Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-22


forging to the front. scoring in the
seventh and eighth. and having what ap-
peared to be very comfortable lead
when the final inning rolled around. But
Frank Laportes fielding is nothing
short of marvellous. He is playing as
good a game at third base as any man
several stops yesterday which won him
the applause of the much prejudiced
Cleveland crowd, and any time that 1t is
given a visiting player he has reaiiy
accomplished something. Laporte is grad
ually getting into his batting stride. too.
and, though he did not get a hit yester-
day. he met the hall fairly every time
but once.
1t did not take Gandil long to get to
hitting again and he contributed three
singles yesterday. all clean-cut nara
drives. none of which. however. had any
thing to do with the run-scoring.
The Cleveland players have the knack-
of pulling the ball into right field. which
is very short, down to nicely Inere
against the right field wall yester-
day, and this helped considerably to
score on Groom. The Maps always have
at least four left-handed hitters In the
right, and in the series with the Ma
| tionals rave been rather successful In
this respect
Howard shanks deserves lot of credit
for the victory. 1t was his double IN
the seventh which made 1t possible FOR
the Nationals to tie the score and his sin,
gle in the ninth preceded Williams
home rum which tied 1t up once
! more Shanks is a much improved bat
ter over what he was, and when the tune
comes for him to get his share OF luck
he is sure to have a much higher bat
ting average
Nick Altrock, for some unaccountable
reason, has not yet been made eligible
to appear in uniform during ball game
Ban Johnson has not lifted the pan,
though Griffith wired him that he had
accepted Altrock's terms and later that
he had signed him to a new contract,
which has been mailed to American
League headquarters. 1t seems shame
ing living in base ball, a game which
he served all his life.
Kahler appears to be an improved
pitcher. for the reason that he has bet
ter control now than he has ever had
before. He did appear to weaken
trifle during the closing innings OF the
game and was finally taken out In the
Gregg was substituted He. however,
failed to hold the Nationals In check
and contributed to their runs by a mis-
cradle throw to second base of Gan
dis bunt. which proved costly.
There was a chance for runs in the
first and second innings, when the Ma
tionals had two men left in each round.
sary hit He was almost alright dur
ing the following four innings. but
showed signs of slipping in the
seventh. when Shanks' double and
Henry's long triple gave the Nationals
the run they needed to tie it up. It
was splendid move on the part of
Griffith to take Groom out with Carisch
on second and Johnston up. Johnston
had one hit off Groom already, but he
is a left-handed hitter and Griffith
feared that he might pull Groom's de-
livery into that short right field and
cause trouble. So he called in Walter
whose speed left-hander seldom
pulls. and Johnston popped up to- short
Graney. the first man to face Groom
in the ninth, doubled over first base, and
matters looked rather squally. But Nor
gan came to the rescue with a brilliant
play when he picked up Carisch's ground
er, and got the ball to Laporte in time to
nail Graney. There was an awful howl
over the decision, but. of course 1t stood
kahler then sacrificed. and put Carisch
on second. and 1t was at this stage that
Griffith put Walter Johnson on the rubber.
A splendid double play robbed the Maps
of any chances they might have had in
the tenth Chapman started the inning
with hit over first, but Olson hit sharp
~ to Laporte. who threw to Schaefer.
covering second, and the Dutchman made
a quick throw to first, which was high,
but which Gandil pulled down with one
hand. The game was ended when john
son struck out Turner.
Milan has averaged a stolen base in
every game here. Yesterday he did not
get one until late, stealing second after
opening the tenth inning with clean
drive to left. 1t was after Milan singled
that Kahler was taken out and Gregg
substituted, and he stole while Gregg, a
lefthander, was trying to keep him from
getting lead off first base.
While both sides had occasional chances
for runs during the first four innings,
neither scored. Joe jackson ripped out a
. triple in the fourth after two were out,
but Ryan died at first. SO the drive
amounted to little. But in the fifth the
ice was broken. Graney hit for two
bases to right. and after Carisch had
forced him at third, play on which he
himself reached second. Kahler got his
first hit in many moons and scored
Carisch. 1t was not until the seventh
that the Nationals tied this lead. Then
Shanks doubled to left and came home
when Henry tripled over Graney's head.
In the last half Of this inning the Maps
again took the lead, scoring a run on
Ryan's double against the right field
wall and Graney's single. They dupli-
Gated this performance in the eighth.
when Johnston hit safely and stole. and
was brought home by hits by Turner and
Jackson. This lead was held until the
ninth. when the Nationals tied it up.
Schaefer, the first man up, lined to
Graney, but Shanks hit clearly to center.
Then came the terrific wallop of Alva
Williams for a home run, and matters
were easy.
Then in the tenth the game was cinch-
ed. Milan hit safely and Kahler was
taken out. Milan stole second and scored
when Morgan singled. Gandil sacrificed
and Gregg threw wide to catch Morgan
at second, Morgan going to third and
Gandil to second. Schaefer's long sacrifice
fly allowed Morgan to score, and this lead
Of two runs proved sufficient to win the
game, for Johnson saw to it that the Maps