Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-26
BY J. ED GRILLO.
Special Dispat ch to The Star.

make it two straight was not crowned
with success, not that he pitched poor
! ly, but he had the breaks against MN.
and, incidentally. was put in mole py
a miserable decision by Umpire Nc
| Greevy. The series between the Two
teams is now a tie. each having won
| nine games, and it remains to be seen
If Boehling can give his team the ad-
vantage today.
McGreevy's blunder came in the
] third, and paved the way for the two
runs the SoX got in this inning. Bodfe
| opened the round with hit and CHAP
| pell hunted toward third. Groom threw
| to Gandil in plenty Of time to get the
man. but McCireevy called him safe.
! There was no kick on this decision, but
a moment later Collins laid down an
other bunt and Foster tossed 1T to
/ Morgan. who was covering nrst, ana
| again McGreevy called the runner safe.
This started a vigorous protest with
! the result that Mcbride was put out OF
the game and Griffith off the field.
Griffith took his time about leaving
after looking the situation over. re-
! fused to respond, and Griffith finally
| left the field unescorted and the game
proceeded. Schalk's iAfield out allowed
Bodie to score. and when Russell MT TO
| Laporte the latter threw home too
/ late to get Collins, and the second run
came in. and then the side was retired
| after Weaver had famed, when dou-
| Bile steal was attempted
But for this inning Groom would have
| been allowed to finish, and he was
never hit hard But as it was. it was
| found necessary to use pinch hitter in
| the seventh, and Hughes then had to
/ finish, and the SoX were lucky enough
| to get couple Of more runs off him.
| The official records in Ban Johnson's
office show that Walter Johnson has
won fourteen consecutive games, not f1f-
teen, as Griffith claimed. 1t was found
| given credit for victory for his part In
the fifteen-inning tie game with st. Louis,
of which he pitched ten innings. AS
there was no decision in the game, John
/ it, But his record of fourteen straight is
| official and is not to be disputed.
I Russell was hit hard enough yesterday
f, to lose two games, yet he got away with
his. Eleven safe hits were made off him
and there were any number of other balls
! hit hard for which the Nationals got no
credit. The toughest luck came to Eos
| ter in the seventh. With the bases full
and two out he met one of Russelfs
curves squarely on the nose and liner
| toward left resulted 1t went by Lord,
| but Weaver. for some unaccountable rea-
son. was playing almost behind the third
| sacker, and he speared Fosters drive,
| though it almost knocked him down. II
! that hit had gone safe at least two runs
would have scored and the score been
! tied, and there would then have been no
/ necessity to take Groom out, as he was
most effective While ne was ON the ruD-
Der.
! The Nationals will have to make hur-
/ ried getaway after tOday's game. being
/ forced to take the train at $50 for Bos-
! ton, which will cause them to make
rush from the ball park to the depot.
Unless Boehling is ineffective he usually
| works rapidly, SO the game should not
| last long. though Benz, who is slated to
! oppose him, is slow pitcher.
| Griffith has signed McCabe, a local semi
| pro outfielder, who will join the team in
the spring. He is left-handed hitter
| and said to be very fast.
| Umpire McGreevy is one of the weakest
| members of American League staff, and
| it is understood that President johnson
/ is giving him his final trial to determine
! whether there is any chance of his i'm
| proving Hildebrand has already been
| laid off. but there is chance of his
! being back shortly instead Of McGreevy.
Hildebrand's only weakness is his size
! when behind the bat. but he is very
| competent umpire on the bases and II
he is retained he will be used exc,u-
sively for that position.
Had luck been with Eddie Foster he
sell. His first time up saw him line out
to left He singled in the third, and got
a double to right in the sixth. Then. in
the seventh with the bases full. he was
robbed of certain base hit by Weaver.
who pulled down his liner and retired
the side Foster has been hitting the ball
splendidly of late, but luck is very much
against him.
Inability to hit in the pinches made
run getting hard for the visitors. They
hit Russell hard enough to get bunch
Of runs. but they could not come through
| with the necessary drive when there We're
men on the bases. Moelier. for instance.
opened the session with a clean hit tn
right. but Fosters liner was caught by
Chappell. and Milan and Gandil proved
easy. Morgan started the second with a
! hit. was moved up by Shanks' sacrifice
only to be forced at third on AcBride's
sharp drive to Weaver
The fourth was opened with hits by
i Gandil and Morgan before a man was
: out. but Shanks, in trying to sacrifice.
q popped UP and then Laporte hit into a
= double playa rather usual occurrence
when he is up with men on the bases
e. The run the visitors secured in the sixth
d came as result of Fosters double ia
A right and Gandil's single to center There
: was but one out at the time. but when
Lord threw out Morgan Gandil tried ia
;. go from first to third and was thrown
: out on close play.
d You cant beat Schaercr when it comes
S to pinch hitting. He made good again
:. i yesterday when he was sent up to bat
: for Hughes in the ninth. Henry had sin
d gled with two out when Schaefer came
n to the plate. He promptly drove the ball
d to center for a base but Moeller who
followed, did not get a chance to hit, be-
!. cause Schaefer attempted to steal. There
II have been something like fifteen occa-
8 siOns this season when Schaefer has been
: asked to get into the game as a pinch
hitter and he has made good in Just
twelve of these times, either hitting
r safely or walking. This is a remarkable
d record and shows Schaefer to be vlua-
BILE man to have around.
knee in the eighth inning by Hughes and
, he was forced to retire after he reached
/; second, being hardly able to walk 1t is
questionable whether he will be able to
play today, and if he isn't Breton, the
z inflelder just secured from Kansas City,
will be played in his position
"Tillie" Walkers coming to the Browns
: means the going to Kansas City of ALI
son, one of the best pitchers of the
Browns good staff. There was consider
able surprise expressed that the st. Louis
club was granted waivers on SO good a
pitcher. but it seems that these waivers
were secured a month or more ago before
Allison had pitched a game for his team.
and the impression was out that he had
lost his arm. Since then. however ALI
son has pitched two victories and shawn