The Washington times., 1914-08-25
Manager Griffith Fines Joe Engel
For Rsking Injury by Wrestling
Twng Staff Further Depleted Accident to Youngser En-
gagged in Roughhouse With Ty Cobb-shaw John
son, and Ayers Alone Are Left to Carry Fight.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

Joe Engel is today recovering from
the injuries he received in a wrestling
bout with Ty Cobb in the clubhouse yes
terday. but he is wearing half dozer
stitches In his right hip and has the
further discontinue of having fine
plastered or him for his skylarking that
has depriyed the club of his services for
several days.
When the Nationals met this morning
Griffith read the riot act to the players
about behaving and ended up by placing
a financial punishment on Engel Engel
was thrown against one of the steel
lockers in a friendly tussle and he was
forced to be sewed up by a surgeon in
order to close the cash.
Gut of the pitching staff which came
out Of Charlottesville giving such ex-
cellent promise but three of the regulars
johnson. Shaw and Ayers-are now
able TO be called upon in order. Even
with that, the last named has a slight
attack Of malaria.
Shaw will probably get another chance
u start tomorrow, but his success or
failure is dependent entirely upon
whether he has control over his ad-
mittedly good fast ball and his deceptive
curve.
There are today in Washington four
ailing athletes recovering from injuries
received on and off the Griffithiar
plateau during the course of yester-
days dual exhibition.
They are Joe Engel, Jack Bentley, and
Ed Ainsnith. of the Nationals, and
man. OF the quartet. Burns is believed
to be the most seriously incapacitated.
He was struck on the edge OF his left
shoulder by a pitched ball in the second
inning of the second game, and in the
cursory examination by surgeon al
the park, the indications pointed to
Clipped bone. He is likely TO be forced
to rest this afternoon, in which case
Heilman will fill in at his place at first
base.
Ainsmith was struck by a near-passed
ball and finally retired. without any
grave features as to his early recovery,
and he will probably be the catcher this
afternoon. One of Ty Cobb's spikes
and he was taken out, although the
cash is not of any undue proportions.
Following its policy of covering in de-
The Times in the $50 edition carried
the opener yesterday. This game went
Detroitward because the Tigers hoped
onto Doc Ayers in the first inning and
made two runs Ilal were SOOu SHouSh
to win AS for the Nationals, they
could do practically nothing in hitting
Harry Coveleskie.
In the Introductory contest the best
feature of the Nationals work was a
relay by Mitchell, Mcbride, Foster and
Henry which resulted in the retirement
of Cobbs at the plate when he tried TO
stretch a triple, which he drove to the
jury box Mitchell. Foster, Gandil and
Shanks contributed sizzling plays which
availed naught because OF the TACT that
Coveleskie had the Nationals stopped at
the clubbing end of the pastiming.
The Nationals had one chance to score
and no chance to capture the second
battle
George Dauss took a leaf from the
book Of Coveleskie and improved some
what through the fact that he allowed
no runs at all. While Dauss was breez-
ing along with but four hits against
him. Shaw. Bentley, Harper, and
Stevens fell in succession before the
bombardment of the Michigan gunners.
The latter part of the game was merely
a farce as the Washington pitchers
grew worse as the Detroit batters be-
came stronger, finally rounding out
their run total at eleven.
In connection with the second game
Il might be once more well to call at
tention to the fact that the public wants
as fast action as possible on the ball
field, as il is more and more self
evident that delays of all sorts have
commenced to try the patience Of those