Evening star., 1919-05-03
i'm SHAW AHERO
|NGR|FFS' VICTORY
Hammers Out Two Home
Runs and Puzzles Ath-
IetiC BatterS.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

BY DENMAN THOMPSON.
base ball axiom that as pitcher
looks. so looks the team. was never
| better illustrated than yesterday
when the Nationals put the rollers un-
der Mack's tribe by 60 count
( Nearly 10000 fans came to root fol
the Athletics in the opening game OF
the American League in Philadelphia
but they remained to cheer J. Aloysius
Shaw, who gave fine exhibition OF
hurling until his throwing hand was
hurt in the sixth, and he out-Ruthed
Ruth by pounding the ball into the
| left field bleachers for home run on
each of his first two appearances at
bat Both were vicious drives. The
first struck the ground just in front
of the seats and bounded in; the Sec
ond cleared the railing by a consider
able margin and landed half way up
among the bleacherites packed into
this section. Circuit clout No. 2
spelled flnis for W. w. Kinney. the
six feet and two inches of left handed
pitching. material that c. Mack pur-
| chased from the Red Sox. and when
famed Shaw on his third appearance
at the bat spectators applauded it
| with as much gusto as the whiting of
a Cobb or Speaker
Not hit was garnered off Shaw un-
til Thomas pumped lone sin
gle to center in the fifth. Half
a dozen of the enemy had been
set down on strikes. and if j. Aloysius
hadn't stuck his fiinging paw in front
of couple of hot bounders in the
sixth he would without doubt have
gone on to shut-out. Burns was on
first by reason of a regular hit when
Witt and Thomas drilled safeties
through Shaw, whose little finger was
dislocated trying to stop them. When
Dugan followed with rap down the
left field foul line that gave the Mack
men their two tallies Jim was re-
placed by Johnson, who stopped the
rally and staged a nifty little pitch
ing exhibition of his own by whiting
five and allowing only one hit in the
remaining three and one-third rounds
of pastiming.
Manager Grlhth's announced plan
to give Janvrin a chance to regain
his strength by using Joe Leonard al
second was upset by the fact that
Mack started a left-hander on the
| advantage that he may be allowed to
remain unless it becomes apparent his
retention in the inf1eld in his presen,
weakened state will too seriously
| handicap the team. He had little to dc
in fielding way, but got on the bases
| in all but one of his five times at bat
| once on hit" twice through passes
medium of an error.
Harry Harper and Ed Hovlik are in
line to perform for the Nationals this
afternoon. Harper's arm was stiff in
his warm-up yesterday If he succeeds
be nominated to certainty, otherwise
Hovlik will get the call. The latter's s
injured leg Is nearly sound again
and he is about due to justify the
nice things printed about his ability
this spring. With either Of this pair
toiling this afternoon Johnson will be
primed to work before the home folks
will be sent back against the Mack
men in the final game of the series
here Monday. Jim needs lot of hard
work to be at his best and he is going
to get it.
The Nationals will entrain for
Washington Immediately after the
game this evening. Probably Johnson
and Thompson of the pitchers. the
three catchers. Mcbride. Leonard and
Altrock, in addition to the regulars.
will make the trip. The others will
Doc Ayres who was called home by
a death in the family. will rejotn the
club in Washington tomorrow.
Washington's nine hits yesterday
were distributed in an unusual manner.
four of them being obtained by the
fNl~ }@I lnt
ter has looked particularly strong
with the fail this spring. Both Of the
hits he made Thursday drove in runs,
and like Foster, who helped himself
to another pair yesterday, he has
been consistent in his stickwork.
who have. Milan. Rice and shanks be-
ing far below par with the willow.
In the five games and two innings
Picinich has worked to date he has
made seven hits in nineteen times at
bat for an average of 1868.
The Griffs got a run without the
aid of a hit, following Shaw's first
homer in the third round Judge walk
ing, taking second on balk, advanc-
ing to third on Fosters out and scor-
ing on Milans sacrifice fly
After Charity haG been passed in
the sixth Menosky was put on to run
for him and replace him in left field.
Lefty Kinney having vanished from
the mound in the meantime. Hits by
Janvrin and Picinich scored him.
Seibold. Mack's second pitcher, was
derricked in favor of Anderson, an
other southpaw. because Of wildness.
but he might just as well have been
left in, for Anderson walked a pair
of Griffs in the eighth, and when
Foster and Milan produced hits an
other pair of markers was cha1ked up.
The military and naval features
planned for the opening were cancel
ed. owing to the inability to be pres
ent of the officers who were to have
officiated. The only ceremony was
the tossing out of the first ball, which
was done by Mrs. Mack, wife Of the
Athletic leader.
Men offered their lives that you
might he s0fe. Buy yicf0rv Iiha.+y