Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-13
BY ]. ED GRnLo.

Jim Shaw is to face the White Sox in
the second game of the series today.
While nothing definite could be learned
as to Manager Galatians intentions SO
far as his pitching selection is concerned.
it is more than likely that Jim Scott will
oppose Shaw and the chances that
there will be another pitchers battle
staged.
ShaA is showing constant improv ement
and will gradually develop into con-
sistent winner. according to the judg-
ment of his manager and teammates. Joe
Boehiing will not be ready to pitch for
day or so yet His injured knee is grad
ualiy mending and it is probable that he
will be ready to work tomorrow. Today's
game. like all weekday affairs. will be
called at 30
Manager Griffith has discovered what
allied Walter Johnson in the games when
he seemed to lack effectiveness. Crit
fifth claims that Johnson has suffered
from a change of pitching motion which
he inadvertently acquired. Walter is a
natural Side-arm pitcher. 1t is this mo
ton which gives his speed that deceptive
jump which makes him of the hard
est pitchers to hit. Starting i'll in the
spring Johnson seemed to use more of an
overland motion than ever before. Crit
nth finally made the discovery that a
change had taken place in his star
pitchers method. and Yesterday he called
his attention to 1t. and Walter pitched in
his old style. using his side-arm delivery
almost exclusively, and the result was
that he displayed much of his old stuff.
Walter did not use his natural mo-
ton until yesterday" remarked Griffith
this morning. 4 discovered that there
was something wrong with the way he
was pitching and ! have corrected it,
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usual FORM
Billy Lee. the young semi-pro outhelder
who has been with the Nationals all
Spring. will likely be developed into an
infielder In practice this youngster is
showing A lot of ability on the infield and
Griffith is thinking seriously of farming
him out to some minor league club as an
infielder in the hope that he will develop
into major league class Lee is very
young and seems to possess a lot Of
ability. He came here as an outfielder.
in which position he also shows up well,
but his ability to handle ground balls is
such that Griffith figures he will make
more progress in the infield than as a
| gardener
| Walter Johnson was in better form yes
terday than he has been in some time.
The rest cure which Manager Griffith has
| insisted on seems TO have benefited the
/ big pitcher. and the chances that
from this time on he can be relied upon
| to do better work
| The most encouraging feature of his
| pitching was that he seemed to improve
| as the game progressives. With johnson
| back in form. there is going to be a ma
| terial difference in the Nationals show
| ing.
! Yesterdays victory over the Sox was
| largely due to the splendid stick work of
! Clyde Milan. Benzs delivery seemed to
| be just to the liking of the Nationals
| center fielder. and he hit safely every
| time he faced him. His first two hits
| which were singles did not produce any
| runs. but his triple in the sixth allowed
| him to score his teams first run. Chase
| made throw to third after receiving the
| ball from the outfeld. and as the bag
| was not covered the ball went to the
| stand. and Milan scored easily. In the
eighth inning Milan was made a present
/ of home run by Ping Bodie A long
| fly which Milan drove to center was mis-
| erably played by Bodie. the ball sailing
safely over his head and rolling almost
to the fence. Milan made the circuit,
| tying the score
Dan Moeller does not seem to have
been affected by his lay-off resulting from
the dislocation of his left shoulder He
WIS very InuCt IN the game yesterday
In the first inning he robbed Buck Wea-
yer of a three-base hit by clever one
handed catch of his long liner On the
inside he also was prominent. getting a
base hit in the sixth and walking the last
time up in the eighth Moeller's work
has been much improved of late and he
is again proving his value to the team
John Henry handled Johnson's de-
livery splendidly. thus breaking down the
impression that Ainsmith is the only
catcher who can perform behind the bat
when Johnson is on the rubber. When
Griffith took charge here and traded
Gabby Street it was feared that he had
ridded the team of the only catcher who
could handle Johnson. This was soon dis
proven. for Ainsmith filled the bill in
manner much superior to that of Street,
and now Henry has demonstrated that
he. too, fill the position Henry's
catching Yesterday was splendid piece
of work, and his throwing was perfect
A fast double play saved Benz in the
sixth inning. which Moeller started with