Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-18

he figures that the best way to do IT
is to use Johnson in two of the games
and Boehling and Groom in the others. IL
Groom is successful today. Tom Hughes
who has been showing good form lately,
will twirl the final game against st.
Louis.
Just as soon as the Nationals get away
from here. where they are sure to have
three of the four games pitched against
them by left-handers, the old order of
things. so far as the batting order Is
concerned. will be restored. Moeller again
leading off. 1t develops that the principal
reason for the change which Griffith
made was to offset the handicap which
the-Nationals would have had to Shout
der with Moeller. a left-hander, leading
off. Moeller turns to the other side
with southpaws pitching, but he is not
nearly as valuable a man on that side of
the plate as he is when he bats left
handed.
If when October rolls around the Ma
tionals haven't chance for the pennant,
Griffith will give Walter Johnson a Vaca-
ton and use only his young pitchers. He
drop in by that time, and will work them.
giving all his seasoned pitchers a rest
SO as to save them for next season. But
as matters now stand, he figures to have
a good chance to go to the front if the
team continues its present squirt. and the
pitchers will be worked in the following
order: Boehling, Groom, Engel, Johnson.
Griffith believes that this quartet is
strong enough to carry the Nationals
to the front. The season is now but
little more than half over, and if these
four pitchers hold out, with Hughes,
Harper and Gallia to help, there is
no telling what may happen.
in the league should desire to make the
pennant race as close possible in
order to revive interest, and with this
In view it is not at all unlikely that
Manager Stoyall will not work Hamilton
against the Nationals Saturday, but
shove him in in two of the games
which the Browns have to play with the
Athletics next week. If it is possible to
drag the Athletics down a few more
notches the American League will have
a rather interesting race on it's hands.
The Athletics, by the way, have three
more games to play in Chicago in two
days. and the White Sox have their two
stars, Russell and Walsh, to pit against
them. Bender and Plank. of course, are
about ready to take their turn, but this
crowding of games on the leaders is not
going to help their chances.
Though Foster got a hit in the opening
inning he died trying to steal. In the
second inning Gandil started with a sin
gle. but. on the hit-and-run play. Moeller
hit a high bOunder right over the bag
d
double play was easy. In the fourth a
similar play robbed the Nationals of a
chance to score. This time Morgan open
ed with hit, and, after Foster had flied
out Morgan and Milan tried the hit and
run, and again the ball was hit to Lavan,
who. while on his way to second to cover.
had no trouble stepping on the bag and
making another double.
The ice was broken in the sixth, how
ever, when Mcbride started with a dou-
BILE to left, and eventually scored when
Shotten dropped Morgan's long fly. The
Browns had several men get on the
paths, but none of them came near scor-
ing. Pratt got a life when Foster fun
bled in the first. but was out stealing.
Williams hit safely in the second only to
be caught off the bag. Lavan hit for
three bases in the third, and then stood
on that base watching the next three bat
tiers retired. The only chance came in
the sixth, when Shotten was walked with
two out. He was given second on a balk
but MOeller grabbed Briefs fly and ended
the inning. After that Engel did not al
low man to reach first base. The score: