Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-09
BENTLEY TOFACE
YANKEES TODAY
Conqueror of Champion Ath-
Ietics to Be Given Chance
Against New York.
ONLY TWO OF GRIfFITH'S
RECRUITS TO REPORT HERE
Most Of Youngsters Obtained From
Minors Will Make Appearance
in the Spring.
BY j. ED GRILLo.

Jack Bentley, who on Labor day morn
ing had the distinction of shutting out
the worlds champion Athletics. is slated
to pitch the first game of the series with
New York this afternoon.
Manager Griffith believes that if Bent
ley is worked regularly he will develop
into pitcher of more than ordinary
ability by next spring With this in view
Bentley will be placed on the regular
staff and used in order with the other
pitchers.
1t is not unlikely that Chance VIII
pitch King Cole this afternoon. he mas
been forced to use Heating. F1sher anu
McHale. his regular pitchers. in the re-
cent series with Boston, and Cole is
virtually the only available twirler at
this time.
The chances are that only two of the
new players purchased. to he ora1ed
and recalled will report here this fall
Nit Williams and Tommy Long of the
Atlanta team are the pair that Manager
Griffith expects here, but he has not
made any arrangements to have any
of the other youngsters report inns ne
cause of the fact that when the present
stay of the Nationals which ends Wed-
nesday next, is over the team pays s pus
two more games at home, ana ne docs
not figure that he could get good line
on mis- recruits while they are on the
road. ...
The reason for the pounding of john
son by the Athletics in the fourth IN
ming of yesterdays game was entlrelE
lie to the fact that he did not nave
his usual stuff There was considera-
BILE speed on the balls he delivered.
but the sphere came to the oatsmen
straight as string and lacked that
jump and shoot which makes Johnson
effective. Just why it is that johnson
should have his stuff one day and not
another is Just as much of a mystery !
as some other things in base pail.
but Johnson does not differ in TINS
respect IRON other pitchers only in
that he has had more days when he
has not shown his form this season
than ever .before.
There is some consolation in the fact
that there is nothing wrong with Wal
ter's arm. He has the same free de-
livery and suffers no ache or pain
when pitching. so that the chances are
he will come around next season and
pitch the kind of ball which made him
famous.
Brilliant support behind Jim Shaw
made his victory possible. Shaw pitched
a good game of ball for all that, but
he was hit safely often enough 10 have
been scored on several times had it
not been for the strength his support
displayed on numerous occasions when
the champions threatened
Shaw not in as good form as
he displayed in New York the other
day and, of course. was up against
quite a different hall team, SO far as
hitting is concerned.
But for the fact that the bases were
full in the fourth inning when Harper
relieved Johnson in the second game
rhe youngster would probably have !
held the champions hitless during his
stay on the slab. As it was. the con
ditions forced the infield to play in, and
the two hits made off Harper would !
have been outs had the infield been in
Its regular position. In the next three
innings. however. nothing that re-
aembled safe drive was made off
Harper, who displayed a lot of stuff.
Tom Wilson got his first chance to
break into the game yesterday catch
ing Stevens. the Hagerstown phenom
during the last two innings. Wilson
may have lot to learn about major
league catching, but he gave every in
dication of having 2 lot of natural
ability. That he has a splendid throw
ing arm was demonstrated during
practice, for he did not have an OPP
poftunity to do any throvir., durine
the game. He faced Wyckoff but once
and then sent sharp liner at NcInnis,
hitting the ball in an impressive man
ner.
The AIackmen are still eight games in
the iea' BeslnnIng today they play Il
three-ganie series with their nearest
rival, the Boston Red Sox a team which
last week downed the champions four
games IN row. Whatever chance there
is for the present American League race
TO become more interesting deperds en-
tirely on what sort of a showing the
Red Sox make in the present series with
the champions II they can continue
their winning streak and gain three
more victories over the leaders it would
cut the advartage of the Mackmen down
TO where there would be at least a posi-
bility of overcoming il before the season
Is over.
Clyde Muan's hitting has not been in
the least affected by his long lav-off re-
sulting from his injury. From the time
that Zeb broke back into the game he
earlier in the season before his accident
This is most remarkable. for as a rule
when PLAYER is forced tn lay off for a
period of six weeks or SO il takes weeks
TO get him back into his batting stride
but Milan seems NOT to have lost his
cunning in this respect as a result of
his enforced idlcness.
Eddie Foster mas had the best season
Of his career during the present csfn-
paign. His hitting has been in keep
ing with his reputation rs a timely
place hitter, while his fielding in most
games has been Of the sensational va
riety. On several occasions. yesterday
particularly IN the first game when
any mistake might have proved disas-