The Washington herald., 1913-06-22
HERE
FOR SIX GAMES
in FOUR DAYS
Nationals Forced to Meet the
Leaders, Starting Wednes-
day, with Double-header.
CAPT. Mcbride IS INJURED
Climbers Great Shortstop Forced to
Warm Bench, Owing to Strained
Side-0ther Comment.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

Six games in four days during
the present week with Connie
Mack's Philadelphia Athletics is
the delightful menu spread before
Manager Griffith and his young
Climbers.
Monday and Tuesday New York
appears in the Concrete Coliseum,
and on Wednesday the White Ele-
plants probably will pack the ball
park.
Counting the New York games
and the two double headers against
the Mackmen with the single con-
tests Friday and Saturday, the
Climbers will be forced TO play
eight games in six days, and Man.
ager Griffith will draw one big,
long-drawn-out sigh of relief when
this weeks work is over, especially
if the mercury insists upon going
up.
As events the past week revealed, the
Climbers now have Boston to contend
with in the pennant chase. The Red
Sox have just started to come and are
coming with a rush. The Stahl gang has
already vanquished the Athletics twice
in succession in the Quaker City.
The terrific pace cut out for the Ma
tionals this week will show the real stun
of which Griff's young athletes are made.
And if the Climbers are to start on the
long out-of-town trip next week in the
first division, the club will have to show
more consistent form than displayed in
The Capital the past week, when out of
eight games played here only four were
won.
Capt. George Mcbride is suffering from
a strained ligament in his left side, the
result of an accident during the game in
Cleveland last Sunday.
Realizing that his absence from the
lineup would weaken the team. Nc
Bride PLAYED all the week until the sec
md game of Fridays double-header
against New York, when he suddenly
.aved in and had to retire.
Capt. McBride's injury is not serious.
Manager Griffith stated last night that
he proposed to give Mcbride a rest until
Wednesday, and hoped that by then
George would be in shape to play.
Should anything happen to Mcbride
at this stage of the race what chances
the Nationals entertain of winning the
pennant would quickly fade.
The value of George Mcbride to the
Washington club is only apparent when
the veteran is not in the lineup
The idea OF a country place for the
Washington ball players in order to es-
cape the intense heat of the Capital is
not a new one. The plan was talked
of last year, but abandoned, many OF
the players themselves being unwilling
TO go out into the country for the pur-
pose of spending the nights. ...
This country home scheme reads well
on paper, but it is doubtful IL the thing
will ever materialize. Members OF the
Washington club who are married would
not care to live in big house with lot
of young ball players, and the youngsters
prefe: TO stay in town. so there you are.
Howard Shanks had good day at the
bat during the second game of the double
sketch against the Yanks yesterday aft
ernoon. out of four times up Howard
connected for a double and two singles,
driving in with his trusty war club four
of the Nationals six runs and scoring
one run himself when he paved the way
with a clean single in the fourth.
Shanks had eight chances during the
two games and made one error, dropping
HartzeIrs line drive in the fourth, per-
fectly excusable under conditions.
Young Mr.. Shanks is rapidly becoming
one of the best little outfielders in the
American League.
Southpaw Clark, who worked the sew
enth and eighth innings Of the second
game Yesterday, is said TO possess more
stun than any youngster who has broken
into the big show in recent years. Wild |
ness is Clark's one fault, failing pecu-
liar to several of washington's young |
slabmen.
Carl Cashion is working out every day
at the ball park, and hopes to be able 30 |
take his turn in the box in couple OF
weeks.
The return of Eddie Foster, who, by
the way, seems to be slowly regaining
his last seasons form, was big boost
to the Nationals last week. If the mid
get can only stand the gam during the
present hot spell. everything will be
lovely.
Doubie-headers with the Athletics here
Wednesday and Thursday were made
by the postponement Of the Sc
ries scheduled for Washington last April.
when. Il will be remembered, both teams
were kept idle for three days owing to
rain. One of these postponed games was
played of here June ?.
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