Evening star., 1914-04-19
WALTER JOHNSON GIVES
ANOTHER REMARKABLE
PITCHING EXHIBITION
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ers get into their stride
Just which one of his pitchers Grit
| nth will use tomorrow will not be de-
cided until just before the game. but
the chances are that Doc" Ayers will
be sent right back Ayers pitched well
enough to win his game in Boston, had
he had any offensive support, and it is
expected that he will make even a better
| showing against the locals. Il Ayers is
| not chosen Griffith will send either Cash
| ion or Engle to the slab.
That Frank Chance has a much better
balanced team this spring than he had
at any time last season must be con-
esded. @ -, but it appears still I to bs some
But the one thing that is i'm
pressive about the Yankees is their de-
termination and hustle. They have been
| much encouraged by their showing
| much more confidence than heretofore
Chance ais ohas picked up some likely
looking ball players. Maisel at third.
| looks to be star. He played a great
game today. and is reported to have
been doing SO all spring. Gilhooley, too,
| looks to be a big improvement over some
of the outfelders who have played here
BEFORE while the veteran Ed Sweeney.
seems to be in much better form than
In the last campaign. Though Chance
this summer, he is not apt to miss him.
for he has a pretty fair pitching staff
of youngsters who are sure to hold their
own.
It was perhaps a lucky thing for the
Nationals that the Yankees did not
have a more finished fielder in center
than Holden, for 1t looked very much
have swallowed shanks double in the
first inning which virtually won the
game. 1t was a hard hit ball all right,
but Holden did not cover much ground
knowledge Of what was going on at
that particular moment. The Nationals
other run was probably a pure gift.
Foster did not seem to have q chance
to score on Morgan's short fly to center
field Holden caught 1t few yards be-
hind second base, and seemed to have q
perfect throw to the plate started.
Heating. however. for some unaccount-
able reason, intercepted the throw, and,
Of course, Foster scored without an ef-
fort.
To show that johnson was NOT in his
out only four men, gave five bases on
balls, and in six of the nine innings
had men on the bases: OF course. only
| one of these scored. for when Walter
| he had on the ball, ana. under such con-
| ditions, he is usually invinctble. But 1t
| was a hard game of ball for part OF
| the way at least Because Of his lack
| of control he had to do q whole lot Of
| work during the first four innings. and
| he very sensibly rested during the next
| three, using nothing but slow ball,
and he got away with 1t SO that he was
ready to finish strong had 1t been
necessary.
| Ray Keatings spit ball. when 1t is
working, is simply unhttab1e. The ball
| has a break of foot or more on 1t
| when 1t reaches the plate. and as a
! result of its use eight of the Nationals
| famed. But Keating's control was none
| of the best. and 1t was due to his wild
ness in the opening round that he was
virtually out of the running so Tar as
| the game was concerned before he had
| the side retired in that round.
Eddie Ainsmith has had few harder
| games to catch in his career than the
one today. johnson IL never easy to
| handle and today he was Wild In -addi-
| tion to his terrific speed. His ball would
shoot from one side to the other. occa-
sionally was high and then low and some
times on the ground. Considering every
thing. Ainsmith handled him perfectly,
though he was forced to put in strenu-
GUS afternoon.
Howard shanks and Clyde Milan got
four Of the Nationals seven hits: Foster,
Mcbride and Johnson got the others.