Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-12
BY J. ED GRILLo.

b u. ED 1h1LLO.
| What should be a splendid pitchers
| battle will in all probability be staged
| at the ball park this afternoon when
Harry Harper and Harry Coveleskie.
| the veteran of the Detroit staff, will
meet in the third clash between the
| Tigers and Griffmen.
| Harper has been pitching remarkab BILE
| ball for the past month or so, ana
| he is certain to give good account
| of himself today. Harper pitched the
final game against the st. Louis
| Browns last Saturday, holding them to
| four hits and run, and winning the
game, to /, from Davenport.
| With Coveleskie pitching there is apt
! to be change in the local lineup, for
Manager Griffith will not want to have
| any more left-handed hitters in the
game than is absolutely necessary and
will arrange his right-handed hltters
| in such manner that they can DO the
| most effective work.
! Joe Engel wan his fifth consecutive
game for the Buffalo team yesterday.
| That Engel will be a member of the
| Boston Red Sox staff as soon as the
/ International League season IS at an
| end there is not the slightest doubt.
He has developed into a real pitcher
under Patsy Donovan, and is in far
way to lead his league in the matter
of victories. Bill Carrigan bought
Engel for $500 from Minneapolis, and
then sent him to Buffalo, where he has
been given chance to work regularly
Buffalo is owned by the Boston club
hence there is chance for any other
club to get Engel's services.
That the Red Sox checked the re-
markable progress of the White Sox by
inflicting a dose of the same proper
tons which the SoX performed the day
before, proves that the Carrigans are
not yet out of the running. The other
contenders, New York and Cleveland,
like the Nationals and Tigers, broke
even in their double-headers; this left
the race in the same position it was
day before yesterday.
Ty Cobb made two efforts to steal
second in the second game. and on each
occasion stopped by Ainsmith and
Mcbride, Mcbride shining in the sensa-
tional manner in which he handled
Ainsmiths throws, one of which was
so wide of the mark that Mcbride had
to grab it with one hand and put it on
Cobb with the same motion that he got
the ball. Cobb was considerably milf
ed by the decision and the umpres al
lowed him to delay the game for some
time while he pouted.
With Shanks on first the result of
base hit in the second, Barber hit a
sharp grounder to Burns, who touched
the retiring Barber and then made
quick throw to Bush at second, but
Bush failed to touch Shanks until after
he had reached the bag, and, of course,
Umpire Nallin called him safe and
would not allow the double play. which
the Detroit infeld claimed. Inasmuch
as Barber was first retired, Shanks was
not forced and. consequently, had to be
touched with the bah before he could
be retired. He was at liberty to return
to first base, had conditions warranted
such action. because Barber had been
retired before Shanks. the latter conse-
quently not being forced.
Walter Johnson has not been in as
great form at any time this season as
he was in the second game yesterday.
The big fellow seemed to have every
thing he ever had in the way of speed.
and struck out ten men, seven of whom
persisted during the first four innings
The Tigers only had two men left on
the bases and only six reached there.
Eddie Foster is doing some remarka-
BILE playing at second base these days,
his pickup and throw of Heilmen'S
slow roller in the first inning of the
second game brought him lot of APP
plause. and he did several other stunts
with the ball which proved him to
have developed into one of the best
fielders ever seen at second base
In addition to the conversation over
the phone with August Hermann
printed in The Star Tuesday, in which
he denied that he had discussed the
transfer of the Washington franchise
to Baltimore, the head of the national
commission sent the following tele-
gram to make sure that his stand in
the matter would not be misunder-
stood:
Baltimore. July II.
]. Ed Grille. Evening Star, Washing
ton. ID c.:
Absolutely nothing in the story. They
asked me whether or not there would
be objection on part of organized base
ball II Washington club was brought
to Baltimore. Told them that was a
matter entirely for American League
to determine But was sure that John
son would not stand for it. They did
not want this city.
AUGUST HERMANN
President Ban Johnson was asked by
wire yesterday If there was any prob
ability of the rules being changed to
cover the intentional hitting of bats