Evening star., 1914-07-31
.BOEH[|NG OR AYERS
WILL PITCH TODAY
Working Out Of Turn Has Up
set the Routine of Grif-
fith's Staff.
HARPER SHOWS PROMISE
OF A SPLENDID FUTURE
Capabilities Evidenced by Him Indi-
cate That He Will Develop
Into Great Hurler.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

BY J. ED GRILLo.
DETROIT. Mich, July 31.-Either Joe
Boehling or Doc Ayers will do the pitch
ninss will work Hall BY the time the
end of the series rolls around the
chances are Griffith will have his twirl
ers back in form. Working them out Of
of the games on this trip, has sort of
upset the routine of the staff.
Johnson will be ready to work in the
final game here. and if he does not show
his best form it will not be because he
has not pitched enough.
Harper pitched splendidly until that
three-base hit of Crawfords tied the
score. But it is no disgrace to have the
smuggling Samuel drive out a triple with
u couple of men on. He makes a
specially of that sort of thing Shaw,
who followed Harper pitched most eff
fectlvely. though he was a trif1e wild.
He was not hit, however, with two ex-
ceptions, when doubles were made off
him. Heilman's hit in the eighth was
a drive to right field, which opened the
inning, but when he tried to stretch 1t
into a triple he died at third base.
paved the way for the Nationals defeat
Shaw will have to learn the art of con-
trolling the ball before he can be relied
upon to pitch consistently.
1t was the first time since Mitchell
got into the lineup that he did not get
a base hit. He sacrificed in the first
inning, but after that tried it once
more and was struck out. Coveleskie
was at his best after that first period
and but three hits were made off him
during the entire game.
Ty Cobb practiced with the team and
expects to get into the lineup today,
ha a han
a bat because of the injured thumb.
In all Cove1eskie struck out eleven
of the Nationals This would indicate
fact that he could not control what he
had in the opening inning, when he
walked Moeller and Foster. he would
not have been scored on at all. He is
the first pitcher on the trip who has
held the Nationals in absolute check,
and. incidentally. it was the first real
good game that Coveleskie has pitched
in some time The big Pole is said to
be strictly home pitcher having lost
nearly all the games he has worked on
the road.
When Morgan was put out of the game
in the ninth Shanks went to second
base and Acosta to center field. There
was no utility infelder available. for
Schaefer is suspended and Wally Smith
had been used as a pinch hitter early
in the game. If Morgan is suspended
tomorrow Smith will very likely be
played at second. though that position
may be turned over to Schaefer if his
is lifted. which, under the
is not at all likely.
If it were not for Sam Crawford the
Tigers would be flounderins around last
place about now. The absence of Cobb
has, of course made a big difference. but
Crawford by his brilliant hitting this
year has in a way made up for Cobb's
absence When the Tigers right fielder
made the tour around the world last
fall it was freely predicted that he was
on a fair way to end his career on the
diamond. 1t was argued that he was
hurting his chances to remain in the
game by his failure to take a rest during
the off season, but it has since been
the trip for he never played better ball
than this season His hitting is nothing
short of marvellous and 1t is to his long
timely drives that the Tigers really owe
their prominence in the race.
Harry Harper is sure to make great
pitcher in time. The youngster. of course.
has had but a few chances to get ex-
perience and hence is handicapped. He
started out with very good control yes
terday. retiring the first five men who
faced him. but he walked the sixth and
then struck out the final Tiger to come
to the plate. But in the third he got a
bad start when Ainsmith allowed the
third strike on Coveleskie to get away
from him. But for this mishap Harper
probably would have gone through the
inning without being scored on and he
might have continued to pitch effectively
during the remainder of the game.
Heilman hit for two bases in the eighth
It was a drive into right field and looked
to he good for three, but Moellers throw
to Mcbride and his relay to Foster were
perfect and Heilm3n was nipped just
as he was sliding into the rag. That
play probably saved Shaw for the time
being for he walked two others in this
inning. but was not scored on.
The excitement which naturally result
ed from the mix-up between the players
and Umpire Sheridan. the players and
the spectators can best be imagined. The
spectators were up in arms and ii would
not have required much to start a serf-
Gus state of affairs. 1t was Nick Alt
rock who saved the day. He ridiculed
all that had happened by giving imi-
tations He gave a pantomime OF actu
al occurrences and knocked himself out
and had the spectators laughing and TAX
ng a frivolous view of the affair. Both
OIL oughlin and Sheridan, realizing that
Nick's antics We're for the best. tolerat
ed them and the result was that what
nigh, have been serious demonstration
when the came as over passed off
smooth nd hunof,
thanks