Evening star., 1915-09-01
BY J. ED GRILLo.

BY j. ED GR1LL0.
Doc Ayers, who Saturday lost twelve
inning game, to /, to Earl Hamilton
at st. Louis is to make his appearance
against the Yankees in this afternoons
game Ayers has been pitching splendid
ball Of late. and had he had little bet
ter offensive support he would have won
number of games which he lost by a
close margin.
1t is not unlikely that Manager Dono-
van will pitch his star, Ray Caldwell, to-
day, in which event great pitching duel
can be looked for. The game starts at
3 80 O'Clock.
Bill Donovan has not forgotten how
! to pitch. He demonstrated this fact
in the last four innings OF the nrst
game yesterday, when he relieved Car
rol Brown and held the Griffmen
scoreless during the remainder of the
game, striking out six men In four
innings and letting them down with
one meaSly hit.
Bill had world of stuff His con-
troll was good. and he demonstrated
how pitcher should use what he has.
He is, of course. pounds overweight
and would not likely go long route,
tion he would be very apt to be one
OF the leading pitchers in the Ameri-
can League
Local patrons got their first glimpse
of Harry Harper since his development
as a member of the Minneapolis club,
and the general impression was Great
ed that Griffith has added mighty
Harper pitched the last three innings
against the Yankees, was hit safely
twice. struck out three and was not
scored on. Inasmuch as the score stood
to l in favor of the visitors when
Harper broke into the game, he will
be given credit for the victory. his
third since he has returned to the
team.
Bill Donovan's repartee was clever.
Some fan desiring to kid" Bill when
he took his position on the rubber
greeted him with Goodbye, Bill"
Whereupon Bill retorted. Where are
you going"
That the present inf1eld combination
is by far the best Griffith has had since
taking charge here must be conceded, and
it is not likely he intends to make any
changes in this department. The team
never played better ball in it's career
than since Shanks was shifted to third
and Foster to second, which has added
materially to it's defensive strength.
The inf1eld played splendid ball in the
double-header yesterday"
There were a good many brilliant
plays during the day. Fosters work
at second stood out. though Gandil
saved lot of errors by his ability to
pick up ugly bounders on low throws.
Shanks' capture of Highs foul fly near
the grandstand was daring work, while
the catch of Acosta of Shelton's line
drive in the tenth inning undoubtedly
saved the game. for the drive had all
the earmarks of triple, and it was
only by the narrowest margin that the
Cuban reached it.
Acosta hit safely twice in the two
games. His double in the fourth inning
Of the first game was most timely and
gave the Griffmen their first two runs.
Incidentally it was the Cuban's second
double, coming in the second inning of
the second game. which gave the Grin-
men their first run in that game, Nc
Brides single scoring him.
Thomas Henshaw, from Fortress Mon
roe. made his appearance at the ball
park yesterday. donned a uniform and
worked out with Eddie Ainsmith hefore
the game. Henshaw is a big strapplng
youngster who appears to have lot
of stuff. Manager Griffith VIII give
him another chance to work out this
afternoon.
One run is all that any team has
scored on Bert Gallia during the last
month. It was the Yankees limit yes
terday. Unfortunately for Bert, his
teammates seldom hit behind MN, ana
his remarkably effective pitching has
not given him the string of victories
that he deserves.
Boone of the Yankees undoubtedly
saved his team several runs when IN
the fourth inning he backed up Pipp
on Shanks bunt. which Brown threw
far over Pipp's head. The ball would
have rolled far into right field but for
Boone backing up, and the bases "ouid
probably have been cleared. 1t was
because of the unexpected play by
Boone that Milan was caught between
second and third. for, seeing the ball
go over Pipp's head. he expected to
score on the play. Foster, however,
was in a good position to see Boone
catch the overthrow. and he held third,
but left it and was put out when Milan
went to the bag. OF course, Gandlls
walk, Acosta's double and Henry's safe
drive gave the locals four runs after
all that happened
John Henry is the most improved
batsman on the local team. Henry Is
now q dangerous man in plnch. ior
he has the knack of hitting into either
field, and he is sure to wind up with
the best batting average of his career
this season. What is best about Henry's
hitting is the fact that most OF his
drives are timely and produce runs.
"Zeb' Milan is leading the Griffmen
with the bat and is hitting at a clip
as strong as it has ever been since he
has been a member of the team. But
unfortunately for the Nationals 'Zeb'
did not get to going at his best until
the season was we'll under way. or the
Grifmen would most probably have
been much more prominent in the race
during the early days OF the cam
paign.
Yesterdays dual victory placed the