The Washington times., 1914-09-22
Griff1nen Playing Best
Of All Eastern Clubs
HOW THEY LOOK
TODAY
BRAVES ARE

emery ball delivery is barred from
! the American League.
President Johnson has placed the bar
| on pitchers using emery or sand paper
as an aid in delivering the ball. His
| attention was called to the fact thai
| some pitchers were doing this by Man
ager Mack. of the Athletics.
| The Mackmen first discovered that
pitchers were using the emery paper
| when Joe Wood in Boston several weeks
ago discarded his curves and depended
alon upon his fast shoots, which baffied
| the champions.
Harry Davis figured something was
wrong and at the end of an inning
picked up Joe Woods glove which the
pitcher had tossed aside. He found a
| piece OF emery paper sewed on the heel
| of it.
Yesterday would indicate that Charley
Pick is to make an invaluable man for
Griffith. Pick was up four times yes
terday. He went out once when he was
stopped by a great catch. but on the
other occasions he delivered hit, laid
down a perfect bunt and was walked.
After the ninth inning, when Pick made
his hit, Griffith did not expect that the
game would be much longer prolonged
SO he sent Shanks into left and took
Pick out. The strategy of this move
was that Pick had probably appeared
at the bat for the last time, and 1t was
thought that the team would be
STRENGTHENED through the admitted su-
perioriy of Shanks as a fielder.
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Walter johnson admitted today that
few mound duels in which he ever en-
gagged ever proved a greater test of his
physical and moral stamina than the
one of yesterday when he vanquished
tod q n
most magnificent pitching engagements
ever seen on the South Side.
After the half way mark in the regu-
lation game had been passed it was evil
dent that il was to be a matter of
gamble on which of the rivals would
crack first. The Sox could do little to
Johnson; neither could the Griffmen do
much to Faber and so it went inning
after inning until finally in the thir
teenth Faber weakened, blew, collapsed.
and exploded.
With one gone. Mcbride was hit by
pitched ball. and Johnson was walked.
Moeller whipped liner down the right
field line which DAILY made a desperate
effort to stop, but failed. and Mcbride
scored. Collins heaved the ball all the
way to the stand In a desperate play.
and before il was returned Johnson had
followed Mcbride in. Foster got life
on fielder's choice, and Milan worked
the fast fading Faber for a pass and
and base on balls little was expected
Of Gandil but he crashed against one
of Faber's fast ones. and before the
ball had even been relayed half the way
back from the centerfeld fence Gandil
had cantered home behind Foster and
Milan.
This lead was so commanding that
Johnson attempted to conserve the little
strength he had left. and the Sox load
cd the bases, but he then Strengthened
up and stopped them before they had
added any more to the run they had
made earlier in the game.
Usually there Is a famine of runs for
the Nationals. Yesterday there was the
exception even though they had to wait
until the fourth extraordinary session
TO pile them up.
Fourner was ill yesterday. so Tom
Daly was used at first. FOurnier was
injected as a pinch hitter for Breton
in the eighth. The FTpnchman is sup
posed to be able to clout johnson at
will. Yesterday he famed.
The Washington colony here was add
ed TO by the arrival of DR.. c. NJ. Gear
hart, who will remain over the double
header today. He is on the way from
Denver TO Washington.