Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-04
BY j. ED GRILLo.

Chick Gandil was reinstated TINS
morning Manager Griffith wired Presi.
den Ban Johnson three times regarding
Gandii's suspension and yesterday Pres
iient Minor received wire from the
league head stating that Gandil would
be hack in the game today. GRIMM
got his information from President
Minor
The ignoring of Griffith is taken to
mean that the local manager is per-
soma non grata with the league head'
as a result of the forfeited game IN
Philadelphia in which to date no de-
cision has been made, notwithstanding
the fact that il was proved that chill Flo-
lated the rules, when he called balls
on Engel Griffith and Schaefer IRE stlii
under the ban and it would not De at
all surprising if Griffith were kept on
the field for the balance of the sea-
son or for at least month When
the head of the American League feels
that he has been offended. as was the
case in the forfeited game. he is very
apt to make an example of the lndl-
vidual held at fault.
Had the Nationals outhed adhered to
the old rule to play as deep as possipie
with two men out and the score tled IN
the tenth-a rule which every up-to-oate
ball team follows-Cady' double would
have been easy out in the tenth. IL
was the big catcher'S hit which won the
final game. There were two out at inc
time. and Yerkes was on first as result
of a single. a base hit would not nave
endangered the result. so that the outiieid
should have played as far back as pos
sible for an extra-base hit meant dis
aster. This failure to play deep under
certain conditions has been one fault that
the local outfield has had all season, ana
on several occasions it has cost pail
games.
That Manager Griffith would strength
en- his teams offense if he would nave
Alva Williams in the game as much as
possible is shown whenever that IN
divdual is called upon to play Now
that Gandil is back at first base the
teams hitting would be materially
strengthened by having Williams catch
majority of the games The hitting
of Williams yesterday was one of the
features He was the whole show in
the first game. when he made double
a triple and a home run. and in the
second game he started the rally in
the seventh which gave the Nationals
their only run. That kind of a hitter
is too valuable to be on the bench more
than is absolutely necessary.
1t is doubtful if there has ever been
a game played on the local lot in which
there was such sensational outnelonS
as marked the work of ShankS. Milan
and Moeller in the first game yester-
day Milan had wonderful day. He
went to both sides of his position and
far back of it and pulled down drives
which with any ordinary fielder in that
position WOULD have gone for extra
base hits. Shanks work was on par
with that of Milan. and Moeller, too.
several splendid captures of difficult
flies johnson seemed to make special
ty of having his delivery hit far into
the sky. and he made no mistake in
fnr his ouffip1d remark-
able exhibition.
As has been predicted ever since Ran
kin Johnson made his first appearance
against Walter Johnson. he was finally
smothered with base hits. Rankin has
been very fortunate in the games he
won from Walter He always was hit
hard, but the ball refused to go safe,
the result being that he scored two
to 0 victories over Walter. while he
lost one such game to his namesake.
YESTERDAY Rankin was pounded un-
mercifully. and the chances are he has
won his lest game from the Nationals.
Joe Wood gave every indication Of
having regained his best form. He
pitched a splendid game of ball yes
terday. displaying perfect control, good
speed and a deceptive change of pace
which will add to his effectiveness. The
return to form of Joe Wood makes the
Red Sox's chances look a lot better.
Wood. like Johnson. will be hard to
beat. and any time that his teammates
can get him a run or two he will come
pretty near to winning his game. With
that sort of pitcher to help out a
formidable staff of twirlers the Sox
will be better fortified in that respect
than any of their rivals.
Harry Harper showed enough in the
two innings he worked in the first game
to warrant his being used regularly. The
youngster has had but few chances to
get on the slab since he has been a
member of the team and for that rea-
son is far from being finished but he
looks promising. nevertheless. and DEM
onstrated yesterday that he Is very apt
to win his share of games Harper not
only has speed and a good curve, but he
Is not upset when he is pitching. and he
also showed that he has deceptive mo-
ton toward first. which Scott found out
when. after he had singled in the eighth.
Harper caught him fat-footed of that
base
1t was an unusual day for iris Speak
sr. who in eight trips to the plate did
not get base hit. though he walked
twice. Iris has not been hitting this year
as of yore. though he is apt to get into
his stride most any day and make up
for lost time.
The most consistent player in the game
today is no other than George Mcbride.
The remarkabl fielding OF the Nationals
captain day in and day out places him in
a class by himself in this respect Only
on rare occasions does Mcbride have an
off day. There has been none for him
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