Evening star., 1917-05-04
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.


After providing splendid weather for
the series with the Yankees. the wealth
er man turned on the hose early today
and kept 1t going steadily all morning,
thereby making impossible the first of
series of five scheduled games with
the world champion Boston Red Sox.
Furthermore, Uncle Sans official guess
er can see nothing but rain for the
morrow, so it may be that there Will
be no Saturday contest, either.
Manager Griffith was anxious to play.
and waited until the last minute be-
fore calling it off. in hopes that the sun
would break forth.
Today's postponement makes the
fifth so far for the Grifmen this sea-
son-one in Philadelphia, one in New
York, two in Boston and one here. To-
days game will be played off as the
second part of a double-header Tues
day, May %, on which day the locals
return from their swing around the
western circuit.
Griff had expected to use Du Mont
in the box today, and it is likely George
is possible. although Galtia also is eli
gible. Either Ruth or Shore is expect
ed to pitch for the Red Sox.
boSlOn Is Ine only team III the AHich =
can League which is not being given
military drills. The Sox expected to make
their belated start last Saturday, but
were unable to obtain the services OF a
drillmaster. President H. H Frazee mas
written to the War Department request
ing that an officer be assigned to his
team for that purpose, but has received
no reply as yet. FraZee is due in WASH.
ington this afternoon, and probably VIII
visit the department in connection with
this matter
II think the military drills are good
thing, and we are anxious to get started.
said Manager Barry of the Sox today.
''1f there hadn't been mix-up over get
ting an instructor we would be drilling
now. However. we expect to have an
officer assigned to US within a day or two,
and then we will go to work to make up
for lost time"
For the purpose of drawing larger
crowds Manager Mack of the Athletics
has decided to start his games later.
According to Jack Barry, who had
talk with the pilot of the Mackmen yes
terday evening. all future games at Shibe
Park will not get under way until 3:45
o'clock instead of at 8. as has been the
custom in the past. the lean leader fgur
an hour leeway will serve to attract
many fans unable to get away from their
work in time for the earlier start.
Given good pitching the Griffmen can
win. This has been demonstrated in
the cases Of Johnson. Gallia. Shaw and
Harper. But not SO with Du Mont.
The Frenchman has been started in
three games and has. yet failed to
record a victory. although never bat
ted hard. three runs being the top num-
ber recorded against him in any one
of his contests. He is due to start
as the twirler likely to oppose him.
Assuredly George is not being dropped
into soft spots.
Joe Judge continues the fast pace
he has set with the bat, double and
single out of four trips up yesterday
giving him an average for the day OF
500. He is hitting them to all corners
a blow just inside the foul line in
left field and his single neat bunt
toward third that Baker came in fast
for but failed to negotiate with one
hand His hardest crack of the day
was in the sixth inning to deep right
field and netted him nothing as Gll-
hooley speared the drive after hard
run Joe means to collect that 5000
bonus
Shaw fooled the faithful few yester-
day. When he walked Gilhooley, the
first man to face him, they thought they
usually stages when he is in the box,
but he famed High and Ainsmith nip
ped Gilhooley, who endeayored to steal
on the third strike.
Good fielding Jim's part saved him
some trouble in the third. which Peck
opened with a double to left. Walters
blow was flelded by the pitcher. who
tossed to Foster in time to catch Peck.
A double play. engineered by McBrlde.
helped him in the fourth. High opened
this round with the single to center.
but Capt. Mac scooped up Maisefs
bounder while on the run toward sec
ond and after stepping on the bag
whipped the ball to Judge. Outside OF
the sixth, when the visitors made their
lone run they got only two men on
bases Hendryx, who drew pass in
the seventh. was caught off first by
Ainsmith's quick peg. and Maise1, who
walked in the ninth, was forced by
Baker after Shaw had famed Pipp.
The appearance of Hendryx in center
field for the Yanks surprised no one. as
Magee's weakness with the stick fore
shadowed bench duty for him. Magee's
failure to hit cannot be attributed to
slump, as he never has been able to get
started. In the late and unlamented
Federal League Leo Hoernschemeyer--
his name before he had it legally
changed-was star, but II is pret1y
generally recognized by this time that
there was q vast difference between
the Federal and the major leagues.
Graduates like Magee have done much
to prove it.
Jack Coombs, former Mackman and
one Of the few players who ever did
a successful come back in base ball. is
a real jinx to the Giants. Mordecaf
Brown, Jack Pfiester, Lew Richie and
All Demaree all have had a great meas
ure of success against McGraw's club.
but their records fade into insignifi-
canoe when compared with that of the
crafty Colbian. When Brooklyn beat
New York in ten innings yesterday at
the Polo Grounds the champion Dodgers
gave Coombs his eleventh straight vic
tory over the Giants. Coombs won his
first game from the New York team
in the world series of 1911, conquering
the then mighty Mathewson. Coombs
was sent back against the Giants in
the fifth game of the series. but was
injured and forced to quit, with the
score 3-3 in the ninth inning. Since