The Washington times., 1916-04-13
SLOAN WILL PLAY.
WITH SCRANTON IN.
HOPES OF LEARNING.
Rain Causes Postponement Of
Today's Game at the Polo
: Grounds for Griffmen.

NEW YORK. April lS.-Clark Crit
nth today further pruned his stan of
rockies to tho extent of one pitcher,
Tod Sloan. of Linden. Tenn, VINO was
recommended to the .. F. by Clyde
Milan. This leaves only Sam Cuttings
Scranton sSP SorR 81 State 0f fea s Where
Bill Coughlin is manager.
His pitching shows promise" said
Griffith ia announcing the transfer.
perience before he will be ready to cone
under the big tent"
Sloan has never. even twirled semi
professional ball. having been a mere
Milan happened TO notice him. Speed
and a splitter Is his principal stock in
trade. At Charlottesville no had trou,
BILE getting his arm into condition and
really never was able to show his best
delivery on this account.
Grifrith has let him out under the OPP
tional agreement, and II he ever DE,
velops the Washington manager Will
have first choice of any major league
club.
Rain caused a Rostponement0 of to- to;
against Ray Fisher or Bob shawkey.
Manager Griffith is chatting a little about
having to rest. as he thinks hts boys
need all the batting practice they can
get.
That legion of sixteen thousand
which passed through the turnstile
for the opener was awa IHh.i, ele h,ep
was positively absorbing from the
minute Clyde Milan hunted home run
into the right field .bleachers until
Danny MoelleT running a5Iantb for nn,o Ghar ca
pered across the goal with the run
that gave Washington to YER
dict.
American loop labored on the hill and
rare examples of brainy twirling were
seen. Caldwell has a mixed delivery
and change of speed that VIII give
any club In the league much trouble
ere September 80 and his twirling was
outshone only by the superb speed of
our own Walter Johnson.
Sheriff Al Smith threw in the first
ball at 1885 o'clock after the multi
tude had cheered Home Run Baker,
Lee Magee, Captain Peckinpaugh,
and other New York favorites, and
McBride and Joe Judge. the latter a
very popular young man in these
parts, were also accorded a warm
welcome from the threats of the Man
The actual winning of the game which
filled Clark Griffith's cup of happiness
to overiiowing can be told in the first,
seventh, and eleventh innings. Outside
OF these periods, the game resolved
itself into the speedy retirement of each
side as they came up in succession.
The hearts OF the Grifrmen were first
lightened by that sterling batsman,
TO approach the plate. He spanked the
pill where no fielder could climb into
the stands for 1t, and he made the cir
cult without molestation.
Thnra Huaa univ ncra flrInO ~
until the seventh. when the battle as.
sumed a serious attitude for the home
club. Mcbride two-based, was sacri-
fced by Johnson, and tailed as the
result of an adult single on the hickory
furniture OF Raymond Carville Morgan
The two runs made the visitors hole
their heads high unto the multitude un'
til the Yankees got Walter in hot water
in their half of the inning and evenec
Giihooley singled past Mcbride. Ma
gee beat out a hit to Morgan, as Judge
failed to cover first base. and GilhooleN
reached the keystone on the play. Ba
ker's wicked drive to center scored tn,
right fielder, and Magee reached third
on Gedeon's sacrifice fly TO Milan. Ma
gee tied the score, and after that John
son settled down to retire the side,
1t looked as II the game would b,
settled in favor of Washington In th'
tenth. when Morgan and Foster worked
the hit and run. The second baseman
however, was run down between thirC
ana home on Milan's roller to Pipp, ant
Foster was marooned. The precariou
situation was relieved In the eleventh
when Charlie Jameson caressed the bal
for one bag. and the feet-rooted Damn.
Moeller was summoned to run for him
A fielder's choice failed al second an,
Ray MorRans single promoted Moelle
to the desired point and the game wa
won.
Something of the rapidity with Whic,