The Washington times., 1914-06-16
Washington Players Not Expected to Jump Non
THINKS GRIFFMEN LOYAL
Outlaw Agents Fail to Appear in Cleveland With Tempting Of
fers to Local Athetes-0d Fox Does His Best to Keep
Men in Line With Organized Forces.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Moeller with a muh Of fly ball, that
! he would have gotten nine out of zen
| tries, and Cleveland had piled up three
runs. In the seventh, with two gone,
ones, which went for clean homerun.
Boehling gave way TO Williams, who
came through in the eighth as pinch
hitter with a drive that put the Ma
, tionals in front. Engle was substftut-
ed with q one-run lead. He got away
with the eighth all right. but in the
ninth Joe Jackson. hitting for Cola
ey beat out a bounder to Mcbride.
That was enough for Griffith and Shaw
wes called in He worked on Turner
until the cotton headed infieider got
one to his liking and its next stop.
after leaving the bat, was when 1t
bumped against the waH. Two runs
dashed in, and the game was over.
steen. who last week beat the Ath-
letics. did not last two innings for
but he was battered off the rubber
when Morgan straightened out a triple
that sent in pair of taI1ies in the
eighth and Collamore finished the
game.
Five times Terry Turner faced the
pitcher. He walked on three occasions.
singled and then came through with
the three-bagger. at the end, that sent
a gloomy band Of Washingtonians back
to the Colonial.
Dan Moeller had a blG day at the
bat, making a double and three singles,
but his indiscretion on bases. and his
muff in the second inning, told heavily
against the Grinithians.
Chick Gandil, who incidentally cracked
out three safeties yesterday. Is suf-
fering from severely strained wrist,
which he injured at Boston. II is
heavily bandsged. but every time he at
tempts to slide into the bags he Is
forced to call for A rest. Twice yes
terday he Jared the Injured member.
Larry LaJoie, who has been out for
about a week with tonsilitis, was prac-
ticing before the game yesterday. and
he may be in the lineup today or
tomorrow.
The impression is broadening here
that Lajoie is still quite a ball playeS
He is speedily rounding out his career
on the diamond and cannot much longer
be depended upon as a regular.
In the rehabilitation of the Maps,
through the process of rejuvenation.
such as was worked out at Detroit,
It is figured that Lajoie, Turner, Car
isch, and several Of the others must be
Cleveland is 10 regain the glory OF the
past.
Trades involving some of these gods
Of other days are not unexpected by
those on the inside here.
In the second. when pineen called a
balk on Boehling and ordered Olson safe
at third. il started n dispute In which
practically all OF the Griffmcn ioined.
Boekling has proven himself the most
adapt of the Washington pitchers in
picking men off the bases. but the UNI
pire ruled in this case that he was ex-
ceeding the limitations that have been
incorporated in the code for the protec-
ton OF base runners.
Pay Chapman, who made his first ap-
pearance of the year at short, shows no
after-effects Of his long confinement
from q fractured ankle. suffered at the
Georgia training camp on March IL.
The absence Of Chapman was sorely
felt, as he broke up an infieid which
last year was not the worst in the
league.
Dutch" Schultz. who jumped the
New York Americans for the Buffalo
Feds was labeled for shipment TO
Washington couple OF years Lgo. while
he Was attracting attention with the
Savannah club, in the Southern At
lantic League.
One of the volunteer advisers IF the
Nationals horned in about the time The
deal was ripe. AS a result Washington
lost one who promised IL de.el0p into
a relable twirler.
Griffith mad every pitcher hn DOS
scsses. except Johnson and Boehling.
warming W. ready to 20 to tho re
lief Of the man in the box. At one
time there was an even dozen 1wirI-
ing ard receiving, in extreme left field.
Morgan's triple. that started the pa
rade that put the GrIffs IN frort in
the eighth, was IN the general direction