The Washington times., 1916-05-25
Probable Line-Ups
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
Game at $3.50 o'clock.

Saturday will come the first double
header of the 1916 campaign in the
Capital Connie Mack's rejuvenated
Athletics being the attraction at the
Georgia avenue ball yard. The first
game will start promptly at 2 o'clock.
Letters from fans asking for a Satur-
day bargain Influenced the Old Fox.
Tomorrow the Mackmen will make
their second appearance of the season
here. opening a three-day stop contain
ing four games. On their first visit
they impressed fans as being far
stronger than had been expected. and
they have been improving ever since.
Of an argument than they have re-
ceived since they were battling the In
dams.
Waivers have been asked on Otis
Crandall, the veteran. pitcher. by
Fielder Jones, and they will doubtless
be obtained without much trouble
crandall has never been wonder and
he IL, now too slow for fast company.
In this brutal campaign. the leader Ia
continually being torn from his place
and trampled under foot. That's what
Urban Faber and the associated White
Sox did to the Griffmen yesterday,
to-be-desired first place by licking them.
to l.
Remember. boys. don't take anything
away from Urban Faher. He was the
stumbling block at every moment. Once
but that was he ONE ONE time that oI hsp.
pened. Faber had the opposing bats
men eating out Of his hand as a rule.
Bert Gallia started of in his Gus
tomary classy fashion and battled
Faber evenly for four frames. Then
Bert happened to remember that some
body insulted him seven years ago and
he got so wild about 1t that he walked
a couple Of lads and let Faber single
That's how the Griffs happened TO drop
that one yesterday.
Doc Ayers was on the pitching peak
in the sixth and we all suffered. includ-
ing Doc. John Henry's peg to Mcbride
was high, letting one run over. and
Ayers played kindergarten baseball
with a heave to the plate. letting an
other over. However. those two runs
were unnecessary and there's no sense
piling all over the Hillsville sawbones.
The nub of the whole thing Is that.
even without those two extra runs, the
Sox would have won. Faber was UNI
hittable in the tight places and those
nrst two tallies behind him were quite
sufficient. boys, quite sufficient.
Joe Judges single opened the second,
sacrifice advancing him. Henry's
blow scored him. That's all we ever
got.
In the fifth Mcbride singled and got
around to third, but Milan forced Fos-
ter for the third death. Nothing doing!
Jameson reached second and Morgan
was on first with two down In the sew
enth, waking w the small crowd. but
Foster merely rolled to Eddie Collins.
The Sox ohoved over their first pair
in this fashion. Jackson walked Felsch
sacrificed and Schalk walked. McMul-
lin scratched hit In front of the plate,
Milling the sacks. Faber's base blow to
Mllanville scored jackson and Schalk.
Buck Weaver WAS hit by a pitched
ball to open the sixth. Eddie Collins
sacrificed and Fcurnier scratched a
single to Ayers. jackson rolled to
Ayers and Weaver was caught between
third and home. "A Henry started up
the line to got Weaver. Ayers very
carefully and deiibcrately tossed to the
plate. Henry Just barely touched the
ball with his bare hand. Weaver SCOT
ing Fournier and schalk worked a
double steal, Henry,s high peg tc. Nc
Bfide preventing n death at the rlate.
Here you are for the second place
stunt