Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
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developments and when he saw that Car
rfgan made no effort to follow Ainsmith
he continued the game.
1t was good Judgment on Griffith part
TO replace Gandil with Ainsmith after the
former had reached second on McBride's
hit. Gandil, because of his injured toe Is
not able to show much speed and when
Henrys hit rolled right at Speaker a
slower man than Ainsmith would have
been thrown out by yards at the plate.
Nick Altrock made his initial appear
ance on the local grounds as a member
of Grifiith's pitching staff yesterday and
he gave a very good account of himself
pit hing three innings without allowing a
run and holding the champions down to
one hit. lie was taken out to allow a p1nch
hitter TO bat for him and then Engel took
up the running, but was also taken out TO
allow NlIilin to bat for him with two on
the bases and two out in the ninth. Null
lin famed and then Boehling did the
pitching and it must be said that he
showed the best form he ever has since
being "a member of the team. He had alb
solutely perfect control and used good
judgment in pitching to the batters, but
one hit being made off him.
That Altrock will come in handy as a
relief pitcher is being made clear. He
has finished three games now within a
week or so and in each instance he has
held the opposition in check. The fact
that he has perfect control and knows
the tricks of the art stands him in good
stead. Whether Nick could go the en-
tire route is. of course, questionable. but
he can earn his salary by stopping bat
ting rallies which other pitchers hap
pen to encounter. as he did yesterday.
In every one of the last three games
that Boston has played here home-run
drives out decided figure. In the morn
ing game Decoration day the SoX got a
lead off Groom in the opening round
because of Hooper's circuit hit, and in
the afternoon the game was lost because
of the same players ability to hit over
the short right field fence. Yesterday,
with the score tied in the fifth. Speaker
gave his team two-run lead with a
drive over the wall -Four home runs In
three games is quite a record.
Considering the fact that the Nationals
have been badly crippled for the past
month or $40, their showing is decidedly
encouraging. There is no doubt that
when Foster and Morgan get back in
the game the team will be much more
formidable than II has been in some
time, and its chances will then be great
" improved The substitutes, however,
deserve lot of credit for the good work
they have been doing. When a team
such as the Nationals are now can more
than hold its own it speaks we'll for its
chances. Yesterday Griffith called on
had at his command. He used Johnson
as a pinch hitter and he made good. so
could not use him when he needed q
pitcher, and was forced to use two of
his youngsters. Engel and Boehling. aft
er Altrock had been taken out. They
both made good.
When it comes to touching and blocking
base stealers at second base Heinie Wag-
ner has no superior He has done some
wonderful work in that respect in this
series and really deserves credit more
than any of the catchers for the few
pliers that the Nationals have made in
the four games Boston played here.
1t is next to impossible to get to the
bag on Wagner, regardless of where the
ball is thrown. just so it is within his
reach. He takes desperate chances in
diving into the runners and holding them
off, but he does it in an artistic way at
that.
Shanks is getting to be a most useful
hitter in that he is very apt to break
up game with q long drive any time
he faces the pitchers. He helped Groom
out materially Friday morning with a
three-base drive, which netted a couple
Of runs, and his triple yesterday tied the
score IN the fourth when he scored
Schaefer and Milan. Shanks is much
improved batter, Notwithstanding the
fact that he still suffers by reason of the
much longer.
1t is more than likely that George
Mullin and Walter Johnson will pitch the
double-header which the Athletics are
scheduled to play here tomorrow. Both
of these pitchers have been doing good
work against Mack's team. Mullin allow
ing them to score in only one inning when
he worked in Philadelphia last week and
the side should have been retired with
out run in this inning.
If there Is one team which the Ma
tionals are anxious to win from it is the
Athletics, for that team has in past years
proven the severeSt stumbling block for
the locals. Only recently it took four
out of five games from the Nationals,
and they are yearning for revenge.
There has been so much Improvement
in Joe Boehling's pitching of late that
there is hope of his being able to win
some games for his team from this out.
There has never been any doubt as to
Boehlins having enough in the way of
speed and curves to be a successful
pitcher, but his control has been lacking.
Of-.ate he seems to have mastered this
failing. He has finished several games
OF late and in every one of them has
demonstrated a lot of ability. Nothing
would help the Nationals so much at this
time as to have a good left-handed
pitcher break into the staff. for there
are always certain teams. and Boston is
one Of them. who are greatly handi-
capped when pitted against a southpaw
of ability.
The double-header tomorrow will be the
first and last one to be played on the
local grounds for some time. There are
certain not to be any during the first in
vasion of the western teams, for the rea-
son that the rules do not allow double
headers during a teams first trip to a
city, SO that any games that may be post
poned or unfinished during the coming in
yasion of the western clubs will not be
played off until the west comes east the
next time
1t Is strange what a reversal Of form
pitcher will occasionally show. Up to
the ninth inning the Nationals had but
three hits off OF Bedient, triples by
Schaefer and Shanks and a single by
Johnson, who batted for Hughes in the
fifth. He was not in trouble again until
the ninth, in fact he retired the side in
one, two. three order in the sixth, sew
enth and eighth. and yet was hit safely
four times in the ninth when the score
was tied.
After resorting to all kinds of changes
In an effort to win the game In the ninth
Griffith was forced to present badly
mixed up team during the remainder OF
the game. Henry had to give up his
place behind the bat, where Ainsmtf
went, to take Gandils place at first La
porte supplanted Gedeon at third but the
rest of the team remained intact -Four
pitchers, too. were used during the after
noon by Griffith
Notwithstanding the fact that George