The Washington herald., 1914-05-14
Reb Russell Hit Freely, but
Is Accorded Good
Support.
BENTLEY GIVEN CHANCE
Dy WILLIAM FEET.

The White sox took Q dying jump at
Jim Shaw yesterday and whacked his
twisters all over the pastnre. scoring
half dozen runs in less than four In
nings. With such q bulky lead the final
result was never In doubt: final count.
Chicago 9. Washington ,
1t required shut-out baseball to beat the
sox, and this the Griffmen failed to pro-
duce. Rebel Russell. the visiting sharp
shooter. was touched up freely, but his
support was good. and he managed to
keep the eight hits obtained on his de-
livery well scattered.
Shaw lacked control. That he was
batted SO hard he had only himself to
blame. for getting into numerous holes
he was forced to put the ball over. the
plate. and whenever this happened he
was invariably hammered.
Following Shaw came Bert Gallia for
a short service. and Jack Bentley twi-ied
the two remaining chapters.
All told, the Chicago bombardment net
ted fourteen hits for a total Of twenty
two bases. with five large, juicy errors
tossed In. so the nine runs are easily
accounted for.
Owing to the desertion of Harry Lord.
and Weayer's sore ankle. Manager Gala
han was forced to shake up his infield-
Russell Blackburn played second. Heinie
Berger took weayers place at short. and
Alcock played third
Ru.selrs port side slants did not fool
the Washington batters, but they were
unable TO hit him safe with any degree
of consistency. Until the sixth inning
not a real sure enough blow had been
registered, although Moeller and Morgan
are credited with scratch singles early
in the matinee.
Kuhn Splits Finger.
Catcher Red" Kuhn, of the visitors.
split the index finger Of his right hand
with a foul tip and had to give way to
Schalk In the sixth inning.
Four hits, including a pair Of doubles
In the Chicago first inning. produced a
trio of tallies. but Washington managed
to pull back one Of these, when Moeller
beat out q scratch roller. Alcock mussed
up Fosters grounder. Milan advanced
both with a sacrifice. sand while Berger
was throwing out Gandii at first. Moeller
sprinted across the plate.
Shaw blanked the visitors in the sec
ond. but in the third they choked three
more runs out of his system with a triple.
double and single well punched. and
Henry's poor peg to second base.
Shaw was lifted In the fourth after he
had been touched for a single by Russell
and had passed Demmitt run counted
when Berger hit safely to center. After
this Gala got his bearings and permitted
no more liberties until the seventh. when.
after two had been retired. the Texan
passed Blackburn and Kuhn. both Of
whom scored on Russelrs triple.
Final Ran for Gri6men.
Washington added a run in the sixth,
Foster smashed to left center. but Milan
forced him At second. Gandil famed, and
while Chick took his third stflke, Milan
stole. coming in a minute later ora
Henry's single to center.
Double plays in the Nationals second
and ninth crushed promising batting ral-
lies. In the final chapter. after two had
pertshed. Schaefer. batting for Bentley.
singled to right. and stole second. but
Moeller ended the game by striking out.
Russell Blackburn drew three walks and
was safe on Morgan's tumble He swiped |
no less than four bases. and in addition,
put up a fine fielding game.
Jack Bentley pitched the eighth and
ninth innings for the home folks, and
could not score against him. The
score: