Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-30
18th to Give One Of His Young Pitchers Trial in Game Today
CARL CASFuON TO PITCH HIS
FIRST LEAGUE GAME TODAY
Griffith to Send Giant Twirler Against
Yankees - Nationals Showing
Nota Flashint the Pan.
By J. ED aRuLo.

By j. ED 06xkAO.
Carl Cashion is to pitch the ANAL game
against New York today. II is the first
time this season that Manager Griffith
has started any Of his young pitchers in
championship game. Griffith realizes
that In order to have a chance to finish
| well up in the race he must add to his
pitching staff and he proposes to try out
his youngsters to determine which of
them are capable Of holding their own.
Cashion has been selected to get the first
trial. He is undoubtedly q much i'm
proved pitcher over what he was last
year, though there Is still some doubt as
to his control Grif1th, however, will
work Cashion regularly for q while in
the hope that the work will improve him.
Joe Engel Is another youngster who is
| to have trial shortly. This boy is
showing up remarkably well in practice
and with Grifiith and Ryan both instruct
ing him. he should be able to show some
thing ere long II Griffith can make a
winner out Of any one Of his youngsters
| he will be well enough fortified with
pitchers not to have to worry over that
department..
Pitching a ball game calls for no more
exertion from Walter Johnson these days
than il he spent the time in a rocking
chair. There is a marked difference in
Johnson's work this season compared with
| former years. He no longer relies en-
tirly on his speed, and, in fact, uses a
curve and slow ball most Of the time
Only now and then, when he finds himself
| in hole. does he cut loose with that ter
rible speed which made him famous ne
| change OF style has made Johnson bet
ter pitcher than he ever was. He has
won four out Of five games this spring.
In the last thirty -eight innings he has
pitched he has been scored on but once
| 1t is noticeable that Johnson is not
striking out nearly the number of men
he used to. He is satisfied now to let
! them send easy chances to his fielders.
An umpire who has worked many games
which Johnson has pitched made the re-
mark the other day that Johnson was
| working more like Mathewson every day.
He takes matters easy until the opposing
teams threaten, when he calls on that
great reserve force and works himself
out OF a ticklish position. Barring acci-
dent, Johnson should establish a remark
able pitching record this season. Any
time that his team can get q couple of
runs for him he is almost certain to win
his game.
Jack Sheridan, chief Of umpires of the
American League, was In the city yester-
day and brought with him a new order
| from Ban johnson which stops fnheiders
| from practlc1ng during the proBFeSS VI
the game. 1t has been customary for
the infielders to toss a ball around while
| the pitcher was warming up. This In the
opinion Of President Johnson, has caused
shorten the game this will not be allowed
in the future. Sheridan instructed I'M
pires Connolly and Hart to this effect
yesterday.
manner Is hard to understand. for the
/ practice referred to was INDUCED In while
I the catcherwas getting himself ready to
i go behind the bat That the fact that
besides all their other paraphernalia is
| doing much to make the game long
drawn out there il no doubt. for at least
three or four times during the game. when
himself Of lot Of things which it takes
| time to replace
Germany schaefers three-bagger hit
the bull sign in right field, as a result OF
which he will receive $50. The drive came
in the third inning and struck the bull
near the top Of the fence. The bull was
threatened several times during the after
ing hit In that direction, though Schaefer
was the only one to hit the goal.
Harry wolverton is not seeing many of
the games his team Is playing here. For
the third time in three days he was sent
off the field yesterday.
In the seventh inning Hartzell. who was
on second, left the bag before Sehaefer
bail was thrown to second Umpire Hart
called him out. Wolverton protested and
was sent OF the field.
He was ordered of the field in both
to the umpires to bring this about Is In
an apparently quiet manner.
Eddie Foster had his first opportunity
yesterday to demonstrate his ability as q
fielder on the local grounds. 1t was the
first game that he has played here where
} several difncult chances were offered him
and the brilliant way In which he per-
! formed brought the crowd to its feet. The
most remarkable feature Of Fosters play
throw from any position without any ap-
! parent motion. He just snaps the ball
across the diamond and Jack Flynn sell
dom has to stretch for any of the little
. The good showing of the Nationals to
, date cannot be considered a flash In the
, pan. The team Is playing consistently
good base ball. and II its pitchers hold
. up at the pace they have shown this
spring there is no reason why the present
gait should not be continued throughout
the season.
, To date the hitting has not been Of the
best, for the reason that several members
Of the team have not struck their stride.
80 that it IL reasonable to suppose there
will be Improvement In the batting as the
season progresses. But there is q dis
play Of intelligent ball in every game the
Nationals play, and the fact that the
speed Of tho team has been vastly i'm
/, proved has made q great difference In
!. the clubs strength. 1t may be argued
that the other teams in the race lack
condition and that for this reason the To-
calls have an advantage. but there Is no
question that a siege of good. warm
weather will also be beneficial to Crit
fth's players.
There will have to be remarkable re.
! versal Of form by the team II 1t fails to
beat out two or three Of its rivals this
year, for. as 1t has gained q good start, 1t
has considerable Of an advantage, and
while. Of course. 1t is sure to have IT'D
slumps. - do al teams. the strength ap-
parently exists to make a respectable
showing in the race.
What should prove most interestins
and hard-fouGht seFies will open here to-
morrow. when the Boston Red Sox come
for four games. Boston has q bail team
which by many 10 picked to beat the Ath.
letics out OF the race. In the three games
the Nationals played there last week
: they made q splendid showing winning
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