The Washington herald., 1913-09-07
BAKER COLLINS { 90.

Mine have heard the cTackle Of mighty slough
| of hits.
They have pounded Walter johnson into shivered lit
| tie bits,
] They will put the young league pennaut upon
| the welknoWn fritz
! The Macks are marching OnI
! Whether or not the Nationals are to
| wind up the 1913 season in second place
will depend upon what is accomplished
during the present week. for Cleveland
comes here Tuesday. when a series OF
five games will be started, four on the
schedule and the other a postponed game.
Today the Climbers are exactly six
games behind the Maps, and twelve be-
hind the Athletics. The lead can be cut
down materially against the Forest City
crowd if Washington can win the ma
jority of these five games, and Gritf be-
lieves his club will pull the trick
Joe Boehling and Walter johnson will
be carefully grOomed for the Maps and
are to work in Tuesdays double-header.
BOehling already holds three victories
over the Birmingham clan. while johnson
has also beaten them the same number
of times.
The Clevelanders have thus far stead
fastly refused to droP>below second place.
Several times the Nationals have srept
up TO within one or two games of them.
ahead while the Climbers lost ground. e.
If Griff's young men cannot win the
majority of games during the series
which starts Tuesday there is little
chance of passing the Maps this season.
Ayres, the Richmond pitcher, together
with Outfelder Spencer and Pitcher
Hedgepeth,, of Petersburg, have notified
the Washington club that they will be
here Monday ready to go to work.
GriT announces that Spencer will play
left field the day he arrives and that he
may pitch Ayres during the Cleveland
series.
A big delegation from Richmond is ex-
pected here Tuesday and Griff has been
asked to pitch Ayres on that day, but
the chances are that he will use Boeh-
ling instead.
Ray Morgan. who has been out Of the
game the past two days on account OF
bruised and mangled heel, expects to-
be ready to resume operations at second
base next Tuesday. A few days rest will
do Morgan a world of good.
Jack Bentley, the Sandy Springs boy
who twirled the final inning against the
New Yorks yesterday. looked to have a
world of speed and his control was good
enough to retire the side in order.
The ~ ashington players are all strong
for Bentley. They claim that he has
as much 'stuT' as any youngster they
have batted against this season, and pre-
dict bright future for the young man.
ayers Day was celebrated in Rich
nond yesterday, when the Hillsville doc
tor, who leaves this morning for his
new home in Washington, was greeted by
a bumper crowd, and presented with a |
suit case and travelling bag, fully equip |
ped. To show his appreciation the doc
tor won the first game of the double |
header from Portsmouth without trouble. |
He was. cheered to the echo when UNI
pire Kelly called him to the plate before
the game began and presented him with
the tokens of esteem from his admirers. j
The Richmond team gave the suit case [
and the travelling bag came from the
Ayers pitching record for the season is /
twenty-eight games won. eight games
lost, and two tied, a percentage of rs
He gave twenty-seven bases On balls and
has total of 352 strike-outs. He was !
1t bat IS times during the season, made