Evening star., 1917-05-02
HARPER A SURPRISE
Holds Yankees to Four Hits in
First Game of Season.
GRIFFMEN WIN BY 8 TO z
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

The combination of pay day and
pitcher with a sore arm proved too
much for the Yankees yesterday. the
net result being that Washington de-
Ieated New York. g to 2. although Man
lger Donovan has protested the game.
Harry Harper was the gent with the
bum whip referred to. 1t was the first
time since April 1, when the first Of
The Griffmen took their initial work -out
It Augusta. that the ghost has walked
Tor the Griffmen. 1t was the first ap-
pearance Of the season for the Jersey
Junk dealer. the first game Washington
had won for exactly one week and 1t
III happened very appropriately on the
list of May; entirely too many aces for
Bob Shawkey and his supporting cast
10 stack chips against
Whether the imulating effects OF
khe atmosphere in the vicinity of the
bashiers cage or the moral influence of
having pitcher with no chance to
win working for them had the most to
We are inclined to think 1t was the lat
Ter. Griff frankly admitted prior to the
eame that he had no confidence in Har-
Der, but said he intended to start him
because it had to be done some time
knyhow, and by line of reasoning
feculiar to managerial minds. figured
ke might win. in view of the fact that
hose of his pitchers who are in the
pink Of condition" failed to.
Only Four Hits Off Harper.
Maybe Harper knew something when he
asked his boss 70 take him with the team
IN its recent trip north. A perusal of the
box score shows that Donovan's con-
Denders-a dozen of them. including pinch
Aitters and all-got only four scattered
hits of the hefty southpaw Except for
the fact that Harry elected to issue three
u his seven passes in one round-the
third-in which inning the Gothamites
rot one of their quartet of bingles and
Also inserted a sacrifice fly, Harper would
have started the season with shut-out.
but as it was the visitors took advantage
bf this combination of essentials to mark
up their brace of tallies, which exactly
balanced the result of triple. double
Ind two singles complied by the Glrnmen
h the opening chapter.
As an evidence of his appreciation OF
Eunamakers refusal to bestir himself to
capture his foul fly some fifteen feet back
Of the plate, Joe Judge cracked out a
triple to the right field fence and came
b with the first of the locals trio of runs
Ehen Foster promptly singled to left.
Eddie reached third on Milan's looping
eouble between Magee and Gilhooley, but
was run back TO third and tagged by
Eunainaker on Baker, peg of Rice blow.
Milan moved up on the play and also was
touched by Nunamaker. Manager Dono-
van claimed both were out, baSing ms
protest of the game on this point, but the
jumps ruled that Foster alone had been
retired Rice had kept on TO second, while
Foster was being run down, and took
third when Milan was killed off at the
counting block on Maisels peg of Memo
sky's bounder. On Morgan's clean single
to center Rice scored with the second run.
Mcbride wound things UP by tanning.
The winning tally was earned in the
sixth. Magee barely was able to touch
Rice,s drive while on the run toward the
fence and Samyouell went to third when
Menosky Enthusiastically hunted over Baker $
mead Morgan's long fly to Hughey High
enabled Rice to spike the counting block
Score: