The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-07
Cleveland Slugger Fears that
Muscle or Ligament Is
Out Of Place.
OTHER SPORT GOSSIP
Morton and Boehling Will Hook Up
in Third Game of the
Series Today.
By WILLIAM PEET.

! Joe Jackson. Cleveland's great slugger.
goes under the X-ray this morning for
the purpose of finding out whether any
muscles or ligaments are out of place in
his right arm near the elbow.
! Jackson was unable to play first base
! Saturday because his arm was so lame he
could not take of his hat. and Manager
Fohl does not intend to use him until he
firds out Just what ais the young man.
| According to Foil the trouble can be
traced directly TO the recent shift Of Jack
son from the outfield to first base Fohrs
theory is that Joe is simply bothered
with lame arm. which will lsoon be all
right but ir case there is a ligament
out of place. the trouble will be more
serious and require different treatment 1t
is for this purpose that an X-ray picture
will be taken this morning by the Wash
ngton clubs physician.
For the third game of the Washington
series today Joe Boehling will go against
the Indians and he will be opposed by
Guy Morton.
Manager Griffith may shake up his bat
ting order again. using Shanks In left
fed and possibly Gandil on first base.
Outi;olde" Tommy Connolly. who sprain-
e, = ankle during Fridays game. cannot
toys for week. while Acosta, the
u. has shown that he is a poor sun
cdr.
The Saturday victory by the Indians
against Walter johnson acted as a spring
tonic. and the visitors are confident now
nj making a clean sweep of the two re-
manning games of the present series.
dispatch received from London yes
treday gives some painful particulars of
how A. +. Wilding. the famous lawn ten
mis- player, met his death last month at
La Base. France.
WidinG was attached to the armored
car section of the naval air service and
on duty with his car inside the fire zone
Leaving his car to have a chat with some
brother officers in neighborins trench
a shell burst right i their midst. blow
ing the whole party to pieces.
Lieut. T. NJ. MaVrogodato. the we'll
known Queens Club and All England
lawn tennis PLAYER. who visited the
United States last year as member of
the Davis Cup team, has been gazetted
a temporary captain in the army service
corps.
Chicago made net profit Of $500 on
football last season. Can any of our
universities show net profit on tennis?
Ball players with a batting average of
c:i5 a. m. are not looked on with favor
by the magnates.
Mana ger Lee Fohl of the Clevelanders
likes Detroit or Chicago for the Ameri-
can League pennant this season
To my mind those are the clubs that
will fight it out for high honors | cam
not see the Boston Red Sox or Wash
ngton." added FohL
49,
Francis Carroll the crack third base
man Of Fordham University. signed con-
tract Saturday to play with the New York
Nationals. it was announced by Fordham
athletic authorities
The acquisition of Carroll by the Giants
came as a surprise. as it was generally
supposed he would go to the Athletics
Connie Mack visited several games in
which Carroll appeared. and tried to get
him about a month ago to play third
base. However. McGraw outbid both
Mack and Bill donovan, of the New York
Americans.
Old-time baseball men in the Capital
are saying nice things about Lee Fohl. |
the Indians new pilot. for the manner in
which he handled his team Saturday.
He may have made his reputation in |
the bush leagues" one man stated. but, |
believe me- Connie Mack or Muggsy Nc |
Graw had nothing on Foil when 1t came |
to Juggling his players and taking ad
of every Washington slip-up."