The Washington herald., 1911-11-29
Griffith ArriveS Today;
To Assume Actipe Charge
Nationals NeW Manager Will Proceed to Put
Washington on Baseball Map-Other
Comment and Gossip.
By WILLIAM PEET.

| Now for some real baseball dope.
Clark Griffith, the Nationals new man.
ager, will be in the Capital this morning
Mrs. Griffith stated last night that she
had received a telegram from her hus-
band to the effect that he would arrive
at S:45 o'clock from Chicago.
This is sure enough good news to the
baseball fan, as the Capital has been vir-
tually off the diamond map since the an
nouncement was made that Clark Griffith
was the man to succeed Jim McAleer as
| the baseball pilot in 1912.
! Griffith will be in Washington to stay
! and will at once get busy for the open
! in. of next season. He will probably es-
tablish headquarters in some downtown
| office building, and be in touch with the
! local sporting writer's daily, something
| heretofore unheard of since the Capital
was represented in the American League.
It is doubtful II the new manager has
any definite plans to announce right now,
as he has been out West since the season
closed attending to business affairs in
I connection with his Montana ranch, but
he will soon be in touch with things here,
and it would not be at all surprising if
! he pulled off several deals or trades be-
| fore the time comes for the team 10
start on its Southern training trip.
At any rate, Griff will be here to-day
| and will be asked a number of direct
! questions by the sport-writing fraternity
J and hungry District baseball fans stand
fair chance OF being fed.
Germany schaefer, who is appearing
before the footlights at Chase's this
week, made another big hit with his
audience last night. The Teuton grows
better every day.
During the big baseball meetings in
New York next month, the owners of the
Athletics are going to give q banquet
and it is said that the members OF the
Baseball Writer'S Association will be the
guests Of honor This means that the
national commission and the rest Of the
talent will merely fill in as spectators.
Every member of the association will
be invited. The big feed is scheduled
to take place at the Hotel Astor, De-
Cember II
Connie Mack had few things to say
about his club being the whole show in
1912. Here is what he says
Every club in the league is strength
ening to pull down the champion, and
you know every great club has time
to be beaten. Chicago, Cleveland, Bos-
ton. and New York will give us a great
fight next year. and all the other clubs
even ST Louis-shoud be stronger
than in 1911. We may win again, but
1t won't do for our players to grow
overConfident and believe that they are
going to have a walkover. They'll have
the hardest fight of their lives on their
hands next year and will have TO get
in and hustle for every game.
Hughey Jennings, who hit 300 as a
lawyer many a time, has been retained
for the defense in the murder trial of
Edward and Stanley Papsch in Scranton,
n s-T-
much pepper in the trial as he does on
the ball field.
Georgetown's chances for a dry. hard
field for Thanksgiving Day received a
severe jolt when old Rainmaker cut loose
with a fine display of wet goods.
What is probably the greatest ring
battle since Jim Jeffries and Jack John
son entertained at Reno will be staged
Thursday afternoon in Vernon, Cal.
where Champion Ad WoIgast will defend
his honors against Freddie Welsh. the
speedy little British ring general Bet
ting on the result favors Wolgast, but
there are those who believe that the dope
will go wrong. Welsh, next to Wolgast,
has the greatest record of all the little
men.
Walter Camp, the grand old man of
football, is up against an embarrassing |
proposition when he picks his famous all |
American team after the close of the |
season. His son. Walter Camp, r., is |
judged by many critics as one of the best |
on college gridirons this season, and fans |
are wondering if Papa Camp is going TO |
keep the honor of selection in the family |
or If he will spring a surprise by nam
ing some other man for the job. Which |
ever way It goes, we may be sure of one
thing-that the man the old veteran |
picks will be the one he honestly con-
siders the greatest player.
Why can't they let a peaceful citizen
like George Williamson wear an overcoat
without commenting about It?
Lehigh tied Princeton, to 6; George
town tied Army, 0 to o. A victory for
Georgetown over Lehigh will spell a lot