Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-05-27
MURPHY IS BOUGHT;
HOVL|K IS EARNED
Griff Gets 0utfieIder From
Des Moines; Lets Pitcher
Go to Minneapolis.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

CHICAGO. May 27.-In the final
road trip this afternoon one familiar
face will be missing and a strange
one in evidence. Ed Hovlik is the
departed member and Bob Murphy
the newcomer. Hovlik has been turned
over to Minneapolis. Under an agree
ment Griff1th reached last night with
he will get Hovlik back along with
another player when the association
season closes.
Who the other athlete is has not
been disclosed, but he is said to be
going like a house afire. Cantillon
will not part with him now. He vi
sions another pennant for his club.
Grin figures he can we'll afford to dis
pense with Hovlik. The big right
handler is too wild to be of any serv-
ice to the Nationals. He has a bar
rel of stuff. but cannot control it.
him out. He will get plenty of it
under Cantillon.
Grifflth closed the deal for Murphy
over the long distance telephone last
night after Scout" Altrock had seen
him knock home run over the fence
in game at Des Moines yesterday
If Murphy arrives in time Griffith
will place him in center field in the
game this afternoon.
Mike Martin recommended Murphy
TO Griffith year before last. when he
saw him in action while on the trip
that brought Adrian Lynch to Wash
anGton. Grin turned him down. be-
cause he was a left-handed hitter. He
Is said to be only twenty-three years
old. about the size of Joe Judge and
hitter with a penchant for turning
ia fai VI
fast runner, about like Monoskey, and
Is said to possess a great throwing
arm. He finished the season with the
Boston Braves last year. They would
have had to pay $4,000 to retain him.
AT that time the outlook for base ball
was SO dubious they declined to take
chance. Frank Isbell Of the Wichita
team has assured Griff that Murphy is
a fine-looking major league prospect.
The deal was a cash one.
It IL remarkable the bad breaks a
team will get when of its stride. AL
though licked by the White Sox, 3 to
2. again yesterday for the sixth sue
cessive defeat, the last five being by
a margin of 1 run, the Nationals did
kind Of an even deal at the hands of
Dame Fortune would have copied, by
q count Of to 1.
Today the Grfnmen will entrain i'm
mediatsly after the combat for the
rive tomorrow at 4:so pm. for a long
home stay that will be inaugurated
the following day with q fve-game
Get against the Yankees.
Unless Ayers Is picked to do the
from New Orleans. today VIII be
called on for his initial effort in
the American League. Either will
have his work cut out for him. as
Eddie Cicotte, the star Of the world
is showing in ali his former glory.
is billed to ofiiciate on the mound
for the Comiskeyites.
Little Harry Thompson was the
Grinthian hurting victim Yesterday.
and one run In each Of the first three
frames, but only one of the .tallies
was deserved. The left-hander re-
tired the Sox in order in the fourth,
NTH and sixth. and Craft, who sue
enth and eighth, not sign of q hit
being made by the opposition in the
Anal nve frames.
Hssberg. aside from his perfect re-
lay that tagged Janvrin's effort to
bloY. had q busy day ut short. He
made Q lsaping one-handed catch that
cheated Shanks Of q hit in the third
and robbed Foster OF two others by
spearing line drives.
Fosters fielding featured for the
Nationals. Gandil and Weaver both
being victimized through some stellar
work by the midget thirdsacker.
Only q strong wind blowing in the
wrong direction deprived johnson Of
home run and the Nationals Of ty-
ing the score in the ninth. Walter
made jackson back up against the
bleaohers for his wallop. With no
brss8e to retard its fight It would
have cleared tho Enclosure by . good
margin.
Joe Leonard entered the mAtrfmo-
NAL league yesterday. He slipped one
over on his teammates by disappear
ing after the game and showing up at
dinner time with his bride.