The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-22
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WITH WHITE SOX
SCHEDULED TO-DAY
Should Rain Interfere Nationals
viii Have to Call Oh Toronto
and Rochester Trip.
JOHNSON AND GROOM LIKELY :.
!. TO PITCH THIS AFTERNOON
Paul Musser Is Sold to Los Angeles
Club, Of the Pacific Coast
|. League. :.
By WILLIAM pEEr.

SuuCdSOs Scpl- <i-Eitty-oSNcu va
rieties of rain hit Chicago early this
morning, and when the time came for
the Nationals and White Sox to hook
up for the second game of the series.
it was still raining, so the combat had
to be called OF and there will be a.
double-header tomorrow, first game
starting promptly at $50 O'Clock. so ,
that the Nationals may get an early
train for Rochester, n Y. where an
exhibition contest is staged for Mon
day.
Late tonight it continued to drizzie
and the local forecaster refuses to de-
clare fine day tomorrow. II it should
happen to rain Sunday all sorts of COM
plications, will set in. First, the Ma
tionals viii be compelled to stay over
until Monday and that will mean the
calling off of the exhibition game IN
Rochester, also the cancellation of the
game booked for Toronto Tuesday for
the reason that it would be impossible
to make train connections from Chicago
to the Canadian city.
Hopes Weather Ii Fair.
Grit is hoping against hope that the
weather viii be fair. He has talked
With Owner Comiskey. Of the White sox.
about calling OF the games for Mon
day should 1t be found necessary to-
play on that day. but Comiskey refused
pointblank, saying: Il want the Chi
cago club to beat out the Detroit Tigers
for fourth place. and both Callahan and
myself are bending every effort In that
direction But IL II rains Sunday. Il
must insist upon a double-header here
Monday"
As the Sc. Louis Browns trimmed the /
Athletics in the Mound City yesterday
the Nationals gained back the half
game they lost while the Mackmen were
idle Friday and are still in second place
with percentage Of .5A.' against the !
Athletics -5s4. or ten points to the good. !,
As soon as # was learned that De-.
troit beat the Boston Red Sox with Jos
Wood In the box yesterday and that
Walter Johnson's record Of sixteen con- I
secutive games had only been equaled |
and not beaten. every member Of Grifrs
family crowded around the big pitcher
In the hotel lobby and shook hands with
him. In spite of what the Boston base
ball writer's claim, viz, that Wood Is a
better pitcher than Walter johnson,
none Of the Washington players agree
with them Griff's boys declare that the /,
Kansas Cyclone is the best In the world,
barring none, and the majority of Capt.
tai fans are doubtless OF this same opin-
ion
Providing two games are played to-
morrow, Walter johnson and Bob Groom
will be the twirlers selected by Manager
Grtmth. and they will likely face one Of
Cailahan's youngsters and big Ed
Walsh. the last named, however, viii
not pitch against johnson.
Paul Musser. the young pitcher OBJ
tanned in the draft last fall from the
Canton club of the o. and P League
and who has been carried by the Ma
tionals this season. was notified this aft
ternoon that he had been sold to the
Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast
League, and Musser leaves tomorrow
night. The Coast season has two months
yet to run. and as Los Angeles Is fght-
Ing It out with Vernon and Oakland
for top honors. the addition of a pitcher
like Musser may land the nag for Los
Angeles. which is owned and managed
by Frank Dillon, a distant cousin OF
Grifith. It seems DilAon was her durings
the first visit Of the Nationals and saw
the game against the White Sox, when
Musser had Galatians gang standing on
their heads for seven innings. allowing
but two hits. Musser was relieved by
Walter johnson. as he suddenly devel-
oped a wild streak. and the Nationals
won At that time Dillon wanted to
buy Musser. but Grit refused to part
with him. It Is understood that Musser
will be returned to the Nationals for
next year. as the Old Fox declares tho
youngster has all the makings of q big
league star.
Musser has the unique record OF pitch
ing in eight American League games,
winning one and losing none. The game
against the Chicago White sox here:
last June goes to his credit. the other
seven he relieved other pitchers after
games were either won or lost.
II Is going to be necessary for the White
sox to win the two remaining games or
the Washington series in order to get
an even break on the season with the
visitors. The count now stands eleven
and nine In favor of the Nationals
Bill Evans and silk o'Loughlin are
said to be the two American League
umpires picked to work in the worlds
series
II the White sox don't quite playing
their games 50 slowly some ones go
Ing to insult them by leaving q win re-
auesting that they play game At hts
funeral