The Washington times., 1914-08-28
NAPLANDERS' STAR
STICKS TO B|RMY
Griffith Thinks His Players Have
Pulled Themselves Out OF
Their Awful Slump.
BY THOMAS KIRBY.

When Joe Jackson the prize o. the
Cleveland club. left here today he had
refused the most allurinS cf the prizes
that had heen tossed in his wqy bS
the Federal League.
"a is understood that throughout the
season the outlaws have been dosCine
the steps Of the hard-hitting nutneld-I,
and il mas Thought mat there vas A
chance fox them 10 ALLEVIATE the PLAYER
from the fold OF organized baseball.
Jackson declared before leavin., here
that the Feds volunteered to take care
Of all legal entanSlenerts that might
arise over his desertion Of Cleveland
and repeatedly danCled the bait OF big
money before him.
ed him hv President Somers. Manager
birmingham. and Secretary Blackwoo,i
VIII keep him with the Maps.
Griffith said today that the extent of
lie drafting of Washington Tor PLAYERS
That are low in the minors would not
exceed ten.
While there have been a number of
men recommended to the Nationals th-,
inspection of the force of scouts thai
Griffith has thrown out into the lesser
realms has been unconpIimen1arv 10
most OF the players involved and he
nas been conservative in the list that
ne he's sent to the national commission.
in the names of more than & dozen men
and one was obtained. Owens. the Mil
waukee catcher. who ieaped TO the
Feds
Griffith is today happy over the fact
that he believes that his henchmen have
dragged themselves out Of the throes
Of the slump into which they fell when
they first came home The pitchers
we're horrible, the batting was awful.
and even the strongest department of
Observation-Disclosures so wavcrfns that il
vas impossible to win games.
But Yesterday for two dozen innings
the Nationals fought back in a spirited
way and with ali that was in them the
lrvasion of Cleveland, a club that I'D TO
Yesterday had made the Griffmen look
Ike d lot of minor leaguers before the
champions Of the world. One game was
Won in ten innings, ard the second went
TO q draw when the Nationals had
shown such solid front that darkness
d" as all that kept the contest from 60
ing TO decision.
Especially encouraging was the out
come because of the showing of Jim
Shaw. On his last few previous starts
the big youth was as nervous as bride
but yesterday he Strengthened out, and
for ten innings outpitched Bill Steen,
one Of the Cleveland dependa bIes
If Shaw can hold the form which he
showed yesterday. he may prove TO be
the Moses who is TO lead the Nationals
into the land of promise, which Just now
sounds like second place.
The chances are that the Nationals
will be deprived of the services of John
Henry for about week. In the thir-
teenth inning OF the second game he
was Eashed above the knee by the
spikes Of Joe Jackson. He tried TO CON
tinue. but could not do so. and Williams |
vas finally substituted
Doc Ayers practically duplicated the |
Performance of jim Shaw in the first |
game. when he held the Maps at bay for !
nearly thirteen innings in the second |
game. finally giving way TO Walter /,
johnson
clyde Milan may start for the Ma
rionals tomorrow. but otherwise the in |
dleauons point strongly TO mis- presence |
r the lineup on Monday.
An evidence OF the excellence Of the |
control Of Doc Ayers is shown by the |,
fact that in nearly thirteen innings in |
which he performed he did not pass |
single Naplander.
Morton started ir the second game, |
and for seven innings went along we'll |
drawn for p.nh hitter Blanding was |
substituted, then came Hagerman TO |
anish oGt the elongated afternoon.
In the first game Ed Ainsmith was
disabled through being hit by Z foul |
MS injured COmrade, but he had to !
ater withdraw. ana Williams was the !
only catcher Griffith mad left. /
That this hitting Of Mike Mitchell IS |
not simply flash in the pan was indi-