Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17

dIE SJIOIlS EIlOuSH 10 DlU
bravely for the American
League pennant, President Clark
Griffith is planning a still strong
er club for the near future. He
has called to Cleveland Joe Engel,
lone scout of the Washington or
ganization, for conference, and
within day or two Engel will de-
part in search of budding base
ball talent in the minors. Not
only will Engel hunt for material
to be taken South with the Ma
tionalS next Spring for trial, but
also for likely looking youngsters
to turn over to the Chattanooga
club, the Washington farm, of
which he is president.
When Engel starts his ivory hunt he
may be accompanied by President
Griffith.
II had intended to make this swing
around the West with the Nationals. /"
their preXy stated this morning, but
having received reports of a number of
promising prospects available in the
minors has all but made me decide to
look them over. I had Engel join me
here because he already has lines on
likely material and I was eager to know
what he had uncovered. He has asked
me TO see in action some of the players
on which he has reported favorably and
I probably will go with him to see at
frst-hand what they can do.
II am particularly anxious to pick
up clever young catcher and some
young infielders. Engel says he has
several under observation. If they fill
the. bill and are procurable they will
be bought for Washington. He also is
planning to rebuild the Washington
farm at Chattanooga with young blood,
too. And the more good talent we can
pick up for the lookouts the more the
Nationals will be helped
"Of course, Washington has first
option on any Chattanooga player and
the Southern Association club offers a
great opportunity for the schooling of
talent for the Nationals Joe will have
an outfit composed in the main of young
players next year and we ought to get
something worth while from Chat
tanooga for trial in the Spring of 1882.
That may seem to be looking far ahead,
but fine prospects are so rare these
days that club owner has to look far
ahead.
The pick of the finds on the scout
ing trip that Engel Is soon to make
and which also may make will be for
either delivery to the Nationals the lat
ter part of this season or at training
NnAAp l1GAt OH1AlS. LIE NATIONALS are
to be helped first, then Chattanooga"
Grifith declared.
NATIONALS and Indians each picked
~ game of yesterdays double-head-
er here in which to launch heavy
offensive and as result they shared
victory. The Nationals took the first
game. 10 to 4. by hammering the ball
to all parts. of the lot. The Indians
rather punchless in this set-to came to
life in the second to wallop in big-time
fashion and won handily, IS to 6. There
was no Washington hitting to speak of
in the nightcap until the Tribe had
tucked away the tilt.
In breaking even the Nationals lost
half a game to the league-leadirg Ath-
1eticS, who triumphed over the White
Sox. To make 1t more unpleasant, the
Nationals total Of defeats for the first
time in weeks became greater than the
Athletics total. They now have lost
one game more than the world cham
pions. That's something to be picked up.
A L CROwDER and the left-handed
"A Walter Miller began dueling in the
first encounter. Crowder went the
route, although not so cleverly, while
Miller fell by the wayside in the fifth
inning. Then the Nationals punished
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Brown.
Crowder was nicked for nine hits and
was in trouble frequently, for he was
wild throughout He yielded six passes.
While only one error was charged
against the Nationals, Crowder was not
so well supported. Poor fielding by
Sheriff Harris helped the Indians to
pull up, to even terms with the Nation
ais early in the fray and some more
weak work In the pasture by George
Loepp added to the home sides count
later.
The Nationals collected 16 hits of the
Cleveland pitching assortment, Harris
Offset his wabbly fielding by getting
hits the. first three times he stepped to
scored one. Cronin and Spencer got
three hits each, Spencer sending over
three runs while Loepp, who was large
1y responsible for some Indian scoring
made two hits, sent two mates over the
counting block and tailed twice.
Miller was found for eight Of the
hits. AS the Nationals were in front
when he departed and he left on the
runway two who crossed after Jablo-
nowsN assumed the slab, The left
handler was the loser Pete could not
get his bearings in the fifth and was
reached for another run. But he kept
the Nationals away from the plate
thereafter, although he gave up five
safeties. Brown had little with which
to fool the Nationals in the ninth and
kicked in with a wild throw to give
them three more markers.
IRVING HADIIEY, driven of the slab
l. by the Tigers only last Monday,
tried to come back in the second
game, but Irving failed to last three
innings. He took a sound humping
and so did Bob Burke, stringbean