Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07
BUSH IS EFFECTIVE
AGAINST GR|FFMEN
Holds Nationals to Four Hits
and Athletics Capture
Game, a TO !.
DOC AYERS BATTED HARD
IN LAST THREE INNINGS
Milan and Harper Only Members OF
Grifith's Team Able to Con-
meet With Ball
BY j. ED GRILLO.

For the second time this spring
Joe Bush today proved himself
effective against the Nationals
and won his game by score OF
4 to |. Bush allowed the Griff-
men only four hits. and three of
these clean-cut drives were made
By Milan. while the other was
scratch which Harper dropped
into short left field.
Milan was the only one OF the
visitors who seemed to have some
idea as to where the ball was be-
ing pitched, and he hit it. while
the others did nothing but pop
up or hit weak grounders to the
infielders. The fact that Bush
gave six passes did not cut any
figure. for while there were sew
eral times when hits would have
done damage, he took care that
these hits did not come to inter
fere with his we'll laid plans.
Harper pitched fine game for
six innings and was taken out to
use a pinch hitter He allowed
but two hits in that time, but
walked Strupk three times.
Ayers, who finished the game,
did not have much and was hit
numerically hard during the
time he was on the slab, which
fact netted the Athletics their
final brace OF runs.
Milan Not Advanced.
Though Milan got a hit in the open
ing inning after two were out. he was
not advanced. Henry walked in the
second inning. with two out and he
too. was left. There was a chance for
some runs in the third when two hits
Harper started the round by dropping
a little fly to left for a base. Moeller
flied out to left and then Foster forced
Harper Milan singled. but Rondeau
forced him for the third out
There was another chance for runs in
the fourth, but a poor decision by UNI
pire Nallin prevented this. After Judge
had been retired Morgan safe on
Wits tumble. Henry hit down the first
base line and McInnis got the bail and
threw it to Bush. Morgan reaching
third base on the play, Pick missing
him two yards with sweep of his
arm. but Nallin called him out and
made it a double play, retiring the
side.
In the fifth the visitors again got a
man on when Harper walked with one
out. but Moeller and Foster could not
advance him. In the seventh Bush
walked three men. but was not scored
on. He started by walking Morgan and
Henry Mcbride. in trying to sacrifice,
hunted at McInnis and the latter forced
Morgan third. Williams, batting for
Harper. fouled out to Schang and then
Moeller was walked, filling the bases.
but the best Foster could do was to
force Moelier at second.
In the meantime the Athletics had
scored a couple of runs. In the third
inning three errors in succession
caused Harper to force in a run. Judge
allowed Bushs grounder 10 get through
him and then Foster fumbled Wits
hunt. Walsh hunted TO Harper, who
threw wild and pulled Judge off the
bag filling the bases. Strunk then
walked and Bush was forced home.
Lajoie popped up to Morgan who pur-
posely let the ball fall and then threw
Witt out at the plate for a double play
Another run came to the Athletics in
the sixth. Strunk drew his third pass
in this inning TO start II. Schang sac
rihced him TO second and after LaJoie
had flied out McInnis hit to left for a
base and strunk scored.
In the eighth. after Witt had been
famed, Ayers walked Walsh. Strunk
went out from third to first and then
Schang doubled 10 left. Lajoie singled
to center and McInnis doubled TO right.
all OF which netted two runs.
The score: