Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-05-19

Unless a general land very great
improvement is effected in the local
hurting corps, the trio of double
headers in three days at Boston, COM
Nasion of the western sector of the
circuit. will play hob with the
.ohances for attaining a respectable
position in the race. The current
home stand which was looked for
-. ward to as affording them a chance
Ito find themselves" to date has been
Tar from a bowling success. After
losing three of four to the Browns.
they beat the Indians by the same
margin, and then dropped game to
the Tigers before bad weather COM
PEELED them to idle for the last two
days. This constitutes considerable
of an Improvement over the showing
they made prior to the arrival of the
western contingents. but not enough
TO place them beyond range of the
damp, musty odor of the cellar.
Battle for the Basement.
o. Whether the Griffmen climb up into
the sunlight or become completely
'ingulfed in the gloom of the base
ment will depend on the outcome of
their four-game set with the White
SoX starting tomorrow. Right now
the Windy City outfit is occupying
the unsouSht position. and from the
regularity with which it has met
Teverses since invading the east the
Nationals must be accorded better
than an even chance Of keeping out
of the last hole.
GIeasons aggregation differs but
little from that he guided last sea-
son. The veterans. Sheely, Collins
and johnson, still hold forth at first
second and third respectively. with
Strunk and Hooper. also grown old
in the service, in the outfield. Nc
Clellan. after several years of utility
service. seems to have beaten Multi
gan out of the job at the far corner
have divided duty in the other out
field post.
~. Ray Schalk. one of the brainiest
hackstops the game ever developed.
stiH is catching about nine -tenths
of the games as has been his custom
with Comiskey's outfit for the last
decade. but with Dick Kerr in the
semi-pro ranks because of salary
dispute with his boss, Red Faber is
the only pitcher of established class
Robertson. the Minneapolis A. A grad
uate, finger who recently scared
across the base ball armament with
no-nlt. no-run game against the
Tigers. and his subsequent 81 vic
tory over Carl Mays of the Yanks indi-
Gates he is headed for stardom. other
wise Gleason has nothing he can
boast of in the way Of boxmen.
: Courtney May Pitch Here.
Considerable interest will attach to
. the work of Jose Acosta and Harry
Courtney, should they get the oppor-
funity to perform in the approaching
series. however. both having been
discarded by the Nationals. Acosta is
being used chiefly. as rescuer. in
: which role he enjoyed considerable
. success while here, and Courtney, in
: the only start he has made since
switching affiliations, put up a fine
exhibition of box work. being beaten
20. by Collins of the Red sox in a
+, contest marked by excellent. control
on the part of the lanky Ieft-hander.
whose bane in the parts Of four sea-
sons he spent here was unsteadiness.
Gleason has two others on his ros-
ter whose names are among the best
known in base ball, although they
seldom have been seen by Washing
ton fans -Johnny Evers and Ferd
Schupp. Evers, who was for twelve
seasons with the Chicago Cubs where
+: he was member of the famous in
: field trio that also included Tinker
land Chance, and then spent four sea-
. sons with the Boston Nationals before
going to the Red Sox as coach and
later joining the Giants in a similar
capacity, is acting as first lieutenant
. to Gleason.
=; Schupp is attempting comeback,
having recently been purchased from
Kansas City, where he attracted at
: tention by winning FIVE of his six
. starts. The left-hander divided his
previous major league career between
the Giants. Cardinals and Dodgers and
when at the height of his career was
one of the most effective pitchers in
the game.
: The White Sox appear to be headed
. for nowhere in particular this season,
; a situation that was foreseen in the
winter forecast, but they can be de-
:pended on to battle desperately under
the scrappy Gleason. The. fight they