Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-18
BY j. ED GRILLo.

him in a deal The Detroit club has
Just closed Il deal for Pitcher Com
stock of the Minneapolis club. Detroit
pays the equivalent of $4,000 for the
youngster in cash and players. Joe
Cantil1on. owner of the Minneapolis
team. has inserted one condition into
the agreement. and that is that Tom
Hughes be turned over to the Mime
apois club. For this reason Navin is
trying to buy Hughes from Griffith.
and probably will succeed. though
Hughes las made UP his mind to give
up base ball So far as playing is con
cerned. because he is anxious to be-
come member of the umpire staff.
Navin has offered Griffith a good price
for the veteran pitcher, but as yet
Griffith has not come to any agreement.
because he is taking Hughes into con
sideration. aud will first make an Ell
fort to have President Johnson give
him trial as an umpire.
With but two games won out of four
played in Detroit the Nationals open a
two-game series here today with the
Maps, contenders for the pennant with
the Athletics, and on the outcome OF
these games depends almost entirely
whether or not the Nationals stand
chance to finish as good as second Ac-
cortlng to reports Birminghams team is
going at faster clip now than IL mas at
any time this season. its showing against
the Athletics indicating this decidedly,
and, while the Nationals have been very
successful against the Maps this season.
the chances are that they will have their
hands full getting an even break mere
this time Griffith will work his two most
successful pitchers against the locals
Today he will start Boehling and tomOr-
row he will try to win with Johnson. 1t
has been some time since luck has brok-
ell for Boehling. Five straight defeats
are charged against him Notwithstanding
the fact that he has shown just as good
form in these games as he did during his
long winning streak Boehling has Won
a majority of his games from the Maps,
and he may be able to repeat today, but
he will have to have better luck than he
has had III any OF his recent games.
AS for johnson. his arm is believed to
he improving and if he shows anything
like his true speed he. too. MAJ score a
victory. his thirteenth straight. But
Walter is far from being. at his best, and
So really cannot be relied upon.
II oe Engel were getting the breaks
ne would have many more victories than
defeats i'm his record. but for some mex
picable reason. his teammates seldom
get him any runs when he is on the
slab. 1t was SO yesterday. and finally
Silk OLoughiin took a hand and put the
youngster i'm a hole from which he could
not extricate himself 1t was Engels
inability to pitch to "Donie" Bush
which made him all his troubles He
walked the little shortstop on four occa-
sions. and two of the instances resulted
in runs. But Bush should have been de
clered out on strikes in the seventh
when o'Loughlin missed the third str Ike
with two and three on the batter. II was
fast ball through the center of the
pate. and started rally which eventu-
ally Melted the Tigers six runs. One run
Oh Hod and
of course. that is not enough for an mex
perienced pitcher who cannot boast of
having too good control.
Wiliett was more successful yesterday
than he has been against the Nationals
for some time. He used an underhand
curve ball which was seldom over, but
after which every man on the opposing
team went consistently without success.
But for this underhand delivery Willett
would probably have been pounded. but
there was batter against him wise
enough to let that foater go by. and. as
a result, one run was the best the Ma
t;cnals could get against the big twirler.
An error By Mcbride also cut decided
figure in the scoring of the six runs in
the seventh. With Willett on second and
Bush on first and one out. Louden hit
sharp grounder to Gandil who knocked it
down and then threw to Mcbride at sec
ond in plenty of time to force Bush, but
Mcbride muffed the ball and the bases
scoreboard for a couple of bases. Engel
was relieved by Hughes at this stage, and
after having used strategic means to
prevent Cobb from breaking up the game
by walking him Veach. too, was walked.
and then came a double by Stanage with
the bases full and it was over
There was a decided falling off in the
hitting OF the Nationals yesterday. COM
pared with what IL was in the two pre-
vious games. Wiilett was in particularly
GOOD form and he was really never in
trouble. Engei was holding the Tigers in
check up to the seventh. and very pretty
struggle was In progress, though Engel
cot through only one inning without
having men on the bases. But had
OLoughlin been blessed with good eve
sight Engei would undoubtedly have
gotten through the eighth without allow
ing run. for Bush and Louden would
have been retired in order
The attendance in the games here has
been remarkable during the Nationals
stay. and II is said to the credit of Grit
nth's team that it draws better here than
any OF the others in the circuit. Though
sunday was threatening day, there was
crowd OF 5000 out. and in the four
games here the Nationals have drawn
within few hundred of % 1000 which is
remarkable showing when the fact is
taken into consideration that Detroit is
well down in the race and hasn't much
m.
~ was not very interesting game
though the score was close for several
innings. II was one of the hottest days
OF the year here, and the PLAYERS OF
both teams suffered greatly from the
heat. Engel and Henry were both soak
ed with perspiration. their uniforms
being wrinSing wet before the game
was half over. This, too. was true of
Stanage and Willett and any of the
other players who happened to do any
running on the bases
Schaefer once more made good as
pinch hitter. In the eighth when
with Mcbride on as a result of his hit
Schaefer announced from the coaching.
lines that he would hit for Hughes
he marched TO the plate like a SOL
and came through with a hard drive
which bounded off Willett's glove and
allowed him TO reach first in safety
Schaefer. is still very popular here and
he was given an ovation when he hit
safely.
The Nationals were the first to score.
They got their lone tally in the fourth
when Foster, the first man up. walked.
He stole second and Milan's grOunder
to Gainor sent him to third, from
where he scored on Gandifs bounder
To Bush, whose throw to the plate was
too late to get Foster. II was in the
fifth that the locals tied the score
Bush walked and stole. He took third
on balk which OLoughlin called on
over Engefs head. In the eighth the
game was sewed up. After Moriarty
had been retired by good stop by
Foster Willett hit safely to center.
OI.oughlin walked Bush. and then Lou J.
den hit to Gandil. who forced Bush at