Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-04
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Carl Cashion. who is to pitch for the
locals. will give.
Having exhausted his corps OF seasoned
,itcbers. Griffith is forced to give MS
Youngsters a trial. and he picked Cashion
az the one to face the Red Sox in the
final game of the series.
If will be the first game that Cashlon
has started this season. He Is SAID 10 pe
much improved in the matter OF controi'
and II this is true he is apt to give the
visitors a hard battle. Bedent or Clcotte
,r slated to work for Boston The Tor
mer ia a recruit who finished a game
AGAINST the Athletics the other day ano
made a very good impression, so that II
no is worked it does not mean easy PICK
ing for the locals.
Casbion.s work will be watched with
interest If he should give good ac-
count of himself today he Will prooaoiy
he worked regularly from this out, which
would make big difference IN the Ma
tionals' chances for another success1ui
pitcher would give the team just what II
seems to need.
An even break with Boston would prob
ably be satisfactory. but IL would De par !.
ticularly pleasing to take three out OF
four-a feat which would be most PROP
able if Griffith had another pitcher he
could rely upon. To date, the series pc
tween the two stands ! 10 In the Nd
tionals' favor-a materially better show
ing than a Washington team has made
against Boston in recent years-but to
win TODAY would not only be setback
for the visitors but 1t would help the
Nationals to climb into second place.
Walter Johnson has Won five games
and lost one this spring. He seems to
be improving with every game ana tne
prediction that he would make a great
record this season seems to be on
fair way to be realized. Johnson. unlike
most pitchers. has few off days Even
when he is not at his best ne doeS no.
allow many runs. and as GriHth IS
working him with three days rest ne is
very apt to prove very consistent per-
former all season. His work yesterday
was brilliant. He had the hard-hitt1ng
Red Sox completely at his mercy and
for the first time this season INDUCED
in striking out a number OF batters
There were just eleven to go down in this
vay while but four widely scattered hlts
were made off his delivery.
This has been a disappointing series
for Duffy Lewis. usually one of the most
dangerous hitters against local pitchers
In the three games he has made nothing
that resembled base hit. and, In fact,
he has struck out more often in the
three games than he usually does here
all season.
Austin Howard. former Cornell College
player. will join the Nationals today.
Howard is an infielder and was with the
Atlanta team last fall and this spring.
There is a limit to the number of players
which club in that league can carry,
and as Manager Hemphill found himself
with too much material. he asked Crit
fifth to take Howard off his hands. There
is of course, not chance for Howard to
break into the game. but Griffith will look
him over and consider him for the fu-
ture-
Because of his good showing last fall
when he joined the Red Sox, Buck
OBrien was figured to materially bolster
up the pitching staff of that team, but.
judged on what he has done to date. he
will not be more than an ordinary per-
former. ORrien has failed to show any
of the prowess he did last season, and
unless there is a change for the better in
him the Red Sox are going to be in a
bad way for pitchers. Without pitchers
the team will not stand chance it was
given credit for having. on the SUPPOSE
ton that its twirlng staff had been i'm
proved. to win the flag.
IL is to he hoped that the hitting which
Jack Flynn did Yesterday is the end of
the slump the tall first baseman has
been in all spring The fact that Flynn
lift around $40 for Pittsburgh seemed to
assure his success with the bat, but it
has taken him long while to get started.
Flynn has every confidence in himself as
a batter. and he expects to hold his own
from this out with the stick.
Walter Johnson has purchased an auto
mobile. and is taking lessons in operat-
ing it, Fortunate Walter is not troubled
with the speed craze. and has no inten-
lions of trying TO lower any of Oldfeld's
records.
ic dan haf han
Eddie Foster when there are men on
the bases He has proven this in the
rcent games here The fact that he can
hit to either field keeps the opposing
play for him. 1t is not often that he
fails to do something worth while when he
faces the pitcher in pinch. Fosters
great work since the season opened has
made him one of the biggest favorites
with local patrons of the game
Monday the Nationals play in Philadel-
phia. and then return here for the open
ing game of the invasion by the western
teams, Chicago being the first of those
teams to show here Having pitched Fri
day, johnson will be ready to welcome
the White Sox Tuesday. This will un-
doubtedly be one of the hardest series
the Nationals will be in for some time.
Every one of the Chicago pitchers is dis
playing fine form, and as the team Is
leading the race. II is full of confidence
and will be hard to beat. A victory today
would put the Nationals in position
where It would be possible for them to
take the lead from the White Sox next
week
II has come to that stage now where OPP
posing teams don't expect to win when
Johnson is pitching. and the time Is not
iar off when, instead of wasting some
g0od pitcher by pitting him against the
Wcal star. mediocre twirlerS will be used
Sxainst him. which will make his work
n the easier. When a team figures it
Self beaten by certain pitcher ii does
Not go into a game with much confidence.
Shis was apparent yesterday after the
Nationals got their lead. The visiting
Mayors seemed 10 give up all hope, though
0ey made pretensions at putting up
sht,
ss.YeSerdays game was virtually over
4fter the Nationals scored three runs in
the opening inning. Buck O'Brien SEEM
q not to have much in this round and
tbe locals jumped him right from the
mart. Moeler hit for three bases as
s&arter and scored when Foster singled.
NAr knocked down. and Schaefer moved
9TH up with a neat sacrifice Jack
Flynn brought both Foster and Milan
Hbme with q double along the left foul
hne Knight followed him with a walk.
bat on McBrides tap Flynn was forced
At third and Ainsmth flied out
Another run came in the fourth when
Speaker allowed Ansmiths single to get
through him and he made the circuit.
The fnal run came In the eighth. Flynn
walked Rnd took second on a wild pitch.