Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-14
| JUDGE MAY NEVER
PLAY BALL AGAIN
Nationals First Baseman Has
Enthusiastically of 0p-
GRAFTON Not Determined.
INTERPRETATION is SEVERE
BLOW TO TEAMS CHANCES
Manager Lee Fohl and the Cleveland
Indians Arrive for Series of
Four Contests Here.
BY j. ED GRILLo,

event. The discovery has been made
that the first baseman is suffering
from hernia. and, while the attending
physician has not decided whether an
operation will be necessary, assurance
is given that there is not chance Of
Judge accompanying the team on it's
next western trip, which starts a week
from next Sunday.
The club may have to rely on VIII
liams as its first baseman for the re-
mainder of the present campaign.
| The Interpretation of Judge is one of
the severest blows the Nationals have
been dealt in some time. When Judge
was injured he was going at his best
and gave promise that all the good
| things which were expected of him
were to be realized.
| With Judge out of the lineup the
! team viii not present the strong front
that Manager Griffith expected. Though
youngster Judge was rapidly attain
ing prominence in this circuit because
| of his good work at first base, his
timely hitting and his ability to steal
bases. he having fifteen to his credit
as many as Milan had at the time the
last figures were published.
Manager Lee Foil and twenty-three
! pay cI dIIlNcu mere early lnlS mOFnlnR
after winning a series of games from
the Yankees. The race is so close that,
while the Yankees went back into first
place by defeating the Indians yester-
day, 1t is possible for the visitors to
regain the lead by winning the game
! today.
! Lowdermilk. who was turned down
| by Detroit after getting an all-spring
this week. and now is considered on
the regular pitching staff. Either Beebe
or Lowdermilk will pitch today for Cleve-
\ land.
Manager Fohl is one of the most
| conservative men in charge of major
| league ball team. He is not given to
Boosting, but he admits that his team
is not yet beaten for the pennant.
I'VE have good ball team. and when
our pitching staff is intact, we have
nothing to fear from our rivals. So
! far, our second eastern trip has been
\ successful, and 1 see no reason why it
the remainder of our stay on the road.
I'VE will have long stay home after
| this trip, during which the eastern
| teams will visit US. In all we have
| about thirty-f1ve games remaining at
home, having several postponements.
| Joe Boehling pitched a splendid game
Of ball which ordinarily he would have
! won easily enough. Had Barber played
Young's liner for single, which it
was bound to be, instead of trying to
| trap 1t, Boeh1ing would not have been
scored on in the second inning. when
| the Tigers got every one of their three
With Young singing Baker undoubt-
eddy would have been forced to sacri-
| flee, for at that stage of the game a
when Young got triple there was
nothing for Baker to do but hit. The
| side should have been retired when
/ Bush flied out and no runs recorded.
I -
against Boehling. as is usually the case
when a team is in a slump.
! While the Tigers infield gave a splen-
| did exhibition the fact should not be
overlooked that no less than ten hard
hit balls were hit right at the four in
felders and in every instance the ball
made it's final bound SO that it could
! be easily handled.
This, of course. Is not reflection on
the ability of the Detroit ipfield. which
| is a very useful one, but~had the
! breaks been little different there Is
j no doubt there would have been diff
| ferent story to tell
| Horace Milan is expected to be here
| in time for today's game with CleVe-
| land The Indians and the Griffmen
| are slated to play five straight games.
here today and tomorrow, jumping to
| Cleveland tomorrow night and playing
| a game there Sunday. returning that
| same night for the final games here
Monday and Tuesday. The Chicago
| White Sox are slated to open here next
| Wednesday for four games
The Cleveland team has two promis-
ing Young pitchers with it. Gould.
| from Davenport. Iowa.. is a little right
| handler who is but five feet six inches
| in height, but stocky. He pitched elev-
| en- innings consecutively in New York
during the series there and only two
| hits were made off his delivery. He is
| given credit for knowing how to pitch,
] and has quite an assortment OF de-
I ceivers. including most elusive spit
| ball Gould. 1t is understood, will pitch
| the game in Cleveland which is to be
! played there Sunday.
| Bailey, a left-handed Boston semi
| pro, is said to have lot of stun in
practice and may be given a chance
| against the locals.
| President Wilson for the second time
| this season was a spectator at yes
lterday's game, witnessing the defeat Of
the Nationals from box in the upper
| tier. The other occasion the chief ex-
| ecutive found time to go to the ball
| park this season was on opening day,
in April.
| While the Baltimore papers have
been poking fun at Manager Griffith
all season because he did not get Joe
Gedeon. the following paragraph proves
| when the Yankees got him. and seems
to verify the prediction that Gedeon
is not a major league player. Joe Villa
has the following to say of Gedeon:
/ Acting on the Evening Suns sug-
gestfon, Manager Donovan benched Joe
/ Gedeon and assigned Louis Boone to
second base Gedeon's weak hitting
and rather slow fielding necessitated
this change, and from fielding point
of view 1t worked like charm. Boone
played second base regularly last year
and he had no superior, not even Ed
die Collins He showed the same skill
in both of yesterdays battles, but he
made only one safe hit in six times
at bat. He took part in three double
plays and made several spectacular
stops. Boone knocked down a wicked
grounder from Smiths bat in the sec
ond game and threw the runner out
while kneeling on the ground. Dono-
van sent in pinch hitters for Boone in
both contests, but the latter will con-
tinue to play second base as regular
for some time to come"
Billy Weart OF the Philadelphia
Evening Telegram considers Fielder
i Jones the meanest man In base ball,
because the ST. Louis manager is try
ing to take the only game the Mack
men have won in some weeks away
from them by protesting Jimmy. Walsh,
i who was put out of the hrst game and
Ithen allowed to play in the second