Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-21

! this was before the bags were all oc-
| cupied 1t is commendable that a pitcher
of Bookings short experience should be
so formidable under adverse conditions,
| when most young pitchers show an in
clination to go skyward. Boehling APP
pears to be learning more with every
game and his fielding is now about as
| good as that of any man on Griffith's
staff.
! Howard Shanks blames his batting
Sumo on a broken bat. The stick which
he has used for over a season was broken
| in Detroit recently. and since then hits
have been few and far between for
Howard This morning. Howard. armed
with his broken bat made his way to
local bat factory, where he had half
| dozen bats turned out after his original
model He hopes the new sticks will
cause him TO regain his batting stride.
Joe Boehlng had rather annoying
experience while coming to Chicago from
ST. Louis. He was making the trip with
Walter johnson. and when about twenty
miles out of Chicago went into the WASH
room When he had finished his toilet
he was astounded to find the door locked.
He soon became alarmed and began to
pound on the door and call for assist
ance. which, however. failed to put In an
appearance After Boehling had spent
about half an hour Tuning at the care
lessness of the porter who, he thought.
had locked him I'm. he made the discovery
that the latch was down and that he had
to push it up to regain his liberty. He
! was soaked with pcrspiration when he re-
Joined Johnson in the parlor car.
Hal Chase who has been playing such
excellent ball since joining the White
Sox had an off day. He was charged
with two bolts, rather a rare perform
ance for Chase, and got nothing that re-
sembled a hit.
The Nationals fielding stood out in
strong contrast to that of the Sox. The
work of the visitors in the field was &C
cording to one critic. the best seen here
this season. Not only was Mcbride sen
sational around short. but Milan and
Shanks made some clever catches In the
field, while Foster and Gandil did their
share to make the infield look impressive.
If Griffith could retain the present de-
fensive strength of his team. and add
just little more batting. he would UNI
doubtedly have easy sailing from this
out The good showing the team has
made on the present trip. winning four
teen out of twenty. must be attributed to
the good work the pitchers and fielders
have done. for the hitting has been
lamentably light. but. of course. is GER
tain to improve sooner or later
Several members OF the Washington
team had an exciting experience in the
surf on the beach in the rear of the
Chicago Beach Hotel, where the team
is stopping. after yesterdays game. Aft
err returning from the game. Gedeon. La
porte. Ainsmith and John Henry decided
to take a swim in the lake. a high sea
was rolling and when the players dived off
the end of a pier they found 1t no easy
matter to handle themselves in the rough
water.
Realizing their situation. they made
drastic efforts to swim ashore. but could
make little Roadway in the rolling waves.
Gedeon and Henry were dashed against
the piles of the pier. and Gedeon was
rendered unconscious. but fortunately his
teammate came to his rescue and helped
him out of the water. Gedeon suffered
considerably from the shock and was
sent to bed. although he is not much the
worse for his experience this morning
Orders have been issued by Manager
Griffith against any OF the players in
dulging in bathing while the lake is
rough.
The Nationals got under way early yes
terday. scoring in both the first and second
innings. Moe!ler came home in the first.
in which he was walked. After Foster
out at first. Gandil low-bridged Lord
with sharp single to left. In the sec
ons inning White walked Shanks and Nc
Bride hit safely. while Henry moved
however, hit to Berger and Shanks was
thrown out at the plate. A double steal
by Boehling was attempted and proved
successful when Kuhn threw wild into
center. scoring Mcbride. In the third
the Sox threatened and got their only
run With one out White hunted a fly
over Boehing's head. which gave him
his base. Chappelle singled to right and
Doe went to third. Berger hit safely
to right and White came home and then
Lord was walked. filing the bases
| Chase fouled out to Foster asd Ping Bo-
die was sent up to hit for Kuhn. Bodie
famed. ending the inning with the bases
filled
The fourth produced three more runs
/ Tor the visitors. Shanks started the
round with hit through Chase. but was
put out trying to stretch it, Mcbride
drew a pass and then John Henry hit
safely TO left. In trying to catch Henry
mapping. White threw poorly, and Nc
Bride went to third. He scored from
there when Chase made a poor peg of
the bail to second. after White had
caught Henry off the base. 1t was at
this stage that Moeller hit for a home
run After that neither side had a
chance to score.
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