The Washington herald., 1913-05-08
By WILLIAM PEET.

CHICAGO I'LL, May 7.-When big Al VIII
Jams shot single over Rath's head II
the third inning today, scoring Miiar
from the midway station. the Grinmer
put over what proved to be the win
ming run, landing the first encounter ir
the wild and wooley West from chi
cago, to 2. !,
Rated as a So per cent better ball club
than last season by the majority OF To-
cal experts, the pale hosed troupe suner'
ed by comparison in today's matinee
against the Climbers. They lacked whal
is known as class"
Tom Hughes. the battle SCARED vet
cram pitched one of his famous heady
games and should not have been scored
upon Long Tom. after a good rest look
cd better than at any time this season.
The half dozen hits obtained on MS de-
livery were spread over as many innings,
and once or twice when danger threaten
ed the veteran was right on the job with
alright stuff.
Cicotte starts Game.
Jimmy Callahan, the Sox pilot, started
the game with his famous 'knuckle BALI
artist, Eddie Cicotte. who once wore
Boston uniform, but Cicotte TOOK tne
count after twirling four innings ana
LANCE. the relief moundsman, stopped
further runs giving withal good ac-
count of himself.
Hughes skillful box work retired eight
of the enemy on strikes. After the fourth
inning hut three members of the Sox sd"
the keystone sack. and that Chicago was
able to score at all was due to the strong
arm work of a couple of Hughes team
mates. who insisted upon heaving the
baU lust where il shouldn't have gone
Frank Laporte came through with
couple of dandy smashes TO-DAY, one OF
them triple George McBride also
regained his batting lamps and he too
connected for a three Dagger and a
single. Morgan's second basing and
couple of fancy catches by Bortoh, the
raugy first sacker of the Sox, completed
the features of the frolic played before
a crowd estimated at 5000. while North
Pole blasts swept Mr.. Comisky's ball
ward from lake Michigan. making II I'M
comfortable for athletes and spectators
Alike.
White Sox Score.
The White Sox lost no time in going
after runs grabbing a tally for them
selves in the very first inning. Ratn
whitfield for starter. Harry Lord
dumped a single into right. Moeller
fumbled the ball long enough for. Lord
to pull up at second. Collins gave Nc
Bride an easy grounder which the Ma
tionals' captain picked up cleanly only
TO throw the ball into the cheering sec
tion back of first base Lord came
home on the error, when the side should
have been retired on a double play
Hughes kept the foe under his horny
fist until the fourth, when more high
and lofty throwing by his pals added
another marker. Long Tom himself
was partially to blame fol- the run, as
he walked Mattick, the first bloke up.
Schaller singled to right. and on
weaver's sacrifice, Mattick and Schal-
Ter both advanced base.
In attempting to catch Schaller
while the latter had taken big lead
off second base. Ainsmith threw the
ball wild to Mcbride, and Mattlck
crossed the plate before said ball
could be recovered. Hughes put on the
screws and averted further damage.
s'Knuckles" Cicotte started out like
a world beaten, tanning Moeller and
,Afnsmith and forcing Milan to die on
an infield tap in the Nationals hrst
inning, but in the following frame
fhe Griffmen got to him and jumped
into the lead.
Griffmen Get Busy.
AL Williams started the second with
a roller. to the pitcher and was thrown
out at Srst. Laporte crashed to right,
the ball landing fair by three feet
ard selling to the corner of the lot.
This wallop was good for three bases.
Moryan's grounder to Cicotte forced
Laporte at the plate, but by fast
sprinting Ray reached second on the
out. Shanks hit a sod buster at
Weaver who threw over Borton's
head, Morgan scoring on the error.
George Mcbride tore off a smoking
triple between Mattick and Schaller
and on this smash Howard Shanks
counted.
The Climbers chalked up their initial
Western victory in the third inning by
daring base running on the part of Clyde
Milan, and Al Williams timely single