The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-17

)dcity OF the Dig STANDS VIII be on
ell or Cullop will adorn the mound
FLOR the Naplanders this afternoon.
Griff's choice lies between Mullin
and Johnson, with the first named
the likely candidate.
The Maps present the same front as last
year. all are well known to Capital fans.
even Doc Johnston. the first baseman,
whom 1t will be remembered Joined the
Clevelanders here late last summer.
Dropping three out OF four to the Ath-
letics and losing TO the Climbers in the
Forest City Sunday does not appear to
have put much Of a crimp in the con-
hdence Manager Birmingham has in the
ability of his team to win.
Birmingham cannot see Griffs club
here with high power tense telescope.
He says We lack the pitchers and also
the hitters, and naturally he rated his
own aggregation as much superior.
1t is true that the Maps have been play
ing good ball this season. "Birmy'' has
them kidded to death. The players have
been led to believe that the club as pres
emily constituted Is the best in the world
Before starting East the Cleveland
newspapers predicted that of the fifteen
games scheduled the Maps would win
three-fourths of them. but up to date out
Of twelve played seven have been won
and the Nationals are TO be reckoned
with for three.
Although beaten three out of four in
the serieT against the Athletics, the CIeve-
land club played fine ball and the Mack
men were forced to extend themselves to
win.
Tint Climbers seem to have started GO
ing again. and the present series here
promises to be one of the hardest and
b:tterest fought in the history Of the
sport in the Capital.
Eddie Foster had bad day of IL at
third base yesterday. but the midget
should not be criticised harshly. On
account Of his poor physical condition,
due to his recent attack of typhoid fever,
he could not do himself justice.
Asked IL he would continue to play
Foster at third base. Manager Griffith
replied: Yes, l shall keep him there as
long as he feels that he can stand the
work. Foster will soon be back in his
last years form"
Howard Shanks and other members of
the Washington club hit in hard luck
yesterday. Half a dozen smoking drives
went straight into the hands of out
fielders, when had the balls gone one
or two feet either to the right or left.
extra base wallops would have been re-
corded.
Manager Griffith pays Boehling a fine
tribute for the pitching the southpaw ex-
hibited in Cleveland Sunday. Grir still
has unbounded faith in Boehling's ability
to make good. The Old Fox said that
until Boehling let up in the eighth he
had the Maps last Sunday at his mercy
Says a Philadelphia dispatch:
THE conviction that Cleveland is the
team the Athletics must beat out for the
pennant is daily growing among baseball
men. Connie Mack AYERS that he has
the greatest respect for the Maps. that
they have a strong. well-balanced team,
fine pitching stan, and a number of
hard, certain hitters.
Yet, excluding the pitchers, IL is hard
to see wherein Cleveland equals the
Mackmen. The Philadelphia infield is
UNNECESSARILY superior to Cleveland's, and
in the outfield Amos Strunk and Rube
Ryan in fielding, hitting, and base rum
ming. Eddie Murphy. in right field, is IS
competent a defensive player as Joe Jack
son. but the latter Is a natural leapue
leader in batting, while Murphy is not hit
ting 800.
"Macks catching staff is. at least, as
competent as Birmingham's. Schang.
Lapp, and Thomas being equal to Carisch'
O'Neil, and Land. Cleveland has four
regular dependable twirlers in Falken-
burg, Gregg. Kahler. and Mitchell. while
Mack has Plank and Bender and a host
of youngsters"