The Washington herald., 1914-08-17
Nv WILLIAM PEET.

z. CLYDE Milan, washington's out
fielder who colhded with Danny Moeller
while chasing a fly ball on the AFTER
noon of July Il, sustaining cracked
Jaw as the result of the accident will
not be able TO take his place in the
batting order for ten days, according 10
the club physician.
Milan can now smile without suffer-
ing pain, for the wires which kept the
lower maxilary in place were removed
recently and he is also able TO eat soho
food.
For three weeks or more, after the
accident, Milan was forced TO suoslSt
on a LIQUID diet and as a result ne
dropped about fifteen pounds In weight;
The outfielder is still below his Norman
weight but will soon be In good physl-
cal condition.
That Milan's absence has Handicapped
the Nationals cannot be gainsaid. II
is tMle that Mike MltcheI mas MT Ite
hall hard during the time he has been
with the club. yet he is not base
runner of MiIan's caliber, and the Ten
nessee flyer will be warmly welcomed
back.
washinEton fans will tomorrow get
chance TO see Mitchell in action, ana
San mass Judgment on the outfielder
Griffith snatched from National League
ranks. ,-,.
II has been said that Mitchelrs heavy
hitting viii be checked when he races
for the second time the various Amer
ican League pitchers. This remains 10
be seen, yet according to past perform
ances Mike should prove to be a nanny
man TO have around in case OF emer-
gency.
Owing to the fact that on Thursday
1nno 4 the Nationals and New Yorks
were prevented from playing a schedHieo
1ams on account of rain, a double
header is booked for the Metropohs thls
afternoon. - L.,
Walter johnson will prooaoly "orh IN IN
one of the games while it would not De
surprising IL Joe Engel taceo the Niiaii
men in the other combat =,
The Nationals will leave on the mlo-
night train for the Capital. where the
ST. Louis Browns open four-game Sc
ries. making their final appearance mere
this season.
Billy weart. of the Philadelphia IeIe-
graph, prints the following IN 80 e
coIrirnn Yesterday printed letter from
TTmnire Tommy keenan,, telling OF
NAV which came up in the Eastern AS
eocIstion- The play was: A runner on
first base and the batsman hit triple.
The runner who was on first base talleu
10 touch second base and the umpire
called both men out. He did so because
the runner failed to touch second anu
the batsman was given out because ne
technically passed baserunner
TTmpire Evans, who is a close student
Of the rules. declared yesterday that the
umpire erred in giving out the oatsInah'
ONLY the man who was on first pase
should have been called out, ACCORDING 10
Evans. The latter declares that the oats-
man should not have been penaized IoE
the fault Of the man ahead Of himseh
in the batting order. When doctors dis
agree il is certainly tough on the patient
The Heralds Philadelphia correspond
ent writes:
The Mackmen feel confident that with
their ten games lead they cannot be
caught bv an American League fOeman.
and they think the Braves have an even
chance of whipping the Giants.
One of the Mackmen, a pitcher. said
that he did not care who won the world
series-so far as their ability as OppOn-
ents were concerned, but from the idea
of meeting a new foe, he would be glag
IL the Braves 81 whip the Giants. He
said that he had seen Rudolph, James
and Tyler work, and that in them Man
ager Stallings had a wOnderfulFtrio of
twirlers. but he did not think they were
equal TO Chlet Bender, Euule T lalih' JUG
Bush and Bob Shawkey, man for man,
or any way they were matched up
In answer TO countless inquiries as to
the history Of the Davis Cup, which goes
back to Australia, The Herald is glad to
furnish the following information: The
Dwight F. Davis lawn tennis trophy, for
which Germany, France, Belgium, Can
ada, Great Britain and Australasia en-
tered teams this year, and which is con-
ceded to be the blue ribbon event Of the
tennis world was presented for COM