Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-28
ball with a leap and heaved it home in
time to cut off Burns. who tried to score.

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time to cut off Burns. who tried to score.
Because of his ability to make long.
timely drives. Howard Shanks is now
known as Cleanup Howard In every
one OF the recent games Shanks has
come through at a certain stage of the
game with long hit. In the first and
second games with Detroit he drove out
triples which brought runs to his team
and in the fifth inning yesterday. with
Gandil on second, he drove a home run
far over Highs head in center, which
rolled to the fence and allowed him to
make the circuit without much of an
effort. 1t was the cleanest circuit drive
that has been seen on the local grounds
in long while.
The Tigers had the tip the way to beat
Ayers was to indulge in a lot of bunting
Docs fielding. it was reported. was not of
the best, but he made the Tigers look
foolish by the brilliant manner he fielded
his position. Ayers came here with the
reputation of not being competent
fielder. but he has improved so much in
this respect that there is no pitcher more
clever in handling the ball when 1t comes
into his territory than he. In the first
inning yesterday he made an unusual
play when he picked up Kavanaugh's
grounder and ran across the field to first
several other occasions he covered lot
of ground in fielding balls. and, Incl
dentally. he came through with a hit
which gave the Nationals their third run
in the fourth inning.
Every one of the runs the Nationals
scored yesterday was showed over after
two men were out. There We're two out
when Moeller scored in the first and
two had been retired when Morgan came
home n the fourth. Foster and Milan
had been retired in the fifth when Gandil
doubled and Shanks hit for the circuit,
and there were two out in the seventh
and eighth when the locals scored their
other runs.
Things are breaking pretty we'll for n
yet it is usual for the team which plays
high-class ball to have all the breaks.
After today's game it will be nearly a
month before the Nationals appear here
again. Twenty-Five games are scheduled
to be. played on the road. and June "a
the team returns here for the clash with
the champion Athletics.
If the team holds up it's reputation for
good work the road the coming trip
should be a most successful one, and it is
possible for the team to retain its pres
ent position, in which event it's chances
for landing the flag will be considerably
increased
Any team that scores a victory over
Ayers will have to hit him. His perfect
control adds much to his ability as a
pitcher. Ayers has a lot of speed and his
underhand delivery is proving a puzzle
i to batsmen. because it is but seldom that
team Is the only other pitcher in the
league who has underhand delivery
and Ayers has much more stuff than he
While it is perfectly natural for patrons
of the game to display lot of enthu-
siasm over the present winning streak of
the Nationals. they should be limited to
give vent to their feeling by no other
than natural means, and the noise making
instruments which We're in evidence yes
terday ought to be barred.
terday without being scored on. bringing
the total to eighteen. The Sandy Spring
youngster gives evidence of being a good
pitcher, and it is not unlikely that he
Griffith is thinking seriously OF using
Bentley in one of the Boston games.
The Red Sox never take kindly to a
southpaW. and Bentley, if he is in good
form. would stand an excellent chance of
beating them.
The Nationals got under way in the
very first inning. when they scored two
runs. The Tigers had been retired in
order though High hit for three bases in
this inning, and died trying to stretch
it into homer.
Moel1er opened the second half of this
round with a long drive to right, which
netted but two bases because he slipped
and fell in turning first Foster walked,
and Milan moved them both up with
sacrifice Gandil was walked, filing the
bases, and Moeller scored when Shanks
drove out a long sacrifice fly. Morgan
singled. scoring Foster, but Mcbride
famed.
In the fourth Morgan was walked and
stole, scoring when Boehling singled.
In the fifth Gandil doubled and Shanks
hit for a home run. netting two more