Evening star., 1912-09-05
LACK OF CONTROL GREATEST
FAULT OF YOUNG PITCHERS
Engel, Galia and Musser All Failed to Show
Much in That Department of Game
Yesterday = Johnson Will Be
Worked Against Wood.

is brilliant fielder and thrower. and
| he is fast on the bases but they can't
steal first base in this league and he
does not look very impressive at the
plate. As for kenworthy. he looks like
| a fair batter. but there is nothing bor-
| dering on ma jor league class about him.
Shanks and Moeller are, by far. better
men. and both are sure to Improve next
| season. But then. of course. Griffith does
not believe in standing pat. He wants
| TO get line on as many young players
| this fall as possible so that when he
gets into training next spring he will
know what sort of players he is to pick
his team from.
Sedate Boston howled with laughter at
the antics furnished by Nick Altrock be-
fore the game. Comedy on the ball field
is an absolutely new proposition here
and Altrock found an appreciative audi
ence. That shadow boxing stunt, in
which he knocks himself out. had them
falling out of their seats laughing. and
ne was given great ovation when ne
showed himself on the coaching lines
during the game. If it was left to the
patrons OF base ball around the circuit
Altrock would be allowed to do his COM
edy sketches during every game.
Just why it is that the Nationals are a
better looking ball team on the road than
at home is perhaps not easily explained,
but 1t Is a fact nevertheless. The play
ers seem to have more dash when on
foreign grounds and display an aggres-
siveness that is absolutely absent when at
home. All this season the Nationals
have done their best work on the road
and this trip is hardly going to be an ex-
ception.
Herring. the Indian, Is according to
Griffith. going to be great pitcher some
day. He is. of course. unfinished. but ne
has shown something to his manager
that he has never seen before, in that he
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impossible to hit. One of these deliveries
sends the ball down and outward. the
other in and downward and the other
straight downward. If he retains these
three and gets control of a fast ball Grit
fifth predicts great things for him. But
as said before, he is a green hand and it
will take time to make him a finished
pitcher.
The fickleness of patrons of base ball
or so-called fans was illustrated today
when Speaker failed to get more than one
hit in four times up. This was commented
upon in the stands, and it was suggested
by some that Speaker must be going back
And yet he is almost leading the league
in batting and is one OF the greatest
players in the game. To his good work
the Red Sox owe much of their success,
but the patrons have been spoiled and
expect more from him than any human
being could possibly deliver.
When the ReQ SOX naQ nnlSneQ tHeiF
second inning the game was virtually
over. for they scored four runs in that
round, and when Ray Collins is right he
does not allow that many. He was right
yesterday, and the Nationals managed
to get two over the plate.
Engel went to pieces in the second.
Gardner led off with a two-base hit and
took third on Engels out. Wagner
brought him home with a hit. and after
Carrigan had flied to Milan. Engel walk
ed Collins. Incidentally. he filled the
bases when he walked Hooper. Yerkes
then popped up over GandilS heand for
q base, and a couple of runs came home.
and Speaker, of course, was there with
timely hit which brought home another,
making a total of four.
Gallia pitched the third, but when he
walked Collins, the first man to face
him in the fourth. he was yanked. and
Musser took up the task. Hooper sacri-
feed, and then Yerkes slammed out
single, and Collins scored.
Musser got away until the sixth, when
a walk to Yerkes and Lewis double
brought home another
Fosters single and Gandil's triple gave
the Nationals their first run in the
fourth. and their final tally came In the
sixth on Milan's hit. a put-out and Gan
dis second safe drive. The score: