Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-23

In addition he is carefully scrutiniZ-
ing the work of Pitcher Swartz of the
same team. Schwartz. who is a right
handler. has the unqualified indorse-
ment of Dick Hoblitzell. the former
big league first baseman. If Griffith
goes to Reading it is probable he will
be back in Washington before the
Nationals leave for the west Sunday
evening, with news OF his scouting &C
uvitieS.
Johnson's Arm Is Lame.
On the eve of the return to service
of the Nationals cripples-Judge, Ell
lerbe and O'Neill. all of whom are
expected to be available by TUESDAY
twhen the western swing VIII De open
ed with a doubled header at CleVe-
land. the club has been struck an
other severe blow in the temporary
loss of Walter Johnson. The dean
of the local hurting staff has been
having trouble with his arm on ana
on all season and right now 1t is IN
such shape that it is believed 1T would
be dangerous for him to attempt any
box work.
The nature of the soreness in john
sons arm, which at times is In the
sbicep and then Jumps" to the PACK
lation as to whether he is suffering
from rheumatism or neuritis. but the
pitcher believes his ailment Is due
to attempting to pitch before recover
ing from a cold which settled In ~
last spring Johnson today said his
arm felt better than for some days,
but he has been advised to give IL
thorough rest to avoid permanently
/, injuring it.
Mcbride Sets Example.
George Mcbride used his vocal and
athletic accomplishments to good ad-
vantage in guiding the Nationals TO
victory over the Browns yesterday
He kept the players constantly on
their toes with verbal prods and FUR
nished an example at bat and afield
worthy of a player much younger IN
years. His neat sacrifice in the fourth
inning placed a pair of Griffs in posi-
! ton to score on a miSplay and he
paved the way for what proved to be
the winning tally when he led off in
the sixth with a clean bingle- In ad-
dition he contributed a line throw 10
efface Gedeon in the seventh, after
stopping Joe'S smash to deep short,
that was as strong and accurate
bit of heaving as is ever seen
The game put up by the Browns was
about as bushy an affair as could be
imagined. Urban Shocker is charged
with the defeat in the official records,
but will not be held accountable in
the private book maintained by Man
ager Burke. The Browns made to-
tai of five miscueS behind the spit
ball artist and every one of them
was a factor in the Washington scor
ing, even the one tally the Grifs did
earn developing from play on which
an error was made
The exhibition given by Jezebel Te-
cumseh Zachary was a remarkable
example of form reversal. In the
first four innings he yielded nine hits.
good for four runs. and in the fol-
Moving five frames permitted only one
Brown (Gerber) to get on base, and
he got no farther than first aftet
walking in the sixth. The visiting
shortfielder, by the way, was one OF
the Browns who did not contract the
error habit. and the play he made in
taking Roth's sharp crack TO erase
Milan at the plate in the fifth was
sparkling bit of work.
Altrock Is Scouting. Too.
Coach Altrock is assisting in the
hunt for playing talent for the Ma
<ionals. Nick was the chief attrac-
tion at the opening of the new ball
park at New Haven. Conn, Wednes
day, when he was presented with a
loving cup by Eastern League fans
Two OF the first five" batters-Sis
Ter and Rice-went hitless yesterday.
Sam raised his total of thefts to
forty-two by stealing with Roth at
bat in the third inning.
Yesterdays attendance was one of
the smallest turnouts of the season,
the paid admissions numbering only
1,6SS.
Z Carlson is coming back to the Ma
tionals from Little Rock. Kid Ell
berfeld is not satisfied with the work
the young right-hander has done for
his Southern League pennant con-
tenders. Carlson may figure in one
of Griff's prospective deals.
Gharrity's efforts to snare Tobin's
foul in the sixth were comical. Judges
hard-working underStudy succeeded
in retiring Tobin after skidding on
his first attempt. Pat registered a
couple of bingles and delivered an
other blow which could have been
scored a hit when he handcuffed ia
cobson with liner in the fourth.
Dixie Davis is billed 10 oppose the
tsriffs in the second contest of the
set today. Mcbride has Shaw. Erick-
son, Schacht, Courtney and Snyder to
choose from.