Evening star., 1915-06-24
onas Win Games 4-Boston Series Ends oday
PROGRESS IN RACE MADE
BY GRIFFMEN THIS MONTH
Nationals Have Won II Out of Last IL
Games Played -Shanks and Gandil Play
ing Strong-Four Straight for Johnson.

taking long vind-up Gandil, rea-
iizlng this. got big lead off third,
ana then made dash for the plate.
which he reached with ease Gandil
is playing the best bali of his career
ne is not only fielding and hitting we'll.
Dur ne 1s displaying a fighting spirit
ana intelligence in his work
Walter Johnson's support Yesterday
was of great help to him The pitching
king was anything bur we'll. suffering
from a severe cold. which made it i'm
possihie Tor mn to speak above a
Whisper He was hit hit harder than
usual. but In the pinches was abso-
luteiN master of the situation. The Red
SoN mad eleven men left on the bases.
Had they been able to get a hit at sew
era stages of the struggle there would
nave been different story TO tell But
Walter and his support were very
n'nch IN evidence In the pinches. which
explains the fact that the visitors fail
noon.
Milan and Moeller starred in the out
tieid yesterday. The right fielder made
Two brilliant catches of line drives
from Wagner's bat, one of which he
turned into a double play. while Milan
covered a world of ground and distjp-
suished himself in the eighth with
Two men on by cleverly capturing
Janvrin's long drive.
Mays seemed to go all to pieces after
oelns nit by one of Johnson's fast ones
In the calf of the leg while at bat He
samely stuck to the game. but seemed
Inuch unnerve. and was hit hard in
Ihe remaining innings. Manager car
ish. probably for the very good reason
mar ne did not have any other pitcher
allable. the games here having
plaSed havoc with his supply of twirI-
Last spring the Cleveland c1uh was
under the impression that 1t had more
than hlled Lajoies place by the sc-
QUESTION of Bill Rodgers, a much toni
ed second baseman from the Portland,
ore, club But Rodgers failed to i'm
press and was ordered back to Port
land He refused to go. however. and the
Portland club gave him fheprivilege of
selling himself for $4,000. Rodgers is
now with the Boston Red Sox. He is
not under contract. but If he shows
amount wanted for him by Portla nd
AS yet. however, he has not broken
into game.
Today's game will be called at 3
o'clock. In order to give the Roston
team a chance to get an early train
home.
Johnson has won four straight games
now, and he has not been scored on in
the last eighteen innings. In the four
ga mes the opposing teams have scored
put TOUR runs, an average of one run
per game. johnson is in a fair way to
again lead the pitchers this season.
pitchers' averages are now based on
the number of earned runs opposine
batters make, and there have been
decidedly few off johnson to date.
The remarkable development of How
ara Shanks as hitter of high caliber
has made that young man one of the
pest outhelders in the American
League. Hank is now a dangerous
hitter. Nothing but great catch by
Speaker prevented Shanks from having
TWO triples in three trips to the plate
Yesterday. His drive in the fourth was
a hard hit ball. which Speaker had to
come In for on dead run. and he Just
managed to catch the ball before it
struck the ground. Had 1t gone
through 1t would have gone to the
fence.
Jim Shaw has been suffering with a
strained muscle in his back, which.
however. is mending rapidly, and he
will be able to take his regular turn
on the rubber within a few DAYS
Joe Boehling is Manager Grifiths s
choice for today. Boehling has a vic
tory over the Red Sox, In which he
showed to good advantage, but errors
came very nearly beating him. 1t took
ten innings to win It, Boehling will
have had but two days rest, but that
Is believed to be sufficient to have him
in good trim today.