Evening star., 1915-06-22

GEORGE FOSTER. RED SOX STAR,
. MAY OPPOSE DOC AYERS TODAY
Howa I'd Shanks Makes Remarkable Play or
Hooper-JJim Shaw Has Hard Luck.
Gandl Playing Well.


wise move to take him out. Three in
field hits were made off him, the three
halls heIng hit into the infeld and
bouncing so high that the hatters had
plenty of time to reach first base in
safety. Shaw had world of stuff. and
with any sort of breaks would have
gotten off good and pitched a splendid
game IT is to he hoped that Griffith
VIII send Shaw back TO the mound as
soon IS possible. The youngster needs
. tot OF work and when in form will
prove one Of the most effective pitchers
! on the team
The dual defeat of the Yankees in
fionals We're brea king even, allowed
N" locals to crawl up on the New
orkers. who now are holding fourth
place by the narrow margin of nine
points. victory over the Red Sox
today and defeat for the Yankees
would put the Nationals in the first
division once more.
Clyde Milan was decidedly happy
when he crossed the plate in the tenth
inning with the winning run. Milan'S
nuff in the ninth had paved the way
for the Red SoX tying the score, and it
was . case of redeeming himself when
he ran across the plate with the win
ming tally
Shanks was under the ball which
Gardner hit. and which Milan muffed.
and there was no res son for Milan even
trying for 1t. But il seems that neither
Of the outfielders called to the other,
and that Milan went through for the
ball and muffed it.
Chic Gandl is playing marvellous
game of ball at first. Several of his
pick-ups and catches yesterday could
NOT have been made by a less COM
petent player. His pickup of Hoblit-
zell's hard drive toward right prob
ably saved the Nationals lot of trou-
hle. for il looked like certain triple
Incidentally Chic is hitting the ball con-
sistently.
Heinie Wagner made rema rka BILE
ca tch of Fosters line drive over second
in the fourth inning of the second
game. which he turned into an unas-
sisted double play. Moeller had sin
gled. and when Foster drove liner
toward center. he sprinted to second
Wagner. however, made the catch, aft
er leap into space, and then had
nothing TO do but touch Moeller to
complete a double play.
Ruth was not hit safely until the fifth
inning, and he was lucky not to be
scored on in this round. and also in the
seventh. The locals solved him in the
fifth and hit him hard thereafter. but.
of course, the lead which the Sox had
made the sailing easy.
Ray Collins. though he looks to be
hog fat and has not been going any,
too we'll for the Sox of late, pitched
good ball during the period that he
faced the Nationals. He has been one
pitcher who has always been consist
entity effective against the Griffmen and
it is not at all unlikely that Manager
Carrigan will use him in one of the
remaining three games.
Though Janvrin seems capable of
playing short field very competently,
he is not as good a shortstop as Scott
who is laid up at present on the in
jured list, but Janvrin is splendid
utility man who seems able to fill any
position in the infield satisfactorily.
Joe Boehling should have had a
much easier victory The trouble in
the ninth forced him to go an extra
inning and really for time endanger-
ed his victory. Boehling seemed to be
in better fettle yesterday than he has
been for some time and he held the
Sox in check most of the time. The
only runs the visitors should have had
were the two in the sixth, when
Boehling walked Collins and then al
lowed Gainor to hit him for a triple
Del Gainor appears to be in better
physical condition this year than he
ever was during his stay with the De-
troit club. The former Tiger is play
ing splendid ball for the Sox. being able
to cover both first base and the out
field. He was in right field in the sec
ond game because Hooper is not figured
TO be particularly successful against a
left-handed pitcher
Hooper. the sox right fielder. has been
in batting slump all spring, but, of
course. he had to get in action with
both feet in the first game yesterday
Hooper at the last rating of American
Lea que batters had the brilliant aver
age of .205, but yesterday he cut in
with four safe hits out of five attempts
for an average of 800. Hooper always
is dangerous batter on the local
grounds, even though he falls down
when away from here.
HohlitzeN got but one hit in the two
games. The big first baseman is not
biting as we'll as usual. in fact he
has never shown much in any of the
ga mes he has played here.
Eddie Riley, the genial business man
aeer of the Boston club. the re-
cipient yesterday of congratula ations
from local friends on his marriage,
which took place in Boston last Satur-
day.