Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-12
HAVE MADE
POOR SHOWING AT HOME
Team Has Lost Eight Won Five, and Tied
One During Stay Here-John-
son to Pitch Today.

the ball. and then by a good slide beat
Foster to the bag. Had that hit gone
through Schaefer would have scored and
Foster most likely would have been on
second. Milan walked after this play and
stole second, making 1t possible for Gan
dill to tie the score with base hit, which.
however, he failed to get Lajoie picking
up his grounder and easily throwing him
out at first.
There was only one inning, in the
eighth. that Engel pitched that he did
not have men on the bases, yet the first
was the only one that the Maps did
any scoring off of him. There is not
the slightest doubt about Enge1 having
enough ability to some day make him
good pitcher, but he is still in need
of experience. When Chapman tapped
to him in the first inning Engel never
base, yet took chance and made a
weird throw past first which proved
decidedly costly.
1t is doubtful If there is a left-handed
hitter in either league who takes more
kindly to a soutbpaw's delivery than
Clyde Milan. This years record will
show that Milan has hit 1eft-handers
he has faced. and yet a eft-handed
pitcher is considered to have an adj
vantage over 4 left-handed hitter In
the four games played with the Maps
Birmingham has used three Of his left
handlers, and Milan has made six hits
off of them He got three off OF Gull
lop in the first game, one off OF Gregg
in the game Sunday and yesterday he
hit safely the first two times he faced
Mitchell, was the victim Of good stop
by Johnston the next time up and
walked the last time he went to the
plate.
George Clark, the left-handed pitcher
purchased by Griffith from the New
York club about month ago and sent
by Griffith to the Atlanta club, has been
returned to the Nationals by that club
Clark's uildness was such that At
lanta could not use him. Clark has
all the earmarks of being great pitch
season he was with Sioux City OF the
Western League where he made quite a
record. New York purchased him. but
he lacked control and proved worthless
He is a big, strapping fellow. just out Of
his teens. Just what Griffith will do
with him now that he has been returned
has not been decided but it Is most like
~ that he will be retained or farmed out
and an effort made to give him control
of the ball. which would make him
pitcher, it is believed.
Leibold opened the game with a double
to right after Enge! had two strikes on
him. Chapman hunted in front of the
Leibold scoring and Chapman landing
on second. Jackson sacrificed and La
joie hit safely. scoring Chapman.
1t looked like the Nationals might tie
the score In their half, but they failed
After Moeller had flied out Foster walked
and Milan hit safely. Gandil also walk
ed. filling the bases. Morgan hit the first
ball pitched to Chapman and a double
play resulted. retiring the side
After that the Nationals had occas,ona,
chances to score. getting many on the
bases In the second. third seventh and
eighth. but the necessary hit was absent.
hughes pitched the final round and the
maps scored TOUR runs. while in the last
half of this inning Williams single and
McBride's double gave the Nationals
their only run. The score: