The Washington herald., 1915-04-21

Griffs off for Gotham;
To Play -Four Games
Nationals Leave Tonight for
New York Red Sox Here
Today for Final Combat.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP

Clark Grifhth takes his ball club to
New York tonight. where 1t Will open
the season against the Yankees on
the Polo Grounds. playing four games
before returning 10 the Capital.
As the Nationals today find them
selves tied with New York for fourth
place, and there can only be a diff
ferehcc either way Of one game when
the clubs meet tomorrow, there should
be good crowd on hand to see these
teams play.
From wEat the Yanks showed here
in the Capital. the Grinmen should
have little trouble winning three
games out of the four in Gotham, but
the local club must show little i'm
proyement In hitting il this is to be
accomplished.
Johnson. Gallia. Boehling. Ayers. and
Shaw probably will be called upon
to do the pitching for the local boys
when the Yanks are encountered.
Today's game, the final of the Red
Sox series, will start promptly at ;
O'Clock. in order to allow the Boston
club to heard an early train for the
Hub, where Carrigans bunch meets
the Philadelphia Athletics tomorrow,
officially opening the season in Bean
town.
JUG bOeH1iHS VI SHd" VIII DO
sent to the slab by Griff this after
noon. while it would not be surpris-
ing IL Carrigan ordered Ernie Shore
to the box for his crew.
Crit was wise enough to detect me
using the emery ball in the game against
Washington last Saturday. So he claims,
now let him discover where 1 concealed
the emery"
,rh.,,s ,yh,+ cbora s,ia to ~. -r;<.r
last night when asked IL the report that
he employed an illegal delivery against
the Nationals was true.
Shore treats the whole matter as a
huge joke. He says he will take his
medicine IL Griff is able to prove that the
emery ball was used.
Among the players who took part in
a recent Federal League game at New
ark were Germany Schaefer. Chief Ben
der. Frank Laporte. Mike Doolan and
Otto Knabe. How is that for an old
home week?
Long Tom Hughes, formerly with the
Nationals. started the Pacific Coast
League season right by winning a game
the other day from San Francisco for
the Los Angeles club.
Many experts last year claimed that
Hughes was easily the best twirler on
the Coast.
A peculiar play cropped out in the |
fifth inning of yesterdays game. jan
vrin, ths first Red Sox batter, gave |
Foster a slow roller. which Eddie 4
gathered UP with ono hand. shooting |
the ball to Williams. The ball ar
rived at first base a second before the
runner. and was juggled by Williams. /
Umpire Evans first declared Janvrin !
out. but changed his decision. claiming |
that while Williams was bouncing the |
ball up and down his foot was of the |
bag. The Washington players, believing |
Janvrin out. threw the ball about and |,
paid no attention to the base runner, who |
kept on going until third base was
reached. where he anchored himself and |
where he was permitted to rest by the
umpire.
Capt. Mcbride, Griff and the entire
Washington team quickly surrounded
Evans. protesting against both decisions.
Evans reversed his last decision and
sent Janvrin back to first base. an act
seldom witnessed on a ball field these
days.
Little Acosta made an acceptable sub
stitute for Danny Moeller. The Cuban's
a bility to hit the ball caused the crowd
TO warm up to him. He will probably
get his name into many box scores this
season. WILLIAM PEET.