Evening star., 1914-07-07

hit to Morgan, and yesterday In the sew
enth inning, with first and second occu-
pied and none out, Gardner popped up
to Foster, vet Chill did not live up to the
rules. by failing to call ''infield fly as
the rules provide
When it comes to making fast double
plays there is not a third baseman in
the league in the same class with Eddie
Foster. His throw in the seventh in
ming yesterday when Yerkes hit to John
son and forced Henriksen at third was
a rilliant piece Of fielding for Foster
got the ball away to Gandil so quickly
that Yerkes was not within ten feet of
the bag when he was declared out. There
have been no less than eight or ten
double plays made by Foster on balls
hit to him with a man on first base,
which he has thrown to second this sea-
son in time to force the runner advanc-
ing there. and some of these plays have
been at time when they saved the team
from being scored on.
There appears to be a misunderstand-
ing as to the rule for determining what
er as being earned, judged by the num-
Der Of earned runs which appear in GER
tain scores. The new rule charges the
pitcher with an earned run every time
an opponent completes the circuit and
scores by means of base hits. sacrifice
hits. stolen bases, bases on balls, bats
men hit by pitcher. wild pitches or balks.
before a chance to retire the side has
been offered and not accepted.
Designating such runs as earned may
in some cases be misnomer. but the
term is used because Of its familiarity
and brevity, and because no better one
has been suggested or designated for
runs for which the pitcher is responsible,
that being the intent of the new system
There is not a single postponed game
with any OF the western teams during
the present invasion. SO that there will
be no double-headers played unless they
are created during the present stay OF
having a regular scheduled game post
poned. In that event the game will be
played off the following day in the form
of a double-header.
If the local pitchers continue to display
the same form they have in the games
with Boston the western teams are going
to have their hands full beating the Ma
tionals Boston. a good hitting team,
has been held in check In every one of
the games played here in the series
which closed yesterday. The contests have
been close, and barring the opening game
which the Nationals won. 12 to 0, there
have been decidedly small margins be-
tween the two teams in every one of
the games. Two of them were l to 0
victories. while only one of the games,
barring the first one, gave the winning
team a two-run margin.
Johnson has pitched two shut-outs in a
row. while Shaw and Engel have both
shown splendid form, and Boehling lost
his game only after going ten innings.
This is pitching of the highest class. and
if it continues the Nationals will have a
splendid chance for the defensive
strength of the team has long since been
recognized. and it is sure to continue to
show Improvement in its hitting.
President r l.. Hedges, Mrs. Hedges
and their son Robert are travelling with
the Browns.
Bobby Wallace is still out of the game
with a fractured bone of his hand, and
he is not making the trip with the st.
Louis team. 1t is expected that it will
be several weeks yet before Wallace will
be able to play again.