Evening star., 1914-07-21
Nationals Will Go Against Strong
Pitching Corps in Series With
White Sox.
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

+ keeping his position in center.
Mitchell was with Chicago and Pitts
bursh last season. He finished with a
batting average of ..66. and the per-
above the average. he should be OF
great aid to the Nationals. especially
while Milan is out of the game
| Walter johnson is slated to pitch the
opening game of the series with the
White SoX today. Just which one OF
| Callahan's pitchers will be worked against
| the local star will not be decided until
| makes little difference which pitcher Cal
| lahan uses. He has an array of bril-
liant talent any one of whom is sure to
| give the Nationals a hard tussle. There
/ cotte to draw from. Scott is not in
| cludcd because he worked against the
| Athletics YESTERDAY.
| johnson lost his last game against
| Cleveland because errors helped the Maps
| to two runs while Johnson's teammates
could score but one tally off Collamore
II the locals can get Walter a couple
| OF runs today the chances are that he
will add victory to his string, but
Johnson. Notwithstanding his pitching
| proWess. has to have runs to win.
President Ben Minor of the Washington
! Club left for New York last night to at
| tend a meeting of the American League
to take up the ultimatum of President
Futz of the Players Fraternity. FultZ
| threatens to have all the members of his
organization strike unless the national
commission takes certain action in the
case of played named Kraft. whom the
commission has awarded to the Nashville
| club of the Southern League.
| Manager Griffith said this morning that
| he did not look for any trouble. Il be-
| lieve that a mistake has been made i'll
| ba settled
/ without having the players strike or any
| thing like that. The players are not
going to be foolish and hurt the game
by any such action. 1t will be settled
| all right. ! am sure.
| John Henry of the local team. who is
the representative of the fraternity here.
does not look for strike to be called,
| but he saws if it is that the local play
ers will stand by President Fultz.
While the Nationals failure to get hits
at the right time has been responsible for
their defeats at the hands of the Cleve-
land Maps. it is also true that the team
has not shown any variety in its attacks
and as result has played into the hands
of its rival. In the seventh inning yes
terday with Schaefer and Moeller on third
and second. respectively. Gandll was pur-
posely walked. filling the bases, in the
hope that Shanks the next batter would
hit into a double play. The Nap infield
! played back and Shanks did what the
visitors had hoped for. sent a sharp
grounder to Chapman and a double play
resulted and the rally was over.
With the infield back and two fast men
on second and third. it looked like an
| ideal spot to cross the opposition by play
ing the squeeze. Both runs might have
scored on that play. 1t also is notable
that the locals when they can't hit a
though on several occasions they have
been facing pitchers who would have
| difficulty fielding bunts. Such was the
case yesterday with Gregg on the slab.
yet nothing but a straightaway game of
attack was played against him
The run which gave the Maps yester-
days victory was contributed by Ray
Morgan. who prevented Foster from max
ing a double play in the second inning
when he failed to cover second on Olson s
grounder to Foster. with Johnston on
first base. The play was made to order
for double. but. of course. when Nor
gan did not cover the bag there was
nothing for Foster to do but to throw to
first and get Olson. Johnston scored from
second a moment later when Gregg sin
gled. when. if the play had been properly
executed, the side would have been re-
tired scorelss.
Griffith took Acosta out of the game in
the fourth because the Cuban is not very
strong with the bat against left-klnded
pitching. Schaefer took his place in tire
batting order and the first two times
he faced Gregg he hit safely.
Eleven Of the Nationals We're left
stranded on the bases. which indicates
the absence of hitting strength. The
locals have been in desperate batting
gether with the fact that Chick Gandil is
not in his stride. has greatly interfered
with the offensive strength of the team
Clyde Milan witnessed Yesterday s
game from a box behind the local players
bench. Milan talks with difficulty be-
,, cause of the condition of his jaw,
though in every other respect he is In
! good physical condition. He figures that
he will be ready to resume his position
on the team by the time the Nationals
return from their coming trip. which will
be August IS 1t is figured that for the
next three weeks he will be able to take
nothing but liquid food. and instructions
| from the attending surgeon are that he
must not indulge in any sort of exercise
| for at least month
Cleveland has beaten the Nationals
| seven out of the last eight games these
| teams have played. which is the bes,
| showing a Cleveland team has eyel
| made against a Washington outfit since
the two cities have been represented ir
the American League. Heretofore Cleve
land has always been the easiest kind Of
picking for the Nationals. Even in the
days when the locals were tailenders ant
the Maps were contenders in the racs
the Nationals would beat them badly
This year. however, with the Maps oc
cupying last place. they are the on,
team which seems able to clean up with
| the Griffmen.
Gregg would not have been close to vic
| tory yesterday but for the breaks he got
He was in hot water in almost every in
| ming. but the hit which would have sen
him to the bench did not materiaiize
There was nothing brilliant about tn,
work Of Gregg. for he walked seven ant
| allowed six hits.
| Terry Turner had a very narrow escap,
from being seriously injured while at tn,
bat in the first inning. He got in tn.
way of one of Boehling.s fast ones
which struck him right above the left ca,
] and laid him low. Turner came to in {