Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-19
GR|FF|TH'S TEAM
STILL CLIMBING
Cleveland Now Keeps Nation
ais Out of Second Place by
Very Small Margin.
EMGEL WILL PITCH
IN TODAY'S GAME
Youngster Will Be Used Again,
With Little Rest, to Save
Johnson and BoehIing.
BY ]. ED GRILLu.


ST LOUIS, Mo, July 19-Clevelan
and second place are but a game and
half away. Just twenty-one decima
points separate the Nationals from TIL
position in which they finished last sea
son. Another victory today and a de
feat for the Maps would put them With,
a few points of the Birmingham charges
But To annex the final game here means
to defeat Earl Hamilton. the star lef
handler of the league, who has been sue
cessful against all teams during the pas
five or six weeks.
Ii will be up to Joe Engel to stop thu
Browns for a second time in three day.
today. Engel is slated to pitch the fina
game Though he will have had but one
days rest. he and his manager have
every confidence that he can turn the
trick 1t is asking a good deal but ii is
possible. If Engel is anywhere near as
good today as he was Thursday, he
should not experience any trouble against
Hamilton. for 1t is not likely that he will
be much more successful than his team
mate, Weilman, Thursday.
Griffith wants to make clean sweep
here He has been cheated out of the
chance to use Johnson in the final game
here, because IL was necessary to call
has been worked, and Boehling has not
had rest enough to warrant his return.
Furthermore. he is needed in Chicago.
Hughes might be able to to turn the
trick, but Engel did so well Thursday
that Griffith is confident he can repeat.
Yesterday morning Engel asked Griffith
who would be worked in the final game,
and the Old Fox replied that he had
not made up his mind as to that. Use
me, Griff." pleaded Engel. II am sure
/ can repeat 'AIl right, If you feel
that way about it, you may work again
Saturday. was the reply, and Engel
walked away with his face wreathed i'm
smiles. Now that the youngster thinks
IL has found himself. he is anxious to
up for the ground lost earlier in
1.r season. and will be worked a good
deal.
Thirteen out of eighteen is now the
-ttionals' record. a showing on the road
hich is only beaten by the winning
streak of the team it's first western
rip last season. Five more games re-
main TO be played before the team re-
turns home, one here today and four in
Chicago. just what the outcome of to-
Gays game will be only time can tell.
Hamilton is a wonderful pitcher. and he
i not going to be easy yet he cannot
POSSIBLY be much more effective than
have his teammates who preceded him
in the series here.
III Engel repeats his performance of
thursday ought Win. ana then the
Nationals will be wei fortified for the
series in Chicago. which johnson is to
open sunday and finish Wednesday.
These are Griffith's plans. but, of course.
they may be upset. Johnson and Boeh-
ling left here last night for Chicago.
Griffith wants them to be rested for their
games there, so sent them ahead. SO that
they would not be handicapped by the
train ride Saturday night. He figures
on taking three out of four from the
White Sox by this method and II he sue
eeeds he is sure to be much nearer the
top than he is at present. for 1t goes
not have easy sailing in ST Louis where
the pitchers are doing great work.
liz was found necessary yesterday to
call on Walter johnson to finish, and,
in fact. TO make victory possible
johnson worked the final four innings
and did not allow anything that looked
like a base hit. He was once again
the absolute master of the situation
In fact it is SO now that the moment
lie is announced as the pitcher the
opposing teams are virtually conceding
victory Bob Groom pitched good
game of ball. but he went a bit bad in
the eighth; yet would have gotten out
of this round with "A whole hide had
II not been that Moeller made an un-
fortunate muff which proved costly.
In the previous innings Groom dis
played all his old form and he did not
have much of a margin to work upon
either. for but one run had been
scored. This lead was tied in the
eighth. but Groom pitched himself out
Of a tight place for all that. But the
coming into the game of johnson viz
tually decided the result though i,
took some time to solve Baumga rdner T :
delivery, which was doEe in the
twelfth. when four runs were scored.
only did he play his usually brilliant
came in the field, but he kept up his
wonderful batting streak. With any
thing like an even break of luck Gan
credit and two of them would have
been triples. AS it was he got three
IN four times up, with one triple. His
lad luck came IN the ninth. when. with
Milan on second as a result of his dou-
BILE. he hit the first ball pitched on a
line to right field. 1t was right at
Williams. however, and resulted in an
out
II was Gandirs triple in tho fourth
which gave the Nationals their origfna
lead of one run. II came when, after
TWO were out, Milan got hit and was
sent all the way home from first when
o;andil hit to deep left center.
George Mcbride made his second error
of the trip In the tweiith inning yester
day after the game had been Won, wher
he fumbled easy grounder from Sto
vail. The boot, OF course, cost nothing
CareieSSutSS
Nationals from scoring earlier in the
game In the very first inning wher
Morgan walked. he was nipped OF frs
by Axnew's quick throw to Brief. Gan
dill suffered a similar fate when he start
ed the second inning with a hit. only tha
Raungardner made the play to first
Morgan, however. evened matters will
Agnew in the sixth when he reached
first on his hit. AgTew again threw tt
brief to catch him mapping. but Nor.
gan went TO second on the play.
Milan played a wonderful game oil
ball in the field for Groom and John
son. making a couple of catches which
had they gone safe, might have had
some effect on the result of the game
In the sixth inning he covered a re-
markabie amount OF ground and pulled
down Briefs line drive. He made ar
even more marvellous catch off OF
Pratt in the eleventh inning when the
latter caught one of Johnson's fas,
ones and sent il on line to deep cen
ter field. 1t looked for all the worlC
like a home run which would have
and after a run Of many yards pulled
IL down. Though this catch beat st
Louis. the thousand or more faithful
applauded-
Raumgardner weakened perceptibly
~ the twelfth and yet would have got
,cn through the inning without being
scored Upon but for foolish play BY
Pratt With two on and one Ou
Shanls hi. a Srounder to Pratt
D, looked like circt for a dou
be piay,> but Pratt instead threw II