Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-10
BY J. ED GRILLO.


For the first time in several weeks
Ray Morgan donned a uniform yester-
day, and put in several hours at nara
work in an effort to get himself in con-
(iition Morgan'S knee, while 1t is mucn
! better than it was, is far from being
fit, and there is not much of "a chance
of his brea king into the lineup of the
Griffmen for some time yet. Ihere is
absolutely no chance for Morgan on
the infield, but it is not unlikely that
Griffith may give him chance to show
what sort of an outfielder he is.
Morgan has not drawn any salary
from the local club in some time. He
is virtually still under suspension, and
will not draw pay until he shows that
he is fit to play ball
Things have broken poorly for Nor
gan this year, but there would be
different story to tell of the Nationals
in this race if he had been in the game
all season, for he had himself in SPLEEN
did condition by the time the season
opened.
Walter Johnson is to face the Tigers
| Today. Griffith's speed star is apt to
be opposed by either Dubuc or cove
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johnson is expected to have a busy
afternoon, for either of the two twlrl-
crs Of the Tigers staff usually is trou-
bIesome for the Griffmen 10 hit
Johnson has had three days rest, and
it is figured he will be at his best.
There also is chance of Acosta
breaking into the lineup. The Cuban
! arm is said to be meEding rapidly, ana
if he is ready, Manager Griffith does not
intend to keep him out of the lineup
very long.
Ty Cobb, by a clever ruse of which
Chic Gandil was the victim made II
possible for the Tigers to win yester-
day game. But for Cobb the Jen-
nngs team would have been beaten .
to l in nine innings. The only run they
should have scored being Cobb's, VINO
opened this inning with three-oase
hit. 1t was on the next play that the
way was paved for tying the score
Crawford sent a sharp grounder to
Gandil, who apparently seeing Copp
loafing home threw there, but CoDb was
only stallna, and with a quick dash
beat the throw that left crawford sale
on first, and as the result OF an error
by Mcbride, which came on Dauss ut
tie groundcr, Crawford and Burns, VINO
had singled, both scored ana the score
was tied. 1t was not broken until the
Tigers scored a brace of tallles In the
thirteenth inning.
But for this mess Joe Boehling prob
ably would have won his game Wlthou.
being disturbed. But after this sort OF
a break Manager Griffith had Ayers re-
Iieye him. and the latter was invinclble
until the final round. when after Two
were out, he was hit for double, single
and triple.
The Tigers smuggling trio did not fare
very well yesterday Cobb got one hit,
triple, Crawford did not get anything
that looked like a hit, and Veach was
BANKED until his last trip to the plate
when, with two out, he hit to lett cen
ter for n double, which paved the way
for the Tigers victory.
There was some remarkable fielding
done by the local infield yesterday,
though Mcbride is charged with an err
ror which proved costly. McBride's leap
Into space, when he pulled down BUSH
line drive in the fifth undoubtedly
saved the game at that period. he
made number of other great stops.
day, when in the ninth inning, with
Kavanagh on third as the result OF ms
triple and only one out. he Went OUT IN
short right field and with his BACK 10
the stands caught Wits short fly,
which had all the earmarks of Texas
Lacquer Shanks, at third, had clean
sheet, handling seven chances without
the semblance of an error and most OF
them were not easy, ellHeI
Dan Moeller undoubtedly would have
scored in the ninth when he got on on
four balls, after one was out. But he
careIessly allowed himself to be caught
off the bag and then Foster got on by
means of Wits error and Milan sin
gled, which would have scored Moeller
There is no reason for being careless at
that stage of a game. And incidentally
no one but the has runner is to blame.
The coachcr cannot possibly be planned,
for by the time he can call the atten-
ton of the base runner it is too late
to avoid being put out. That is some
thing the base runner must watch for
himself
Marling Kopp is n bit too daring on
the bases. and this proved costly in the
fourth inning yesterday. The young
ster started this inning with single
to left and though Veach got to the
ball very rapidly. kopp tried to stretch
it into q double and was easily thrown
out, Neach to Bush. kopp got one
hit, walked twice and famed as many
times.
-Four consecutive hits and walk
along with two boots in the second
Melted the Griffmen but two runs. That
is rather unusual but 1T came about
when Foster. on the hit and rum play,
hit right into i spot which Bush ran
into and was enabled to make
double play. But for this the locals
would have made a latch of runs in
this inning and Dauss would have had
to retire under fire.
Tom Connolly is doing sensational
work for the Frederick team He is
playing short. and last week. in addi-
ton to getting a batch of singles,
corraled two triples and three home
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