The Washington herald., 1918-04-18

Jimmy shaw made mis- seasons de-
but. but IL sure was q disappointing
one for Jimmy and local fandom, as
the Yankees bowed back at the Pitts
bUrgh Stogie with a quartet Of tallies
derived from the same number of
base wallops in the one frame in
which he was allowed to work. Lefty
fharnmalon, who was given a try
out by the Foxy pilot in the spring
% 1916. was Higgins selection, but
the generosity of the Jersey City
youngster in free passes proved his
undoing, as Slim Love was quickly
enlisted in the first session for emer-
gency work.
The lanky Georgian got away with
it in a fairly good manner until he
wabbled in the eighth, when Hug
gins disposed Of him in favor Of Mo-
gridge. Although the latter was
touched up for solid whacks he was
blessed with having alright support
when these braces meant the turning
hack of National taIlies, and accord
ing to statistics he is recorded with a
victory over Walter Johnson.
Earl Yingling was given a chance
to do his bit toward a comeback,
after shaw faltered in the Nationals
first, and although Grih removed the
former Association hurler when the
locals kicked into the running. it must
be said that the smiling chink" gave
a creditable account Of himself.
Even in the face Of defeat. thte
Nationals have convinced Miller
Huggins that they can punch the
stufing out OF south-paw hurling,
as the base cracks obtained by the
Nationals were pretty evenly divided
on. the offerings Of the Yanks' box
artist. But for Shaw's nightmare in
the opening and two rulings of de-
Cisions by the umpires in the eighth,
this overtime batting bee would no:
have been necessary. These breaks
are recorded against the home crew,
but even in the face of these So
termed breaks, the Nationals blew
many chances to decide the issue.
as the telling whaCk was lacking.
Griffith's crew has proven that they
are a hard bunch to beat. as they
battled all the way to overcome the
early lead gathered by the Man
haitian tribe. but 1t was not until
the ei"hth that the locals drew on
even terms with the slugging Wis
itOTs.
True to predictions. these lombard
ing Yankees went to work early.
when GilhOOley hit safely to start
the first Miller advanced him a bag
BY the sacrifice route and he moved
along another step when Shaw cut
loose wild heave. Del Pratt then
put over a three-base wallop, scor-
ing Gilly. and registered a minute
later when Baker beat out an in
field scratch after Pipp had been
passed. Milan's boot of Bakers
Erounder allowed both runners to
move along. and each registered
when BOdie crashed out a drive to
the center garden. A base on balls
to Pipp followed by Bodies second
crash added one more in the third,
while pass to Pratt. Pipp's triple
and Bakers single gave the Yankees
two more in the fifth.
Three bases on balls, a hit batsman,
a iielder's choice and a sacrifice fly
netted the Nationals their first counter
IN the opening inning. while Ainsnith's
blow, followed by Yingling meeting
one in the ribs, Shotton's sacrifice and
Milan's timely smash gave the Ma
tionals another in the second.
fingling's and Milan's safe drive,
followed by Milan's twO-base waIlop
gave the Nationals another in the
third. Griff's clan got in striking dis
tance in the seventh when Fosters