Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-04

would have been circuit drives but for
the short left field which 'hemmed the
ball in and gave him but two bases.
Earlier in the game Collins was quite
puzzle to Gandil, as he was for the 9TH
ers, but he finally solved his delivery
and then punished it severely
Behind johnson there was nothing that
resembled 4 miSplay. For some unac-
countab BILE reason the team is always on
edge when johnson is pitching and it was
particularly 50 yesterday because it did not
take the team long To realize that Collins
was not to he an easy mark, and they
hustled as they seldom do Brilliant was
the work of Grifiith's infield Foster, Me
Bride. Morgan and Gandi played $
good a game OF ball as has ever been
seen anywhere. All sorts Of stops We're
made and not the slightest point Of play
overlooked
Carelessness on the bases, perhaps, cost
the Nationals a run early in the game.
Morgan lit safely IN the fifth, and fool
shly tried TO reach second base on the
drive. He made il close play, but was
thrown out. Moe-ier Numbered in the
sixth when with two out he got life on
Gardeners error He stole second and
while the fourth ball was being pitched
to Foster. he strayed off second; a quick
throw from Carrisan TO Gardner caught
him off the bag. But for this biunder
there would have been two on the bases
III this inning, With Milan up.
Griffith will pitch Groom and ierhaps
Hughes in New York today Boehling is to
go Saturday and the chances are thatJohn-
son will be pitched back on Monday.
There is a chance Of Harry Harper being
sent into one OF the games. In practice
this youngster is showing remarkable
Improvement. He seems to prosper with
the daily workouts he is getting and is
showing much more speed and better
curves than he did in the early game he
worked at home. Griffith is confident that
Harper has the making of u good left
handed pitcher.
1t is doubtful if there has been time
in the history OF base ball in Boston when
the fans here have taken so little interest
in the game. The crowds here, which
used to be enormous. have greatly
shrunken of late and now the average
attendance is not over 800 per day
Somehow or other the public is not Civ
ing the team the support il used to. The
management is not popular nor is the
team. 1t is rumored that this is to be
Jake Stahls last season here. He will
retire at the end of the calnpalg n. and it
is also said that Jimmy McAleer is think
ing seriously OF turning the management
OF the team over to Fill carIfgan. the
teams capa BILE veteran catcher.
Umpire McCireevey made several close
decisions against the Nationals. One of
these was when he called Gandil out for
having left second base for third before
Speaker had caught Shanks' fly. This
decision brought forth a strenuous pro-
est from Manager Griffith. as a result of
which he was chased OF the field. lie
hcsitated some time about going, and it
is not unlikely that he viii be suspended
for u few days for his delay.
Shanks and Lewis played a remark
able game In left field. Shanks made one
catch which brought him applause, he
ran in after Ierkes foul fly in the open
ing inning and caught it off the fence
Shortly after that he raced far over into
left center and pulled one down from
Engle's bat which seemed labeled for a
three base hit
AS is usually the case when two pitch
erS are battling. there We're number oi
line drives caught which, if they mad got
away, would have ended the game much
earlier.
With Collins on third in the third
inning, Hooper drove u liner To right
which had home run marks all over it,
But il was right at Moeller. and amount
ed to Il put-out- Milan robbed Hooper
of long hit BY q similar catch in the
opening round. aud there We're several
other such instances In the fourteenth
with Johnson ON second Foster met one
souarely. and il Went on a line, to center
f.id. bat Speaker did not have to move
an inch 10 capture 1t.
Inst why it is that the Nationals do
NOT hit Ray Collins is one OF the mys-
.aries Of base ball Other clubs have
hon pounding him. and Vet he really
mat ne failed Ia stave off the decisive
bit az long as did Walter. Collins APP
nears to have little. He seems to have
some trouble getting the sphere as far