Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02

Mike Mitchell was there again today
with couple Of hits. In the first in
ming he drove sharp grounder at
s Moriarty. which the latter could not
Punt toward third which Moriarty
could not throw in time.
Williams caught a very good game for
Johnson He handled the big fellows de-
livery very well. notwithstanding that
the latter was unusually wild, and under
such conditions is hard to catch.
DOME Bush. who formerly found John
son the hardest pitcher he had to face.
seems to have mastered Walters speed.
/ and is now hitting him frequently. Be-
sides walking once today, Bush made
to the plate.
Detroit had ten men left on the bases.
There was not single inning that john
son retired the side in order. The near
est ne came to it was the sixth, when
only three men faced him. but he walked
kavanaugh In this round. who died try-
ing to steal.
Clever throwing by both Williams and
Mcbride prevented an attempted double
steal in the seventh inning. Bush and
Mortarty had hit safely Bush going to
! third on his teammates single to right
after two were out: Then the double
true to Mcbride. who got the ball back
In time to stop Bush, who made a des-
perate slide into the plate.
The eastern teams are making a clean
up Of the games in the west Even the
| record. having just won six out Of seven
games from the Maps. The Athletics and
Red Sox also are cleaning up, while the
| Nationals. if they can get over the hoo
! = IL
good trip
There are many players who believe
that the Red Sox will beat out the
Mackmen. 1t is argued that the real test
will come when the eastern teams start
to fight among themselves later in the
season, and 1t is argued that the Sox
will then show their superiority because
Of their increased general strength and
! the possession Of remarkable PITCHING
! staff But the lead the Athletics are
holding seems sufficient to insure SO great
/ a team another pennant. though there is
| no getting away from the act that Bos-
f, ton has a wonderfully improved team,
i which, IL something should happen to the
4 Mackmen. might be able to slip through
+, to the front
Criticism Of Ban johnson for his failure
| to take some action against Umpire
| Sheridan. who. by punching Ray Morgan
| the other day. came near starting a riot,
| is plentiful in this city. 1t is. of course,
hard to tell why the players should be
punished under such conditions without
| being given a chance to tell their side of
| the affair Sheridan admitted that he hit
| Morgan first and thereby certainly
| stamped himself as being unfit to run
a BAH game. The protest against Sheri-
| dan here in Detroit Is SO strong that 1t
| is questionable II President Johnson can
| afford to let the matter rest.
| Ty Cobb does not share the opinion that
| his absence from the Tigers lineup
probably robbed the team of a pennant
! in the present campaign. Cobb contends
that Jennings did not have team strong
enough to battle with the Athletics this
season, and that. while it may have
made a difference of a few games II
Cobb had been in the lineup. the teams
chances were not materially affected
That is quite an alibi, and If all players
took the same view Of their value to q
team. most Of them would probably take
vacation during the summer months II
in their opinion the team did not have
chance anyway.
II Manager Griffith has received an option
on Tommy Long, the outfielder with At
lanta, who was with the Nationals sew
eral years ago. He will report In tn,
fall.