The Washington herald., 1916-04-16
Griffith May Fine Shanks
For Pulling Real Boner"
Outhelder Fails to Back Up
Mcbride on Morsan's Peg.
Giving Yanks Opening.
GOSSIP OF NATIONALS

New York. April 1s.-~rrs not that
I'm so sore at losing ths ban gam. or
because my players hn IN hard luok.
but we played bad baseball at times
dumb baseball on one occasion. spd
had Howard shsnks been on sf, to.,
the Yankees never would bs~. seorss
in that sixth inning" said Msuae.r
Griffith at the dinner table tonfrrlf-
AS a rule shanks is usually v1o.
awake and always trying 70 Pun some
thing. but today he was fast ssleep al
a critical stage"
This happened In the sixth inning
when Baker was on nrrt base and
Gedeon popped a ny back 70 Judr,.
After getting the ball Morgan slammed
TO Mcbride at second base IN an at
tempt to head on the runner. me
peg was necessarily hurried and poor.
the ball flying wide Of It's mark where
shanks finally got IL, but not from the
position he should have taken. viz.
backing up Mcbride IN close, fer then
he could easily have thrown out
Baker at third or held the slugrer
on the midway sack In either case
no run would have resulted. for MuI-
len. pinch hitting for Pipp. would have
given Mcbride an easy erounder and
the next pair proved easy picking.
shsnks sure did pull bone" and Il
would not be at all surprising n
small fine was imposed just as a re-
minder that a fielder is expected 20
do something else than stand still
when throws are made in his dtreo-
ton
There was more than one thousand en-
ployes OF the New York Edison Company
at the ball game, seats being provided
for them directly back OF the Washington
bench
These chaps were on hand TO cheer their
old friend and former workman. Joe
Judge. Incidentally Joe was given a. rs1s1J
diamond ring. and believes that the oC-
casion viii portend better things for
Judge today got his first hit Of the
championship season, and is confident
that from now on things viii break better
for him Judge also made q nice running
catch Of Gedeon's foul ny In the first
inning going all the way 70 the stands
after the ball
Ray Fisher. the New York sisbmKn. did
not look 70 have "a thing" out there
this afternoon, but he got away with Il.
and that's what really counts. Fisher was
invariably IN q hole. He was unusually
wide and every time he attempted 20
throw a splitter q wild pitch almost
resulted. the Griffith men only hit
every pitcher IN the American League
the way they battered Fisher this after
noon the pennant may be considered a.
good as won
Umpire Owens behind the bat was
badly of color on decisions for IN the
Washington half Of the fourth. Joe Judge
was easily across the plate before Nuns-
maker could pick up Henry's bunt and
return 70 the rubber. Owens called Judre
out and brought forth a loud howl OF pro-
test from tho Washington bench.
Eddie Foster. with two hits. led the
Grinmen with the stick Lee AAEee. Of
the New Yorls, also collected . couple
Of safe blows but one was q Texas
Lacquer and the other bunt. which
rolled out Of Fosters reach.
Magee looks ike q mighty clever ball
player. He played q swell game IN the
field this afternoon while at bat he
hits rirht-handed when a southpsv is
working. MaEee's natural position Ia
from the other side Of the plate
Bert GsIlia only pitched two innings,
but the New Workers could DO nothing
against him Gedeon's pot ny over sec
ond was the only sign OF hit recorded
of him.
Lee MaEee and the mighty Homs-run
Baker both struck out The Nstionals'
entire squad left on the midnight train
tonight for Providence. r. L, where an
exhibition game will be played tomorrow
against the Providence international
Deaguers- The regular lineup will be
presented, with Sam Rice and Dumont
In the box and Charity behind the bat
On Monday the Grifrmsu open q four
rau1e series srziust the Boston Red spr