Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
BY j. ED GRILLO.

CHIC AGO Nav 1n-l.acls of speed has
been tho Nationals failing in tho last
two games here, The absence Of Foster
and GaudiI from tho lineup has made
a team whcih VAS on The whole slow
one. and both defeats can bc attributed
TO the fact AS Il result double plays
arc being made by the opposition which
arc breaking up rallies. and Griffith has
come To the conclusion that il is time tn
make a change in his lineup.
Schacfcr will he PLACED at first from
this out until t;andil returns To the fold
He will he hatt6d in second place and
Milan viii he dropped down ii notch in
the batting order :chaefer. who appears
To be in better form than he has h on in
Years. is sure To add sped To- liz" team
and that is what it needs.
In the last two games double plays
have played havoc with the Nationals
chances. Thursday, in the inning in
which the Nationals scored four runs a
winning rally was uipped i'm the bud
when Williams and Laporte were doubled
up. and Yesterday I.aporte hit into one
with two men and none out in the
third inning
Griffith figures hat Schaefcr will help
the team temporarily by being in the
lineup because he is not ONLY fast, but
is able to do something with the hall. and
he will he kept at first until GanGil is
able to return.
An even break with the sox is the hes.
the Nationals can hope for. and as Walter
Johnson IS most likely To ascend the
mound i'm today'S game. Il second victory
here is almost assured. In fact. it seems
TO have developed that Johnson is really
The only pitcher Griffith has who can
h. relied upon. and this is state of
affairs which is not encouraging for those
who have visions of a pennant flying over
National Park this fall.
If Johnson works today. and Griffith
has announced that he would. the chances
are that the Nationals will score vic
tory though at the rate Griffith'S team
IS hitting here he will probably have to
shut-out the Sox to bring this about.
There is nothing particularly brilliant
about the Callahan aggregation. though
Il seems able to appear formidable when
stacked against some Of GriffthS pitch
ing weaklings. while il has several pitch
cFs who can be troublesome 10 most any
team
Scott. who pitched yesterday. for i'm
stance. proved enigma to the Ma
tionals, and Won his game without ever
Icing liz any serious trouble. Engel pitch
cd good ball. but after he was taken
out to allow Gandl TO bat for him
Gallia went in and gave his usual I'M
satisfactory exhibition. allowing three
runs In the seventh inning without al
lowing a hit. That. of course. put the
game on ice for the Sox. Engel was
handicapped by the fact that his team
mates could not locate Scott. They did
get the first run of the game VIII ch, in
cidentally. proved their only one during
the game. but their lead was short-lived.
ard after that Scott only toyed with
them
II Johnson is in form today. and there
is no good reason why ne should not be.
FOR it was in Philadelphia more than a
week ago that he pitched his last full
game. he ought to win his game,
providing. % course, that his teammates
can get him run or two. Any time that
the pitchins. is equal the Nationals are apt
To beat the Sox Notwithstanding the fact
that the visitors are badly handicapped
by the absence of Foster and Gandil.
Griffith's only hope of having real flag
contender depends on what sort OF pitch
ers Engel and Cashion are going to de-
velop into within the next few weeks
If they come through and show the prop
er form he will be Well fortified. but IL
they fall short of expectations there is
no hope. for even If johnson. Groom and
Hughes hold up their end it is impossible
for a team 10 go through hard cam
paign and hold its own with only three
pitchers.
because Griffith did not work Walter
Johnson more otter. but he gave "A log
ical reason for nursing his star pitcher
along when ne said We have no chance
d
pitchers show proper form. and | am not
going to ruin Johnson trying to make
up for any deficiency that the other men,
bers of my pitching staff may show. or
course if it ever comes down to case
whore few games Will assure us high
position. Johnson will be worked to the
limit but otherwise / do not propose to
riin him. for the sake of trying to win
the few games. When properly handled
Walter can come pretty rear winning
no nifcheS nd "a ;S all
can possibly ask.
Both Manager Griffith and Capt Nc
Bride are in danger of being suspended
by President Johnson today. Mcbride
put out OF the game and Griffith
chased of the field yesterday by Umpire
iIildebrand. In the sixth inning Weaver
tried to score on a double steal which
Scott had started Ansnnith's throw TO
Mcbride was poor. but Mcbride got the
ball back to the plate in plenty of time.
because Weaver was blocked off by Ain
smith and in sliding never got within
three feet of the plate. Hildebrand, how
ever. called him safe and Mcbride made
protest Before he had a chance to say
very much Hildebrand had him benched.
and when Griffith came up To have his
say. he. too. was chased.
Johnson is particularly severe on play
ers who delay the game this season. and i;
was the general opinion that he would
make an example Of both Griffith and Nc
Bride. preventing them from taking part
In todays game.
Both Gallia and Boehling may make
good pitchers in time. but il must dawn
every one that they are not going 10
be OF much service TO the Nationals this
season and would he better of with some
minor league club. Neither has shown
fny thing this spring TO warrant their be-
ing kept on the clubs pay roll and the
time cannot be far off when Griffith will
part with them Gallia is to cost the
club something like $500 in cash IL he
is kept after May IL. and the chances are
that Griffith will not want TO pay that
amount for pitcher who appears too
green for this company. Gallia has plenty
of stuff and in time may prove whiri-
wind. but right now he does not know
how 10 use what he has and for this rea-
Son is virtually useless TO the team.
Boehling, too. needs seasoning
Borton started Yesterdays game at first
ta:-, but was taken out after the Ma
ionals had been retired because OF a
badly bruised hand. Sournier taking his
10 right hcbd. which Melted two bases
which gave the Sox their first brace of
runs Moeller made excellent try for
the ball covering an acre of ground in
getting to IL. bat just when il seemed
that he would make the catch his legs
became tangled and he stumbled
When one stops TO consider the seriou.
handicap which was inflicted on IN.
and Gandil ii was a rather good break 4
be able TO win three out of four in Bos
ton. The team with this pair on TIN.
hospital list is minus two Of its bes
piaycrs and there arc few teams in
major league who car have two sta r: