Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-01
BY ]. ED GRILLO.

Tommy Connolly, the Georgetown
athlete who has been with the Ma
tionals for the past six weeks or So
will finish the season with the FRED
erick. Md, club. Manager Griffith
Yesterday arranged to let Connolly go
there on an optional agreement. The
local club will retain string on him
so as to be able to bring him back in
the spring and give him another trial.
Connolly did not make good here. He
started off like a whirlwind with the
bat, but lost his stride. There is be-
lieved to be hope for his future. how
ever. At any rate. Griffith does not
propose to let Connolly drift out of his
grasp without giving him another
chance in the spring.
Stevens, the young right-handed
pitcher who was with the Nationals in
the spring, now identified with the
Frederick club, for which he pitches,
came here and made the arrangement
for Connolly yesterday. Connolly is to
report Monday. Stevens, by the way,
has won eleven out Of thirteen games
for his team.
There was a time when the Wash
ington team seemed to have at least
one good left-handed pitcher. He was
supposed to be Joe Boehling. The
Richmond southpaw had very good
season year before last. when. he won
twelve games in a row, but he was not
very classy last year and has been yir-
tually useless this season.
Griffith signed Boehling to 4 three
year contract last winter, and that
seems to have been his undo!ng. Like
some other short-sighted players,
Boehling seems to have come to the
conclusion that his salary is assured
for the next three seasons and that
there is no need of his worrying or put
ting forth every effort to make good
for the team.
appeared to be regafning some form
He won three games, but after that
again got off his stride and was driven
out OF game only few days ago by
Cleveland, and his exhibition in the
ninth inning yesterday undoubtedly
viii put him on the list from which
Griffith does not call any relief pitch
erS
.Boehling is said to be drawing the
highest salary next to johnson on the
local pitching staff, but he is not earn
ing any of it, and on what he has
shown during the last two seasons he
cannot be figured as being worth
WMie botherlng with next season.
1t was. perhaps, good judgment to
select Boehling to finish yesterday's s;
game after the score had been tied.
The eighth inning seemed to indicate
that the southpaw would be able to
hold the visitors in check for a short
period. anyway, but when the fusliade
started in the ninth it would have
been a wise move to substitute some
one OF the other pitchers, or perhaps
Johnson, who was playing right field
and could have fitted himself with five
pitched balls which the rules allow.
BoehlinG is not in form to work him
self out of pinches these days. and
it probably would have been no severe
strain on Johnson to work for cou-
Pile of innings.
John Henry is such an improved
hitter this season that he is Just as ant
to come through with a drive with
men on as any member of the team
Henry is not only hitting we'll, but he
has the art of hitting into right field.
when it is necessary to do SO. Incl
dentally he is catching the best ball of
his career.
Chic Gandil is hitting like fend
these days. and he is not getting the
clean-cut single he hit two other balls
ri CHIT on the nose, but they were both
caught.
There was some surprise when Will
liams, hitting for Gallia, sacrificed
Mcbride to second in the seventh in
and enabled the Nationals to tie the
score in this inning. OF course, If
there had been assurance that Gallia
could sacrifice it would have been
foolish to let any one else take his
place, for Gallia was going very well