Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-16
ATHLETICS TACKLE
NATIONALS TODAY
Walter Johnson and Harry
Krause Carded to Do
the Pitching.

Last nights rain left the grounds at
American League Park this morning in
very muddy condition. bat Manager
cantil1on and the corps Of assistants at
the park worked a couple of hours Oh the
field and it will do If il doesn't rain this
afternoon Marse Joe is particularly anX-
ious to MAY today so as to AVOID
double header tomorrow. and tie game
will not he called off until the last min
ute should il be necessary 10 do so.
Walter Johnson is carded to do the
twirling this afternoon. and as Charley
Streets foot is very much improved this
morning he will be ON the receiving end.
Inglaub was able to get out of bed this
morning and report at the park, ana II
able will be on first this afternoon. II
net. Jack Slattery will guard the initial
corner.
The Athletics reached the Arlington at
noon. chuck full of ginger and confidence.
Everybody. including Manager Mack. hdd
praise for the local outfit in holding the
Tigers in check and promise TO head the
champions before the week is out. Friend
shin ceases when the two teams clash
this afternoon. and although the games
should be very hard fought. Manager
Mack and Capt. Davis are figuring on
cleanup here. Harry krauSe. the great
southpaw will do the pitching for the
Athletics. which should make the struggle
interesting from start to finish. me
game starts al o'clock Keep your eyes
on TIE Stars flag and YOU will be posted
about the game and weather.
Jugs Dorohue left at 1 O'Clock this
afternoon for his home in Milwaukee. and
told a Star reporter before getting on the
train that he would return with the Ma
tionals from the west. Dcnohues injury
is. IL anything. worse than that of Otis
Clymers. and Manager Cantiilon is not
building on him helping out any more
this season. Bad luck appears to come
in punches for the game little first base
man. as his wife went to q hospital last
Friday and he will probably join her
there tomorrow
Donohue said this morning: Il knew if
l dropped that ball the game was gone,
and my last thought as | went down was
on holding that ball. Denny was
knocked senseless, and Schaeffer had
hard work prying the ball cut of the first
baseman's hand. The stop surely saved
the game, but sen; jugs to the hos
pitaI. How many first basemen Would
have. made the same catch for tail-end
So far as the Detroit end of the pen
nant race is concerned. the contempla-
ton of the dope from the Athletic view
point is q shade more satisfactory this
morning than it was upon the occasion
of the last weekly review. for up to Sat
urday night the Athletics made net
gain of three games and wrested the lead
from the Tigers: but the latter succeeded
in evening up things YESTERDAY by de-
feating the Chcagos for the thirteenth
time during the season. But while the
Detroit end of the dope is all right. ac
cording to the deductions, the Boston end
is not 50 reassuring, although there is
nothing in it to cause panic in the
camp of the White Elephants. From
Monday to Saturday the Red Sox gained
a game on the Mackmen. and are now
square away with them in the matter of
victories. but are back in the three hole
because of three more defeats.
This wonderful squirt on the part of the
Bostonians during the past three weeks
presages a race of extraordinary inter
behooves the Athletics to make every
post winning one. The series of games
between the Athletics and the Bostons
to date shows the Quakers to be one to
the good-1O-9-with the three remaining
games to be PLAYED at Shibe Park. After
ednesday the fight for the American
League pennant shifts to western fields,
vantage of playing in their own yard.
while the principal contenders will he
UP against the stiffest kind of opposi-
ton. for there never was a club that
did nc strain every effort to pull down a
leader. In this shuttle it is likely the
Detroiters will secure clean lead but
not enough to prevent the Athletics and
tire Bostons fighting it out when the
race gets down to cases in September.
The National League. fight Is not quite
so interesting as ii was this time one
week ago. Prior to New Yorks entry to
Chicago the Cubs were travelling at a