Evening star., 1915-05-26
BY J. ED GRILLO.

we'll enough. but he is not hitting any
where near his true form and Griffith
believes that a little lay-off will be
most beneficial.
williams is good hitter. He dem
onstrates that whenever he is given
chance to play. He, however, has an
arm which will not allow his catching.
yet is strong enough for the first base
work.
Before yesterdays game Manager
and taught him a few tricks about
playing the outtield. Connolly has been
slow in coming in for grounders into
his territory when a throw was nenes-
sary and Griffith batted him grounders
and flies for twenty minutes and had
him throw them to the plate.
Connolly learned fast and in the
fourth inning probably saved several
runs when he picked up Cobb's hit and
whipped it home so quickly that but
of instructions when the team gets TO its
own grounds and he is proving so apt
pupil that it will not take him long to
tinish himself as an outfielder.
With Jim Shaw slated to pitch today
and Walter Johnson for the final game
tomorrow, there is a good chance of the
from the Tigers this series. Shaw, who
has been scored on but twice this
spring. needs only to be in form, Tor
the Tigers are not apt again to beat
johnson. over whom they scored a l to
0 victory some weeks ago.
Jennings will have to pitch Dauss and
Dubuc in these two games. Dubuc will
probably be used today, and the fact
that he had to warm up and pitch a
final inning yesterday does not help his
chances today. Dauss worked Sunday
and will be ready by tomorrow. though
he has not displayed very good form in
his games Of late.
The victory yesterday. coming as it
did in the ninth. will have the effect of
giving the Griffmen lot of much
needed confidence, and they are sure to
play splendid ball in the final two
struggles here.
To Alva Williams, more than any one
else. belongs the credit for Yesterday
victory. 1t was his three-base drive,
with first and second occupied, which
| tied the score. A walk to Morgan and
single by Ainsmith had set the stage
for long drive, and Williams came
through. 1t was the second hit in two
days that he has made as pinch hit
ter. He started the ninth round on the
day before with clean-cut single, but
yesterday he came through with just
the sort of drive that was needed and
tied the score: Williams has proved
in the league in former years. and he
seems to be back in his stride now.
Ty Cobb had home stolen in the ninth
when Young fouled up to Foster He
got running start and was within
foot or so of the plate when Young
swung. OF course. there was no chance
for Cobb to get back to third in time.
and he was easily doubled up by Fos-
ter who threw to Neff. who had COW
cred third base. Cobb's object in steal
ing home with four runs behind was
to disconcert the Nationals and Pitcher
Hopper. but his scheme failed.
With Moeiler and Foster on in the
ninth and the score tied. they waited
until Boland had been relieved by Du-
Frenchman pitched. they pulled a dou-
BILE steal This created a situation
where had johnson singled both run
| ners would have scored But johnson
was hit by pitched ball and Acosta
ran for him Milan's double then put
two runners over.
Walter johnson played left for a
time yesterday. He was sent to bat
for Connolly in the sixth and singled
and he repeated this performance in
the eighth and by being hit with a
pitched ball in the ninth helped his
team some more and. incidentally, fln-
ished with a clean batting record.
Moeller's home run in the eighth was a
terrific drive over the left field wall.
Moeller was the first man up in this in
ming. and though Johnson also singled in
this round, no other runs were scored.
Umpire Eldridge called Bush safe on
an attempted steal in the second inning,
and Capt. Mcbride made SO strenuous q
protest that he was put out of the game.
Nen took his place.
Boland. the youngster who did such
phenomenal work for the Tigers earlier
in the season, seems to have shot his bolt
He did not make a very good impression
yesterday when he was sent in to relieve
| Cavet. and pitched only to four Of the
Griffmen, when he was retired after three
runs had been scored. Boland may be
worked in one of the remaining games
here though Jennings is not apt to take
such a chance, since he saw how easy
Boland was for the visitors yesterday.
Despite the fact that Tommy Connolly
has gone two days without getting a hit
against left-handed pitchers. Manager
Griffith proposes to keep him in the game
his team to try to get Connolly to learn
not to fear southpaws. There Is no good
reason why left-handed hitters should
not be able TO master the southpaws.
pitchers, for the curves Of the southpaws
| to these left-handed batterS do not dif-
fer from the right handed pitchers against
the right-handed batters.
Manager Grif1th yesterday received
a telegram from Joe Cantillon asking
nermission to farm out Catcher Wilson
who was loaned to Minneapolis by the
Nationals. Wilson halls from Texas
and gives promise. He will spend the
remainder of the season catching for
| the Winnipeg club of the Northern
League.
with the bat yesterday. getting three
hits in FIVE trips to the plate.
Doc" Ayers had the bases full in
| tho fourth: one run had been scored
and Sam Crawford was up. The crowd
expected a cleanup drive, for Sam Ia
hitting In his best form this spring
ball, and succeeded in striking him
out much to the amazement of the De-
troit rooters.
Gallia was not hit hard in the two
innings that he was on the rubber, but
Griffith thought it best to maze a
change, and brought in Ayers. He tnade
very creditable showing. allowing
but two runs in six innings. "Dbc" is
pretty sure to be worked more pften,
especially against the clubs against
which he showed good forms last
season.
Chick Gandil is in a fair way to break
a record in the matter of accepting
put-outs. In the first game here ne
had nineteen out of twenty-four. and
yesterday, twelve of the twenty-seven.
and he had eight Of the first nine This
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