The Washington times., 1914-06-03

Walter Johnson of course, has no equal.
Joe BoehlIng, the Senator's sensational
lett-hander, has won FIVE games and
lost out one. Bo ahling leads the Amer
ltan's pitchers. Doc Ayers is also show
irg promise of greatness. When Wash
:ngto1 was here earlier in the season
many members of the New York Ma
tomas witnessed a game in which
Ayers pitched ami they were unan-
imous in the opinion that the young
man was wizard.
The Senators have another good.
pitcher q. IN Shaw. who has won three
and lost three this season. Joe EnSel
also Is along with the team, but cant
get much OF show when the other
boXimen are going SO good. Whenever
Carl Cashion can get control. Washing
ion critics aver ne will be another John
son.
Griffith has exploded the populartheory
| Washington is a one-man team. The
Senators have attained their present
high position not because of Walter
hurler. With his defeat at Boston yes
terdav johnson has dropped five games
thls spring, as many as he ordinarily
Lose in whole season.
Griffith has a wonderful team OF
f,eldcrs and batsmcn. With one eXcep-
tion. each of them compares favoraolv
with the worlds Champions, there he
Ing, of course, TO infielder III the game
tlle eQudl OF Eddie Collins.
Clyde Milan. for two .years the coun-
try premier base stealer is leading
the league again in this department and
is fourth in batting. sixteen points be
hind Sam Crawford, who is in front
WIN 80 Milan also is playing great
game in the field.
never make any predictions re-
Gardlng pennants.' said Griffith. 4
baseball season is long one and any
thing Is liable to happen before the last
finest pitcher in the world the greatest
base stealer. two of the best catchers
that ever wore masks and dozen or SO
ether fellows who play the game as
II should be played. I'm not q betting
man. but might be coaxed.'
This is Griffith's twenty-fi first year in
baseball. He has been managing teams
since 1901. and has won one pennant
That was when he first started-with
the Chicago Americans. In 1913, when
McGraw's desertion from Baltimore
left gap in the league. New York
took the franchise and Griff was sent
here from Chichago 10 manage the
club. He had the greatest collection
OF stars ever seen on one team-IIerman
Long. Willie KeeleT. Davcy Fultz. Jack
ChesbrO. Jesse Tannehill Jack OCon-
nor. and Griff himself But he couldn't
win. He would have done so. however,
had not Jack ChesbTo uncorked his IA
nous wild pitch when Griffith and Bos-
ton were playing the last game of the
season with both teams tied for the
lead.
Griffith stayed around New York
for five years. Once during that time
in 1S06-he finished second again--three
games behind Chicago. In the middle
of the season of 1908, when the Yanks
were going badly, Griffith was relieved
of the management OF the team in the
most shameful manner and il was only
because he was such a fine fellow and
good sportsman that he didn't make
howl which would have killed the
leagues business.
From New york Griffith went TO
Cincinnati, where he ran afoul Of the
board OF directors. He stuck there
until two years ago, when he went TO
Washington. where, unhampered. he
took a rank tail-ender and made a pen
nant contender out of it..
Looking over these complimentary es-
Inmates of the ball club, from biased
minds. we have commenced to believe
that there is still an excellent chance
of stopping those Athletics and bring
ing TO National Park the most priced
Of all baseball honors.
Shanks was the peerless star Of the
opening game with the Chancenen.
The lad from Monaco had on his batting
togs. and three times he put his team
in the race before he won the victory
with a slashing single in the ninth.
He doubled and scored in the second
inning. He squeezed" Milan home In
the third. and in the fifth he lifted the
ball almost over the left field bleachers.
His wallop in the ninth scored Milan
witt tho evening tally and upset keat-
ing considerably.
Joe BoehIing started poorly. and was
slammed fdr three runs IN tho first in
ming He was derricked in the fourth.
Ayers taking up the job. The Rich
mond physician lasted till the ninth
when Engel replaced him.
Four juicy runs came over for The
Yankees IN the second. and another in
the third but the Yankees tied the
score IN their half Of the third. The |
GriHmep grabbed another in the tifth.
when Shauks hit a homer. Ayers was
soft in the seventh, three Yankees
crossing the plate.
Coming into the ninth, the Griffmen |
we're two runs behind Acosta went up |
to bat foT Ayers. with orders to take a. '