Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-10
BOEHLING NOT TO BLAME
FOR GAMES HE IS LOSING
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ly far below their usual form. Scott and
Russell have won their games there, and
1t is not at all unlikely that Scott will
be worked right back Monday and Rus
sell sent to repeat Tuesday. A few more
defeats for the Mackmen and the race
will assume rather interesting aspects.
with the Maps having a good chance to
upset all calculations.
Had the Nationals kept up the pace at
home which they set on the road they
would now be within whispering dis
lance of the leaders. Griffith had it
right when he said that the Athletics
were sure to have a little slump before
they won the flag. and he expected to
be right on top OF them before the team
left on its next trip. But his own team
failed to play as 1t did on the road. and
the result is that the Nationals are out
Of all calculations, and will now have
to hustle to hold third place, FOR when
they are being badly pushed by the
White Sox. who appear to have taken
q second lease on life and are going at
fast clip.
Chapman and Jackson were the only
Maps who seemed to have something on
Boehling. getting four of the seven hits,
and making two home runs. 1t was
their hitting which gave the Maps all
their runs. Chapman hit safely twice
and ii was Chapman who hit the ny
ball which Cashion dropped and which
was followed by Jackson's home run.
The Maps return here for games oMon-
day and Tuesday. after which the Ma
tionals make their final western trip.
playing in each OF the western cities and
Boston and Philadelphia before they re-
turn here to finish the season. The
western teams make one more trip
east after which the season will vir-
tually be over. The chances are that
when the team returns to its own
grounds several recruits will make
their appearance here for trials. Pitch
ers Shaw, Ayers and Hedgpeth are sure
to report here, and unless the Nationals
have a good chance to improve their
position it is not unlikely that Griffith
will allow Johnson and perhaps Boeh-
ling to take things easy and allow the
youngsters to do all the pitching in an
effort to develop them as much as pos
sible before next spring.
Boehling had something on LaJoie who
popped up once and sent three high flies
to the outfield on the other trips he made
to the plate.
The Nationals principal fault of late
has been their inability to get hits at the
right time. The hitting has been very
light. and what is more, most of it has
been wasted, coming at times when there
Gandil appears to be the only member
Of the team who has done consistent
work in this respect. All the others are
batting in streaks. This is particularly
true of Morgan. who. when he was going
good. was a splendid running mate for
Gandil, whom he followed in the batting
order. But of late Ray has not been
hitting the ball very much. and the re-
suit is that just about half of the batting
strength is out of the running.
Milan batted in hard luck. In the
first inning. with Moeller second,
Chapman ran over to drive Moeller back
just as Milan hit and in so doing he ran
right into the ball, bounding over second.
and had no trouble throwing his man
out The last time up. in the ninth,
Milan, first up drove a liner to right
center which had all the earmarks of a
triple, but Birmingham cut across and
made a good catch of the drive.
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