The Washington herald., 1914-07-19
MILANSN INJURY
GIVES ACOSTA
chance OF LIFE
Diminutive Cuban VIII Be
Played in Out6eld for
the Present.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Gnfmen Finally Break Cleveland
Hoodoo-White Sox Wind Up
Western Invasion Here.

There appears to be number of
conflicting reports as to the exact
condition of Clyde Milan, the Ma
tionals' great little outhelder, who
was injured in a collision with
Danny Moeller during Fridays
game against the Clevelanders.
Manager Griffith stated last night
that Milan should be able to play
in two weeks, as reports of the in
jury were a bit exaggerated and
the athlete is not so badly hurt as
was first supposed.
GriI states that the lower maxillary
bone was only broken in one place and
will quickly heal
DR.. Lar<in. the club physician. is not
50 optimistic. He thinks Milan will be
lucky to don baseball uniform for a
month at least
Milan at present doesn't care whether
he ever plays another ball game. for he
Will have TO be fed with a spoon for a
week or so and the pain attending a
broken jaw is not to be desired
The absence Of Milan means that for
the present Merito Acosta will play left
field and Shanks will hold down the
center patch.
The Cuban has been itching to get into
the game ever since the season opened
and IL will be seen whether or not the
great things predicted for the youngster
VIII come true.
Acosta looked mighty good. both at bat
and in the field yesterday. He makes an
IDEAL lead-on man and during the short
time he is in the game should score a
lot Of runs with his ability to work op-
posing twirlers for bases on balls
The week just closed was a disastrous
one for the Nationals. as six games we're
played. only two won and one tied.
Walter johnson beat the Detroit Tigers
on Monday. . TO O. Tuesday the Tigers
turned the tables. and Wednesday both
teams battled eight innings to n tie. On
Thursday the Maps won the opening en-
counter, also turning in a victory the fol-
lowing day, but through the good pitching
Of Joe Engel Griff's athletes snatched the
Saturday combat
So close is the pennant fght that yes
terday's victory for Washington and Bos-
toms defeat at the hands of Detroit
jumped the Griffmen back again to third
place in the league standing.
Fourth place was only occupied for a
day and Chicago's setback at the hands
of Connie Mack's Athletics shunted the
White SOx back into the second division
once more.
The ST. Louis Browns are finding the
New York Yankees mighty tough pick
ing these days. and have already lost
the majority OF games during the pres
ent series.
Billy BlackWood. the genial secretary
Of the Cleveland club, told the writer
last night that Chances crowd as they
are at present constituted are apt 10
prove troublesome to any club in the
league.
The Maps only recently visited New
York to their sorrow, and it was due to
the fine playing of the Yanks that CIeve-
land was jammed into last place
During the present week the Griffmen
play four games in the Capital before
hitting the trail for the second whirl
around the Western wheel Of the cir
cult Cleveland winds up the series to-
morrow and on Tuesday come Jimmy
Callahan's White Sox for three games.
Thursday night the Griffmen leave for
ST. Louis. where the Browns will be
played on Saturday. followed by a series
against the other three Western teams.
In obtaining the services of Billy Mar
tin, the Cleveland club has made a ten
strike
Washington scouts refused to see Mar
tin as big league possibility, and GRID
made no effort to get him.
The writer predicts that Martin will
make good from the start. and he should
go a long ways toward bolstering up the
present weak aggregation drawing wages
from Charley Somers.