Evening star., 1916-09-01
MACKMEN DRAWING
CROWDS AT HOME
Manager Connie Mack Pleased
With the Attendance at
Shibe Park.
MAURICE CRAFT PICKED
TO MAKE LOCAL DEBUT
Recruit and Walter johnson EARLY
Selections to Oppose Majors and
Myers in Dual Bill.
BY j. ED GRILLO.

Connie Mack and seventeen players
arrived a little before noon today
ready to tackle the Griffmen in the
douhle-header this afternoon. Larry
La joie is not with the team, having in
and it is believed he will not be able to
play again this season.
Manager Mack says he has been sur
prised at the attendance at Shibe Park.
Good crowds have been attending our
games, because the fans are interested
in our youngsters. and we are playing
good base ball. Mack said.
Myers and Nabors. it was announced,
would be the pitchers to face the Ma
tonals today. Haley, a great young
catcher. is here with the team. but he
is suffering with a sore finger, and 1t
is questionable whether he will be able
to catch, that duty falling to Pininich,
young catcher from Trenton, Mass.
Umpire Bill Dineen left with tn,
Cleveland club for the west at SIT
| O'Clock last evening, but Umpire NalliI
remained here and was Joined thi:
morning by SILK O'Laughlin.
O'Laughlin has been working witt
Billy Evans in New York, but Evan!
mas been sent elsewhere, and Na1lin
whose work here has been most unsat
isfactory, is once more inflicted on th'
local public.
Billy Evans, recognized as the best o
the American League unpires, has Off
ciated in but seventeen games for thu
Nationals this season. Twelve of thes,
were on the local grounds during thu
month of May, and in June he worked
in four games in Chicago and in one in
Cleveland. July 16.
Strangely enough. the Griffmen wor
twelve Of the seventeen games in which
Evans ofiiciated. Since July l6 the Ma
tionals have not seen Evans.
John Henry hurt his little finger il
the first inning yesterday, and Gharrit.
| took his place and made very goo,
showing. having seven put-outs. two o
| which were on foul flies, and five strike
outs. He threw out Gandil, the only In
! dian who tried to steal on him, in tn
| fourth inning
Charity also helped in the seventh
| inning rally, when he got an infield sin
gle and scored run.
| 1t is questionable whether Henry viii
| be able to catch for a couple of days
| He said this morning the injured fin
ger was decidedly sore, and that he die
not think he would be able to use I,
| for a few days, though he would try
| it out this afternoon. If Henry can
not catch, Charity and Williams prob.
ably will divide the day behind the bat
| Maurice Craft was to make his debut
| in the first game today, and Walter
Johnson to work in the second, accord
| infielders on the list sent out.
Manager Mack is carrying but six.
teen players on his list. Grimm
Schang and Strunk being his only out
| fielders. and McInnis. Witt, Pick, Nc.
Elwee, Lawry and Rowe being the only
inf1elders on the list sent out, Iatoit
f1y h ,ty,c1 lxft
| Bergman, the collegian who Is GOV.
ering second base for the Indians ir
| the absence of Wambsganss. is perhaps
| the only major league player who IL
part owner Of a ball club.
Bergman lives in Peru, Ind, and he
is half owner Of the independent bal
club of that town.
| Fred Beebe, who. after having a sue
| cessful season in Buffalo last year
| cut, was member of the Peru team
| when Cleveland purchased his release
| Bergman was playing short for his
team. having graduated from Notrt
Dame last fall.
| Bill Dineen presented the Indians
with couple of runs in the final in
ming yesterday. when he called Roth
foul down the third-base line fair. Th
blow netted the Indians rightfelder
two bagger. to which he was not en-
titled. and incidentally caused two run
TO be charged against Ayers.
! Manager Lee Fohl of the Indian
seems to be a poor Judge of ball play
ers. When he gave it as his opinion
that Joe Leonard was a flash in tn
pan and would not continue to hit 70
! the Nationals he evidently talke,
/ through his hat, for Leonard continue
/ to show himself one OF the pla yers VIII
| hits in the pinches.
! Yesterday he singled at the outset o
| the game and scored the tying ru
when Milan singled. With the base
I full in the seventh he doubled to left
/ center. sending home couple of runs
He also walked in the fifth and stole
base, while he handled everything tha
came TO him in the field without wob
| BILE.
! The Nationals now are only tw
! games behind the 500 mark In tn
standing and II they can win both end
Of the double-header today they vii
be in position to move up In the race
/ for neither New York or Cleveland
| very far away. There still is hope Q
/ the locals finishing in the first division
II they can keep up their present pac
| when they get on the road they ar
4 likely to beat out some of the team
which now are leading them. AS q
present constituted, the Griffmen ar