Evening star., 1914-06-07
GRIFFITH IS NOT FEARFUL
THAT ATHLETICS WILL WIN
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not the first time that he has shown signs
Of being all in. Griffith wanted to take
Walter out after the second inning. dur
ing which he was. hit unusually hard, but
Walter insisted that he be allowed to re-
main in the game. figuring that he would
improve with few innings. He prob
ably had reason to regret this determina-
ton before the game was over, for 1t was
plain that he was laboring all through
the remainder Of it.
Howard Shanks made a catch of a foul
fly of Shotten's bat in the ninth inning
today, which, according to Griffith. was
the greatest piece of fielding he has ever
seen. The ball was hit high and appar-
emily so far away from Shanks that 1t
seemed absurd for him to make a try for
It But Shanks kept on at full speed and
finally speared the ball just as it was
about to hit the ground. He was then not
more than a few feet from the stands in
left and there was great danger of his
being injured, but he made the catch and
then crashed into the stand without ever
turning a hair. Early in the game Shanks
made another remarkable catch of q foul
f1y, for which few other f1elders would
have made a try.
Ever since Manager Griffith signed Otto
Nye last winter he has numbered him
among his outfield material, but when
the youngster reported here today 1t was
found that he was an nf1elder-aa sec
ond baseman, in fact. He is mere
ability in practice, it is plain that he is
not yet intended for this company. so
Griffith will make arrangements to farm
him out for development.
Taylor. who started the game against
the Nationals, but had to retire under
fire In the second inning, has q one-hit-
game record against the Maps to his
credit, made last Monday. He looked
like q young man very confident OF him
self. but he was much surprised when
he found that, though the Nationals do
not rank with the Maps as a hitting ag-
gregation. he could not fool them. 1t
must be said for Taylor, however, that
II he had had better support from his
outfield he would have gotten away
Hickey is playing in the garden is that
they don't seem to have any understand
ing as to which Is to try for the ball.
and this resulted in several balls faHing
safe in that second round. which. with
the teams reversed, would have proved
easy outs. Then, after the way had been
paved, there were several good, clean hits
which provided the runs. williams drive
to right. for instance, was clean-cut
affair, hit so hard that E. Walker, who
had taken the st. Louis Williams place
because the latter got in the way of
Walter Johnsons speed, could not stop
1t with the ease that he thought, and 1t
rolled to the fence.
Roy Mitchell was as effective as usual
against the Nationals today. The four
hits made off his delivery were widely
scattered and did not produce run.
Foster, Gandil and Milan, for instance,
failed to get anything that looked like a
others in check.
Mitchell is fellow who pitches almost
entirely with his head. He has not q lot
of stun. but he knows what to do with
what he has, and he seems to have a
good line on the weaknesses Of the va
rious batters on Grifhth's team.
The Federal League Is making but Mt
tie headway in this town. The public
has not taken kindly to the invaders. and.
as a result is not attending the games
here with any degree OF regularity. On
the other hand, the attendance at the
Browns games is far superior to what 1t
has been since the days OF 1908, when
McAleer had contenders in the race The
blow-off came Decoration day, when the
Browns played to 10000 in the TWO games
here, while the Feds, who were in com
petition, had only 400 at both of their
contests. The local press has exposed this
state of affairs, and the chances are that
the Fed team here will not finish the sea-
son less than thousands to the bad.
Griffith will most likely pitch Boehling
here tomorrow. and unless he shows a
lot more than he has in his recent
games there will not be much hope for
the Nationals, unless they happen to
stumble on a pitcher whom they can
pound, and it is conceded that the
Browns do not have many pitchers that
opposing teams can use for fattening
Grifa,h will change his mind and pitch
Ayers. but this is not likely. for he
realizes that II he Is to have the benefit
of good work from Boehling it will oe
necessary to pitch him regularly until
he finally gets into his best form.
The Improvement Ray Morgan is show
ing in his hitting is most encouraging.
and if it is lasting 1t means that the
Nationals will be better fortified in an
before. Morgan. when right. bats in as
many runs as the next one, he always
having been timely with his hits, and
coupled with the fact that Howard
Shanks has been added to the list Of
timely hitters, the Nationals are apt to
live down their reputation Of being weak
with the bat before the season is much
older.
Clarence Walker took kindly to Wal
ter Johnson's delivery today. getting
three hits in four trips to the plate,
and there was nothing fiukey about
any of them. either. The second time
he faced Walter today he drove a
liner to right-center which netted him
three bases. The next time up he drove
to right for q base. and in his final
effort he sneaked one through the box
to center. Walker is the favorite
among the local players. He has been
doing such good work that the fans
consider him the best ball player
wearing q St. Louis uniform, and since