Evening star., 1916-08-07
BY J. ED GRILLO.


ST, LOUIS August Either Bert
Gailia o. Harry Harper viii oppose
the s. ouis Browns this afternoon,
whea &, four--aruc series VIII be START
ed with .ac team which has made one
Of tn. ;nost remarkable foruart; strides
IN the history Of the league. By its
defeat by i 1-to-o score at the hands 81
the He'd SJN yesterday. and the victory
which tts Grifmen scored over the
White Scx, Washington has returned
tn sfxtb nlacc. not so very far behind
Detroit. where, hcwever the Athletics
are slated 30 open a series today,
which of course. means that the EiEHrS
VIII win. The Maokmen haze lost
eighteen straight games on this t:in'
and there is not much chance Of them
winning q game. 50 that Detroit wiz
ID what al the other western teams
have rro"lrliShcd--vlean np "'' 'ie
lowiH Mack players
. Base ban such as the firitfme" play
cd yesterday IS SONG I" htlh- So".s
VICTORIES to the team before its trip IS
4 AZ, end For the drst time in manN
Laws the players tielded in brilliant
manner Foster led III this respect
.,nd il was also his timely hit WIN Two
,onc The winning run in the tenth lu-
.,ine which gave the visitors an even
break III the series.
Though johnson had but one day : rest.
-,itc5inC fun game Friday in the most
terrific heat, he came back yesterday ana
,lade the Sox look foolish. allowing but
.,ne hit and only allowing nine men 10
ace him i'll the three innings he pltched'
nd the three last ones were plnch mt
t,rs. with whom Rowland hoped to save
the day
The Golfers of the Washington club
wave been greatly replenished during us
: tay here. Friday the club was pa'u iof
z-ithin 4 few hundred of l3."'" adiii's-
ions and Saturday when the daN We
threatening but 0OG were on hand but
estcrdaN was a gaia day and the visitors
were paid for more than -c'''' dnt'tI9-
.ions There should also be large re
: eipts at St Louis. where the Browns
r,a{e aroused more interest than mas eX-
s:ted in the Mound city for many moons
All i'm all the attendance has been excel
Int on this trip. though II would nave
been much better If the "rlHheh hdo
Dlayed in better form.
Clyde Milan very sensibly went to Man
ager Griffith before yesterdays game:
and asked that he be given few days
rest, as he was not in shape to do himseu
iustice The hot weather has played
havoc with the Nationals center heider on
this trip He will be rested for several
,lavs probably during the entire St LOUIS
:.eries This will not weaken the Griii-
men. however. as Shanks VIII take Milah s
,ilace in center. and it is needless to saE
that he is about capable as the pest
,'layirs that position IN elther Ieasuf; .T;
Hoelier is going to be kept in left until
;amieson's injured leg heals. when that
,oung man may be sent to left. if Noel
er does not continue 90 nit
An awful howl went up against the
team because John Collins did not
catch Moeller's drive in the tenth.
which netted a triple, and was the pio"
which won for the Grlffmen 'oiIns
lid get his bare hand on the ball by
lcapinr. but he could not hold il, as it
was hit almost 10 the bleacher in right
= inter. which it struck on the second
I, Jund after passing Collins. That was
ne only excuse the fans could offer
: n the defeat.
Joe jackson had several chances to
rive in runs against Joe Boehhng. but
the wiley southpay held him safe at
II stages. 10 the surprise OF the crowd.
which looked for Jackson to knock the
fences down with Boehlings offerings
tut Joe used good judgment in the
I,inches and only once was in error,
when he grooved one for Felsch in the
:ixth and that player made the hit
which gave the son their only run.
For the first time since Ray Morgan
came back into the game he gave evil
dence that he is still one of the most
dangerous hitters on the team He
faced Wolfgang three times and on
each occasion made sharp, clean-cut
single. In fact. during Wolfganss stay
On the rubber for eight innings Nor
.;an was the only one who hit him
aafe. getting all the hits that were
charged against Wolfgang. But F'a Der
could not stop the Nationals second
.-acker. either. and the last time up in
the ninth Morgan hit 20 center cleanly.
His hit in the seventh gave the Ma
tionais the run which tied the score.
Rice doing some tall sprinting and
making a slide at the plate which baf-
led SchaIk who had got F'eischs throw
IN time TO nail a slower runner and a
less competent slider.
q W Axeleoa carried the collowing 2
interview with Manager GTiftith u the
Chicago SUNDAY Herald.
Clark Giitfith. m2nageT Of the Wash
IL to. team tu the American League.
aGain has grfGried the black flag
against Btn J"hn20r's uInpires lie let
loose hroaGside after the game at
fomi-ke' i'arh yesterday.
The u.uUirer are killing the game. ''
asserted fhC pcppery boss Of the Ma
tipnals 20 an audience Of three under
the gTaudstand. Was there any fair
mir dCd man or woman in the stand
t1dSy who did not have 10 confess thai
tie work Of these honeheaded arbi =