Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-28
CHAMPIONS OPEN
HERE TOMORROW
Boston to Play Four Games
With Nationals During
Stay in Capital.
GRIFFITH HOPES TO MAKE
CLEAN SWEEP OVER SOX
Dumont or Boehling Due to Face the
Mackmen in Final Game
Today.
BY j. ED GRILLo.

| What should prove one of the most
/ interesting series ever played on the
| local grounds opens here tomorrow
when the Boston world champions be-
gin a four-game session with the
Walter johnson has been primed for
J the game tomorrow. and 1T is befeveo
i he also will pitch the final game next
! Wednesday. Harper and Boehling be-
| ing slated to work Monday and Tues
day.
Griffith is hopeful of taking four
] straight from the champions. and for
/ this reason will work his pitchers as
] stated. He figures that Johnson is GER
tain to win the two games he is TO
pitch and he feels confident that Har-
| per and Boehling will win their games
here as they did in Boston.
! If Griffiths plans go through. and It
| is believed they will. the Red SoX VIII
get setback in the race from which
| There is a lot of feeling against the
Sex by the local players because of
| their inability to win game in Bos-
| ured that it will help the game if the
Sox are held back. SO that they can't
| make a runaway race or 1t.
Harry Harper won his second game
yesterday, scoring his first victory over
| the Red Sox April IS at Boston by the
same score as that of yesterday, TO 2
Harper now has percentage or 500,
est kind of luck by the New York club,
on each occasion the score being to 2.
Harpers performance yesterday was
excellent he holding the visitors to
two hits for the first six innings and
being hit for three more after that.
Joe Judge is daily improving in his
hitting, and with any sort of a break
yesterday he would have added a three
Dagger or home run to the two singles
he is credited with In the sixth inning
he met one of Bressier's fast ones and
sent it on a long voyage to center field.
A less brilliant outfielder than strunk
would never have gotten near the ball.
and Strunk only did so after long
sprint.
With Judge rounding into form with
the bat the Nationals chance to ad-
vance In the race will be much in
creased, for Rondeau. too, seems to be
in his stride, and the two players ought
to start driving in lot of runs
Manager Griffith made a wise move
when he determined to play Shanks in
stead of Moeller yesterday. when he
found that Mack intended to pitch
Bressler, left handler While Noel
Ter bats right handed against south
paws he nevertheless is handicapped
against a portsider.
Shanks had great day with the bat,
the plate. 1t was Shanks who drove in
the second run, when he scored Will
liams with a sharp single over Wits
head.
Alva Williams single in the eighth
made the victory possible. Williams
Is hitting timely this spring and he
ought to still further improve his stick !
Though Ray Morgan is playing a re-
markable game at second base, he is
not hitting anywhere near his real
&C vet he fc 1nf 70
off when he will get into his stride.
Morgan is much better hitter than
he has proved himself to date. Morgan
ought to hit approximately $50 in the
season.
Henri Rondeau has a perfect batting
eye. He never hits at bad balls and
as result he walked on three differ
ent occasions yesterday Bressler and
Myers both being guilty of lack of
control when facing the Frenchman.
After the series with Boston here the
Griffmen go to Philadelphia for four
game series, after which they return
here to meet the western clubs, which
Will make their first invasion of the
east. The St. Louis Browns will be the
hrst of the western clubs to appear
Following the Browns come the Tigers
Indians and the White Sox. each play
ing four-same series. Then the Ma
tiona1s start on a long trip after play
ing three more games here with the
Athletics. Washington goes to Boston
May 80 for series of four games and
jumps from there to Detroit for its
first invasion of the west.
Strunk. Oldring. Lajoie and McInnis,
undoubtedly the best quartet of bat
tiers on Mack's team. could not connect
safely with Harpers delivery, showing
that good left-hander Is just as eff
fectfve against right-handed as left
| handed batters.
! Witt. the young shortstop of the
Athletics, undoubtedly has bright fu-
ture before him. The youngster has a
\ lot of ability and will learn rapidly
He has all the earmarks of making
star In year or SO.
/ While Charley Pick has many supe-
! riors playing third base in this league,
| he is filling the position most satisfac-
/ toriiy for Macks team. He has felded
| well in the games here and can be
| counted upon to hold his own as q hit
| ter. Since the days when Frank Baker
held down the third base job for the
Mackmen Connie has not had as serv-
| lceabie a third sacker as Pick has
| proved to be.
1t is likely Manager Grifith will send
| fnai game Of the series with the Ath-
| !etics If he does not use Dumont Joe
| Booming will be selected. II being a
| question of which one of the twirIers
| shows up best in the preliminary
warm-up. Mack may pitch Myers, who
appeared in a couple Of innings yes
terday. but 1t is Nabors' turn
MINOR LEAGUE RESULTS,