Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-08
GR|FFMEN GIVING FANS
RUN FOR THEIR MONEY
Demonstrate in Contests With Chi
cago They Deserve Better Sup
port in Washington.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

To date all the games the Griffmen
have played have not been of the va
. riety to attract fans to the ball park.
but those of yesterday and the day be-
fore most decidedly were, and there is
little question but that if they con-
tinue to turn in such contests with
any degree of regularity at all, at
tendance figures in Washington will
take a jump upward.
When a team can present pitchers
capable of holding such sluggers as
the Whlte Sox possess scoreless for
eighteen innings and can hammer two
of the best twirlers in Manager Row
lands stable for a total of seventeen
hits IN two games it cannot be said
that 1t is team incapable Of putting
| up real battle against a worthy ad-
versary; Ihose of the fans who stayed
away wednesday and Thursday doubt
ing they would get a run for their
| money if they journeyed to the park
| missed something in the way of enter
| tainment.
More than 1000 persons paid to see
yesterdays contest with the White
Sox, and it is safe to say there was
| not a single one of them who consid-
| cred the money poorly invested. Con-
sidering weather conditions here re-
cently-the frequency of showers and
almost constant cloudiness-the attend
ance in the last few days has not been
so bad, but it still is not nearly as good
| as the team deserves. Washington pos
sesses what many cities of much
| larger population would go a long way
| to get-majdr league base bal1-and it
! IS up to Washington to show that it
appreciates it's advantage in this re-
| spect by properly supporting the team.
| Jim Shaw is scheduled to work for
the Nationals in the third game of the
Inc Nurst BIO Il
+ his work measures up to what he is
capable of. Chicago may have some
more runless innings added to the
eighteen wished on them thug far by
the locals. Scott probably will work
for the Sox. If he does Judge may get
back into the game at first base, but If
Williams or Danforth is sent to the
firing line by Manager Rowland the
locals are likely to present the same
lineup as yesterday. with Charity at
first and Shanks in left.
The New York club. widely heralded
as prospective champions Of the Ma
tional League, yesterday suffered
stroke of ill luck that may seriously
affect their chances in the pennant race.
In a game at Cincinnati, which the
Giants won. 10 to l. Lew McCarty. their
best catcher. broke bone in his left
ankle sliding into a base and had to be
carried off the field. His services will
probably for the remainder Of the sea-
son.
McCarty has been the mainstay OF the
Giants behind the bat this year, and
it is largely to his effective work that
the success of McGraw's pitchers this
year is attributed. In addition to catch
ing well. McCarty has been hitting
hard. He already had scored one run
and had driven in another before he
was injured in the fourth inning.
With McCarty out OF the game Rari
den will be the principal dependence Of
the Giants for catching duty. with Glib
son and Kruger as substitutes. This
trio is capable enough. but none of them
measures up in ability to McCarty 1t
is assured his loss will be keenly felt
by the Giants.