The Washington herald., 1914-04-11
]. EVERS TELLS
HOW IT FEELS
National League Star Faces
Walter Johnson for First
Time in His Career.
"SOME SMOKE" HE SAYS
Grifmen Meet Braves in Final Exhibi.
ton Game at National Park.
Boehling to Twirl.

Johnny Evers, of the Boston Nationals,
former manager of the Chicago Cubs.
and one of the best known baseball
players in the country. saw Walter John
son in action yesterday, and batted
against him for the first time in his
life.
81 had heard so much about johnson,
his terrific speed. and how a number Of
young men had been wounded by him
because they accidentally stepped into
one of his shoots, that 1 was scared TO
death when l went up to bat in the first
inning. One foot was in the box and
the other in the water bucket
Il soon discovered that johnson was
only human-that he had great speed.
but that he couldn't get the ball across
the plate before / could swing at it,
They tell me that johnson makes
Cobb. Crawford, Baker, and Speaker
look like amateurs If so. he must be
a wonderful twirler. I wasn't able to
him hit safely yesterday. / was how
ever, able to see the ball when it came
over the plate, but i imagine that a
right-hand batter would find il more diff
cult.
Yes: Johnson is a great pitcher, but.
like the rest Of us, he is only human.
him. Wish we had him on the Boston
, club"
The Boston club and Nationals meet
again today. the game starting promptly
at $50 in order to allow the Griffmen
to catch the 5:S5 train for Providence, R.
l., where exhibition games are booked
for tomorrow and Monday.
Joe Boehling will work seven innings
for Washington this afternoon and Jim
Shaw will finish the same. Lefty Tyler
and one of Stallings' youngsters will he
in the points for the opposition. This will
be the final home, exhibition contest of
the season.
The KilIifer decision handed down by
Judge Sessions. of Michigan. yesterday
should he regarded as victory for or
ganized baseball.
Judge Sessions ruled that the Federals
did not come into court with clean hands,
that in trying to enjoin Killifer from
playing with the Phillies, asserting that
the player had previously accepted terms
with the Federal League, they were
tamperinE with a man who belonged
morally to the National League club.
The reserve clause. nobody expected
would hold good in court, but Judge
Sessions recognizes Philadelphia prior
righ to claim the players services, while
at the same time he hands out a stiff
rebuke to Killifer for flirting with the
so-called outlaws
1t is hard to see how the Federal
League can claim a victory over the
decision handed down by the Michigan
justice.
Germany Schaefer will take his Yam
nigan team down to Richmond for an
exhibition game this afternoon and Doc
Ayers will work the nine innings.
Ayers was purchased from the Rich
mond club by the Griffmen, and is a
big favOrite in the Virginia city.
Six of the players booked to take the
Richmond trip will leave Washington
Monday night for Boston to join the
Nationals main squad. The players are
Germany Schaefer, Wally Smith, Acosta
Gedeon, Alva Williams, and Pitcher
Ayers
The Boston Braves look to be about 35
per cent stronger in every department
than when they were here last spring
This club. with any kind of pitching,
should easily finish in the first division.
Stallings has his men hustling. He has
in Maranville. at short. and Evers, on
second, the slickest pair of infielders any
club can boast. The Braves are not par
ticularly strong behind the bat, neither
does their pitching staff compare with
some of the other teams stan, but Chief
Stallings, himself. is a wise manager. ana
his players are working their heads OF
for him. WILLIAM PEET.