Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-16
BY j. ED GRILLO.

According to advices from Cleveland
one-half of the entire Cleveland grand
stand already has been reserved by fans
from neighboring cities for the game next
Sunday with the Nationals. and it is
conservatively estimated that crowd Of
sc. 900 will he on hand if the day is bright.
Cleveland has gone base bail mad and
if the team continues its winning streak
all attendance records will be broken this
year by the Indians.
With the Griffmen and Indians having
carried on a strong fight for first honors
for the last week or more the final Strug
gle of the series in Cleveland Sunday
should arouse such enthusiasm as has
never been experienced in the Ohio me-
tropolis.
1t is most likely that Johnson, who is
slated to pitch the opening game against
the Indians here Thursday. will be taken
to Cleveland to pitch the Sunday game.
Galia and Harper are slated to pitch the
other two games here Friday and Sat
urday.
For the first time this season the In
dams Will he up against some real pitch
ing when they tackle the Griffmen. and
a most interesting series should result.
Clyde Engel, former member of the
Red Sox, who has been signed by the
Cleveland club as n utility player, will
be with the Indians here. Paul Des
.jardien. a pitcher from the University
of Chicago, also has. been ordered to
report to Manager Foil here.
johnson was responsible for both of
the victories the Griffman have won
from the Tigers. He won Saturdays
game and he also will get credit for
yesterdays victory, as the score was
tied when he went to the rubber.
Johnson was at his best yesterday
and his speed was perhaps more terrific
than it has been at any time this
spring. Fourteen men faced Johnson
in he four innings he worked yesterday
and six of these were struck out. Two
hits were made off the big fellow, but
these cut no figure in the result, for
after second and third We're occupied
bv Cobb and Veach Johnson struck out
Heilman.
Angered at something that Joe Boehl-
ing is alleged to have said to him a S
he touched Ty Cobb with the ball after
he had caught him off first base, Cobb
threw some dust into the pitchers
face. and he was jeered for this dis
play of temper.
Why Umpire Hildebrand allowed the
incident 20 go by without taking some
action is not clear
George McBride's difficult bounding
grounder. which Witt fumbled and then
threw low to first, had much to do
with the victory of the Grifmen yes
terday. On it was scored the second
run of that inning in which the Ma
tionals tied the score.
George also got clean hit in the
fifth. when he drove liner to center
of which Cobb made a good stop
showing any too well in the games
here. though he has used the two he
has the most confidence in. Cunning
ham is the one recruit pitcher who has
shown good form for the Tigers all
spring. and yet he was beaten here by
| Johnson. Yesterday Jennings felt Ger
, tain Coveleskie could deliver the goods
for his team against the Nationals. but
while it seemed he would have easy
sailing, having comfortable lead up
! to the seventh inning, the big Pole
weakened perceptibly and had to be
| taken out of the game with two on
| base as result of three straight hits
| Dubuc took his place. but wild streak
| in the eleventh caused his undoing.
! Umpire Billy Evans was guilty of a
| grave mistake yesterday when in the
ninth inning he called Cobb safe sliding
! into third, when as matter of fact he
was out by fully four feet from the
| clearly shown by the action photograph
| which appears on this page, made by
! The Stars photographer. 1t seems I'M
! pire Evans on the outside of the
diamond and the play was hidden by
| Foster. which caused him to make the
| error which, however, did not cost
| anything. for though Veach stole sec
ond on this play, Heilman struck out
when Johnson whizzed three fast balls
! past him.
| It is pleasing to note that the Griff-
men do not quit at any stage, even
| though the breaks have been against
! them. They keep on hustling, as yester
| day. and if there is the slightest open
| ing they take advantage of it.
! Joe Judge got but one hiN yesterday,
| but that started the rally which made
| the tying of the score possible Shanks
| and Henry following suit and putting
| Coveleskie out of the game.
| 1t is that fighting spirit which brings
the breaks to a ball team. If the play
| ers get 1t into their heads that they
are beaten just as soon as the opposing
team obtains an advantage there is
no hope for 1t. The only way defeat
can be turned into victory is to keep
hustling and never say die.
Ray Morgan played beautiful game
of ball at second base. He covered
| lot of ground, and on two or three oc-
casions went over to second base and
picked up the ball and by brilliant
throwing caught his man at first Nor
gan had but one error, and that was
when Judge threw Wits tap to Nor
gan. in the seventh, which he muffed.
! 1t was expected that either Harry
Harper or Bert Gallia would do the
pitching in the third game today. Gal
] liza always has been successful against