The Washington herald., 1913-08-08

the story, but fails to explain why
our boys only collected three hits
off the delivery of Eddie Cicotte
in SIX innings.
The game was another long drawn out
affair Joe Engel started in the box Tor
the Griffmen and was taken out IN the
third. Harry Harper, the Hackensack
ihurler worried along until the nInth.
gathering for himself lot OF valuable
experience. but sending shivers up ana
down the spines of the faithful in stands
and bleacher.
No box score these days seems to be
complete without the name Of Bert
GaIlia, so the Texan pitched the Sox
ninth and blanked them, one, two, three.
Harper's exhibition was not inspiring or
impressive The kid south-paw was I'M
steady, and his support ragged, but in
spite of this he looked the part OF
diamond in the rough with a lot of polish
ing needed to smooth of the corners
The Climbers played lot of poor base
ball afield, and in only one inning at the
bat was there enough hitting to make the
fans wake IN and take notice.
Fournier Some Clouter.
Fourier with homer. triple. and
single, and Harry Lord with 2 trio of
safe swats represented half the White
Sox hits Chick Gandil. unable to dam
age Cicotte's benders to any extent,
came through with a couple OF blows
while Butcher Boy Benz toed the slab.
Callahan decided that an eight-run lead
was safe enough and saved Cicotte by
substituting Benz. The first named is al
ways effective against Connie Mack's
Athletics. and he will pitch against that
team probably on Saturday.
After banking the White Sox in the
opener Joe Engel gave Jacques Fourier
one to his liking, and the Frenchman
walloped the ball over the right field
fence for a home run. This blow came
in the second. after two had gone.
The third Chicago inning was a night
mare. The first six men up faced Engel
and everybody got on the bases except
ChappeII, who sacrificed. Then il was
Harper's turn. and the Hackensack boy
grabbed the reins at a critical stage-one
man out and the bases loaded. 1t is not
TO be wondered at that he suffered from
nervousness. He issued pass, forcing in
a run. and made wild pitch; then came
an error by Foster. Five hostile runs
resulted while Engel and Harper were
on the slab during this inning, and the
ball game was settled right here.
Two More for Sox.
The Sox added a couple more tallies
in the fifth by the aid of three singles
and the muff of a fly ball by Ainsmith
after the catcher had chased out to the
pitchers box after the ball. In the sew
enth two more runs swelled the Chicago
total on triples by Fourier and Weaver
and fielder's choice. Errors by Harper
and Gandil added another Sox marker in
the eighth.
The Nationals were helpless before
Cicotte but choked four runs out of Benz
in the eighth through the medium CT an
error and five perfectly good hits, Noel
Ter. Foster. Milan, Morgan. and Cashion
contributing the ammunition in the
shape of swats.
Harper handed out about everything a
pitcher shouldn't during the short time
he was on the mound, showing gener-
Gus disposition by contributing in addi-
ton to couple of passes a wild pitch and
a balk.
The Sox are charged with only one
error. a bad throw by RAIDER in the
eighth on Laporte's grounder. RAIDER re-
lieved Harry Lord at the hot corner dur
ing the seventh inning.