The Washington herald., 1917-06-25
NATIONALS HAVE AN
EASY TINE WINNING
North GTosvernordale. semi-Pro..,
Beaten. 8 70 0.

Boston, Mass, June A.-Washing-
ton, with q substitute pitcher on the
North Grosvernordale. Ct. to .. this
afternoon Russell who formerly
pitched for Baltimore. did the twirl-
ing for the Senators. The latter ap-
peared at the hotel where the Sena-
tors are stopping and asked Grin 70
He said he merely wanted the chance
TO work out, and Grin took him along
with the rest OF the team.
Opposed to the Senators were sew
eral Eastern Leaguers, but the major
ity Of them played under assumed
players were members Of the Law
renee team, which Is playing sensa-
tional ball at present.
Although Russell pitched excellent
rock The antics Of the latter had the
players Of the opposing team up In
the air. They were 50 busy watching
Ni.k that they were unable to play
ball. GriR used Nick at first base
and some OF the plays he pulled on
tional and American leagues look like
rank amateurs
one OF the best plays of the day was
'Nicks squeeze play. With Leo
nard at bat, Nick came dashing home
and when he saw the catcher had the
dashed for second base. SSe play
caught the opposing backstop and he
threw TO second to get Nick, who
turned and dashed back towards home.
After ne had been put out he called
The senators made the trip, 40
The Cenators made the trip, 40
miles, to and from Boston In autos.
The party left this morning and ar
rived back In Boston at $50 O'Clock
tonight That is, some Of them did.
One party ran out of gasoline about .
miles from Boston and were stranded
nearly an hour while the chauffer
hunted for gasoline. They arrived in
Boston shortly after 10 o'clock tired
and covered with real estate.
Two games are scheduled with the
Red Sox today and Griff Is deter
: mined 70 check the champions who
have had unusual success against the
Senators this season. Griff is confi-
dent his team will be able to take
two and possibly three Of the four
Hub on this trip. With shore and
Leonard out of the way the Sox have
but Mays, as neither Bader, Pennock.
Wyckeroff or Foster are liable to give
the Senators much trouble.
The one topic among the players to-
day was the assault of Ruth on
Umpire Brick Owens. The majority
Of the players seem to think that
Ruth had no cause to attack the
umpire None of the balls that he
served up to Morgan could rightly be
called a strike. The Senators are in
clined to think that Ruth is In for a
good sttn punishment and that his
loss viii put a dent in the chances
of the Red Sox revealing their win
of the last two season.
Umpire Owens left Boston i'm
mediately after the game as he had
received Instructions before the game
to go to Chicago. Before he left for
the West he stated that he did not
charged and that Ruth had no cause
to punch lin.
II President johnson deals with
Ruth as he intimated in a dispatch to
Boston the latter will be given a good
stiff fine and suspended. With Ruth
out Of the game for any length of
time the Sox have little chance of
keeping up in the race for Ruth is
as a glance at the pitching rec
ords of the club will show. With
Ruth out the Sox have but Leonard.
Shore and Mays for the bulk of the
work. Foster, who has pitched but
one game this season, will not be of
any Ise to the clue unless he has
improved wonderfully since last Mon
day when he attempted to stage his
comeback.
BaGer and Pennock have been used
as relief pitchers and have not start
ed a game at home. Both of these
men have started away from home
but neither man has been able to go
the distance. Jones has been of no
Use whatever to the club and Wyckofr
has been under the weather the great
er part of the season.
One of the officials of the Red Sox
club said that President Frazee, who
is in New York, when informed of the
Ruth incident, stated that he would
hand Ruth something that he would
remember. So 1t looks as though the
big southpaW was in for a double
dose. From present indications it
looks as though his punch at Owens
was going to be one of the most
costly in the history Of the game.