Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-10
SELECTS RED SOX
TO WIN PENNANT
Griffith Thinks Boston Team
May Succeed in Passing
Athletics in Race.
SAYS CARDIGAN HAS BEST
PITCHING STAFF IN LEAGUE
Ayers May Be Pitted Against Car
roll Brown in Game This
Afternoon.
BY ]. ED GRIILo.

According TO Man2Eer Clark Griffith of
the Nationals the American League pen
nant ra"c ~ no means over. Griff be-
lieves that ,ll, Boston Red Sox still have
a grand ..'1a-4 10 finish first
..Rcstcn ms II great ball team and when
1t comes to pitchers Carrig1r IS better
fortified than any team i'll the league.
said Griffith THE Athletics are slump
ing. They are moi playing anywhere near
the kind OF bail they hid formerly. and
If the RED Sex can take the remaining
two games from the Macamer, cutting
their lead down to five games, will pre-
dict that the Sox will win the pennant.
It is not going to be easy sailing for
the AthletieS duripg the remainder OF
the season-mark that-and if Boston has
any SORT Of luck they will make great
finish and win out. ''-'-
Doc Ayers will likely pitch against the
Yankees today, but Griffith may change
his mind at the last moment ana use
either Johnson or Engel, with the chances
iayorius the latter.
Chance undoubtedly will use Carroll
Brown, foI me-. member of the Mackmen,
who IS pitching the best ball OF his career
since looming 4 New York uniform. Last
Saturday 81 own hooked up with Walter
johnson and it required thirteen innings
TO beat HIM.
That it pays to be patient with young
pltc hers is demonstrated in the remark
able development of Jack Bentley. The
SANDY spring youth has come through
overnight. Up to- Monday. when ne
shut oct the worlds eIIa4n ,lionS with two
hits, lie was q rather uncertain PROPOSE
ton. Griffith had used him on several
occasions to finish games that We're lost,
and it was believed that in time the
Eoungster wound De developed into useful
twirier. But his performance against the
Attn letics was a revelation. and to prove
that it was not q huke he duplicated il
against the Yankees yesterday.
Bentley joined the team late last sum-
naer. He did not have as much as semi
pro experience at the time. yet he APP
pears to have been made a pitcher OF
remarkable ability in just about year.
The question, Why does Griff carry
Nick Afro, koo" with is often asked, is
convineinsiy answered by the last two
games lack Bentley has pitched. Bent
ley owes his development to Nick Alt
rock. his tutor. In his day there was no
left.hander who knew more about the
pitching art than Nick and Judged from
the remarkable development of Bentley
under his instructions Nick also has the
knaek of imparting information on
pitching to others.
The average fan figures that Nick's
work is done when he goes through his
comedy stunts before the game, but he
has been of value to the Nationals in
OlueF ways.
There was rema rkable feature of
Bentley's pitching during the first five
innings, when only one ball was batted
on the ground. He retired the side in
order in every one of these innings and
Daley was the only one who hit ground
er 10 the inaeld, doing so in the fifth.
It is not likely that Clyde Milan will
shine as base runner this season. His
long lay off naturally proved a handicap
and he IS not taking the chances since he
has returned TO the game that he used
10. for the reason that his fractured Jaw
might be further injured. Milan got a
stolen base yesterday, however, when he
worked q double steal with Moeiler, who
was on second, but present indications
are that Aaisel Of New York will lead the
league in this respect
Griffith's pitching staff begins to loom up
as having a chance to shine next season
Two of his youngsters have pitched four
games with the last ten days and have
not been scored on. Jim Shaw shut out
the New Yo:ks and then came back and
whitewashed the Athletics Jack Bentley,
the other youngster to shine, also shut
out the same two teams Both perform