Evening star., 1912-07-12
BY J. ED GRILLo.

For the first time this season Griffith
In undecided as to which of his pitchers
he will send against the Maps today.
Being decidedly anxious to win the nnal
game Of the series, the Nationals lead
er does not propose to decide upon his
abman until he has formed some idea
as to which one of the Nap twirlers will
be on duty. 1t looks very much as il
either Knapp or Gregg would be selected
by Harry Davis. and on the selection OF
one of these Griffith will base his choice
If he believes that his team is to be
up against a tough proposition such as
either Of the two twirlers mentioned
might be, it is not unlikely that he VIII
bring WaltaC Johnson out of the stable
in an effort to make the series stand -FOUR
out of five.
He could do this and then have Groom
ready for the White Sox tomorrow.
Groom has always been successful
against Chicago. and he also has Vaughn,
who has proven a stumbling block for
Callahan's team for several years, to rely
upon.
Yesterdays defeat was not to Griffith S
liking and he will make every effort to
wipe it out with a victory today.
Eddie Ainsmith will not be able to
catch for several days. He was spiked on
the knee cap a few days ago and the
injury refuses to heal so long as ne re-
mains active. Ainsmith insisted on get
ting in uniform yesterday, but did not
take part in any of the teams practice.
1t is doubtful If Tom Hughes was ever
hit as hard by a Cleveland team as he
was YESTERDAY. Hughes even in the days
hc form could always
stop the Maps, and his slaughter at their
hands yesterday is just one of the pc
culiar pranKs of the game. 1t was one OF
those days when everything that HuShes
dished up was hit safely, while on the
other hand Stems offerings were either
popped up or hit right at one OF the wait
ing felders.
works necessarily. moves around Well IN
the field and has lot of stuff. He looked
particularly good yesterday, though had
Hughes been in his usual form and hooked
up in a close game with the youngster
there might have been a different story
to tell.
Grifiths pitchers should eventually
| learn that it does not pay to take any
chances with Joe Jackson. Trying to
sneak the first ball over on the Maps
| slugger often results in disaster Hughes
tried to get an advantage over Jackson
! in the first inning when he laid high
| fast one over, which Jackson hit far over
| Milan's head for home run. Jackson,
like all natural hitters, is apt to nit any
| thing that is offered. but the percentage
pitcher will work his best on him right
| from the outset and take no chances with
anything that Is not hard to hit.
| Nash, the Brown University intielder.
| PLAYED short for the Maps yesterday and
/ CcSn
youngster is fast on his feet. looks good
| at the plate and appears to have a won
derful throwing arm.
| Steen was so effective that the Ma
tionals actually looked weak against
/ him. The importance of pitching was
| never more forcib!y illustrated. There
was no comparison between the work OF
/ Hughes and Steer yesterday. and conse-
quently tie Mars seemed to be much the
| better ball team, which, however. is not
/ the case. There were several opportuni-
| ties for a rally but under such conditions
Steen seemed to be at his best. In fact.
the former Portland pitcher looked to be
| the best man the Maps have shown
against the Nationals this season.
| Gandil ana Foster. ordinarily the two
most reliable performers with the stick
on the local team. could not connee, &c,
a couple of long flies, but they Were
so high that the outfelders had nc
| trouble getting under them.
| Umpire Silk O'Lough,in has a souvenir
| which he prizes most highly. SILK unl-
| pired the game here on June Is when the
! Nationals returned from their successful
western trip. President Taft threw the
| ball out to him this occasion, and SILK
carefully preserved it. Yesterday he had
! Representative Reilly of Connecticut take
the ball to the White House. where Presi-
dent Taft wrote his signature. with the
date. on 1t. O'Loughlin has quite col
lection OF souvenirs. to which this ball
| was added.
Terry Tnrner had great day with the
bat, getting four hits in as many times
up. The last time up he hit a sacri.
| fice fly which scored a run. Turner ap-
pears to be in better form right now than