Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-11
BY j. ED GRILLO.

win the present series with the Maps
.t4o,lrrtc tvu Victories t" one de'e"' -
favor ~ tn, Nationals. tie two teams
vii clash for tho fourth time th's at''l-
noon. .To,. Eueel viii likely pitch today.
and il is almost certain tiat Birmingham
VII send his crack Soutlpaw. WIFE"
Mitchell. to In. rubber. Mitchell mas oee''
most successful Of late for the Maps. and
II IN, IS III form he is sure To h" tr"o-
hl,so.a,. rrNrosttio,1 for the Nationals.
though there are several occasions on
r.. ord when the locals have scored vic
tories AT his expense.
tu-eI has not been very lucky OF 'ate.
Ii -.cus to lie the youngsters misfortune
t. always have some Of luis teammates
e.. and set him into ticklish places, from
vai.is lie seems unable to eNtricatc hlm-
.,el,. But that sort Of luck cannot follow
q pitcher forever. and ." Is ABOUT que
10 have breaks in hiS favor. II f-i-ei
can Win today there il 4 good chahcc u
tho Nationals winning the remaining
game Of the series and putting them
selves within "A game or two OF seconu
D,..s Io-f:sop MIL undoubtedly make
IiS second aurcarin of the series To-
morrow Tins Nsouid Civ" him three DAYS
r.-; since his last game. about an ~
yot rho last two games hi pitched against
III. Naps though they have beaten nun
OF several occasions. The Maps nave NJ
HIM unusually hard III these games. ana
Walter Is about due 10 have an chttuNc
day aga INST them
The Nationals and Maps returned from
Cleveland this morning. the former Weit
satisfied with the jump to the ONO Town
while the latter team seemed rather
~ A
thev suffered there. These Sunday jumps
10 Cleveland have been rather proftanis
10 the Nationals They have won both
gaines on these occasions, ana nave
p.ay"d 70 large crowds
Fob Groom. for the first time in over
n month. displayed real form against
Clrycsana Yesterday. ard il - hoped thaL
he vii ceutiaue to do 50 until the eng
OF Tie season The poor showing r1aue
hv Groom, prior TO YESTERDAY has proved
a handicap to the team. and the Ma
tionaIs' chances 70 finish second Will be
greatly increased If Groom IS In form
again.
Inst what caused Groon's slump has
never been explained. He had APPARENT
" as much stuff AS ever but ne couid.
not get the breaks in the games ne work
ed in. and for this reason suffered Hiahe
defeats. His game at Cleveland Nesler-
day was probably the turning point. for
but fcr AN error he would have had
shutout TO his credit
" the Nationals would lit everywhere
a. well a. they do in Cleveland they
would lead the league in hitting IN
neatly every game the locals play ON the
Maps grounds they seem able L hi Tar
aroNe their ordinary speed. one reason
for their success on the Cleveland
grounds.
4 srecial effort is to be made 10 nave
the enlarged playing field at the LOCAL
PARK in readiness by the time the IA
tionals return from their trip through
the west and east on which they start
after tomorrow 5 game here The razlnS
Of the buildings ON the property which
y 70 be part of right and center neid y
proceeding rapidly. and barring som" I'M
ayo!dab'e DELAY il is expected that the
new field will be ready cary in Septem-
Der The building Of the brick wall
around the park is going Oil ut the same
time.
Howard Shanks will in all proba bility
resume his position in left held today.
Just what change Griffith Will make In
his UHtield if Sharks is ready to y ay Is
not known. He may give Moeller rest
and play Cashion in right. though II IS
CUES tionable whether such move would
be advisable. for though Moeller is not
having good Year. he is valuable man
OIL the bases and gets ON quite frequent
~ by reason of his being able to wait
oui IN. pitchers. Incidentally. lie plays
right sieid much better than Inc does left.
On tho other hand. il is plain that Crit
nth mast strengthen his uuticld in hit
tiu- aGd there is. OF course. a good
chan 1T caShjon being deNeioped into
slugees, for lie has the natural ability
To l!it
That the operation on John Ienry's
knee last winter was an absolute success
IS being demonstrated ly the consistent
work the big catcher Is doing. Henry
has caught something lie seventy games
Tor the Nationals this season. In fact, he
i doing all the catching with the ex-
ception Of games II which Johnson offici-
stcS. for Walter has been assigned 10
Aiasmith all season.
Henry ranks with the best catchers
II either major League. He IL not only
.,sndid Uncover. bat he a great
T. cslvet and uses good Jud-ment III the
handing Of the young p tchers. Henry
has dec.loped rap dly. and his physique
l. such that liz can stand loI 81 work.
IefI-hauded pitchers have no terrors
for the Nationals any more There was
time not So long ago when d southpaw
had but ~ be announced IS pitching
against the locals and they We're beaten.
But thar time has passed. and very few
games. indeed have been Won from the
Nationals this Year by portsided fingers.
When u left handler is working against
TIE Nationals Griffith has but lett
handed hitter in his lineup. Milan.
Moti!er goes 10 the other side OF the
yIat@ under such conditions. and Milan
! not bothered by left-hani-rs. In
fact. H. usually hits better against them
than III does against risht-handers. thus
ups stting The theory that 4 left-handed
hitter is handicapped when facing
southpaN.
Had il not issen FOR the advice which
Joe Yeager veteran OH the Mon
treal team gave TO Griffith regarding
Chick Gandil. IL is doubtful ii the star
FIRST baseman would b. i member
o. the Nationals or not
When Griffith started out 10 get Gan
iii lie naturally wanted TO satisfy him
self as to his ability before he forked
over lot of money. lie found that
there was 4 variance of opinion among
the players and managers Of she Inter
national League To now good a
player Gandil was. He finally con-
suited YeaEer. who al one time had
PLAYED for him III lew YORK. and
Yoager was a strong booster for Gan
dill - wing that he the best first
bascnan he had ever seen. Ieager's
praise decided Griffith and Gandil was
purchased The deal is proven one of