Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
7hses as Most Valuable SothpaW Leagues

ure Of his teammates to stand up be-
hind him proved a severe handicap.
But for all that he was not puzzling,
and was hit harder than the score
would show. OBrien, who followed
him, Is far from being In form. and,
incidentally. Is the target for hot shots
from the bleachers. Conditions in Chi
cago, in fact, are not all that could be
asked for from the local players
standpoint Criticism Is severe from
ager Callahan was forced to interfere
wnen Lord showed inclinations to
climb into the stand to chastise some
cruel traducer.
Boehling had the bases full in the
ninth with two men out and Lord up.
The Washington players, taking 1t for
granted that the game was won. and
having to make hurried trip to the
to catch at tba t be1nn ran to tine tine
ninth. leaving no one on the bench
but Griffith. 1t was a rather interesting
and strange sight to see Griffith sit
ting on the bench alone with the bases
full and no material on hand with
which to relieve Boehling should some
thing have happened. But Lord wiped
out the danger by sending UP an easy
fly to Morgan, which ended the game.
But for failure Of the Nationals to hold
their lead in Tuesdays game. which was
lost in the ninth, they would have made
clean sweep in Chicago and incident
ally had much more remarkable record
on their western; trip. There does not
need be feared. None OF them, barring.
perhaps, Cleveland which has the best
team in this section, need be feared on
the form has shown of late. and the
Sox appear to be in the worst slump Of
any Attention was called to the fact
that the Sox were badly exhausted and
had become demoralized after the Ma
tionals won their first game from them,
1t being attributed to the strain the team
labored under In playing six games IN
four days against the Athletics, and this
has been proved true. Nothing but q
fiuke allowed them to win one OF the
four games the Nationals played here.
The Nationals remain two and a half
games behind the Maps but that margin
should not be difficult to overcome IL the
Griffthites will play the kind OF ball at
home that they did on the road and the
Maps continue to show their usual weak
ness away from home. few victories
at home will place the Nationals in sec
ond place again, and. once there. the!
should not find it difficult matter to
hold that position. So far as the pen
nant is concerned, there is but a remote
chance for the Nationals. Something Will
have to happen to the Athletics to give
them q slump such as would put the
Nationals within hailing distance; but
stranger things have happened. and while
there is life there is hope. The chances
are that the improved New York team
will be much more troublesome to the
western teams than 1t was during the
last invasion, all OF which will be in
favor of the Nationals.
Neither side was able to score in the
opening inning, though each got base
hit. Milan got as far as second on his
hit and F'ournier's tumble with two out
in the first, and Rath got a hit in the
Sox half only to die trying to steal In
the second the ice was broken by the
Nationals, who scored three runs. Nor
gan led of with a double. was sacrificed
to third by Calvo. and scored when Nc
Bride hit safely to right. Henry got a
scratch hit down the third base line and
both hands moved up when Chase retired
Boehling at first. Then Chase booted
Moeller's grounder. threw badly, and the
bases were cleared, three runs coming
home. In the last half Of the inning the
Sox scored their only run. Boehlins
walked Chase to start with. and, after
Schalk had flied out to Moeller. Collins
drove a single to left which Calvo FUN
bled. and Chase came all the way
home. After that round the locals got
several men on the bases. but Boehling
saw to it that they did not score. Three
more runs for the Nationals came in the
sixth Morgan started trouble when he
walked. Calvo sacrihced splendfdly to-
ward first, and Chase made q mess OF
the play Then Mcbride hunted and
again chase fumbled, filling the bases.
He made a bad error when Boehling hit
to him. after Henry had struck out,
Morgan scoring. and then Chappelle, after
catching Moeller's fly, made q bad throw
to the plate which cleared the bases.
Hits by Boehling and Moeller and
Chappe1ies error gave the Nationals their
final run in the ninth. Though Boehling
walked three men in the ninth, none OF
them could score. The score: