Evening star., 1914-05-30
POOR DECISIONS BY UMPIRES
GIVE BOSTON SECOND GAME
Incompetent Arbiters Keep Nationals From Taking
Both Contests of First Doube-Header With the
Red Sox-Shanks Plays Great Ball.

Boston critics are loud in their praise of
him.
It was Shanks' triple, with two out and
Ciandil on. in the sixth inning which al
lowed the Nationals to tie the score in
the second game. In the tenth, with two
out and Foster and Gandil on the bases
he drove the ball against the left field
fence for the second time. and Foster
scored. but Gandil in sliding for the
plate missed it and was touched out
ON two different occasions runners were
cut down at the plate which cost the Ma
tionals dearly. In the seventh inning of
the first game. with Williams and John
son second and first. respectively.
Milan doubled to right. Williams got
nome easily enough. but johnson, who
must have heen detained in some way or
other. was thrown out at the plate. This
also happened with Gandil Shanks'
hit in the tenth inning of the second
game. and. of course. cost the game
Though Gandil beat the throw to Carrl-
gan, he slid past the plate without touch
ing it, and was then touched out.
\ triple steal featured the Nationals
play in the eighth inning of the second.
which allowed them to score. Moelier
was the one who scored thereby. In this
inning Moeller led off with a hit, and
Foster followed suit. Milan bunted safe
ly filing the bases Gandil and Shanks.
ting up easy flies to Yerkes. and, while
Morgan was up Moeller made a dash for
the plate and reached it in safety, While
the other two runners moved up. That
run tied the score
"Rippy' Williams bat was very much
in evidence in the victory. He hit John-
son for double and single. and 1t was
his single in the seventh which paved the
way for the one run scored in this game
After Williams had singled, Johnson
bunted and Gainor fumbled the ball, ootn
men being safe. Moeller and Foster fied
out and then Milan came through with
his long double. on which Williams scored,
but johnson was caught at the plate
Eddie Fosters hitting in the two
games was particularly strong. In the
FIRST he drove out two singles in four
times up. and stole base. and In the
second he paved the way for TWO runs
the Nationals scored by sending ions
line drive to right center. which Hooper
muffed. and he came back with three
more singles and two stolen bases later
Hooper's muff was followed by Milan
single. and Leonard made throw past
Gainor, trying to catch Milan mapping.
and Milan went to third. from where
he scored on Gandils clean single
Foster also played a splendid game In
the field in both games.
Not one of the five pitchers Carrigan
used against the Nationals yesterday
was able to hold them In check. AFTER
the first inning Leonard looked better
than any of the others. but he was
taken out in the fourth to let Rehg
hit for him. And no mistake was made
in this switch. for Rehg came through
with a long two-bagger which Milan
handled none too well after it hit the
ground This drive was worth two runN
and put the Sox in the lead.
Walter johnson pitched a most eff
feetive game He was hit safely but
recently obtained from Detroit. made
both. He also issued two passes, but
one of these was purposely done. when
he walked Speaker in the NINTH and
sent up little foul to Williams on the
first ball pitched. ending the game
Johnson. however. did not strike out
his usual number. being satisfied with
three whiffs.
Though the Nationals hit Rankin john
son much harder than the Sox hit Walter,
the former seemed on fair way to dupli-
cate his performance early in the season,
when he beat the Washington star 1t
seemed next to impossible to hit his de-
livery when hits meant runs. but the
break came in the seventh. when one run
was put over. and that. OF course. In the
absence of anything like one for Boston
was never really threatened until the
final inning when muff by Moeller put
him in bad. He did walk Speaker. the
first man w. in the second. but quickly
disposed of the next three batters. But
in the ninth Moeller. after making clear
Judge of Hopper's liner. muffed it. Scott
sacrificed. and after Lewis had struck out
Speaker was Intentionally walked. Then
Janvrin fouled out. and the danger was
over Perhaps there was one other occa-
sion when Boston threatened. That was
in the <eghth. when Gainor doubled with
one out. but Cady's sharp grounder to
Mcbride caused Gainor to be thrown out
at third.
In the first inning r Johnson was
threatened. but got out of hole. Moeller
walked TO begin with. and went to third
when Foster. on the hit and run. hit the
first ball pitched to left. But the next
three batters failed to do enough TO bring
Moeller home.
Again. in the fourth. the Sox twirier
walked a couple of men. but did not al
low score. and though Williams doubled
and Foster hit safely in the fifth no runs