Evening star., 1912-08-28

that he is enjoying good health he is
Ivery apt to become a permanent big
| Lacquer.
! Baumgardner looked more like real
| pitcher yesterday than he has on any
| former appearances here. The youngster
| has lot of stuff and he had good con-
i troll yesterday, which was all he lacked
| in former games he worked against the
/, Nationals. By next season he ought to
be a hard man to beat In fact. Stovall
seems destined to have three high-class
twirlcrs in the next campaign in Hamil-
ton. Baumgardner and Allison.
| With all due respect to Ray Morgan's
good fielding, the youngster is hitting
much too weak to be In the lineup. Ray
/ has been in bad slump for some weeks
and 1t seems absurd to have him in the
game while Laporte, who has hit 3l5 so
far this season, Is allowed to sit on the
/ bench. Hitting strength is what the team
needs most 1t is hardly to be expected
of a younester like Morgan to go through
an entire season without 4 batting slump
and a rest might do him good Morgan
has made good, all things considered and
! gives promise OF becoming good ball
PLAYER. but 1t would probably help the
team to have stronger batter i'm his
place just now.
1t is doubtful if any other American
League club has picked up during the
present season a more promising Young
PLAYER than Pratt, who plays second for
the browns. This youth Is not only good
lleidef at second. but he is one of the
most dangerous hitterS in the league.
his ciout.ug yesterday was one of the
features of the game. His three-base hit
which hit the top Of the scoreboard came
Within foot or SO OF clearing the board.
which would have been one of the longest
hlts ever made on the local field Scout
Nance two years ago corralled Pratt In
tne southern League. having agreed to
give Somerlot, a first baseman then with
.he Nationals, for him. But McAleV.
VINO was then in charge of the team,
turned the proposition down and thereby
missed getting mighty good ball player.
Chick Gandil has q bad leg, which is in
terfering with his running, and he re-
.iFeu IN the seventh inning, after making
a sharp single to center Schaefer taking
MS place. The injury is hardly severe
enough To keep him out of the game.
however.
If some Of the Browns players would
play as well against other teams az thay
go against the Nationals they would be
real stars in this league. Shotten and
Austln are two players who always look
thelr best when playing against the To-
Gals. Austin has been on the ragged edge
In st. Louis all spring. but he manages TO
mold on to his job because of his good
Mork When playing against Washington.
Shotten is good ball player at all times.
Out ne stars against the locals
The Athletics are only one point be-
hind the Nationals. and appear to have
taken a new lease on life. Unless Grif-
nth team takes q much-needed brace
the worlds champions will pass them in
the race. and will then be hard to catch
FOR the next three days the Nationals
should have an advantage, however.
Ihey viii p. ay New York here while the
Athletics will be hooked up with Boston
and one or the other is bound to fall, in
which event If Washington can beat New
YORK. the locals are bound to gain on
one or the other. But it seems to be the
Nationals Ill luck to play it's poorest ball
against the weakest teams, so that the
series with the Highlanders really as
sures nothing.
Gal,ia, the young pitcher secured from
Kansas City in exchange for Jim Vaughn
and Red Walker. took his first work.
out with the Nationals in batting practice
Yesterday. and made very good impress
sion. He has a NICE easy motion and
lot OF speed, but apparently lacks con-
troll. Jack Ryan, who handled his deliy-
cry, was very much impressed with Gal
liza. and gave it his opinion that the
youngster has the making of a good
pitcher.
1t has been some time since visiting
team gave so splendid a hitting exhibi-
ton as did the Browns yesterday. They
fell on Cashion right from the start, but
were unable to make their blows effective
until the fourth. when Pratt and kutina
hit for triples. which, together with long
fly. netted two runs. Three more came In
the fifth on three hits, wild pitch and
an error. and then Schegg relieved Cash
ion. He. too, was pummeled in the sew
enth and ninth. with the result that the
Browns gathered nine runs In all.
Washington id nothing with Baum
gardiner until the ninth, when hits by
Milan, Schaefer, Morgan. Mcbride and
Henry netted three runs. all the locals
scored during the game. The score: