Evening star., 1912-07-03
on Should Regain Lost Ground During Rest Of Stay at Home
NATIONAL SHOULD IMPROVE
POSITION FROM NOW ON
Will Be Pitted Against Weaker Teams
During Rest of Stay at Home
Vaughn and Johnson Today.
BY ]. ED GRILLO.


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-, .1.t,. 49, .l,, -a,firc e,o,,1d 10 "a sier
80;
for the Nationals. HaEins hhishcd 'hei'
series with Boston and Philadelphia, tne
aCkrow IcdceI two strongest teams in the
-eds"e' ''''' ''s.' .''". .,.,,,c.,
HNe games WIZ ~ -" - '''"'
has shown but little TINS season f"iio"- :
ing the visit OF the Gothamites here. come
tha western clubs. against which the
-, h,;.t5 , record on their re-
l''d's 'S'o'''S.''' " III, ~
cent INVASION ~ th@ "'s'. f'dS'' -.
course is a rather uncertain proposition,
and il is not safe To place too much re-
49,, - e, -, ,f,,,, l. ~ getting
III - +ir,o ~
ava! from m id't ''id' -, :
least. the outlook for the locals Advancing
is decidedly bright But the team Will
have 10 plsy its best bali and there are
reasons Tor heheNlns that "Hi'
the losing streak was broken yesterday
in a most impressive manner, and the
,,, o,,ca moro disnr.yad thc form which
il tba season
h'dn' = ''''' - s,-,,1a
winning streak a. TINS "Hie "oo'u
roc ,,biraen i h,t a few games in
80, ,5 ,bird n,are should he gained
i'o''' 1.r.h,r,,ora
netore the emu ~ t'e ".oh :, - ~
Boston and Philadelphia VIII ne hooheo
up for the next few days, this pair play
In lose sround. and an even break would
send both teams back so that there is a
good chance for the Nationals to Galn on
Them. too
Jim Vaughn is 10 face his old team
tn6a g.
header and il is needless to say that the
big eft-hander Will pitch his arm on IN
an effort To land victory. Vaughn was
informed yesterday that he "ou-d pe
worked today. and nothing that could
have been told him would have pleased
him more. on what he showed here the
other day against The Athletics. Vaughn
stands a splendid chance or gaming
victory over his former mates ana, as
Johnson is slated TO pitch the second
game il is fairly possible that the Ma
tionals will add couple of victories to-
day.
The Nationals will oe without the selN-
ige of Catcher Ava Niillams lot t.le heAt
three days. Niihams was hotiAeu @
orc yesterdays game that ne Mas sue SUI,
Iended as result OF MS fuh-in Win I'm
rire NesterVeit III MonoaS 80
when ne OBJECTED 10 d cdieu sti
ANOTHER pltcher mas oeeh adoeu " ',s
Nationals stan. fii' ~ hane = "a o., h.s
he is but nineteen years olu. ne @ Has
cen pitching sehh-pro pan IN s".s 49,
and comes hishlS recoiiliHehueo ~ -"e'ii'
Str Griith
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IL was great udS loi - ue ,.H
For the hrS time III sesefal ua! tiiiss
/ roke right for hin' ana ms .no i,.s w.
Iespons Die ioi an oi ti'e = 90, -, -.
every one OF the games WIN .he an, An,
let.cs, but he seemed unIortunate III e.a, .ila,
lie could NOT get MS. oINes aNaH o.i
waiting helders. yesterday II was uihei
ent. In the sixth inning, WITH the pases
5 ull. he hit Sharply 10 rlsht ana TWO l.ns
anne nome tying the score. IN the
: eighth; he duplicated TINS performance;
Schaefer and Foster We're on second ana
tn!rd. respectively, Wnen Milan MT u
center, scoring them both putting ms
Team IN the lead. lie stole second wen.
To third on Lapp poor throw anu scoTeo
on .Gandirs sacrifice fy. so that he was
really responsible Tor every one or the
live runs his team scored
Houck was a puzzle for five innings
curing which time not single man
reached first base on him. lie mad pc
,uliar cToss-fire delivery which he mixed
wth a curve which baffied the locals
From the sixth inning on, however, he
was not near so effective.
Barney Petty is establishing quite rec
ord as finisher. In the last two games
with the champions he pitched four in
nings and did not allow hit. Petty
would not have to pitch game to earn
his salary If he can stop the other teams
during the closing innings of contest
When a team has a pitcher who is clever
IN this respect he is of the greatest value.
and Petty seems to be a star at that end
uf the game.
Tom Hughes seems to have discovered
= system which prevents Frank Baker
from breaking up ball games Hughes
took no chances with the champion
slugger Yesterday, and the three times
that he faced him when there were men
on the bases Hughes walked him and
took a chance on McInnis. This worked
he forced a run over the plate after hav-
ing purposely walked Baker. for McInnis
got a scratch hit, filling the bags and then
Strunk drew four wide ones II does not
nav to take chances with Baker. and IL
seems safer 10 walk him and let one of
tho succeeding batsmen take wallop
when tho Athletics played STUPID ha II and
Incidentally killed their chances for scor-
ing several runs In the second inning
v-;In second ard fret occunied Lord tele-
rranbea tho local infield that he intended
- hnr, candu cama runpipe in p;cked
IN thebunt and threw his man ont at
tho seventh wher f,olIips hunted intn
ca,diIs hands under iaantic,JIy the Sana
nrd;,io,s a,a Gard;l again tbrey, out
rurner az third MAXIM the effort IN