Evening star., 1917-05-03
PITCHERS co WELL
IN SPRING GAMES
Yesterdays Notable Perform
ances in Line With PreW-
GUS Work of Season.
SMALL SCORES THE RULE
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Generally speaking. major league
pitchers are in good form this spring.
as the results yesterday would indicate
when low-hit and extra-inning battles
| featured the day in base ball
! Chief among the list of more or less
notable performances was the world rec
ord established in Chicago. when neither
the Reds nor the Cubs registered a hit
or run in nine innings. Jim Vaughn,
once member of the Washington clubs
pitching staff lost the game. in the tenth
when two hits and an error gave Gin
cnnati one run. but Fred Toney further
added TO his laurels by retiring the Cubs
in order in that round.
In addition to the banking of the
Griffmen by Donovans Yankees. two
other shut-outs We're recorded. Detroit
winning to from St. Louis and the
Cardinals beating the Pirates to 0.
The Giants and Brooklyns struggled
fourteen innings to a - tie and the
Phillies nosed out the Boston Braves.
! . to /. The only large sized score of
he day was made at Cleveland, where
the Chicago White Sox defeated the In
dians by S to s.
| Toney's no-hit game was the third
achieved by a major league hurler this
! season. The other two fingers TO earn
4 this much coveted honor We're Eddie Ci-
/ cotte of the White Sox and George Mog-
ridge Of the clan of Donovan now sojourn-
| ing in this city. Cfcotte'S feat was per-
! formed against the Browns in st. Louis
early in April. and Mogrdge pitched hit
| less ball against the Red Sox in Boston.
| an unusual feature of these pitching fea Is
| being that all three were turned in by
| boxmen working on foreign grounds.
! Thomas J. Hickey. president of the
/ American Association denies he has heard
| of any proposition to cancel part of the
| playing season because of poor gate re-
/ ceipts. due to the war. but he admits that
\ four Of the clubs. dissatisfied with the
present situation, are anxious to have a
/ league meeting called to discuss prospects
/ for the season. According to Mike Can
| tillon. owner of the Minneapolis club. it
| is likely such a meeting will be called in
Chicago, probably Saturday
! Having ten pitchers six of whom are
available for duty today. Manager Dono-
van faces quite a puzzle in picking the
! right one to oppose the Griffmen in the
! final contest of the series here. The eligi-
| BILE hurlers are Russell. Caldwell. Monroe.
| Piercy, Love, Cullop and Mogridge. The
/ latter three are lefthandcrs. Russell is
/ The most likely candidate for the assign
( nent. Manager Griffith will use either
Shaw or Ayers, probably the former, saw
i ing George Du Mont for tomorrow when
/ the Boston Red Sox arrive for five-game
! series
/ The Yankee players went to the Capt.
tol in a body yesterday and We're shown
over the building by Lieut.. J. j. Nc
Grath of the House police force.
! President Johnson of the American
/ League today had nothing to add to his
! previous statements regarding the pro-
1 posed taxing of base ball receipts as a
! war measure. He reiterated his belief
| that the young players of his circuit
would not be called upon to shoulder
arms until after the league season is
| finished, but said no obstacles would be
| placed in the way of them doing their
/ duty, no matter when the call to the
colors should come. Johnson conferred
with President Minor of the Washington
| club yesterday and was his guest at the
| game. but the league head has not talked
with Manager Griffith as yet.