighth he started the rally which event
| ually won the game for his team. hitting
| the first ball pitched for a triple to right
| center. That blow took lot of the
steam out OF Walsh. and Morgan followed
! with a scratch hit to left. which tied the
| score. Then Ainsmith hunted and Lord
threw wild to first. sending Morgan to
| third, Ainsmith taking second. 1t was at
that stage that Mcbride hit safely to
| center and drove in both runners.
( Manager Griffith protested against the
| first strike called on Morgan in the
eighth. when Gandil was on third and
| Umpire O'Brien put him off the field.
| The ball hit in front. of the plate, and
the umpire's error In calling it strike
| was so pain that even the partisan
crowd Kissed. but Griffith had to go, new
| erthelesS.
! Walsh struck out nine men in the first
| seven innings and allowed but one hit
and did not walk a man during the game,
but in the final two rounds he was hit
| safely six times. Hughes struck out eight
while he was an the rubber. and Johnson
| famed two during the one inning that he
pitched.
Johnson warmed up just as soon as the
Nationals tied the score in the eighth,
and when he was called upon in the ninth
| to stem the tide he was ready to deliver.
| He struck out Weaver. the first man to
face him on three pitched balls. Kuhn
| hit the first ball pitched for fly to left
| and then johnson struck out Walsh on
| four pitched balls, ending the game.
! Rather careless base running lost the
Nationals a chance to score several more
| runs in the ninth. Milan hit safely with
one out and Gandl followed suit. Then
| Morgan hit a slow bounder to Lord, whic,
the latter could not make play on. but
he turned in time to catch Milan over
running third. Milan was run down. and
after he had been tagged. Kuhn threw to
| second to stop Morgan from reaching
there. Gandil. seeing the throw to second.
started for the plate, and he, too, was
1 nailed, retiring the side, so that three
successive base hits failed to net a run
| and were turned into a double play.
/ Hughes got out of tight hole in the
/ fifth. After he had retired Bodie. Weaver
hit a slow bounder down toward third.
which Foster threw far over Gandils
head. and Weaver went to second. Then
! Hughes walked Kuhn and when Ain
smith threw wild, in an effort to catch
J Weaver mapping off of third, both men
! moved up. Hughes. however, famed
| Walsh. and Gandil fielded Raths ground
er to Hughes. covering first, in time to
retire the side.
Callahan. the first man to face Hughes
in the ninth. was walked. Mcintyre. who
had previously taken Bodies place In
right field, hit into that territory for a
base, and Callahan went to third With
a man third and first Hughes was
taken out and johnson brought in. He
struck out Weaver before he had time
to get settled. Then Kuhn hit fly tC
Shanks. on which Callahan scored Mat.
tick was then substituted for Mcintyre
and he stole second. but johnson struck
out Walsh and ended the game.
In seven innings only twenty-one mer
faced Walsh. The one hit made off OF
him In the sixth was double by Hughes
but he was caught trying to steal third
after two hands were out. and that KEEP,
Walsh's record clean. Not having worked
for many days affected Hughes control
and he walked seven Of the Sox. and this
made 1t necessary for him to pitch his
best ball in the pinches to prevent scor.
ing. so that while he. too. allowed only
one hit he had the hardest game to pitch
for he had men on the bases in nearly
every round. while Walsh had but one In
seven innings and therefore could afford
to take many more chances.
Having Walter johnson ready to relieve
one OF the other pitchers is OF great helI
to the team. The moral effect on sending
johnson out to warm UP when one of the
other pitchers happens to be going poorly
cannot be estimated. IT has smother
ing effect on the opposing batsmen wher
they realize that another base hit means
the coming in of Johnson. and they usual
~ give up under such conditions.
on Griff1th's staff. AS a result Of being
spiked by Cobb the other day when the
Detroit star tried to steal home, Williams
is hardly able to catch, his right hand
being badly lacerated and sore. Williams
might be able to go behind the bat in &
pinch, but 1t Is questionable whether hi
could do himself justice. So long as moth
ing happens to Ainsmith he will he able
to do all the catching. but of course there
is never any. telling when a catcher may
be hurt. and Griffith is worried. He wired
John Henry at his home at Amherst this
morning inquiring as to his condition, anC
If Henry is fit to be of any service to the
team Griffith will order him to report al
| once.
One would never have suspected the
Nationals of being visiting team judged
by the antics of the spectators during
| yesterdays game whenever anything
| happened which favored them Every
hole that Hughes got out of, the crowd
cheered. and when. in the eighth in
ming, the Nationals rallied and scored
| the runs which won the game the crowd
| went frantic. 1t was just like playing al
home As a rule South Side fans are
| very loyal to the White Sox. but now
| that Comiskey's team is out Of the run.
\ ming the fans seem to have transferred
\ their affections to Griffith's team, and
1t is not exaggeraung to say that u
per cent of the crowd yesterday pulled
\ for Washington to win. and when this
i came about there was as much joy eX.
\ pressed as If the home team had won q
\ close game.
When with one out and a man on third
and first. Kuhn hit fly to Shanks. that
youngster showed his knowledge of the
game by making effort to prevent
l Hal hut