Evening star., 1915-06-27


of the teams most effective pitchers,
because, next to Walter johnson, ne
has more stuff than any one on the
staff, though he is Handicapped great
deal by reason of his lack of control
There is hope for Shaw to be developed
into a real pitcher sooner or later.
There is no doubt that Walter John
son will pitch the game Monday against
the Athletics and Manager Mack az
ready has announced that he VIII p'Jch
Crowell, the Brown College star CANA
may be asked TO repeat against 'he
Mackrfen Tuesday and Jim ShaW is
sure to face the Yankees In New YORK
Wednesday when there are apt TO ne
two games played
when Ray Morgan went into a bat
ting slump some time ago 1t was the
general opinion of those VINO are IN
position to know that it was only
nuestion of a short time when he would
regain his stride and hit the ball as he
ought to. But Morgan seems TO De go
ing from bad to worse with the SUCK
and really is not hitting at all. ms
swing is weak and he does not seem 10
have the eve which once made MIN one
of the teams most dangerous hltters
Naturally Morgans failure 10 mt IS /"
hie handicap to the team. for he is oc-
cupying an important position IN the
batting OrdeT, lOilo" rue N''''i''
Howard Shanks is doing the best hit
ting Of any member of the team these
days Yesterday he came throus n
with single and double ana ne rs
now undoubtedly hitting tar over tne
400 mark. for the first time in his ca
reer with the Nationals. Shanks mas
not failed to hit for one or more hlts
in the last sixteen consecutive sdhtes
and many of his drives have neen LOT
the Griffmen's left fielder can justly
feel proud and marks him as one OF tne
most consistent performers IN the
league with the bat
Doc Ayers struck out six OF the A'n.
letics in the seven innings he was on
the mound. Ayers showed sood ioi ~
an through the innings ne worked. anu
ordinarily he would have been credited
with a victory.
Give the team which Mack now has
in the field a fair assortment OF pilch !.
ing and il will win whole lot OF
games before the season is over Ihat
is pretty strong llne-up the lotn'
cha mpons present, Whicn IS
Of runs. Murphy, Strunk, Schans, oid-
ring Iaioie and McInnis form sextet
which is TO be feared by any sort OF a
hing staff. for there is not a man
in that list who is nol dPt " ny wv
he 300 marx.
Rusb had lot Of stuff and excep-
tiouaily good control, for he walked
but one man during the nine ihiIi %
and that is decidedly unusual LOT BUSH
or any other of Mack's pl'cnefs, me i
dentaliy he also famed seven ana dIs-
played real pitching abillty ai'ef .ht
third inning, going through 'he hhai
six sessions without allowing ahNthihs
that looked like a base hlt
What can have happened RppN w ~
liams the pinch hitter! EariH III tns
,..ar and for several seasons prior
thereto Williams was in class os Il nm: I'M
self when it came TO proaurihe
hits in an emergency FOR Sum 80,
accountable reason, however. he seems
~ have lost his proWess in this respee'
since the team has been at home. ~
nine different occasions ne mas
asked 10 take the place OF some reg
l,r and manufa cture IA run -pfoduci,'S
i.ia I'M, in each instance he has thii
~ asst season, if memory serves COZ
rei.tIy Williams hit safely seven times
| in a row while acting in the capa'''s
| If an emergency batsman.
larry La jo- may not be spry as hr
| .s , few wears back, but time ana
,nna service have not dimmed his battlhS
| eye He can still hit that phi, ana ne
| n.s particularly busy III thlS TeSllt't
| a,,,,nr me game yesterday. getting
| ,hr.. hits in four times at bat, and
| hainp persollally responsible for the
run which won the game for the MACK
| men = -, ~,
~, a,,.ry other one of our regulars
| mas ,,t almost a month with injuries.
| Nac, "a id Yesterday We have had all
o,r nlayerS on the hospital list tins
simmer and Jack Barry now is his
4 In
IN, th,. hest ball he ever did during our
a,St trip vest. He not only hit
tino hut he covering lot of
ground and making those remarkable
| stons without any fuss. He really
1ooL,ed like the Larry of old, and he is
..tring into that form again now"
The Nationals are slated to play
+birtvtao games after they leave here
nayt Tuesday night. Six of these are
a,itb New York and six with Boston,
tu,o of which in each city are post
noned games. Then four are scheduled
IN i-bica go and four and two postpone
pents in ST Louis. and like number
;n cleyeland while four games are to
he nlaved in Detroit.
This is going to be real hard test
for the Nationals pitching STAFF. for
douhle- headers will come in hunches.
I'D unless the pitchers hold up their
end the Nationals are sure to take a
decided tumble in the race.
The fact that the Grinmen lost while
Efhe Yankees split even in Boston al