Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
HARPER VERY WILD,
BUT DEFEATS S0X
Nationals SouthpaW, Allow
ing Chicago But Three Hits,
Wins by 8 to l.
SUPPORT IS FAULTLESS
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

! CHICAGO, Juno 15.-Despite the
! fact that; Harper. issued eight. bases
on balls, hit a batsman and made two
wild pitches, he permitted only three
scattered singles and enabled the Ma
tionals to annex the second game of
the series with the White Sox today.
score 3 to 1. Opposed to the erratic
portsider was Faber, now a Jackie at
the Great Lakes naval training station
and available to perform for the Hose
by reason Of day off from his du-
ties. Urban, the Red. was as steady
as Harper was wild, and demonstrated
hero of last falls triumph over the
Giants in the world series. He famed
five of the Griffs. but he yielded twice
as many hits as Harper and this,
coupled with poor support from his
teammates. who compiled four errors,
three of which were of the damaging
variety, caused him to go down to de-
feat.
With the score one-all in the eighth
and both Pfcinich and Harper out of
the way via the strike-out route, Shot
ton started the rally that proved the
undoing of the Rowlandftes by punch
ing a single to right. Bert stole sec
ond on the first ball pitched and gal.
Hoped home when Foster lined a single
to center. Felschs throw had Shotton
beaten at the plate, but it skipped past
Schalk and rolled to the stands, Fos-
ter Logging It around to third, from
where he Tailed when Weaver was
unable to come up with Judges hot
drive over by second. Milan ended il
by forcing Judge. but the two runs
sufhced, as Harper stammered through
the last two frames without being
scored on.
Harper's Wildness Costly.
Harper's eternal wildness gave the
sox run in the getaway session. a
pass to Murphy being the entering
wedge. j. Collins sacrificed him to sec
ond. After E. Collins lifted foul to
Shotton. a wild pitch put him on
third. from where he Tailed on a sin
gle to center by Felsch. Hap was
tagged by Picinich when he tried to
steal. Harry walked both Weaver
and Risberg with one down in the
second. and sandwiched another wild
pitch between them, but was saved
when Schalk hit into a double play
started by Mcbride. The southpaw
maintained his hawklike pace by
ranking Faber to first in the third.
Murphy's sacrifice and ]. Collins out
put him on third, but Shotton got un-
der e. Collins fly.
Shotton. with a walk, in the opener
was the only Griffman to reach first
until the third. when Weaver erred on
McBride's\ grounder. Both were left,
Bert being caught stealing. and
George watching Pfcinich, Harper and
Shotton set down in order.
The Nationals tied 1t up in the
fourth. however. After Foster had
and continued to third when E. COL
Inns booted Milan's bounder Shanks'
long sacrifice fly registered Judge. but
Milan was called out at second when
he tried to advance after the catch.
Picinich's triple to the bleachers in
left center with two down in the fifth
was wasted. and the best Harper
could do was Whit.
Gandil's Single Wasted.
Gandil's single in the fourth
was wasted, as Weaver hit into a dou-
BILE play. Harper had some luck again
In the fifth. when he walked Risberg
and Murphy. Morgan had killed on
Schalk with great stop and throw
and Mcbride distinguished himself by
tossing out ]! Collins after Harper de-
Elected his drive over second. Harry
the Sox in order in the sixth,
but got in trouble again in the
seventh when, after he plunked Ris-
berg in the ribs, Schalk hit safely and
Faber moved them up with a sacrifice.
Morgan tossed out Murphy, however.
After the Nationals had jumped into
he lead in the eighth. Mcbride came
along in the ninth with his first hit
since getting back into the game, a
lrive too hot for Risberg to handle.
George was nipped of first.
Harper's sixth pass to Felsch, In the
eighth. did no damage, but Johnson
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