Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-30
BY J. ED GRILLo.


BOSTON. May 50.-While he has
| made no prediction as to the posslole
| outcome of the series here. Griffith m
| teyds to put forth every effort posslhle
to take at least three of the four
Games The fac, that he sent three or
his best pitchers here last Sunday Tor
the two games today is evidence OF
how important the Nationals manager
| con siders the winning of the contests
with the Red Sox. even if he had SAID
nothing of il himself. Also it prob
ably will be necessary for the club to
take three out of the four in order to
hold its lead when it starts the series
in the west.
For the next four days Cleveland
holds the advantage over the Nationals
as it is scheduled for five games with
the weak st. Louis team. The browns
have not been doing well enough OF
late. or at any time this season, to
warrant belief that they viii be very
| effective against the Indians. 1t Will
not be u big surprise II Fohl asere-
CATION makes sweep. and certainlS me
Browns will do the unexpected II theH
take more than one or two. at the most,
| of the games. Cleveland has chance
to make up half a game on the Ma
tionals Friday, which is an on date
while the Griffmen are travelling to
Detroit.
The fact that Walter Johnson was
worked in the last two innings OF the
game at Washington yesterday makes
IL improbable that he will be USED
during the series here. Griffith prob
ably will keep him in reserve 10 pltcn
the last two or three innings IN
Icrisis and let him hurl the opening
game in the west against the Tigers.
Lefthanders have been very effective
against the local team. and Boehlins
and Harper are sure to get their snare
of slab duty. and possibly a little more,
while the club is here.
Perhaps no more sensational ending
to a ball game has been seen in Wash
ington this season than yesterday. In
fact, no game has had an ending more
pleasing to tire fans and which pro-
duced more of the sensational in the
closing innings. unless it was that of
April IS. in which the Nationals beat
the Athletics to 6 by scoring four
times in the ninth. The contest was
remarkable in that the star pitchers
Of both teams were hit for costly runs
when both were sent in to save the
game in it's final stages.
When Walter Johnson went on the
mound in the eighth there probably were
not three persons in the stands who ex-
pected anything other than that the Ma
on such a dark day, with speed like Wal
ter Johnson's, such thing seemed i'm
probable. to say the least. However.
Strunk outguessed the Nationals smoke
ball artist and pounded out hit on the
first pitch. and later in the inning Walsh
got another drive. the ball going to deep
left center for the single on which Ron
deau and Mcbride made a fine play to
first. Myers was sent in by Connie Mack
to stem the tide in the ninth. but Fosters
wallop between third and short scored the
two runs which tied up the count.
.stuffy McInnis made one of the clev-
efest plays on Picks poor throw of
McBride's grounder in the seventh that
have been seen around first base on the
local diamond in years, and that not
clever men on the sack. Mcbride
drove a slashing grounder to Pick and
the latter failed to get hold of the ball
right and was compelled to readjust
1t in his hand before throwing. That
caused him to hurry his throw consid-
erably. and it lacked accuracy. McIn-
mis- stretched far from the bag and
grabbed the ball on a pickup in his
left hand. He pulled his right foot off
the bag in getting the ball. but tagged
Mcbride with the ball in his gloved
hand while balanced on one leg. 1t
was all one continuous motion and was
a mighty clever mechanical and men
tai performance.
Griffith probably saved the game for
Washington when he sent Barber in to
run for johnson, after the latter had
walked. Barber was on second in the
ninth when Foster hit his grounder
between third and second. which Old
ring came in fast and got before it had
gone far into left field. Barber, who is
one of the fastest men in the lea
just reached the plate as the ball did,
and had Johnson been on it is likely
that he would have been thrown out
The decision on Barber would have
been close had the throw been directly
to the plate instead of a couple of feet
ITO the right.
Howard s:hanks was put out of the
game in the sixth because he Objected
TOO strenuously to Umpire Nallin's de-
clslon a the. plate when he was called
out on close play. Shanks tried to
score on Henry's short fly to right
held Walsh got the ball to Schang
before Shanks reached the plate, hut
Schang dropped il. Mack's catcher
picked UP the sphere quickly, though.
and the umpire decided that the Ma
tionals' left fielder had not touched the
plate before Schans retrieved the ba II
and tagged him on the foot.
Rondeau was sent out into left in
Shanks' place and figured in mighty
fast play on a line drive by Walsh in
the eighth. The Mackmen had three
one OF Walter Johnson's fast ones
driving il to deep left center Pick and
Strunk crossed the plate easily. hut
Rondeau got the hit on short tran
lined II TO Mcbride quickly and the
latter. after bluffing continuous pIay
TO the plate, turned and threw to first
catching Walsh off the bag before he
could get back after his wide turn to-
ward second.
Mcbride had another of his excep-
tonally good days at short The vet
eran played in remarkable form his
held1ng standing out as one of the uost
prominent features of sensational
game Ten chances many of which
were difficult and required quick. ac-
curate throws, were taken care Of and
Me ball was not fumbled even momen
tarily on any play.
Grifffth sent Ayers to the mound az
the start of the game, but he did nor
Ray there long Witt was an easy out
on a foul fly 10 Henry. but Pick got
TOUR balls and Strunk singled between
first and second. With men on second
and first. Schang drove out a long nil
for three bases between Shanks and
Milan, Pick and Strunk crossing rho
plate. Ayers was yanked and Rice sen,
N with one down and Schang on third.
lIajoie was an easy out on rop fy 10
Morgan, and Mcbride threw ont Nc
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