Evening star., 1914-09-26
BY j. ED GRILLO.

e, CLEVELAND, September 26.-Walter
johnson will not be used in any Of the
games the Nationals are to play here
,fhe stay of the Griffmen winds up with
a. double header today. and, according to
Griffith. Johnson will not be worked in
either game. The pitching will be turned
over to Shaw. Williams and Ayers, with
Harper in reserve.
Griffith is holding Johnson for the game
in Detroit tomorrow He wants to beat
the Tigers, so he will stand a chance to
finish third. johnson is also slated to
pitch two of the games, the Nationals
have with the -Athletics-the first one in
Washington Wednesday and the last one
IN Philadelphia Saturday. Johnson has
displayed splendid form of late. and with
an even break he should win all these
games: that is. if the change which Grif-
fsh has instituted by not working him
fer four or five days. does not prove in
furious.
James 4. McAleer. erstwniie president
Of the Boston Red Sox and at one time
manager of the Nationals, was an inter-
ested spectator at yesterdays game. Nc
Aleer came UP from his home At Youngs-
town especially to see his former charges
play. He visited the players in the club
d
tracted chat with Manager Griffith, to
whom he admitted that he was not en-
gagged in any business just now and that
he did not expect ever to be during the
rest of his lie McAleer thereby inti-
mated that he had Jared we'll in his deal
tnSs with the Boston club and has plenty
Of this worlds goods.
Jack Bentley pitched well enough
yesterday to win an ordinary game, it
Being hard luck to have Chapman's hit
go safe in the third inning, netting the
Maps couple of runs. Bentley has
been worked good deal on this trip,
however, and might show to better ad-
vantage if he were given needed rest.
The chances are that he will not ap-
pear again until the Monday game at
Detroit.
For the first time since Dick Williams
has been with the team he displayed
some real pitching ability in the final
inning of yesterdays game. He cut
loose and showed so much stuff that
Manager Griffith is pretty sure to use
him in one of the games today. IT
nnal inning yesterday he is sure to be
heard from next season. He had a
world of speed and a curve ball which
was remarka BILE.
"Rippy" Williams had a peculiar ex-
perience in the seventh inning of yes
terday's game. After Henry had scored
as the result of his triple and Nc
Brides single Williams was sent to
bat for Bentley. He had two balls and
two strikes on him. when Mcbride at
tempted to steal and was thrown out,
retiring the side. Williams, of course,
was not at bat and could have been
used to hit for Harper, who succeeded
Bentley, in the next inning, but instead
Shanks was sent in to bat for Harper
The Nationals leave here by boat to-
night for Detroit, where games are to
be played Sunday and Monday. Tues
day; is an off day, and the team will
start for Washington Monday night,
prAviding neither one of the two sched-
uled games is postponed, in which event
Tuesday may be utilized to play Off
the second postponed contest.
While it is true that the Boston
Braves have made one of the most re-
markable finishes in the history of
base ball, the fact should not be over
looked that in making this remarkable
squirt the Stallings team has not been
up against any base ball teams of real
class. for they do not exist in the Ma
tional League this year. But in the
world series the Braves will be up
against one of the greatest clubs the
game has ever produced, and then they
will have an opportunity to give a cor
rect impression of their own strength.
.On paper there is absolutely no COM
parison between the two teams. and
yet that does not signify that the out
come of the series is cinch. The
Braves are sure to have their support
ers, and they may come through and
beat the Mackmen in a majority of
the games, but if they accomplish that
feat Stallings has a team which will
be given credit for being much more
formidable than any one thought.
Thanks to a victory which the YAM
KEGS scored over the Tigers yesterday,