Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06

with the ball. McGreevy. according 20
Griffith. cannot follow Johnsons fast
bali which has an enormous shoot on II
and mostly cuts the corners of the plate.
McGreevy declares these all balls. and
Johnson is handicapped to such an eX-
tent that he cannot win his games wren
McGreevy is behind the bat.
Ever since that occurrence Griffith has
ducked McGreevy with johnson. and ne
will continue to do so during the re-
mander of the season.
The uninitiated have heaped much criti-
cism on Manager Griffith for his carrying
the two Cuban outfielders. Acosta ana
Calvo. on his team when neither of them
is being PLAYED only in games which are
lost or won. II is charged that he gave
these Cubans the preference over out
fielders who have since proven OF more
value to other teams. Some day G:ff1t5
will have the laugh on his traducers. ac-
cording TO his own way of thinking. He
believes that the two CuDans Will develop
into stars within year or two Both are
mere boys and are displaying lot OF anil
ity Acosta is particularly promising
and he bids fair to be good-slZed man
by next season He has grown three
inches since joining the team and his
weight has increased from 10 TO u" He
Is gaining speed constantly, and ~ the
time Griffith decides 10 give him one of
the outfield positions he Will come pretty
near to being finished ball player
IL the Nationals had one more cleanup
hitter Of the Gandil type IL would b an
ideal ball team. Defensivelv il Is by far
the best team in the American League
now. barring none. but IL needs Just
about one more hitter of the slugeing
type down on its batting order 70 give II
the offensive strength Il lacks Shanks
may i'm time develop into that kind or
a PLAYER. His batting has improved re-
markabiy since last season. and he IS get
ting his share of long hits even now. Be-
ing youngster. seeing his second season
t., Fa- h &c "A a.
ing are excellent, and he ought 70 h9
even a better player next season than he
Is this. when he has absolutely proved
himself the best left feder In the cir
cult Morgan. too. is sure to hit better
after awhile. Both are youngsters ana
IL takes the average young ball PLAYER
several years OF regular work In cham
pionship games to develop into his best
form.
According to statements that members
of the New York team have made TO
some of the Nationals conditions on the
New York team under Chance are not
what they might be The former Cub
leader has grown decidedly severe. and
is one of the most drastic disciplinarianS
in the game today. Every simple mis-
take that a player may make calls for a
stiff fine and the result Is that many OF
the players find their pay checks decid-
eddy short when pay day rolls around.
The other day Wolter missed hit and
run sign from Cree and as a result he
was informed that he had been fined SIS
when he returned TO the bench The re-
suit of course, Is that the players are
afraid to take any chances, and the team
is not playing anywhere near what IL
should. Chance. of course. feels that he
Is justified in taking such action. He
holds that the players who make the
most mistakes are those who have been
here longest and that IL is caused by
carelessness and nor lack of experience.
II is not at all unlikely that the pres
ent arrangement OF having the American
League games here played on the Polo
Grounds will be continued ind hnitely,
Coutinusd on Second PaSol.