The Washington herald., 1913-07-11
TIGERS TO FACE
S0UTHPAW JOE


troit. providing johnson did mot pitch for
the Nationals
The Tigers. next to New York. accord,
ing to the opinion Of the writer. b thu
weakest club In the American League,
times out of eleven starts this season.
For the present. or ~ long a. he con-
tinues to hit the ball. Jacinto Calvo vii
play left field and Shanlks right. a.
Danny Moeller wrenched his ankle dur
ing the final game of yesterdays double
header. and . rest, 1t u calculated. will
do the Rochester rambler q whole lot Of
good.
There was no fuke about the two hits
Calvo delivered here this afternoon. Both
were good. solid drives out Of reach Of
any opposing fielder.
By q singular coincidence the Cuban
did not have q chance In the outfeld. In
fact, only three Tigers hit the ball to the
Climbers outer picksts.
Bob Groom left tonight on the boat for
Cleveland. where he will be given Q good
rest and in shape. 1t ID hoped. to work
against the Maps Saturday. johnson 10
slated to pitch the Sunday game In the
Forest City, and 1t IL predicted that the
biggest crowd in the history Of Cleveland
baseball will turn out, as the Naplanders
regard Washington, next to the Athletics.
their natural prey, and It II known that
relations between the rival clubs II some
what strained.
Hughes appears to have at last hit his
stride, and will be worked In his regular
turn with johnson. Groom, and Boehling.
The veteran lost Q tough game. A
couple Of poor decisions by the umptres
and lack of hitting on the part Of his
pals did the business, for Tom. In spite OF
his wildness, had his curve ball working
properly and mixed things up with rare
good judgment
Scout Mike Kahoe left tonight to do .
little secret service work in Michigan. He
hopes to discover a left-hand pitcher for
Griff, but was not very sanguine when he
boarded the train for Kalamazoo.
A decision this afternoon. which. had It
been rendered as most Of the crowd saw
it. might have completely changed the
complexion Of the ball game. Bush
opened the Tigers first inning with fly
to Shanks and Witt walked. Hughes
threw to Gandil. who blocked of Witt at
first base as clean as a whistle. but
O'Loughlin could not see II.
Crawford followed with q three Dagger.
and he would Of course have scored on
Gamers single. The bases would have
been full and two out when High flied
to Milan, and instead of three runs the
Tigers would have scored but one.
The foregoing is but a sample Of what
one decision against a club will do. Grin
believes it lost him the game, many Of
his players thing likewise.
There seems to be q diversified opinion
among the members Of the Washington
club as to whether or not George Mullin
will make good in the International
League. Moeller. Foster. Gandil. and
Williams have all played in that circuit.
and two of them maintain that a slow
ball pitcher of the Mullin type cannot
possibly last. The others say that to
their certain knowledge the International
League has never known a finger who
pitches Just like Mullin, and for that
reason the former Tiger star Is sure to
finish out a successful season.
According to experts, the International
League is a mighty fast circuit. and no
place for a twirier from the majors who
is all in
That Mullin has seen his best days can
hardly be credited. The chubby finger
should round out q successful season
While the Nationals were en- route
from New York to Detroit last Monday
night a travelling salesman Joined in
bee and told the boys all the
gossip and scandal Of the New York
State League of which circuit he seemed
to be perfectly familiar.
One Of Griffs youngsters made bold
to ask: did you ever hear Of Dutch
catcher on the Syracuse club"
The travelling man replied: II should
cay I had. Why, I have seen Munich
catch a dozen or more games. and be-
lieve me he is a corker-one Of the best
players on the club. and also one Of the
best backstops in the league"
Munich is the former Washington ANA
teur catcher who last summer played
with the championship Pepco club and
who was taken to Charlottesville last
spring, only to be farmed out by Grif
before the American League season
opened.
1t is a good. safe bet that Grill will
recall Munich at the close Of the New
York State League season.