Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-03
ENGEL AND SHAW
TOFACE YANKEES
Both Seem to Be in Form and
Should Do Well in Dou-
bIe-Header.
ACOSTA Is PROVING VERY
VALUABLE TO THE TEAM
He Aided Much in Winning the
Game Yesterday, and Gives Prom
Use of Being Great Player.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

scheduled with the Yankees today Doc
Ayers will be held in reserve in the
event that either of the two youngsters
should falter. Doc" was in good form
yesterday, but happened to be hit after
a couple of errors had put him in bad.
Engel appears to be in good form now.
and he is apt to be winner. His work
in the game at Boston showed him to
have lot of stuff. and he gave an en-
ceptionally good exhibition in the one
inning he pitched yesterday.
Shaw had plenty Of stuff the day Bos-
ton beat him. but he was a trifie wild.
If he is as good today the Yankees may
have hard time scoring on him. But
Chance will have a couple of pitchers
working for him who are hard to beat
Caldwell and Heating are slated for the
job, and neither is easily scored on. so
that there is no assurance that the Ma
tionals will win both games. and will
probably be in for congratulations if
they get an even break.
Those who predicted last season that
Joe Boehling's splendid showing was
only a flash in the pan and did not
prove him a great pitcher may have
sized him up right. for his work this
spring is nothing like it was In 1913
In the last two games Boehling has
been numerically pounded He was the
easiest kind of d proposition yesterday,
and should really have been taken out
before the first inning was over. But
Griffith has a lot of confidence in
Boehlins. He allowed him to stay in
the game at Boston, though he was hit
safely fourteen times and issued nine
passes and he allowed him to stay long
enough yesterday to have the Yankees
tie the score. Right now Boehling can
not be relied upon. His attitude is that
of one who has very good OPINION OF
himself but cannot deliver. and he VIII
have to improve a whole lot before ne
in going to be of any material beneht
to the team.
The strange feature of Boehling's games
ia that the Nationals always appear TO
be in a real hitting mood when he Is on
the slab. which accounts for some OF the
victories he has scored III the team
could get half as many runs for Walter
Johnson he would never lose game.
There was some real hitting at Fisher
expense in that second inning, which
Howard Shanks started with scratch
double to right. Cook misjudging ms Ut
tie fly. Morgan popped up. but Mcbrioe
came through with hit, scoring shanhs'
and Henry sent Mcbride to third with
double to left Boehlings grounder to
Truesdale nailed Mcbride at the plate.
hut Moeller came through with a long
drive to left center. good for three bases.
sending Henry and Boehling home and
scoring himself when Walsh's throw 10
the infield took a bad bound.
Howard Shanks' hitting was responsible
for Yesterdays victory. 1t was his double
in the second inning which started the
four-run rally In the third he helped 10
bring another run over when he squeezed
Milan in. He put his team out in front
again in the fifth. when he hit into the
left field bleachers for a home run, and
be came through with a clean single in
the ninth. sending Milan home with the
tvine run. The only time he failed to
produce runs was in the seventh. "hen,
with Foster and Milan on the bases and
two out, he famed.
Manager Griffith was the victim OF an
accident in the ninth inning which might
have seriously injured him and which as
it was. gave him bad shaking up. With
Gandil on third and Shanks on second
Morgan hit a grounder to Malsel VINO
made wild throw to first, the ball roll
ing to the grandstand. Gandil scored cas-
ily. but Shanks watching the ball, ran
into Griff1th. who had his back turned to
the runner Griffith was knocked down.
Hildebrand allowed shanks to score. but
O'Ioughlin reversed him on the ground
that Griffith had touched a base runner.
1t stands to reason that this rule, winch
prevents the coacher from touching
base runner, was for the purpose or pre-
venting him from lending any assistance
to the runner In this instance Griffith
hampered Shanks, an dthe whole occur
renee was purely accidental, so the rule
should not have been applied. H1ldebrand
was correct in this, and OLoughlln was
wrong.
John Henry was hit in the lower part Of
his abdomen by foul tip in the seventh
inning, and he was forced to retire after
finishing that round Henry is not per
manently injured. and will catch in at
least one of the two games today, but ne
suffered considerable pain.
Dan Moeller was Of considerable value
at the bat. His triple with two on in the
second put the locals in the running, and
he also got a double in the fourth. which.
however, produced no runs But In the
field Moeller made two errors. both on
ground balls. In the first inning he let
Nunamaker's hit get by him far enough
to net another base, and In the seventh
he aided the Yankees materially when he
allowed Maisers hit to get through his
legs. clearing the bases and putting
Maisel on third.
Acosta is proving his worth every time
he gets chance to break into the line
UP. Yesterday ne was USED TO START tIle
rally in the ninth, when ne was sent in to
bat for Ayers. He cleverly drew pass
and was. therefore. responsible Tor the
winning Of the game, for Moeller and
Foster both flied out. and then came the
hits OF Milan, Gandil and Shanks. But
for the ability Of Acosta to work his way
to first these players would never have
had chance to face Cole. who was
pitching in this inning. One Of these days
circumstances are going to force Acosta
into the lineup, and when that happens
it will likely take many days before
he will ever be out of it again. The
Cuban has a world of ability, and he will
prove it the first time he gets chance.
Ayers should not have been scored on
in the seventh. He had one man out,
when he walked Truesdale and then
caught him mapping of first But Can
dis throw to second was wide. and
Truesdale scored when Caldwell singled
to center. Maisers hit was little pop
fly which went over Gandils head. Noel
Ter ordinarily would easily have held the
ball to a single. but he let it go through
his legs. and Maisel went all the way to
third, Caldwell scoring ahead of him.
Maisel scored the third run of the inning
on long sacrifice fly by Hartzell-
Williams throwing arm seems to have
come around to good form In the eighth
inning he had a chance to demonstrate
this Walsh, who led off with hit, tried
to steal, and Williams threw him out. A
little later Peckinpaugh hit safely, and
he too tried to steal Again Williams