The Washington herald., 1916-06-11
Griffrnen Must Brace to
Stay in First Division
Nationals Far Have Proved
to Be Poor Road Club, Win
ming But One Game.
COMMENT OF LOCALS

Chicago, June io-with tn. first West.
ern Invasion half over. and only on. vie.
tory to the credit OF the National, ~
Tar. decided brace must be taken ~ "a.
cluo Is TO return home In the first a.
vision.
The Grinmen, as a rule. ar. a An. ,o..
/ club and play only fair bali al horo.-
conditions are reversed this year and
manager GTtIth is trying every uo~sfhle
combination in the hopes Of setttnf bI,
team back into its winning rtride
JUST why Rondeau was not permitted
{ 70 play today is not quite clear, for Rondy
mas been hitting the ball hard ever sine.
the Detroit series. Kid Jameson wa, IN
] LETT field and drove in the Nationslss oniv
run. With Rondeau in right, surely NOR.
hitting strength would have been sd6.d-
yet the Old Fox could not see Il thst
way. -
Aoeller pulled ''boner' when n. ,,-
sisted upon catching that foul hy tn %.
| fifth inning, Jackson scoring from thIrs
on the put-out Danny figured he wss
nearer the plate than he actually Wa,
and probably thought he could ,ssiIv
throw out a runner from third. but h.
olont L and that tally put the White soY
In the game
Eddie Fosters weak hitting b., ,l,o
handicapped the Nationals a whol. Ies
i ne little third sacker does not air ht,
| troubles, but II is known that his 1..t
"Tlst is stu bothering him. for the res-
! son that he has never been able 10 siv.
II the proper rest cure, and every time
ne tags runner he sets back the sprain-
ed wrist Just so much.
II could only get the bIsrned ,hl,x
wei would hit better. for at present N
| Is impossible for me to grip a bat and
! take good healthy swing at the bali
nave to try and poke it safely and also
Try TO get on the bases by waiting out
the pitcher, said Foster when oue.-
| toned by the writer.
A party Of Ed Gharrity's friend, e,o-,
I beloit Wis, the catcher's home town a.
| fenced today's game and oheered for th.
Nationals
Dumont explained how he happens5 70
hit Weaver and force In the so1', win
ming run follows:
l tried TO curve the ball over the plate
so that II would come in close 70 Weaver
forcing him TO hit up a poppy from tn.
/ handle OF the bat, but ! started the cury.
100 close and as a result the ball hit him
was the sorest man in seven States
when II happened and only hope Gr1~th
gives me another chance 70 work against
| them"
| Jim Shaw looked pretty good during tn.
| snort time he was on the rubber Had ~
not been for shsw's own bad per IN IN.
ninth II is doubtful II be would have been
yanked out
| For the second game Of the .er1., To-
morrow Doc Ayers probably will he
named 10 face the White So1. Fsber.
VINO beat the GriTnen in Washington
last month. will be the Chicago pitcher.
OWlng 10 four days OF rain the outreId
was In soft condition and in addition a
hleh "ind was blowing yet the heIders
on both clubs played great ball and many
/ difficult catches were made.
An absurd story printed in one OF IN.
cleveland newspapers last Friday in
formed the public that the reason IN.
/ Indians batted Harper so hard during
the early innings Of THURSDAYS rsn7a u-ss
that the Cleveland boys got onto Esr-
pers pitching signals and knew what
was coming VI
As matter OF fact the Washington
. battery signals are 50 perfectlv
covered up that no ball player in the
world can detect them
Harper did not have 8 thinE-his
curve he could not control and his
fast one came over the plat. ss
straight as q string
/ II Harper had uncorked the stun =.
displayed against Detroit last week
the Indians would have been helpless
peloFe MIN.
The throwing out Of GriHth's nro-
teSt or the game won by Detroit last
sunday was in a measure expected.
and the incident is closed. but ther.
Is another matter which the Old Fox
proposes TO take UP with Ban John
son when the club hits Chicago that
demands the attention OF the league
chief
Grln is going to institute cam
Raign against the use of the so-calIed
Q bean ball" by certain pitchers in the
American League. The pitcher should
he Eut out OF the game and fined in
every instance, ssya GriT That viii
soon stop the practice. which is most
dangerous TO bsJsmcn
There are only one or two pitchers
who would do il Intentionally. but
am satisfied that the recent "beaninE'
OF one OF my men was intentional. be-
cause this particular player was
warned beforehand that this particu-
lar pitcher was after him"
The first day the Nationals reached
Cleveland Grir put himself on record
by saying that Chic GEndN would
soon begin to hit his stride at bat
The Old Fox evidently knew whereof
he spoke, as was demonstrated in
Thursdays game. when Gandn came
across with four hits out OF Ave tine
up. and just about made Il possible