Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-12
MISUNDERSTANDING
MUCH ENCOURAGED
Breaking of Losing Streak
Sure to Have Good e.
feet on Players.
GRIFFITH PLANS TO SEND
AYERS ON MOUND TODAY
doc" Is Expected to Show Good
Form Against Galatians
White Sox.
BY J. ED GRILLO.


feet on the Griffmen. Things have been
going decidedly bad for the team during
the past week or so, and a result
there was danger of the players losing
heart. During the early innings of yes
terday's game the same old luck was in
evidence. but in the eighth came the
break, and in less time than 1t takes to
tell 1t the game was pulled out of the
fire.
That victory means a whole lot to the
Nationals. They will go about their work
in more confident and determined man.
ner now. because they realize that hope
for better position than second place is
still in sight But, as stated in these
columns before, the picking here Is not
| going to be easy. Callahan has some
| cracking good pitchers just now, and
Griffith will have to have alright hurl-
ing in order to have chance, but If
Doc Ayers, who is slated to do the Twill
! ing today. Is as effective on this occa-
| sion as he was the first time he faced
| the Sox, all will be well and good. On
| that occasion Doc went ten innings with
| Jim Scott and got a 1-to-0 decision. Doc
west. He pitched a few innings during
the St Louis series and ought to be at
his best.
| Boehling's start yesterday was such that
it would not have surprised any one, in
Guiding himself, If Griffith had taken him
out and substituted some one else. In
| the first two innings he was hit safely
five times, three singles, double and a
| home run being charged against him. the
Sox scoring two runs. But after that
| Boehling settled down and pitched a mag
! nif1cent game of ball, holding the Sox
| in check until the finish.
| On no less than three occasions the To-
ralr eYRf To- h
but one out, but under such conditions
Boehling was at his best, and retired the
] next two batters without being scored on.
| In the ninth he caused a scare. however,
failing Of losing out in this inning, but
he came through all right. though he
| walked man and allowed a hit.
Eddie Foster has been playing for the
past few days when he should have been
! resting. The little third baseman has
| been under the weather. and yesterday
| Griffith decided that 1t would be wise to
! let Smith play in his place. This change
probably meant the teams salvation. for
it was Smith who started the rally in
| the eighth that made it possible for the
Nationals to win. Smith also played a
splendid game at third and is credited
with two of the Nationals seven hits.
| 1t Is the first time this season that Smith
has started a game for the Nationals. and
he made good In every respect That the
former Atlanta player is by far the most
useful utility man Griffith has had since
| he has been in charge Of the Nationals
must be conceded. for the reason that
Smith is good hitter.
Faber's downfall came at a most I'M
| expected time. Up to the eighth inning
he had the Nationals guessing with a
wide curve ball, which he used to adj
vantage. making the visiting batsmen
look like novices inning after inning. In
the fourth inning he struck out shanks,
Morgan and Mcbride in rapid success
sion, and he seemed destined to repeat
this remarkable performance in the
eighth, when Boehling and Moeller died
by the strike-out route. But with two
out, and Faber apparently going at his
best, two runs were scored, and it did
not take much time to do 1t. Smiths
scratch double to left was followed by
Milan's triple over the first base bag,
and then Gandil came through with one
Of his regular hits, line drive to left
center. That settled Faber, for in the
last inning he seemed to have but little.
| The chances are that Doc Ayers will
be opposed by Rebel Russell today
| 1t Is the Sox's left-hander's turn and he
has been showing his best form of late.
But there have been few instances this
spring when a left-hander has beaten
the Nationals, and Russell may not prove
an exception.
! Eddie Foster broke into the line-llp in
the last inning When Schaefer ran for
Smith in the eighth that. of course. pre
vented Smith from Continuing in the
did not get a chance.
|
| Gandil made a clever steal of second
| in the eighth, Scha1k's throw clearly
beating him there but he avoided
Viewers tag by putting on the fall-away
slide. Weaver was SO incensed at the
l do z4N hot y uArA y1r~~
was put out of the game, Berger taking
his place.
!
| George Mcbride has never PLAYED better
| than he is now playing. His field
l. ing is nothing short Of Remarkable and he
is the man who holds the team together
and makes its great defensive work nos
sible. To have him out OF the line-up
| would he the seyerest blow that couId he
dealt the team. and that too notwith-
| standing the fact that he is far from, no.
| in1 hard hitter Inst how MANY Ia
| wouid ha stolen an orr catchers if n u,ara
NOT for the ability of MCBRIDE to handle
ali sorts ~ throws and aet the hall on
| ers ara hand;cannad hv reason ~ tha
! failura ~ several ~ Gr,ffithss nitcbers
nroner,y IN hold the runners an the bases
| This forces than, 70 +hro,v u,;tho,,t .teadv.
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| suIt are NOT always n rho marI Rut
| u,,tb McRrida covaring +bat rna+tars -
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