The Washington times., 1914-05-28

struck the jury box on the bound.
shanks give II great stern chase. and
when he finally cornered II, slammed
! out from the diamond. High vas turn
ing third when Mcbride got the bail,
, and, without waiting, tile captain
wheeled and slammed directly in the
glove of John Henry. High was out by
in the nearest they came to scoring by
straight hitting.
In the next session they were once
more cut down at the plate. Burns had
infield bump. Moriarity started for SEQ
ond, ard when Henry threw. Burns
dashed for the plate. With perfect pre-
cision Mcbride received the ball. and.
hesitating momentarily to get a perfect
aim heaved back to Henry and Burns
was waved out Of the run column.
That relay and return represented the
class OF the fielding for the day that
was crowded with momentous baseball
II is expected Joe Engel will be
started in one of the games Of the
overcrowded schedule of the Nationals
during their stay in Boston.
Dr. Ayers pitched 4 great game yes
terday. and the victory was thoroughly
deserved.
Having had trouble in hitting John
=.
board voted TO abandon aggressiveness
at the bat and wait out the pitcher OF
yesterday. How successful this was is
indicated by the fact that not until
the seventh inning did the policy of
watchful waiting avail the Tigers so
much as a single pass.
Having heard that the principal draw
back under which Ayers worked in the
Virginia League was his own rocky
fielding. they started humping the ball
around in front Of the pitcher. This
got them just as much as did the
scheme to survive the trip to first via
the big four route, for one bunt was
the oply one that was good enough 10
land a runner on first.
Ayers made one Of the most spectacu-
lar plays in the NTH. when he assumed
the pose Of the famous statue of Mer-
curry. when he extended 10 his whole
length while standing on one foot and
were rather dry at that particular mo-
ment. but the play brought a roar OF
JOY from the crowd. that was one Of
the largest since the inaugural Of the
season on the home plains.
Each successive game bears evidence
OF the system OF conservation "f the
natural resources OF the Griffithian
pitching talent.
In the opening game Of the Detroit
set. after the Nationals had obtained
a commanding advantage. Walter John
and Bentley finished the game
On Tuesday the issue was so close
that Boehling went the distance but
yesterday the Grifmen treated Ayers
81 literally that he was able to go
along easily at several stages. Every
One OF the FIVE hits. and one of these
was the measliest sort of an infield
affair came after two were out md
there was no imminent danger OF
scores
When the ninth came along, Ayers
VAS excused for the afternoon and
Johnny Bentley was ushered in to dis
pose of the Tigers without scores. He
forced the first two to sky to ShanKs
and after High had singled and been
nolested. Bentley forced the mighty
sam Crawford to roll to Morgan.
No matter what else may be said
lbrut Bentley he is making one mighty
record for himself that few men in
baseball have ever approached. While
h. has hae but one victory placed to his
7redit since last fall when he made his
Ic6ut by blanking Connie Mack's pro-
isional team that was presented here
N the closing days after the flag had
been won. Bentley has been eminently
successful in keeping the opposition
from getting men across the rubber
turing his various terms of service.
The sending Of Dick Williams to At
anita. as announced in these columns
has gotten the Washington
nas his four regular twirlers and four
men.
Seldom has day passed Of late that