Evening star., 1916-06-07

ings every time he is pitted against
them.
Although it started to rain shortly
after noon and continued to sprinkle
right up until the hour of game time,
fully 5000 fans took a chance on the
inclement weather conditions to see the
Indians and Nationals play Tuesday.
1t was Eagles day, and the winged
brethren turned out 1000 strong, MAX
ing the trip. from their clubhouse to
League Park in automobiles. With
fair weather the Nationals would have
played to close to 5000. and even this
number will be surpassed today,
the Nationals are the biggest and best
attraction of the league in Cleveland
Then. too, it will be Cleveland Ad-
vertising Club day, and it has reserved
5000 upper grandstand and pavilion
seats for. local members and their
brethren from Toledo, Canton, Akron
Youngstown and other neighboring
cities What is more. the Eagles insist
they will do a comeback and double
up with the advertising men. So 1t
wouldn't be surprising if Grlf & Co
showed before 1900 to 10000 crowd.
The Eagles presented the Cleveland
players with a new mascot in the form
of a lamb. The players all made grab
for his lambship, which took fright and
sought to fee, but iris Speaker, being
a Texas ranger. grabbed the lamb.
tucked it under his arm and a few min
utes later the mascot was really
ioying its place on the bench with the
players.
"What are you going to call the
lamb. Lee" some one asked the Indians
manager. Quick a fash, Fohl came
back with: IT'S an Eagle, isn't it,
So Eagle 1t will be.
But. getting back to the Nationals
and their run of hard luck. Griff's boys
declare that in the future games
they're going to get away to such a big
lead in the early innings that there'H
be absolutely no chance for an oppoS-
ing team to beat them by one run.
Chic Gandil, former first saeker for
the Nationals and one of the best bets
on the Indians roster, had narrow
escape from 'cashing in in Sundays
game between the Redskins and Boston
Red Sox.
Dust 'em Off" was the battle cry of
Manager Bill Carrigan of the Red Sox
from the Boston bench. In plain Eng
lish. that meant use your old bean
ball Carl Mays, who started 10 pitch.
did not use the "beaner." but George
Foster worked it overtime. Morton.
Turner and O'Neill all had close calls
They could feel the breeze as the ball
whzzed past their heads. But it re-
mained for Gandil to stop one of Fos-
ter'S speediest offerings with his head
The sphere struck him on the left cheek
bone and he dropped like a log. Chic
was out for several minutes. but game
ly tried to resume play. He was finally
persuaded by his teammates to give
way to Engle.
The Boston players did not show any
too much concern over the extent of
Gandils injury. Had the ball hit him
couple of inches higher it probably
would have killed him Chic tried to
play again on Monday, but suffered an
attack of dizziness and had to give
way to Engie
The injury to Gandil has resulted in
an agitation for Legislation against the
bean ball. considered the most dan
gerous weapon in the hands of big
league pitchers. The "beaner' is far
more dangerous than players spikes.
| for there is no telling when a swiftly
| pitched ball. striking a vulnerable
| spot near the heart or on the head will
| spell death.