Evening star., 1920-03-14

and Golden, WHO VIII Si"E. ~"
tough time OF it. and were lucky
ITALICS registered OFT them
Shaw.s Work Satisfies.
Shaw's showing was highly satls-
factory. the only man he Waiheu
being forced at second ana doupie
,,lay following with the result that
th, aliens were set down in order
durin.- his three innings regime.
can got into a jam right at the out
..-t walking the first TWO men 10 race
him rich. with single ana tflpie
rhat eusu-d accounted for three runs.
H.. .Scaped unscathed IN the neAt
,v-o frames and Golden managed 10
stagvsr through the seventh anu
~ .hi,, rounds without being scored
on. but got a bomb rdment in the
ninth, v!Icu three satetieS prous III
III. locals up to within one mar
of I'm. Nationals total, with the tN-
ing counter on third AT th-s juno
ture fc managed to knock down
drive through the box and save the
Cav. Shauks covered first Tor lampa
in pIsrc of Washburn. but was unaoie
To ,ie any execution win the va
against hrs mates. although ne p4a!eo
n nifty tIeldinS game aiouh" >
initial haSSock.
Courtney. who started on the mound
for th. locals. appeared TO be IN foF
Il drubbiug when Judge and Rlce ooth
co,nbed him for safeties, but got ou.
of the hole by compelling Roth anu
Harris to lift flies. He got oumPeo
in the second round. however Joe
Judge spilling the beans for MN WIN
anoth.r safe crack. triple TO rlsh.
coutcr that registered Leonard anu
Shaw, Joe having walked Wnlle
Jim pounded a single down the tnlru
base line. The southpaw then retlreu
Milan aud set down Rice. Rotn anu
u.rris in order in the next frame.
whiting Rotn.
Shnnks saves Crockett.
,,,,c-s misplay got Crockett in
+,oubje in his first inning, the
fourth. and his own wild peg past
second III an effort 10 start
doubI. play made matters worse.
tut showed the youngster Knew
what to attempt to DO Win tne "a
at such a iancture. base on paiis
to Shaw loaded the sacks with one
ont. bII; Shanks extracted him oy
grabbing Judges hot Smash anu
starting double play VIA lne
piate Crockett got into reai
trouble in the next rouno Nc IVA
pass to Milan, singles by Rlce ana
Eoth and an infield death accounted
for pair of tallies. With two
down he walked Shannon. who with
Roth pulled a double steal on him.
but further damage was prevented
go. rid of Shaw. Judge and Milan III
order in the sixth.
ttorche. the Tampa hurler. was
given a hearty greeting py rice
in the form of three-base biow
down the first base line to start
the seventh a wild pitch permit
ting Sam to tally. Roth followed
with Il single and Harris dropped
Texas Lacquer into right; on
which Roth was nipped at tnird;
and the latter was doubled up
With Shannon. That ended the
Nationals offensive activities. al
though Eice got double in the
ninth on a pop to rieht tnat Hoou
lost in the sun. Rice's triple in TIE
seventh and his safety in the
opener were clean blows. but the
single he got in the fifth was
scratch affair that took bad
bound past the shortstop. Both OF
Roth's whacks we're liners to left.
but Bobbys batting lamps still
need much trimming. He goes
after a lot of bad balls and has
not seen enough pitching yet this
spring to gauge speed, much less
curves.
shannon Good Mt short.
shannon made his first appear
ansc at short, and, while no difn-
cult chances were offered, he dem
orstrated he is familiar with the
duties Of the position. With Har-
ris and Judge he had hand in two
double plays, starting one and
pivuting in the other. both OF
which were faultless in method of
execution.
Any one Of number of infield
combinations may be decided on
as the regular array for the Ma
tionals this season, but as yet
Griffith has reached no conclusions
1,n ,.Ia frn
among whom occupants of the
three open positions will be chosen.
Three of the eligibles have been
at work for only week and it is
Yet too early to determine who is
who and for what Jobs they are
best fitted. but enough has been
seen of the rawest of the recruits
to settle definitely that neither
Grubb. Stark nor Watt yet is ripe
for picking. although it may be
said of the last that he is ex-
pected to develop rapidly within
the next couple Of years.
Infela Is Unsettled.
II is doubtful also that Wash
burn is as Yet sufficiently far ad-
vanceJ to make the grade. SO. with
Judge having the first basing Job
cinched. and with Shanks available
as understudy for him. the candi-
dates for berths at second. third
and short are narrowed down to
Harris Shannon Ellerbe, Leonari
and ONeill. The last-na med is
being considered only for the shDrt
field: that is where ne belongs. and
Leonar1s s hopes are conhned to the
far corner. but shannon is possi-
bility for either second or short.
Ellerbe stands a chance for either
short or third. and Harris i. pos
sibility for third. although his
greatest opportunity is a. the key
stone sack.
shannon originally was 4 sho-.-
stop, and when he came up with
the Athletics ii was u toss-up as to
whether he wqull ne placed there
or at second. Joe DusAn and Shan
ron were available for he tso
positions, and they we've SO evenly
matched in natural attributes that
Connie Mack told them to settle
the question of which would play
whore between them. with -he ,e-
suit that Dugan went to short and
Shannon took second.
Ellerbe shows signs of develop
Ing into the best and hardest hit
ter OF the lot. although Joe Leon
ard. with regular work in one
place. is believed to be capable of
attaining mighty satisfactory
average with the stick. Ellerbe's
batting prospects are so highly
regarded that IL is going to take
some consistently good work
part Of any rival to keep him idle.
Ne hasn't as much action as
C'Neill or Shannon at short. how
ever. does not start so fast nor
get his throws away so quickly.
io'Neill is by far the fieetest of
foot and the shiftiest generally:
He always is in front of the ball
and displays no lost motion what
ever in starting double plays A
sttH arm continues to handicap
him in his pegg1ng. He will look