The Washington herald., 1918-08-27
CRFFS SLAUGHTER CICOTTE
IN FINAL CAME OF SERIES
Nationals Pound Offerings
Of White Sox Hurler to
Tune Of II to 2, While
Hovlik Shows Form.

Eddie cieotte. world series
pitching hero Of 1917. the hill
pivot for the champion White Sox.
was given a drubbins in the final
game of the series with the Ma
tionals yesterday at the Florida
Avenue Stadium by a count Of II
to 2. Sir Eddie viii never forget
this farewell lambasting. as seven
teen solid base whacks were rune
up against his "shineball" offer
ings during the afternoon frolic.
1t was the farewell appearance
of Pilot Clarence Rowland and
his world champions until after
Kaiser Bill has seen the Stars and
Stripes hoisted on the flag pole
Of the Hohenzollern palace in
Berlin. All the glory and sweet
revenge is coming to the Griff-
men for hammerins Cicotte to all
ends Of the bailiwck. but in beat
ing the camouflased team that is
at present travelling under the
name of the champion White Sox
was never a tough job in this
series. as with good pitching they
would have only been considered
a hard job for either the Rex
A. C.. Navy Yard or Camp Meiss
teams of local sandlot baseball.
This misft White sox outfit looked
Just like q Blue Ridge League club
in this series Of which the Nationals
captured every game, although they
were given a little better pitching
than that afforded in the mountains
of the Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
The veteran Sir Eddie has a great
deal to remember when he goes to
shipbuilding or some other essential
occupation of his final in the National
Capital. as the locals Just picked
away at his offerings for FIVE runs
and then went out in ths eighth and
did the trick Of slGughterihg In the
right manner when seven runs were
registered on nine hits.
Eddie Hovlik. the youthful Western
Lacquer. was on the firing line FOR the
locals and in justice to the Des
Moines hurler it must be said thar
he pitched the best he knew how tie
entire distance. although he was al
ways out In front. By the fifth
frame Hovvy was camping under a
hve-run lead and when the Nationals
did the nightmare act in the eighth.
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in the final inning and allowed two
runs to dent the pan. In this chapter
he was given 5oor support by his
teammates as three hits. two double
steals and a free issue gave the
visitors their allotment
Fosters first bingle, Judges double,
and a sacrifice fly to Milan gave the
Nationals the lead in the opening
inning while hits by Judge and Milan
followed by Shanks' clean two-bas,
whack to center field added two more
for the Griffnien in the fourth. Eddie
Hovlik opened :ne sifth for the locals
with a crash % right and went to
third when Foster singled to left.
Both runners scored on AiiSn's sirgle
to right as Foster had moved along
on a throw-in to third to catch
Hov.ik
Then the nightmare was staged
in the eighth. Judge started with a
bit to center and Milan followed by
Seating out a tap to Pinelli. Schultz
tripled to right sending the first runs
across and dented the pan himself
when Shanks hit to center. Howard
stole the midway sack standing up
and moved to third on Lavan's hit
to left. Picinich crashed Que past
Gandil that scored two more run
ners, but Hovlik made the first on.
of the session by whining the wind.
Shotton got his first blow of the
game which was a double to right
that Tailed Picinich and romped
over himself q minute later when
Foster hit to left. Eddie moved
along on the throw-in and came to
third on Judges second hit of the
Inning Milan forced Judge down
and Foster was retired when a dou-
BILE steal was attempted between
and Milan.
Hits by Pinneii. Dovereman and
schaIk. pinch hitting for Cicotte.
along with two double steals and
base on balls gave the visitors two
runs in the final inning when the
entire National team loafed along.
batted out of order in the
first frame. but Griff lifted the pro-
tested ruling and allowed him to
waltz back in his regular position
in the second giving Buck Weaver
a little of the edge in the hitting