Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-14

worked here-Baumgardner, Mitchell and
Hamilton-had absolutely no form. They
were merely blowing the ball to the plate
and yet managed TO hold the Nationals
in check If they were pitching high
class ball there might bee some excuse
fer the slump. but as none OF them Is
| i'm any kind of form and would ordinarily
| be slaughtered. it makes 1t pain that the
Nationals are in a bad way. indeed. when
it comes TO hitting.
Horace Milan, brother of Clyde, who
has been playing with Norfolk In the
| Virginia League. arrived here last night.
younr Milan was released by Norfolk
and As Griffith has claim on him he
will send him To some other club for
development.
When Gandil gets back in the game
there will he another change in the
Nationals batting order Morgan VIII
follow Moeller and Milan ana lneh Idn-
dill and I.aporte will follow MN. IL Is
hoped that by this change the teams run
producing proclivitfes will be restored TO
something which is absolutely necessary
After watching OI.aughln and FerSu-
son in three games here Griffith has writ
ten Ban Johnson that he ought 10 pe
very lenient with George StoVaii, VINO got
tangled up in n row with the umplTes.
The work of this pair is the worst seen
on any diamond this spring. ana me
ward them. yet Johnson has Kept them
here for nearly two weeks.
There was marked Improvement in
Gandil's foot this morning and II seems
certain now that he will be in the game
within day or so. Unless one actually
sees the game it is hard to realize how
much Gandil is missed The entire team
seems at sea without him, while the bat
ting order. though Griffith has manpu-
times.
its pivot. 1T was never more plainly IL
Illustrated how it is possible for single
player to make a ball team during the
present period. Gandl made the team
when he joined it last May. and it has
been back in its old rut ever since he
was forced on the hospital list.
For some unaccountable reason both
McAleer and Griffith have harbored the
opinion that Eddie Ainsmitlr will
eventually make great hitter and yet
Eddie has never delivered. In the first
few games this spring he did fairly well
with the stick. but since then base hits
for him have been scarcer than
hens teeth. and he comes very near to
having established a record for striking
out with men on the bases. Yesterday he
he performed as usual. still he Is bat
ting in sixth place. where he is apt to
come up at most any time when the
pinch is close. Ainsmith should be given
a chance to practice batting as close to
the bottom of the list as possible before
he Is put in a position where Trims are
expected of him.
Believing that the present batting
slump is the result of a lack Of morning
practice. Griffith had his charges at the
ball park at l o'clock yesterday, and had
couple of pitchers work on them for
nearly two hours, i'm the hope of finding
their batting eve. but all to no avail. for
the weak stickwOrk continued during the
game. OF course, one practice proved
nothing, and orders have already been
issued for all hands to be out early today.
About the only surprise that the game
furnished was the fact that the Nationals
were able to lose by a close score. after
being beaten to the tune of : to o at
one stage Of the struggle yesterday.
Weak boxwork gave the Browns an APP
parent cake walk, and yet before the
thrown into Them and barely sneaked
out of 1t with one-run lead.
1t was. of course. the failure of Cash
ION to control the pesky sphere in the
second inning. He seemed to have every
thing in the opening round, but went
skyward In the second, and the Browns
secured their commanding lead. But
forged to the front again, only to be tied
again, but the run they secured in the
seventh proved sufficient to decide the
day.
Gallia got out OF many tight places.
His first inning was perfect but three
men facing him. but in the fifth he be-
gan to wabDle after one was out. three
singles following each other in rapid sue
cession. but only one run scored for
Gallia managed to throw one man out at
the plate. Even in the seventh he was
lucky that he was not smothered. and
yet 1t was unlucky that he was scored
on. A single and a double started mat
ters and then he walked man. filing
the bases. but runner died at the plate
and double steal resulted in a rum
Here are how the runs were made In
the second inning Cashion walked Pratt.
Brief was out Austin and Walsh walked
and then Agnew hit for three bases. scor-
ing three runs. He scored on a put out
a little later.
In the very next inning Engel walked
two and then allowed Austin to hit a
double. which scored a run. Another
came in the fifth off Gallia on hits by
Williams, Pratt and Brief. together with
a double steal. And in the seventh Will
liams' single and Pratts double. fol-
lowed by base on balls. filled the bases.
Austin forced Pratt at the plate on his
grounder to Mcbride, and Wallace was
sent to bat for Walsh. He sent a slow
roller down the first base line which
6aila cOuld not handle, and a run
scored. but Gallia struck out the next
two batters and prevented further trouble
The Nationals rally came in the fourth,
which Schaefer opened with a hit. Milan
too. hit safe- and then Williams dropped
Iaporte's long fly. filling the bases. Nor
gan walked. forcing Schaefer home, and
then Ainsmith struck out. Shanks of
fered an easy fly for Brief. but Mcbride
walked, forcing Milan home. Williams,
batting for Engel. hit safely to right and
four runs were over the plate. Williams
and Mcbride fooled Hamilton into throw
ing to first and Mcbride ran home with
the tying run.
In the sixth Morgan's single and an
other by Shanhs, which sent Morgan to
third, paved the way for another run
Morgan scoring. while Mcbride was be-
ing thrown out at first. Score:
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