Evening star., 1916-04-30
PUSHED BY NATIONALS
RED sOX ARE CLOSELY
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to right to start the second round. only
to be forced by Judge when the latter
hit to Gardner. He came through In
the eighth. when Milan led on with
single and Rondeau advanced him with
single to left.
Raw Morgan looked a whole lot bet
ter with the stick yesterday than ne
has for some time. He got two hits in
two trips to the plate. walking once
and sacrificing on another occasion:
His second hit produced couple or
runs. Morgan is a good waiter and he
demonstrated in the seventh inning
that he also can sacrifice. an accom-
plishment of great help to team. MOT
When hitting he is one OF the most
valuable men on the team.
Mcbride, as was predicted in these
columns got back into the lineup and
contributed base hit in the seventh
which helped one of the runs home.
George, as usual. was an infield in
himself at short, where he knocked
down any number of hard-hit balls. and
his throwing to Judge was accurate
and strong.
Mcbride did not snow the slightest
effect of the injury with which he suf-
fered in Thursdays game, and he
really was sorry he failed to play in
fill out the entire schedule.
Walter johnson got hold of one of
Fosters fast balls in the fifth inning
and came near to making the longest
hit in the history of the grounds. Duffy
Lewis caught the ball after long
run near the extreme center field
corner of the bleachers 1t was a ter
rife drive and probably would have
beaten all long-distance hitting rec
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The Red Sox worked hard to get runs.
Bill Carrigan spent the entire after
noon on the coaching lines urging his
players on, but it was all to no avail.
because Johnson would not slow up and
the Sox could not hit his speed. 1t was
hard blow for Carrigan. who figured
that since his victory in New york FRI
day he would continue to lead the pro-
cession and probably get so good lead
that the other teams would have hard
time catching him. But instead of ad-
vancing the Nationals came along, gave
his team an upset. and dropped the
champions into second place. while the
locals are but half a game behind them
and may pass them Monday.
Shorten hit for Thomas in the final
round and popped up to Mcbride. and
the mighty Ruth, who is apt to hit the
ball out of the lot any time he faces
pitcher. was struck out. Then Hen
up to Mcbride.
Johnson never had more speed than
yesterday. and there was not a single
stage of the game when he did not use
about everything he had at his COM
mand. The result was that he moved
the champions down in order most of
the time, and no man on the Boston
team could meet solidly any of the
balls he pitched. Johnson also showed
a quick breaking curve which baffled
the batterS.
Hoblitzel played a good game of ball
at first and got one of the four hits
made off Johnson. Henriksen, who
usually hits Johnson better than the
average batter. struck out in the fourth
and the seventh and he did not relish
the experience. bawling Umpire Owens,
who made both decisions. claiming that
the third strike in each instance was
not over, when it seemed to cut through
the center of the plate. Henriksen is
a good hitter and he also is playing a
good game of ball in left field. In the
ninth he got the only clean hit made by
the visitors.
Jack Barry. in the sixth, met a fast
one well and sent it on n line to left,
but Rondeau was in position to handle
his offering and made an easy catch of
the drive. There was goodsized
crowd out, but the clouds early in the
afternoon kept the attendance down.
especially so far as the pavilions were
concerned.
Thomas caught a good game of ball,
and on several occasions threw well.
He also got one of his teams scratch
hits, a roller down the third-base line
which Foster could not handle in time.
Howard Shanks continues to hit the
ball hard. He drove out sharp single
in the third, and his batting average,
which in the unofficial reports Is $50,
did not shrink much yesterday. George
Mcbride, according to the unofficial
averages, is hitting .270, and this good
work has had results in the runs
scored by his team.
IF Billy Sullivan cannot cure a
pitcher of wildness no one can This
is a remark Hughey Jennings made the
other day when he turned Lowdermilk,
the big pitcher, over to the Cleveland
club.
"Lowdermilk's wildness comes as a
result of carelessness," declared Jen-
nings. "Lowdermilk has been in base
ball a long time-so long that he has
reached the don't care stage. He is
thirty years old and while he has the
arm of q youngster I am afraid he VIII
never be a major league winner. be-
cause of his Indifference to success.
Billy Sullivan tried to effect cure
while the Tigers were in their south
ern training camp. but Sullivan, as
wise a man as there is in the American
League when 1t comes to handing
pitchers. had to give It up"
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