Evening star., 1915-04-08
injury TO SHANKS
RENDERS HIM IDLE
OutfieIder Struck Over the
Heart by Fast Ball Thrown
by Jim Shaw.
jim SHAW MAY TWIRL
AGAINST DODGERS TODAY
Griffith to Work His Best Twirlers
in Two Games Against the
Boston Braves.
BY j. ED GR1LLo.

| made in his outfie1d yesterday was
compulsory. for Howard Shanks was
| hurt during batting practice in the
\ morning.
| Facing Jim Shaw, Shanks was hit
/ over the heart with fast ball, which
laid him low. and it was fully five min.
i uteS before he recovered. This, Of
course. eliminated Shanks from play
yesterday. though he donned uniform.
He is not apt to play today either. for
the spot where the ball landed is sore
as boil, SO he says.
| If Charley Pick can obtain pair of
smoked glasses to his liking he will be
| found in left field today. 1t was be-
| cause he tried to play the position
without hiding the sun from his eyes
that he muffed the fly yesterday.
Manager Griffith said this morning
that Shanks would in all probability
be back in the game within a day or
SO.
1t was Manager Griffiths intention this
| morning to pitch Joe Boehling and Booth
Hopper but he changed his mind about
| noon and announced that Jim Shaw prob
ably would pitch the entire game Shaw
! it seems, has developed wild streak and
the only way to overcome this weakness
| is to work him regularly.
Manager Griffith will use his star
pitchers against the Boston Braves,
which team will be the attraction here
Friday and Saturday. johnson. Shaw
and very likely Boehling will appear
against the world champions. over
| whom Griffith is very anxious to score
a couple of victories.
Owner James Gaffney wired Griffith
this morning that he and Mrs Gaffney
would be here tonight for the purpose
| of witnessing the games the Braves
play here Gaffney and Manager Grif-
fifth are old friends; in fact, Gaffney
got into base ball on the advice OF
Griffith. who tipped him off to the Bos-
ton proposition.
Errors cut a decided figure in yes
terday's game. Brooklyn should not
have scored in the third inning, when
IT gained a two-run lead, and the Ma
tionals should not have had a single
run in the fourth, when they scored
five.
After two were out in the third
OMara singled and Schultz walked.
Cutshaw sent liner to left, right at
Pick, who dropped it, and then Hum
mel drove a single to left. which gave
the Dodgers two runs. In the fourth
things broke for the Nationals. After
Gandil had been retired, Morgan got a
hit. stole second and went to third on
up and Mcbride rolled an easy ground
er to Schultz, in drawing back to
throw to first. dropped the ball and
there was havoc to play as a result.
Ainsmith came through with a single,
and did Gallia, Moeller, Foster and
Milan. and when the smoke had clear
ed away five runs had been chased
over the plate.
A wild throw by Foster helped the
visitors to one Of the two runs they
a nhY.lf fo
ly In this inning and scored when
Hummel hit for three bases. Fosters
wide throw to first let Hummel score.
Bert Gallia should have gone the five
innings without being scored on, Picks
muff being responsible for the two
runs which the visitors scored in the
third. Gallia pitched a good game of
ball, and displayed a lot OF stuff. He
allowed but four scattered hits
Considering the fact that Manager
Robin son is minus Daubert. Wheat and
Stengel, he has still pretty fair ball
team in the field When the trio men,
toned gets back in the lineup it will
make big difference in the Dodgers
strength.
Jack Coonbs is looking fine, and he
is confident that in due time he will be
able to pitch as good ball as ever
Jack. However. is taking it easy, wait
ing for the real warm weather to come
around when he will work regularly
on the slab.
Some one slipped Left Fielder Hum
mel the tip that Eddie Foster is strict
ly a right field hitter. and when Foster
came to bat in the third Hummel sta
toned himself in center field. leaving
left unguarded. Of course. Foster was
not long in recognizing this fact. and.
being one of the cieverest place hit
ters In the league, he dropped a fly into
left, which ordinarily would have been
an easy out. Hummel was far away
from left field that the fly resulted in
a two -bagger for Foster.
But the Brooklyn left fielder was
still not convinced that Foster could
hit anywhere but in right, and the next
time up he again stationed himself
over toward center field. This time
Foster pulled a single into left and
Hummel had to hustle to intercept the
ball and hold it to a single.
With the regulars indulging in bat
ting practice in both morning and aft
ernoon there is not much chance for
the extra players to keep their eye on
the ball, but Rondeau. Neff and Acosta
have devised q scheme to offset this
handicap. Every afternoon during the
game this trio goes out into extreme
left field and plays a game Of its own.
They alternate between pitching, field
ing and batting and put in about two
hours in this way. thus keeping them
selves in good batting trim in the event
| that they should be called on to break
| into the game. During the regulars
| batting practice this trio does most of
J the shagging, consequently is elimi-
mated from the hitting practice
Sporting Editor Evening Star:
! What has become of Neff2 Accord
| ing to The Stars reports he fielded
most satisfactorily and batted with the
| teams leaders during the training season
! at charlottesville. He has not been
mentioned in your columns, nor been
! played in a single game, since the club
returned. His many admirers in Wash
ington would like to hear something
! about him and his prospects with the
| team believing him to give promise
of very valuable player i'll the near
future. FAN.
Neff is member Of the team and is
practicing daily. He played in part of
the game here against Georgetown.
He is intended for utility work for
the present
Neither side scored in the first two
innings yesterday, but in the thiro
both got busy. The Dodgers. after hav-
ing the first two men retired in this
inning, got two runs. OMara hit safe
ly and Schultz walked. then Pick muff
ed Cutshaw's line drive. Hummel
came through with a single and two
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