Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-25
JOHNSON TO FACE
DETROIT IN FINAL
Griffmen Hope to Get Even
Break by Defeating the
Tigers Today.
OLDHAM, A SOUTHPAW,
WILL OPPOSE NATIONAL S
Public Disapproves of Unsportsman-
like Tactics Displayed on the
Ball Field.
BY J. ED GRILLO,

today, the Nationals will be able t.
| make it an even break with the Tigers
II Walter johnson, who is slated tc
pitch, is in good form he is very apt tc
give the visitors a tumble for there have
been few occasions in his career that he
has lost to the Detroit aggregation. 1t is
more than likely that Jennings will work
| young left-handed pitcher named Old
ham, recently obtained from Providence.
Oldham pitched an inning against the
locals in the first game of the series and
gave very good account of himself.
But he may not make so good an i'm
preston when he is forced to go an en-
tire game
Ioday's game will be the last Detroit
| plays here this season In order to give
tne Visitors chance to make an early
train for Boston it will be called at 4
o'clock.
Harry Coveleskie has proven himself
great asset to the Detroit club. Few
| pltchers IN this league have done as con-
sistent work as the big Pole, who yester-
day won his nineteenth game, against
winch are charged only eight defeats
| Coveleskie has all. the earmarks of a
great pitcher. He works smoothly and
| IS Just as effective against right handed
as left handed batters. In the game YES
terday. for instance, the Nationals did
not have left handed hitter in Their
nne-up. Moeller, who usually bats from
the left side of the plate turns around
when left handler is pitching. Yet
Coveleskle allowed but four hits and one
run and there never was a time when he
was not master of the situation.
Ihere was series of accidents yester-
day, which kept the club surgeons busy.
Alnsmith had a finger badly hurt by a
1oul tip Cobb in sliding into the plate
CUT Bentieys thumb. George Burns has
peing hit by a pitched ball of which
Jim Shaw lost control. while Joe Engel
had to have five stitches put in his hip,
which was injured in friendly wrest-
ing bout in the clubhouse in which Ty
COBB took hand. Engel was rushed
into the door of one of the steel lock-
ers and long deep cash was inflicted
in his hip. Engel was taken to a hospi-
tai for repairs.
Hughey Jennings has ambitions to land
his team in second place. and he is con-
hdent that this can be accomplished.
Though the Tigers are out of the race
for the flag as are all the other teams
in the American League except the Ath-
letics, he is urging his team to finish
behind the pennant winners. There was
a disposition on the part of Jennings
players to just go through the formality
of finishing the season regardless of
what the result of their games might be.
but Jennings called a meeting yester-
day morning and gave them to I'M
derstand that they must continue to
hustle and finish as high as possible.
Judged from the manner in which they
played yesterday, the team followed in
structions. for the players worked as
hard as if they had a chance to land on
top.
Jennings has a team which if he can
strengthen a position or two is sure to
be heard from in subsequent CAM
paisns.
The efforts of the local players to de-
| lay the second game when it seemed GER
| tain that storm was coming. came very
| near causing another game to be for
| feited. Umpire Evans was on the verge
of taking such action when the players
were deliberately delaying. 1t is mighty
poor craftsmanship to indulge in lot
| of stalling in the hope that rain will wipe
out defeat The public does not approve
of such actions, though it naturally wants
| to see the home team win, and it will not
| tolerate such baby-lke antics as were
brought into play yesterday.
DIR. Ayers was hit safely much more
than usual, yet he was scored on but once
after the first inning. Had base hit
when Foster and Mitchell hit safely and
Morgan was walked with two out there
| might have been a different story to tell
| But Shanks, while he hit the ball hard
| sent it right at Kavanagh and forced
| Morgan at second.
The turning point in the second game
| came in the fourth inning, when luck
| helped Dauss out of a hole Moeller
and Foster had singled and Mitchell
| hit what ordinarily would have been a
| three-b base hit along the first base line
! Hickman, however, had not left the bag
| second base. Then Gandil followed
with long drive over Cobb's head, OF
| which Tyrus made a good catch and
| probably robbed him of home run
! Had these two hits gone through Dauss
] would have been in lot of trouble
! and the chances are he would have
| been forced from the game But, being
| saved on this occasion, he performed
brilliantly thereafter.
Jim Shaws control is not improving
as was expected, and until it does he
cannot be expected to pitch winning
ball. Yesterday he had himself in q
hole on almost every man that faced
| him, and the result was that he was hit
hard.
| Manager Jennings last night sent
home Pitcher Boehler and Infieldel
Purtell. This pair will not be needed
| on the trip, as Jennings is well sup
piled with utility men.
WESTERN WOMEN'S GOLF.