Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-31
By ]. ED GRILLo.

At no time this season have the Ma
tionals shown better form than in the
three games they have played against
Boston Notwithstanding the fact that
two of the regular infielders arc out of
the game the team has played remark
able ball since it's return from its long
trip.
It's defensive work has been nothing
short OF marvellous. and on the whole
the hitting too. has shown Improvement.
II the present clip can be kept up ana
the absent PLAYERS get back in the hne-
IN there will be good chance Tor the
Nationals TO gain lot of ground during
their STAY at home which is To- last a
month.
I, iS Questionable whether there has
ever been a series in which the heldIns
hae been so sensational as in the pres
emf. The locals have made some wonder
fuI PLAYS. and the fact should not De
over,ooked that the field work of the
visitors has also been of hish oroe''
Tho final game of the series is sched-
,,sd for TODAY. Joe Engel. who has al
uays heep more or less effective against
the champions. is slated to do the pitch-
ing for the Nationals. and Bedlen. Is .ne
twirler who will oppose him 10 ua.c
the series with bOSlof
eleven in favor of the Nationals. Han Oh
the games that the two teams are scned-
uled to play have been played.
When Boston appears here for the las.
t,r,e This season Hooper Will have 10 MI
tha Rail further than he did on either oc-
"a sion of his circuit drives Yesterday. Ioi
bv that time the new right nein VIII uii =
doubtedly be in use and high mes such
as he hit yesterday Will IN all propaoih's
for . right
n vas peculiar coincidence that noop-
ar should open both games with a drlve
over the right field fence: Pecuharls
enough he had ball and STRIKE caheu On
him on both occa sions when ne mt
Ordinarily Boston would have rolled up
quite a number of runs In the nrst inning
of the afternoon game, for they mt
Johnson hard in this round. probably be-
cause he was not properly warmed up. =
home run a triple, hit batsmah ana q
single only Melted single run however
Hooper. Of course scored on his drive
which Yerkes followed with triple;
Speaker was hit by pitched baii. ana
there was none out when Lewis M ~
Mcbride. who threw Yerkes out at the
plate Engers single to right gave Noel.
Ter an opportunity TO throw Speaker out
al the plate and Wagner struck our. emu
ing the inning. Johnson had good sup
port all the afternoon. Gedeon MAKING
two plays at third base which helped
materially. Yerkes hit for two bases
down the left field line and when he tried
10 stretch il into triple Gedeon eranpeo
Shapks' throw and dived into ierkes. re-
firing him. Gedeon made similar play
on Wagner in the seventh The Red Sox
shortstor hit the scorebOard with long
A. and was nailed by Moellers throw 10
Gedeon. who once more took 1--WE lnto
the base runner.
Ray Collins pitched good game OF
bail but he also had the breaks. There
were any number of balls hit hard. but
right at some nfie,der. and this helped
materially to prevent the Nationals from
SCORING. The most deceptive thing about
Collins delivery is his motion. He bends
himself into q knot before delivering the
hall and the batter does not see it until
il is on its way to the plate. toinns
displayed much improved form over the
game he pitched here earlier in the sea-
son.
Bob Groom got himself out of many
tight holes i'm the morning game. Like
Wood ne was none too steady. but When
II was necessary for him tO tighten up
he came through which was not the case
with Wood. Wood. by the way. does not
appear To be in the form he displayed
last season. He lacked control. and MS
fast ball did not bother the local batters
At is usually does.
Jake Stahl predicts that If his team
will have as much good luck later in the
season as IL has had bad breaks to date,
that IL will still win the pennant. lhere
has not been a time this spring when the
Red Sox have been intact. Stahl has
been out continuously. Wood for while,
and Gardner and Lewis, too. have peen
on the hospital list Lewis. In fact,
should not be playing now but ne was
forced TO get in the game Yesterday pe
cause Henricksen was taken i'll For real
tough breaks the Red Sox are almost on
an equal with the Nationals.
That Griffth picked up a most prom
,s;nr recruit I'm Joe Gedeon is being DEM
cn.trated BY that Young mans work at
third base. position with which he Is
not a, all familiar Gedeon. who is but
nineteen years old. gives all the earmarks
Of becoming really great ball player
HIS chief asset Il nerve for he fears
nothing and is never disconnected BY any
thing that may happen. ON two dfferen,
occasions Yesterday he made plays al
third POSSIBLE BY diving into base run
ners who were trying to reach his station
made the plays. and he took the chance
Furthermore. Gedeon looks impressive al
the bat.
But for Henie Wagner the chances are
that the Nationals would have won the
eecond game. IL Was his remarka BILE
handling OF throws from tarrisan when
eome Of the locals tried To steal that pre-
vented them from doing When /,
eC9es 10 handling thrown balls AT Sec