The Washington herald., 1916-07-21
No Chance for This Pair to
Be Ousted While the Ma
tionals Are Winning.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
Callia Slated to Pitch Today's Game
and Will Likely Be Opposed
by Scott.

Sam Rice and Ed Charity have both
made good for the Nationals. Rice,
pitcher by trade, has been converted into
an outfielder. Charity, a catcher, looks
like pretty fair first sacksr. He can
hit that ball and has so demonstrated
what more need be said?
Both Rice and Charity had a whole lot
TO do with winning yesterdays double
header from the White Sox.
On first base Charity handled cleanly
tWenty-eight chances without the sem
blance of an error. Rice caught four fly
balls. all of them easy chances.
At the bat Rice drove in run which
helped to tie the score OF the first game
and put himself in a position to score
the winning marker of the second game
with a base hit to left field.
Rice yesterday looked better against
southpaw twirling land he is a left hand
hitter than he has ever shown against
right handlers, and any time you have a
ball player who bats from the wrong
side Of the plate able TO deliver the
goods against a port slider. just put it
down that he is a natural hitter.
For the present Charity will be played
on first base and Rice in right field.
There is no reason why Grin should
make any changes as his club is win
ming. and you can bet he will not.
The Nationals are back once more in the
first division. three and cne half games
behind the league leaders. and less than
two games behind Cleveland
With winning streak OF Just a few
games the Griffmen will once more be
up in the thick Of the pennant fight.
There Is no reason why the Nationals
should be counted out of the flag race.
for the season is only a little more than
half over, and many things can happen
between now and October
For the first time this season the crowd
at the ball park yesterday was a friendly
one. The fans were pulling hard for the
Nationals to win, and there was plenty Of
old-fashioned roofing, Of the right sort
Such spirit by the crowd helps a club
more than anything else, and it did a
whole lot toward winning those two
games. The players felt that the fans
were with them and tried their best to
deliver the goods.
The fans were rewarded, too. for IL is
doubtful If two better games of ball will
be played here this year than the eXhi-
bitions staged yesterday.
Pitcher Sullivan. signed by the Nationals
from Woodberry-Forest College, who has
been here for a week. has been sold TO
the Frederick Club of the Blue Ridge
AAONiiSSlIA L<SdS Atf anu ltlN f6OtTlCk
last night
According to Manager Griffith. Sulli-
van possesses whole lot of stuff and
some day is destined to be a major
league twirler. The Washington team has
a string on Sullivan.
Ed Charity during the first game yes
terday was spiked in the foot by Ray
Schalk when Boehling tossed the ball
in
ping.
The spike wound was a deep one and
when the big fellow returned to the bench
he was bleeding like a stuck hog
Most ball players would have quit the
game for the day after such an accident
but Charity insisted upon playing after
Trainer Martin had dressed the wound.
There's grit for you. boys
For the game today Bert Gallia will be
named to pitch against the White Sox
His opponent will be either Joe Benz or
Jim Scott Scott has always been a hard
man for the Griffmen TO beat and Mana
ger Rowland will probably use him.
Harry Harper turned in the best pitched
ball game Of his career as a National yes
terday when he beat the White Sox,
to l.
1t is seldom that Harper displays such
fine control as was in evidence and the
reputed heavy hitters on the Chicago club
were helpless before him Joe Jackson.
out Of four times up. failed to get any
thing that even smelled of a base hit
According to Fielder Jones' the best
left-hand pitcher in the American league
Is Rebel Russell of the White Sox. II
was on Russell that the Nationals got the
hit which won the first game and this
same Russell was beaten fairly by Harp
er in the second combat
WILLIAM PEET