Evening star., 1913-07-29
BY J. ED GRILLo.

| Shotten in the game Friday has COM
| pletely upset the working of the Ma
| tionals' pitching staff. Johnson. be-
/ cause Of this injury, will not be able
/ to work today, and as he is slated 10
pitch Saturday, Johnson day, he Will
| only be available to finish one OF the
games during the rest of the week
Boehling, who pitched yesterday, VIII
have to come right back THURSDAY,
which is Boehling day, and 1t Is Grif-
fiths intention to pitch Joe Engel, VINO
worked Saturday, right back today.
But for the spiking Of johnson he
could have worked today and then
right back Saturday, thus giving both
Boehling and Engel time to get the
necessary three days rest between
games. Just how these youngsters
will stand up under the strain OF
working out of turn remains to De
seen, but there is no doubt that the
Nationals chances for holding their
own in the race would have been ma
terially better IL Johnson had not been
injured and the successful pitchers
had been able to work in their regular
turns AS matters now stand 1t Is ike
ly that Bob Groom will be worked
right back tomorrow, though Grimth
may decide to give his young left
handler, Harry Harper, q chance to
open against the Detroit Tigers.
Harry Harper won his game for East
Douglas at Woonsocket Saturday. to
g. The team behind him made eleven
errors. SO that 1t was considered re-
markable performance for the young
Ster.
Joe Boehling's defeat can be directly
u. 41Iy 90 rfvnr In thG
first inning. Not only did he walk Shot
ten, the first man up, but ne pitcned
wrong against both Pratt and Williams,
who hit for a single and home run, re-
spectively, in this round. Both Pratt and
Williams are high ball hitters. Henry
signaled for q low curve, but Boehl. ng,
who did not have control, got 1t high
with the result that their two hits gave
the Browns a command of three runs
After that first inning Boehling was mas
ter of the situation, the other run Sc
cured by the visitors being the result or
an error. Luck broke poorly for the
Nationals. They hit Mitchell hard enough
to win the game, even after giving them
selves a handicap in the first, but the
pesky sphere would not avoid the Op-
posing fielders on such occasions. Line
drive after line drive was pulled down
by the Browns, half of which would have
been sufficient to change the result had
they gone safe.
Though the Browns have not held a re-
spectacle position in the race for many
years. the team has proven q thorn. in
the side of many record-maksng play ers
Twice Walter Johnson has been stopped
by the Browns when making record.
Last year they stopped his winning
streak. and during the first trip Of the
Nationals in the west it was the Browns
who were the first to score on him after
having shut out other teams for fifty-six
innings.
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Boehling's record in ST. Louis recent
ly. the youngster having to be taken
out to save the game. and yesterday
they prevented him from winning his
team continues the pace it has set here
it is sure to make good showing on
it's present trip.
in need of batting and fielding practice
in the game yesterday. IL GedeOn ts
to be used as utility outnelder it is
sure TO be some time before he will
few opportunities to break into the
game this year and no player can be
expected to show to good advantage
after spending most of the season on
the bench.
when the breaks saved Mitchell. In
the third inning. for instance. a line
drive from Moeller's bat was caught
by Lavan which if it had gone safe
Mitchell. Boehling had singled with
one out when Moeller's hard luck took
place. Foster followed with single
and ordinarily there should have been
one out, run over the plate ana TWO
on.
Again in the fifth fate favored Mitch
ell. Austin's error had given McBride
a life and Henry was hit by pitched
c., IoI MN.
Bride home, and after Moeller had been
retired on a little fly to Austin, Fos-
ter hit a sharp grounder on Whlcn
Boehling was forced at second. Milan's
line drive was pulled down oS Shotteh.
Another tough break came in the
seventh. Henry walked with one out
i'm this round and Boehling hit a snarp
liner to right center. Shotten nap
pened TO be playing in the right spot
and made the catch, after which Noel
ler singled. a line drive from Milans
bat which Stovall caught after leap
into space started the eighth. Can
dis grounder bounded away from Aus
at first then Morgan walked and Will
liams. batting for Gedeon, got scratch
single over second, only to be forced by
Mcbride.
Lavan. the little shortstop Of the
I Browns is former Michigan Uni
versity player. He is most brillant
| fielder and is constantly showing i'm
provement at the bat. At the rate
| that he is improving Lavan ought to
be one Of the crack shortstops in the
| league within a year or SO.
/ Boehling was decidedly wild in the
| seventh and eighth innings, but worked
! himself out of a couple of deep holes.
| He had the bases full in both Of these
| innings yet allowed but a single run.
| With one out in the seventh he hit
| Austin. Mcbride made boot on Alex
I filled the bases by hitting Lavan.
| MitchelIs out allowed Austin to score,
but Boehling struck out Shotten.
| In the eighth errors by Foster and Nc
| Bride and a walk to Johnston again filled
/ the bases with one otp, but no runs We're
[ scored Mcbride threw Pratt out at the
| plate when Austin hit to him and Boehl-
! inS then famed Alexander for the third
time.
| Mitchell Is one of those pitchers who
| creates the impression that he is going to
! be knocked off the rubber almost any
| time. yet is decidedly hard to hit ef-
| fectively. a good change of pace mixed
| with sharp curve and control enough
| to put the ball over when he has to-
| though he frequently gets himself into a
| hole working the batters-is the secret Of
| his success. To sit i'm the stands and
| watch Mitchell pitch makes IL hard TO
understand why he is not hit oftener. and
| yet he is always successful and only re-
| Gently had the satisfaction of winning a
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