Evening star., 1917-05-11
M'BR|DE HURTS HAND;
CRANE REPLACES HIM
Mac Splits Finger in Yesterdays
Game-Walter johnson to
Oppose Bagby Today.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CLEVELAND, May 11.-sam Crane. the
fiashy substitute shortstop of the Griff-
men, was due to arrive here today IN
answer to telegraphic summons and VIII
be seen in action against the Indians, If
| he gets here in time this afternoon
i With Jameson. young Crane was left IN
| Washington when the Grffmen departed
Wednesday evening. He was to have
! stayed there to await the return OF the
team the latter parr of this month, but
| an injury to Capt. Mcbride made it nee
essary for Manager Griffith to call Crane
| TO the colors. McBride's injury CON
sists Of n split fngernail received when
ISpeaker slid into him at second. and. Whlle
| not serious. is calculated to hamper him
| considerably in his work for several days,
so the boss promptly sent for Crane
/ Either Guy Morton or Jim Bagby is ex-
pected to oppose Walter Johnson in the
second game of the series this afternoon.
Bagby has pitched consistently good ball
/ all spring and possibly will bother the
visitors whole lot. However, of the five
games he twirled against Washington last
season he won only two, for a percentage
| of 400 while Johnson's two-year record
against the Cleveland club is eight games
won and four lost, mark of .66I. This
! same Bagby performed the unique feat
yesterday of being the only one to handle
! IA ball yet being able to retire the side
| and end the game. With two out IN the
ninth. runners on second and third and
! Morgan up Bagby replaced Fred Coumbe
! in the box for the Indians. Bagby pitched
/ only one ball, Morgan pokng it right back
| at the tribes pitcher. Bagby picked il
| UP and beat Morgan to the bag. thus be-
ing the only man to handle the ball.
/ Yesterdays contest was an odd one
in several respects 1t is not often that
a team scores four runs on only three
| hits and defeats club making nine
| safeties, three of them for extra bases.
Craft, Leonard and Du Mont were the
| only players on the bench who did not
| get into the game. Grif using sixteen
| men in his efforts to turn the tide of
battle With the arrival today of Crane
and Shaw the Senator'S roster is
brought up to twenty-one men. Shaw
having pitched Wednesday, was given
permission to stop off at Pittsburgh and
| visit his big game preserve, where he
| is wont to hunt in the off season.
Two Washington players, Foster and
Shanks, failed to get anything but
zeros in the box score, although both
actually handled the ball in play
| Neither had put-out, assist or error
and neither hit safely. Graney, left
fielder of the Indians. also was without
chances in the field. but drew Harpers
first base on balls and subsequently
| scored But although Foster was per
mitted to loaf, Morgan had a busy day
| of it, handling five put-outs and six as
lsists-the same record. by the way.
that of WamSbganss, the Indians sec
| ond baseman.
! Zeb Milan made a spectacular catch
| of a ball off Billings bat in the second
| inning that earned him the plaudits OF
| the 3.000-odd fans in attendance. The
/ Cleveland catcher caught one of Ayers
/ hooks right on the seam and sent il on
n line to left center 1t appeared to
| be impossible for any one to get the
blow but Milan sprinted back to his
|
! the ball in his gloved hand just as II
| was sailing over his head. The wallop
/ would have given Billings three bases
| at least. soggy though the ground was
It develops that the eastern cities
/ have not been alone in experiencing
bad weather this spring. According to
! Mana ger Fohl. both Detroit and Chicago
| have had eNceedingi: cold and rainy
weather. and yesterday was the fourth
/ fair day Cleveland has had since the
| season opened. Today the weather
again is splendid. being warmer than
yesterday if anything.
Evidence that Elmer smith is well
/ thought of here was furnished in the
| ninth inning yesterday. With the ty-
/ ing and winning runs on second and
| first and Gallia due at bat. Griffith.
| wanting substitute hitter for the
! pttcner and having no more right
| handed stick wielders in his stable.
| called Smith. even though south
/ paw was pitching Elmer was ap-
4, plauded heartily. but the best he could
| do against his former teammates was
an easy grounder that Wamby took
! care of.
!, Manager Griffith increased his list Of
! exhibition games by one today, when
/, he completed arrangements for a con-
test with the New York team of the
National League. TO be played at Akron.
| Ohio, which is about forty miles from
here. on Sunday, June Il. The Wash
| ington club will be at home from the
| 29th of this month until June %. and
| will be engaged in series with the
! Tigers. when il makes the jump from
| Wa Shington especially for the game
1 with the Giants. Mctiraw'S team gem
| orally is touted to win the National
| League race and with good weather
| on the day in question a crowd should
| turn out to see the contest.
| In the fourth inning yesterday the
| Griffmen halted the game and COM
| planned to Umpire Connolly that the.
| Indians had smeared the ball with some
| evil-Smeling substance so as to pre-
vent Gallia from using his spit ball.
! Connolly scrutiniZed the ball closely.
| but found nothing wrong. smell it.
/ Mcbride yelled. Connolly was obligins
and took a snuff. remarking that it re-
sembled a gas bomb in odor. At this
| Bodie is the only Italian playing major
| league base ball. cleared things up by
| explaining that he had been eating
| spaghetti garnished with garlic and
| that perhaps the odor had been im-
| narted 70 the ball by his hig mitt into