Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-25

| rounds The fans began TO CONSIDER
| the game a huge joke, but the players
| settled down to real play after that and
| the last nine rounds were real base
! ball.
| Acosta made quite hit with the fans
| here. He made some fancy catches in
| right field and his two-base hit in the
| second inning had more to do with
! driving Scott out of the game than any
| other hit of the afternoon.
! Ayers was showing the strain of the
long game very much at the last. He
! could not keep control of the ball III
/ the last inning. for he hit Russell and
. then passed Murphy. forcing in the ty-
ing run. The hit that won the game
was right at Ayers, but he missed the
ball when he made a reach for it as it
bounced past his feet.
The loss of Ray Schalk will be Sc
| rious one for the White Sox right now.
Tom DAILY is the only one that is left
of the catching staff, for the time be-
ing, to save the Sox from slipping
down in the list farther than they
are. Schalk opened up a wound that
Kept him out of the game for some
days during the early part of the
month. Mayer has not recovered from
split finger, SO DAILY is forced to do
the heavy work for a few days. 1t is
surmised that Daily is one of the play
ers that are to go to Cleveland in part
payment for Joe jackson, but he was
held back for a time to protect the
SoX against just such an emergency
as they are now in. Mayer will be
ready to resume work in a day or two.
Poe Jackson has not been able to
make many hits since he joined the
White SoX. He got two bases on balls
today, but he did not get anything
that looked like a hit. He has been
able to make one good hit since
he landed here. and that was in
Mondays game, when he drove a three
Dagger to the fence in the eleventh in
ming and scored Eddie Collins with the
winning run. The fans think that he
is going to make good and are pulling
hard for him.
heroes of the afternoon. Dan got three
hits, only one of which counted in the
run getting, and Chic got four safe
drives, three of which were in the
base hit in the second inning and later
scored, and it was his three base hit
in the thirteenth that put the visitors
in the lead for a few minutes.
Boehling did not seem to have thing
when he tried to pitch yesterday after
noon. 1t looked if Griff had picked
him because of his former success against
the Sox Although he was not hit much
in the short time he was on the slab. he
was in trouble from the start to the
finish of each round. The members of
the team seemed to be nervous behind
him, and that was the reason they made
so many bad throws. Ayers pitched so
we'll that the rest of the team settled
down behind him in a very short time
and delivered good ball.
The White Sox still have hopes that
they will be in at the finish of the big
race. The addition of Joe Jackson has
brought them some luck, although he
has not won many games for them.
The distance from the White Sox to
the top of the list is so great, though,
there is little danger of their being
able to make it. The Red Sox are win
ming just as often as the White Sox, so
that the task seems hopeless unless
some one is able to head off the Bos-
ton men.
The chance for a city series between
the White Sox and the Cubs is excel
lent again this fall. The Cubs are
farther away from the top of the list
in the National League than the White
Sox are in the American League race
These city series here are always of
great Importance to the fans, and draw
about as well as if the world series
were played here.
The attendance at yesterdays game
was good. Some 10000 fans turned
out to root for the locals because the
fans still think that there is a look-in
for the big flag. The rooters all stuck
TO the end of the game, too, although it
was close to Z o'clock before thew
reached home.
Chick Gandil worked the ancient hid
den ball trick on John Collins in the
fourth inning, much to the amusement
OF OF. the crowd and to the disgust of
shane himself. Chick received the
throw from Ayers and held this ball
for minute until Collins walked off
the bag in his sleep and then touched
nm without any effort at all. Bill
Dlneen was watching the play closely
so there was no trouble about getting
the decision.
The sharp eye of Gandil made it
possible to get another decision out of
Bill Dineen that STAYED off defeat for
several innings. In the seventh Ed
die Murphy was perched on third base
with only one out and Eddie Collins
sent fly to Milan in center. Murphy
was so anxious to score that he did not
wait for the ball to drop into Milans
hand, but Chick saw the play and got
the ball back to Shanks and asked
for the decision and got it as Dineen
had noticed it himslf
Walter Johnson will be used in one
of the two remaining games here
Either Joe Benz or Eddie Cicotte will
be used against him. The crowd here
turned out yesterday expecting that
Walter would be the pitcher and it is
likely that the fans will be on hand
today wit hthe same expectation. The
Nationals have drawn very well here