Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07
BY j. ED GRILLO.

or the ton games which til. Nationals
have PLAYED since coming home from
their long trip. SIX have been Won and
four los; a showing which vouii be
satisfactory under favorable conditions.
vet il was accomplished 10y a team that is
badly crippled. The only setback which
the team suffered was in the doubic-head-
er with the Athletics last Monday. both
ends ~ which il lost. Its showing against
Boston and ST. Louis was excellent. win
ming three out Of four from each of
them This showing under present con
ditiOrs gives hop. that when the team IS
intact once more il vill he better able to
hold its own with the contenders. Few
clubs would have made good
record otter having two intielders out of
commission. rs have the Nationals. Re
move Baker and Collins from the Athletics
lineup and the chances are that Mack
team would take sudden and prolonged
tumble. ON the whole the club has made
splendid showing since returning home.
and a. il is sure to- he stronger the
hospital list is reduced. il ought to gain
considerable ground during its stay on ITS
own lot.
Hughey Jennings and his Detroit Tigers
Will make their initial appearance here
TO-DAY after dropping four straight games
io the Athletics. Bob Groom is Gritfiths
selection. while il is most likely that
Dubuc Will ofiiciate for the visitors.
According TO Tn eIatest unofficial fig
ures. Joe Jackson has passed fy Cobb IN
the batting averages. leading the Detroit
star by a single point. Cobb had bat
ting slump during the games with the
Athletics and Jackson fartened his aver
age at the expense of the New York
pitchers
Walter Johnson was in good form yes
terday and, of course. smut out the
Browns. But. is usually the case, ne
had a hard game on his hands. for Lever
enz was almost effective as his rival.
though spell Of wildness in the seventh
opened the way for the one run the
Nationals needed to Win the game. John
sons control was nothing short of mar
velous. lie had the ball over the plate
continuously and as a result there were
innumerable fouls made by the visitors.
He walked one man, Johnston. in the
first inning. but after that was never in
hole. and on several occasions retired
the side four pitched balls. while in
other innings he sent three men to the
bench without having ball called He
struck out eight. and of the five hits
charged against him only three were
clean cut tine Others being scratches.
Eddie Ainsmth was notified of his re-
instatement few minutes before the
game started. and as a result his record
OF having caught Johnson In every game
he has started was not spoiled. In
cidentally IL was a lucky break for the
Nationals to nave him in the game. for
without his hit. which sent Shanks
home, the two teams might have gone
some distance without either scoring.
None of the pitchers shown here by
the Browns looked good LeverenZ,
the young southpaw. VINO opposed john
son yesterday. He was every bit as
effective as his famous opponent, bar
ring the fact that he lost control tenn
porarily in the seventh, when he walked
and hit man. which was followed by
~ base hit which brought the Nationals
their only run. LeverenZ. what he
showed yesterday. is going to he a hard
man for any team TO beat He has
lot Of stuff and deceptive motion. to-
Gether with good control.
Stoval1 has q better ball team this year
than he had last and yet il is not strong
enough to cut much of a figure in the
race. 1t has a good pitching staff, but
reeds a seasoned catch r L. handle the
Young twirlers, for the young backstops