Evening star., 1919-05-09
JACOBSON SOUGHT
TO REPLACE MILAN
Nationals 0utfieIder Returns
Here to Be Operated on
for Appendicitis.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

NEW YORK. May Bill Jacobson.
the giant outfielder of the st. Louis
Browns, will be obtained to plug the
hole left vacant by the illness of
Milan. if efforts being made by Man
ager Griffith TO obtain his release are
successful. Nearly two weeks ago
shortly after the season opened. the
Washington club was notified that St
Louis had asked for waivers on both
ia ,sebson and Earl Smith. the latter
also an outfelder. OF all the play
ers waivers were sought on in the
American League when the various
teams took action looking to the
pruning of :hair players to keep
within the twenty y-one-player limit
which went into effect yesterday,
these two We're the only ones Wash
! ington could have made use of. ac-
cording to Griffith. Having no init
/ nation at the time that his team
would be deprived of the services of
one of its most valuable members. no
steps then were taken to obtain title
, to either.
Milan's illness, which has been dag
nosed as appendicitis. has troubled
him off and on for several years.
particularly so this spring. He had
an attack of it at the training camp
at Augusta. which caused him to lay
off for a couple of days. When ex-
amined by a physician in Boston yes
, terday he was advised to have the
cause of the trouble removed imme-
diately. and took a train for Wash
ington yesterday evening. The oDera :
tion will be performed at Providence
Hospital. probably Saturday. If no
complications ensue Milan may be
ready to get back in the lineup
within a month.
At last Yancey Ayers is to have a
chance to get his name in box score
With the season seventeen days old the
doctor has yet to be called on for SerV
ice, but he is listed to start in the first
of three games against the Yankees this
afternoon. If the Virginian can jump
off with a win the Nationals pitching
staff will look considerably better than
it has thus far, but with the array of
sluggers Higgins has in his batting Or
de' the doctor would appear to be in
for a tough time of il. The Yanks took
three out of four games from the Red
Sox during their recent sojourn a the
Hub, but have not looked so impressive
against Philadelphia. which team the
Griffs gave a good licking.
The Nationals appeared weak against
the Red Sox in the final tilt at Fenway
Park yesterday. This contest. like the
first one Tuesday. produced only
blanks fOr washington, Sam Jones
dealing out another coat of whitewash
he applied in the capital week ago
last Sunday The GriffS had an op-
portunity to score in every one of the
nine rounds, but on not one of these
occasions could the needed safety be
produced They made nearly twice as
many hits as the SoX and had thirteen
runners left on bases as against two
for the Barrowmen.
Judge helped himself to three bin
giles. one for two sacks. and Shanks,
batting third in Milan's place. got
pair, but there was no one follow
ing them who could send them home.
Maybe Judge will yet be dropped to
fourth place in the batting order.
Twice with two mates on ahead of
him Rice grounded weakly to the box.
Sam did all that could be expected of
him on one occasion. In the third, with
Foster perched on first he clouted
the. ball on a line to right center
for what seemed a certain three-bag-
ger. only to have Amos Strunk make
a diving catch and come up with the
pill, after turning a somersault. Fos-
ter got a bingle to make his record
for hitting safely twelve straight
games Thompson hit three balls
right on the nose. but only one of
them dropped safely. This was
wallop to the extreme corner in right
that easily was good for three bases,
but netted only two because of the
faulty coaching.