Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-15

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| without run being scored.
| The Nationals left Immediately after
yesterdays game for Cleveland. where
| they are due to arrive this morning They
leave the Ohio metropolis at 6:1O tonight
and arrive here at $40 Monday morning.
Schalk scored the first run OF Johnson
| in the fifth inning, when, with one out.
| he drove the ball TO the extreme left field
| corner for home run. The second run
Weaver brought home, hitting the storage
building in right for the second circuit
drive in the seventh. 1t is remarkable the
number of home runs which have been
players this season. To date Moeller is
| the only one of the locals who has accom-
| plished that feat.
/ On what two former malnstays of the
Sox pitching staff, Walsh and White. have
shown here 1t must convince Manager
| Callahan that he has the task of building
up new pitching staff for his team
| Neither Of the veterans who for years
kept their team in the race by their splen-
did work on the rubber seems to have
what he once had. Both appear to
have deteriorated and cannot any longer
/ be expected to carry the team through
| campaign.
| President Ban Johnson witnessed eight
innings Of the game from President Mi
nor's box. He left before the game was
over for the Blue Ridge Club, where he
will be the guest of President Minor for
several days. when he will proceed to
New York and Philadelphia on his first
annual visit to the cities Of the circuit
! President Johnson makes 1t practice
to root for the team in every city that he
visits. and he was naturally for the Ma
tionals yesterday, though he seemed par
ticularly we'll pleased when the score
board indicated that Cleveland had shut
out the Athletics. He naturally wants to
see Mack's team get few setbacks for
I fear that they will make a runaway race
| of it this season.
Aside from being a remarkable pitcher,
| Walter Johnson is a good ball player.
| He Is dangerous hitter can play most
| any position In the field, and is anything
but a slow man when it comes to rum
| ming. Had it been necessary he could
| easily have made a home run on his drive
to the left field fence in the eighth in
| ming, but with a good lead it was not
thought wise to make the long run on
! so hot day.
Ray Morgan is undoubtedly the most
improved ball player on Griffith's lineup.
| Not only has he learned to play his posi-
| ton we'll, but he is a most. valuable man
| at the bat. not only hitting we'll and
F.! timely, but he gets on the bases a great
deal the result of walks. Last sea-
| son was virtually Mor2an's first year In
| base ball. though he joined the Nationals
the previous fall. He has developed very
| rapidly. and in another year ought to be
| one Of the best infielders in the league,
| hitting and everything else considered.
| Morgan is simply showing that player
| OF ability who is worked regularly and
! given an opportunity to play stands a
better chance to develop than the young
| sters who are kept on the bench for sew
| eral years
Johnson and Ainsmith make an ideal
| battery. There is no SmOother-wOTking
| pair in either league. Johnson is perfec-
| ton in the matter of action and delivery.
| There are no false motions and no APP
parent effort. while his battery mate is
a steady, quick. agile fellow who handles
| the terrific speed of his pitcher with ca Sc
| and grace. 1t will be many a day before
| another two men SO well fitted to each
other will make up a battery. When Crit
| fifth paired Johnson and Ainsmith he set
| a high standard for an ideal battery.
One reason for the prediction that
! Johnson will last many years as a pitcher
| is based on the fact that he never over
| looks an opportunity to save his pitching
| arm.
| 1t is only when Johnson has men on
| the bases that he brings forth every
| thing he has to deceive batsman. This
is noticeable during his games. for he is
| apt to be hit quite freely when the bases
are clear. and yet there are always many
| men left on the bases because he tight
| ems I'D whenever he has to. In this way
he saves his arm. He does not go at top
| speed at any time unless conditions force
| him to do so, and any time he gets
comfortable lead he will loaf through
ball game. He is satisfied to win.
and, to save his arm, would prefer
| being scored on than have a shut-out
added to his record. Pitching ball game
! Is not near SO hard on johnson as on the
| average pitcher, because there Is nothing
| ACQUIRED or artificial about his motion.
| Every movement is natural. and he
draws on his entire body to give the ball
| it's momentum for the purpose OF saving
his arm.