Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-14
BY j. ED GRILLo.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST LOUIS, July Att was a for
tunate thing for Joe Boehling that he
pitched a winning game yesterday and
displayed fairly good form. Manager
Griffith had just about lost his pa
thence with the Richmond Thunderbolt,
and if he had not shown to advantage
against the Browns the chances are
that he would have been indefinitely
suspended until such time as he gave
evidence of being ready to play ball.
Boehling has been of little help to the
team this season. He has pitched in
but few games, and has won~or looked
good in but decidedly few of them
Griffith did not hesitate to announce
that Boehling would have to do bet
ter or suffer the consequences. The
southpaw is drawing very stiH sal
airy. and. what is more, he got himself
a three-year contract when he signed
last winter He has not delivered, how
ever, and it would not take much OF an
inducement for Griffith to part with
him for all time.
Though the local Feds are leading
the Federal League race. they are not
drawing the crowds they might eX-
pect. Yesterday, with Chicago as the
attraction, the team over which Fielder
Jones presides had scarcely fifteen
hundred paid admissions. Somehow or
other the local fans have not been able
to convince themselves that the Feds
are of major league caliber. and as
result they refuse to enthuse over their
success.
Walter Johnson left for his home at
Coreyville last night and he will be
back here Friday. at which time, he
says, he will be ready to pitch the maj
game against the Browns. There was
but one clean hit made off johnson yes
terday, the other three being miserable
flukes That one clean hit came sand
wiched between two scratches in the
seventh and did much to give the
Browns a brace of tallies in this round.
Walsh, the diminutive outfelder OF
the Browns, appears to be ball player
OF more than ordinary ability. He
made a real brilliant catch of Will
liams in the second inning, which fol-
lowed Johnson single and looked good
for circuit drive. The ball was hit
far over Walsh's head. but he turned,
gave chase and caught the ball with
his back to the stands. Walsh also
acts well at the bat and seems to have
a lot Of speed.
player who is in left for the Browns.
is far from being a full-fiedged star.
though he has a lot of raw ability and
is versatile. Ssler may develop into
a great player. but he is far from that
at the present time.
Manager Griffith made big change
in his batting order in the second game.
moving Johnson and Williams above
Mcbride and Connolly. The change
Williams both made base hits off We'll
man. and he was only hit safely four
times, though lot Of balls were hit
hard that he offered.
Tom Connolly played very good
games. His one-handed catch Of Aus
tins line drive in the first inning of
the second game was one OF the field
ing features Of the day: But Connolly
been contaminated by the disease
which is so general in the ranks. known
as nonhitittis, from which so many Of
g.
Griffith insists that Connolly will have
to change his style before he will be
able to hold his own in this company.
Weilman is by far the most eff
fective pitcher that the Browns can
boast of. and he has seen SO much
Of work this season that he is not apt
to perform again during the present
series
There will be but one game played
here today. Though the league rules
provide that double-headers should be
played in the second trip to take up all
postponed games, the local club does
not seem to observe this regulation.
While no official announcement has
been made, 1t is likely that two games
will be played tomorrow. ~
President johnson has wired Owner
Hedges of the local club that the game
Friday must be started early in order
to give the Washington team a chance
to get an early train to Cleveland.
where it is slated to play a double:
header Saturday. Hedges had refused
tionals in this instance, but a wire
from the league chief will undoubted-
ly wake him UP.
Joe Tinker Of the Chi-Feds, who are
here playing a series Of games, wit
messed the first game between the Ma
tionals and Browns yesterday. He &C.
cupied a seat right near the Washing
ton bench, and he called Walter john