Evening star., 1916-08-25
SMITH AND LEONARD INCREASE
HITTING STRENGTH OF LOCALS
Both Are Youngsters Who Should Improve,
and Griffith Is Given Credit for
Making Canny Deal

Leonard is playing clever game al
third base displays plenty of nerve and
! is full of the winning spirit.
Eddie Foster has developed into a
fielder superior to Eddie Collins. This
was demonstrated yesterday. He
made some remarkable pick-ups and
throws. and in the fourth inning. when
Lapp hit a liner over Judges head,
which the first baseman managed to
partly knock down with a great leap.
Foster was behind him, handled the
! ball cleanlv. and. waiting until Judge
could return to the bag. got the ball
to him in time to retire Lapp.
On another occasion Foster handled a
slow hit ball by Terry while on the
fast sprint toward it. and without
stopping to steady himself made a
perfect throw to first. getting Terry
, by yards.
John Henry was not hit on the finger
OF his left hand yesterday, but on the
wrist. The fingers on the left hand are
We'll protected by his big mitt. and to
injure one of the fingers on that hand
/ Is almost impossible. Henry continued
IN the game, though his wrist gave
him considerable pain.
That Manager Griffith has picked I'D
a very promising outfielder in Me-
nosNey of the Minneapolis club is in
dlcated by this weeks Sporting News,
games in the American Association.
Menoskey, in a four-game series in
loledo, got two hits in each game and
IN one of these hit for home run
IN Columbus he got two hits in three
or the four games, and in one of them
made two tWo-base hits. In series
| with St Paul he hit for a home run
IN the first game. being up but once
and in the other two he got two and
three hits, including a triple.
MenOSkpy is fast iS ,-onpr
| low. Manager Griffith will. in all prob
ability, have him join the team this
! fall. after the American Association
season is ended. to get a line on the
youngsters ability before he reports
/ in the spring.
| Mike Moran, shortstop of the Rose
! dale team of local league, was in
spected by various scouts in the game
with the Holy Name team YESTERDAY v
! Manager Rowland was among those
who watched Moran, as was Scout Jack
! Ryan of the Nationals, Bill Rapp of the
! Cleveland club and Bob Doyle of the
Boston Red Sox.
When the game was over Rowland
/ took Moran to the Raleigh Hotel in a
/ taXicab. but learned that Manager Car
| rigan had prior claim on the services
of the youngster. due to the activity OF
! Scout Bob Doyle.
| There is dual tie in the standing oi
! four of the clubs in the American
! League race today. Chicago and New
! York are tied for second place, while st
/ Louis and Detroit are tied for the
fourth position.
The Red Sox have a six-and-a-half.
game lead over their nearest rivals, and
it will be difficult matter to beat them
: to the wire. for Carrigan's pitchers
/ have recovered their form and his team
! is hitting timely. and the players are
doing their best. for they see a chance
! to figure in the world series once more
In the National League the Braves
now are but two and a half games be-
/ hind Brooklyn, and the Braves seem to
/ be playing the most consistent ball OF
any of the eastern teams on the present
western trip.
! If the Stallings aggregation makes
one of its famous finishes it will win
| the pennant and the next world series
will be played in Boston, for both of the
representatives of that city seem to
have something on their rivals in their
respective leagues.