The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-07
By WILLIAM PEET.


By WILLIAM PEET.
Todays game at National Park. be
tween the New York Giants and tn
Griffmen, promises to be more than a.
exhibition affair, despite orders eac
manager will issue to his players no
to take too many chances and for pitch
ers to hold in.
Griff wants to beat McGraw. The Ma
tionals themselves are anxious to wip
out the stigma of two defeats handed
to them by these same New Yorker
here last spring.
According to New York newspaper mel
travelling with the Giants, McGraw i
saving his best fingers for the Griffmen
Marquard, Teserau, and Matty, and
is more than likely that Marquard will
be in the box today, as Griff has an.
nounced definitely that he will pitcl
Walter Johnson and Bob Groom, ant
McGraw will hardly take a chance op
posing the Kansas Cyclone with Matty
The Giants will face a different ag
gregation from the club they trouncet
last year. Griffs youngsters, although
losing TO Brooklyn. splitting even will
Boston, and winning two games from
the Phiilies this spring, outclassed thes'
teams in ever. department, and Nc
Graw's gang will be forced to play al
the baseball they know if they hope t.
be returned victors.
Senior Pope Conte, editor of La Prensa
a well-known Havana newspaper, is IL
the Capital to see Acosta and Calvo, hi
countrymen, and to send back home hi,
impression of the Nationals in genera
and the showing of the young players il
particular.
Mr.. Conte is a thorough student of the
game, and has a large following in Ha
vana. He expects to travel with the Ma
ionals for several weeks and report the
doings of Calvo and Acosta for mis- news.
pepper
In a letter to the writer from w. =
Fogarty, sporting editor of the Montreal
Star. who is at present i'm Charlottes.
Vile with the Montreal club, Mr.. Fogarty
gives some interesting news of Pitcher
Jim Shaw, who belongs to the Nationals
and who is working out with Jack Ryan
daily at Lambeth Field Mr.. Fogarty
says in part:
Opinion around these parts seems t.
differ largely as to the ability of jim
Shaw, the young pitcher Clarke GriffitF
left here under the guidance of Jack
Ryan.
Shaw is the pitcher recommended t.
Griff by a friend i'm Pittsburg and was
also strongly recommended by Frank
smith, at present here with the Royals.
Jack Ryan has Shaw in a uniform twice
daily and is giving him lots of work. and
during his warming up stunts, looks like
a world beater, but he is different
pitcher altogether when he comes to pitch
up to batters from the mound
When he is not facing batsman the
youngster has beautiful delivery. getting
the ball away with all the force of his
body behind it. with the result that he
has deceiving jump on his fast ball
saturday Ryan was anxious to see how
he would shape up before a batsman and
with Jack wearing the NIT and coaching
him. the youngster worked for ten or
fifteen minutes. serving up his assortment
to the Royals during batting practice.
Shaw. on this occasion. did not look nearly
so well and il is a difficult problem for
him to get the ball over the plate II
was noticed for the first time here that
III winding up to pitch, he turns almost
completely around and when he pitches
the ball, is looking almost straight at
third base with the result that it is diff
cult for him 10 get the ball over.
On the other hand, Shaw has been
greatly handicapped since the departure
OF the Washington club, as couple of
days after the Nationals left he developed
A sty on his eye and has been ever since
trying to pitch with one eve almost COM
pletely closed. Then again il must be re-
membered that Shaw is but nineteen years
old and naturally has a lot to learn be-
fore he could work in a major league
game but with little good coaching ne
should develop rapidly into a good twirler.
Jack Ryan believes that the Nationals
have a find in the youngster and saws that
II he is kept with the team for the season
and used to pitch to the batters he will
make pretty fair hurler by fall.
-Baldomero Acosta, the Nationals utiI-
ity outfielder, who sprained his right
ankle during ball game in Richmond
Saturday, was attended by the club ply
stefan yesterday, and tine youngster ex-
poets to be out i'm toys this afternoon.
The injury was not as serious as at
first reported
Germany Schaefer and Nick Altrock
put on their baseball act at the Cav
ETY. Theater yesterday afternoon and
last night before packed houses, and
were royalty received. The act itself is
one OF merit, and is most unique. The
comedians kept the audience in an up-
roar throughout
In speech to the crowd last night
Schaefer cody informed them that
Washington would win the pennant. and
invited all to be on hand to witness
the opening game of the worlds series
in the Concrete Coliseum next October.
When Jack Knight said that Hal Chase
didn't know how 10 cover second base
he may have been nursing a grievance
Knight wasn't in high favor with Chase
when the latter was the manager of the
New Yorks in 1911. In fact, they be-
came bitter enemies. When Wolverton
traded Knight to Washington for Gabby
Street Long Jack put the blame on
Chase. But, as a matter of fact, knight
himself was to blame for the loss of his
engagement with the New York club.
knight also was let out by Griffith
and that is why he is now drawing salary
from the New Jersey club. Chase, &C.
cording to his friends, is willing to sac