Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-27
JIM SHAW.
JOHNSON AND BOEHLING TO
FACE PHILLIES TOMORROW
Team Showing Good Form and Is Sure to Be on Edge
When Season Opens-Work of Young
Pitchers Is Encouraging.

son. Carl Cashion and Joe Boehling all
OF whom are hitters of more than
binary ability.
On what Wally Smith has shown since
joining the Nationals Griffith has picked
UP mighty valuable ball player. There
may be nothing sensational about Smith s
work, but he seems able to fill any posi-
| ton on the infield satisfactorily and
there does not appear to be the slightest
| doubt about his hitting proclvities. In
yesterdays game he got three clean hits,
| one of which was double. He wound
| up the DAY with averag &c Of thou
, sand. as his other attempt at the bat was
neat sacrifice.
Cashion is down to pitch part of the
game today, and either Harper or Engel
will also be seen in action.
Clyde Milan is doing some brilliant
fielding in these exhibition games. His
capture of AleXanders long drive in the
seventh was as clever a bit of judgment
and speed as one would expect to see in
midseason. In some of the previous
games Milan also made several circus
plays in the field. The teams speed mar
vel seems on a fair way to have the best
season of his career, for he is hitting the
ball hard this spring.
Alexander, who worked the last four
innings against the Nationals yesterday
is one of the best pitchers in the old
league. He is one of those pitchers who
does not have to exert himself to get
something on the ball and has perfect
control. OF course, he is not yet in his
best form, but is sure to be the Phillies'
pitching mainstay again this season.
A foul tip, which badly bruised one of
Alnsmith's fingers, forced him out of the
game, and Henry took his place. Ain
smiths injury is not serious, and he will
be able to take his turn behind the bat
in day or so.
Fourteen hits for a total of seventeen
bases would indicate that the Nationals
are rounding into batting form. The
chances are that the team will hit con-
sderably better this year than it did
last There are several members of the
team who give every indication that they
will be more efficient with the bat this
year. Milan is already hitting in his
best form. and Shanks is showing so
much improvement that much is to be
expected of him. Foster now that he is
in health, is sure to hit in form, and in
due time Morgan and Gandil will get into
their stride. What is more, Henry and
Ainsmith are hitting better than ever
before.
the inability Of the Phillies to connect
with the deliveries of Shaw and Bentley
] resulted in the locals gaining a COM
paratively easy victory yesterday. The
visitors scored only in the opening round
| and were blanked thereafter. Shaw was
a bit wild at the outset. He walked
| Paskert who stole. and Byrne brought
him home with a single. Shaw also
walked Lobert, and after Magee sacri-
| feed Shaw struck out Cravath and Lu-
| derus.
| The one-run lead did not last long, for
| in their half the Nationals scored two on
singles by Foster and Milan and dou-
BILE by Gandil Another run came IN
| the fourth on Shanks' hit. Smiths sac
| Smiths hit. an error and Bentley's sin
gle scored another in the sixth, and
Shanks' single, Smiths double and
Henry's single brought home the final
| pair in the eighth. The score: