Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-19
BY ]. ED GRILLo.


Scout Mike Kalnoe is very enthusiastic
about Rondeau. the player whom he OBJ
tanned from Minneapolis for the Ma
tfonals the other day. Here is what he
says:
ct saw Rondeau play for a week and
was struck with his ability. He has
been shifted to the outffeld only about
three weeks and he looked good there,
being fast and capable in handling fly
balls. AS hitter he strikes me as being
rust the man Manager Griffith has need
ed, for he Is of the cleanup variety
There were several scouts from other
major league clubs up to look at Ron
deau, but none of them had chance to
land him. Joe Cantillon is still very
much interested in the Washington club
and he made up his mind some time ago
that Griffith should have Rondeau.
as there any chance of the Federals
inducing Rondeau to go to their ranks!
was asked.
NO. / blocked that scheme when
signed Rondeau to contract with wash
ington just as soon as the deal was
closed He will not report here until
next spring and he Is tickled 10 come
here. ..
1--WE are to turn four players over to
Cantillon by February ], but no players
have been agreed upon nor name NEIL
toned. Joe is willing to leave II 10 my
Judgment to select the players Tor MN,
and the chances are that not one OF the
men now on the team will figure IN the
deal as Griffith has lot of PLAYERS
farned out who may be used 1of thal
purpose.
..Cantillon told me that he considered
Roudeau the best hitter he had ever had
on his team, and he has had some craeh-
ers, Crayath among them
Jack BENTLEY is confined to his home
suffering from a severe attack OF IN
Digestion. and it is reported that the
club surgeon. after examining Joe
Boehling's knee, is of the opinion that
the star southpaw of last year will
have to undergo an operation and that
he will not be able to work again this
season.
be forced to use Harper and Bentley
quite frequently this fall, and 1t VIII
give these youngsters a chance TO de-
velop.
Bobby Wallace broke into the line
up yesterday. and the old gentleman
gave a very good account Of himself. he
not only played his position as Wen as
ever. but he got three clean hits IN
four trips to the plate Wallace. who
is forty years old, has been In the
major leagues since 1895. 1t IS ques-
tionable if there is another instance
where an infielder after nineteen years
of service could show up as we'll as
Wallace can today
1t will be a couple of weeks at least
before Clyde Milan will attempt to
play "Zeb" was in uniform yesterday
in fact has been for several days-oe-
cause he realizes he needs lot OF exer-
else before he will be able to get Into
the lineup. For nearly a month Milan
has been forced to subsist on liquid
food, and this has caused him to lose
nearly eighteen pounds in weight,
which he will have to regain before
ne expects to play.
1T is going to take me at least two
weeks to get back into condition.,
Milan said yesterday. l have to get
my legs back in trim and / have lot
Of weight to take on 1 expect to be
ready in a couple of weeks but no
sooner"
The fact that all the National League
irfbs waived on Mike Mitchell before
tittsburgh could dispose of him to
x ashiGgton naturally created the i'm
s.ression there was something material
Is wrong with the tall outfielder. wash
ington fans never saw Mitchell in action
until yesterday and they, as has every
one else who has ever seen him per-
form i'll Washington uniform. aver 1t is
:, mystery why Mitchell was ever pulled
out of the National League. His work
since Joining the Nationals has been
of the highest order. and if he has any
falling he has managed to Keep II IN
hiding since DOMINIC a Griffith uni
form. He shows that he can run.
throw. field and hit, and there is little
more to be asked of an outfielder
Harry Harper. who on several occa-
sions the last trip demonstrated that
ne gives promise of making great
itcher. is slated to work against the
Browns this afternoon. and II he dis
=. ~ IL h &c
recent work he is sure to prove trou-
olesome for the visitors. Just which
one of his twirlers Hickey will use will
cot be decided until few minutes be-
ore the game.
Engel gave splendid account of him.
IF for five innings. during which he
lowed but two hits and not a run.
either did he walk a man during this
eriod. But in the sixth after he had
ne out. he lost control and walked
amilton and Howard. then followed
' getting himself in the hole with
hotten. who, with and as the count,
lit to right for two bases. sending in
he two runs which for a time looked
sufficient to carry the day. But Hamil-
on weakened under the rays of the
eighth was unable to hold the Griff
men in check. with the result that En-
gel is credited with victory.
There was a peculiar mix-up in the
ninth inning yesterday, when the
Browns wanted to send Clarence
Walker to bat for Sam Agnew. Wal
lace had just singled, and as Walker
came to bat he said to Umpire Evans
that he was hitting for Agnew. Evans
pulled out the official batting order and
made the discovery that Wallace's
name appeared on 1t in eighth place.
md he at once declared Agnew out, in
accordance with the rules.
Manager Hickey made SO many
changes in his lineup just before the
game that Evans requested him to
write it out SO that it would be legible
instead of using a badly marked-up
card. Hickey wrote out the batting
order and placed Leary and Austin
ahead of Wallace, but when the game