Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02

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McAleer is of the opinion that it
would be wise for Stahl to start expert
mentIng even this early. He realizes
that it will be necessary for him to build
up an entirely new pitching staff If he
hopes to have any chance in the future
and he believes that now is the time to
start working the several recruit twirl
ers he has on hand for they cannot pos
sibly do worse than the veterans.
McAleer by the way. expects to do
lot of cutting of salaries this winter.
The winning of the worlds series last
year forced him to raise all his players,
so that he now possesses the largest sal
airy list of any club in either league. 1t
was all right to pay these prices while the
players We're delivering the goods. but
now that they are apparently carded
to finish down in the race they will have
to stand a cut McAleer intends to ac-
company the White SoX and Giants on
their worlds trip, and before leaving
on that journey he proposes to send out
all his contracts with the intended cuts
made, and then let the players spend
the winter thinking about it while he
is abroad. Things are not going to be
pleasant in this neck of the woods from
now until next spring.
The Nationals are getting quite a repu-
tation for being finishers here in Boston.
On several occasions this season they
have come from behind and beat out the
local champions, and they are actually
feared now in the closing innings of a
game. even though Boston has COM
fortab BILE lead. The past two games have
been won in the final rounds. and two
other occasions this season the visitors
have come from behind and beaten the
Sox to the wire. There is no more popu-
lar team in the circuit than the Nationals
are here, and Walter Johnson is actually
idolized by the local fans. who cheer him
whenever he presents himself in the
field
Joe Boehling will most likely do the
pitching today, while Ray Collins is apt
to be his opponent. Johnson will work
in the final game here Thursday.
Twenty-Five hits in two games is going
some with the stick, and is the best bat
ting form that the Nationals have shown
at any time this season. The team is
not only hitting hard, but 1t is getting its
hits when they are most needed. Yes
terday things did not break well for them
during the early innings and several line
drives. which would have driven Bedient
from the rubber, had they gone safe.
We're the subject of circus one-hand
catches by Gardner and Yerkes. A lead
courage Griffith's team. for in the games
here they have not got to going right
until the home team had what appeared
to be a winning lead. when they would
bunch their stick work and forge to the
front.
Griffith used nearly all the players he
had available i'm the game. Both of the
Cubans broke into the lineup, Acosta
playing left during the closing innings,
and Calvo running for Moeller, after the
latter had doubled in the fifth and helped
the rally which put the Nationals within
one run of their rivals in this inning.
Gedeon, too, got into the game. whlle
Williams and Henry did the catching and
iad
rubber Laporte also got up to bat once.
Moeller was forced out Of the game in
the fifth. He hit for two bases in this
inning and as his Charley horse bothered
him. Calvo ran for him and scored on
Fosters clean hit. 1t is not believed that
Moeller will be out of the lineup very
long. He can i'll be spared now. for since
leaving home he has started to show his
old FORM
Ray Morgan was the only one of the
regulars not to break into the base-hit
column Ray was badly off his stride
and did not hit the ball hard a single time
up Had he been hitting in his usual
form the game would have been much
more one-sided.
Eddie Foster can be relied upon to do
his part of the teams playing from this
out. The little fellow seems now to have
entirely recovered from his illness and is
Dldylng the game again dS ne uSeu ".
It is his hitting which is improving more
than anything else, though he is showing
much of his old-time speed in the field
There is not the slightest doubt that
Fosters absence proved a great handi-
cap to the team during the early weeks
of the season and now that he is back in
form. the chances are that the team Will
make much better showing during the
rest of the season than it did early in the
campaign.
Harry Harper. the Hackensack left
handler. is receiving a careful course Of
instruction in pitching. Both Griffith and
Nick Altrock, two veterans at the art,
have taken the young man in hand. and
he is proving a very apt pupil. Before
each game Griffith let's Harper pitch to
him. while Nick stands out with the
pitcher and Williams catches. The Young
ster is showing much more speed than
he did when he received his first trial,
and. incidentally. he appears to have per-