Evening star., 1914-04-28
BY J. ED GRILLo.


the general playing of Il team winch Is
/ hitting and one which is not. Nothing
helps the general playing and *pi.It "i q
A., team much as batting. and il was
/ the prevalence of tie base h,t which
gave the Nationals the appearance OF Il
/ really great team.
, Not only was the batting o: Il most
productive kind hut tie fielding behind
Eoehlins of the sensational order.
In fact, had ii not been for the brillidncE
of mis- support Boehling would have had
hard sailing during the early innings OF
! the game. He did tighten up during the
closing rounds but Boston would have
had many rnns as a result OF hard
hitting but for the fielding behind Boehl-
ing. Three double plays all Of them
clcan-cut and fast. before a man was out.
tells the story Of how BoehlinS was
saved from probably being driven off
! the rubber. These dual Killings came
in the third. fourth and hfth, while
, R"ehlns was finding il = difficult matter
To get tire bal! past the batters.
Foster whom the Nationals drove from
/. the game in The second inning yesterday.
( is the Individual who beat Doc Ayers in
! Boston by to ] score in Boston the
| last trip there. Foster then held the Ma
! tioEals to three scattered hits. and was
-, Immediately touted as one of the piching
| finds of the season. On that particular
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| the wind was directly behind Foster.
| greatly aiding his speed and he pitched
| a most effective game of ball. There was
no wind to help him yesterday. however,
and he was given an unmerciful pound
! ing.
! 1t does not pay to judge a. new l-cic'
/ by a single performance. Sometimes a
I newcomer will have a delivery i,ch
! battles his opponents the first time they
/ face him. but they find him easy the
next trip.
| Rankin johnson. who has the dstiuc
| tom of beating Walter Johnson here ON
| opening day. cannot be considered a
| pitching star until he has shown more
| than that one victory. Rankin pitched a
great game of ball that day. but it may
be some time or never, when he VIII re-
peat that performance.
Boehling. for some unaccountable rea-
son. was not effective in the second. third.
fourth. fifth or sixth innings but got
away with but one run being scored be-
cause of the excellent fielding behind him.
He resained his form in the latter innings
however, and held the Sox in check.
Boehlng is one of those pitchers who
needs lot Of regular work. ana as he
had not pitched since the game in New
| York when he was beaten out in the
final inning. he was probably in need of
a game to put him edge
Not only is George Mcbride pla ying his
usual brilliant game i'll the field but he
is doing some surprising hitting in the last
two games. Friday he led his team with
a single and a triple and yesterday he
contributed three clean-cut singles Nc
! Brides hitting has been exceptionally
good this spring. and if he continues as
he is now going some more batting
strength will be given the Nationals, and
| from an unexpected source.
/
I Three cleaner cut or faster double plays
/ than those made by the locals Nester-
day are seldom seen in single eall
game incidentally. ii does not require
much imagination to figure what might
/ have happened but for these plays. for. as
said before Boehing was hit rather hard
| in several innings. three of which. how
| ever. proved non-productlVe because OIL
| the fast fielding behind him.
|. The most spectacular of the double
| pIays was the one in the third inning.
Nunamaker had started the inning
4 with a clean single to left and Ten
riksen was sent up to bat for Eos. EOS.
ter. He took a hard swing at the first
| ball pitched and low liner through the
pitchers box resulted. There did not
seem to be a chance for Mcbride to reach
! the ball but he picked it up with MS
sloved hand. tossed it to Morgan in time
! 70 force \unamaker, and Morgan got the
ball to Gandil in plenty of time to nan
Henriksen.
I Foster. Morgan and Gandi figured in
/ one in the fourth by which Speaker ana
| Lewis We're wiped out. and BoehlinS. Nc
Bride and Gandi took care Of ferkes and
Scott in the fifth.
l. II has been some time since the Ma
tionals have made three singles; a dou.
Bile and triple in one inning. but that
| is what happened in the second yester-
day.i Every one of the drives made or
of Foster was cleancut and hard nit.
Shanks opened the fusillade with dou-
Bile to right Henry moved him up with
| a sacrifice and then Mcbride scored him
with a single. BoehlinS also came through
with a hit and Dan Moeller cleaned up
| with a three-base hit to right center
Foster brought Moeller home with the
i fourth run. with a single
/ Dan Moe!ler appears 70 he picking up
in his stickwork. and he is again prov
| ing his value to the team by ms AFFINITY
to get on the bases. winch ne reached
| three times in yesterdays game once
he hit safely, and on another occasion
he prevented a double play by his re-
| markable speed, and the last two trips
to the plate he drew passes.
| II was the frst warm day the Ma
| tionals have had since the season opened,
and the team as a result looked more
las it should. There was oasn aoou.
their playing at the very outset. and
every man kept hustling to the finish
/ Griffith has commended right along that
his team would do better when the warm
! weather set in. and it is to be hoped
| tnat his prediction will be realized. For
tho next four days the Nationals viii
be hooked up with the one team IN the
American League which has been
stumbling block for it for many years.
ONLY on few occasions have the locals
been able to win over the Mackmen
From all reports the champions hay y
mot shown their best form to date: Pre-
dictions are made that they will not
repeat. Such stories have been circu-
lated before, but every time the Ma
tionals meet them they find their oppo-
nents in fine shape and playing gilt
! edged ball.
| For couple of substitute infielders
i Scott and Janvrin certainly fill the Dill
j fo nerfection The two youngsters have
done some splendid fielding In the games
here and in this respect the Red SoX do
not miss either Gardner or Wagner.
/ Janyrin too seems to show a lot or I'M
provement in his hitting. and Whiie scott
is weak In this respect he stands a
chance to learn a lot for TINS is ms nrst
season in fast company.
i Eddie Foster continues to play bril-
liantN His fielding was OF the best
4 again yesterday. and he also added a
| couple OF hits to his average. roster
4 the perfect condition he has attained
since going into training.
i The Nationals made a bid for runs IN
the very opening inning. but were check
\ ed by Foster before they could reach the
goal. But in the second Foster was
lpummeled numerically. Shanks opened
1,ifI 10 nd aft