The Washington herald., 1912-09-12
GRIRR Is AFTER
S0UTHPAW HURLERS
BY DRAFT ROUTE
No Less Than Six Youngsters Have
Been Named by Nationals
Leader.
PRICE ON SCHULTZ VERY HIGH
Special to The Washington Herald.

| Special to The Washington Herald.
Cleveland. Ohio, Sept. 11.-"Give me a
real left-hand pitcher and with any sort
of luck ! will win the American League
pennant next year." said Clark Griffith
to-day.
That Griff is making a deternined eff
| fort to add a sure enough southpaw, was
revealed when he let slip the fact that
he had put in drafts for a dozen young
| twirlers, and that Of this number more
| than half were left-handers.
Griffith goes to Cincinnati next Monday
to be on the job when lots are drawn for
the players drafted by the major league
clubs from the minors. The Old Fox re-
fuses to divulge the names of the play
ers for whom he has put in drafts other
than that a dozen are pitchers.
Asked why he did not grab of Schultz.
the big southpaw purchased by the New
York Giants from Savannah, Griff re-
piled: The Savannah club wanted s., 900
for Schultz, and 1 refused to be held up
1t was too much money. ! couldn't see 1t
for q green busher whom I had never
looked over"
1t is more than likely that in addi-
ton to the exhibition games booked for
Toronto and Rochester on the way home
from Chicago, the Nationals will play a
minor league club somewhere in Ohio or
Missouri next Monday, to break the long
| journey from Detroit to ST. Louis, as
Monday is an of day.
Grin has the exhibition game bug for
fair, and does not propose to let his
players remain idle a minute. The Old
Fox has lines out for several teams, and
expects to land a game somewhere next
Monday.
The players do not take kindly to
ha
told. they do not put forth their best eff
forts, which in a way gives the Wash
ington club a black eye.
While Griff is in Cincinnati he expects
to meet Barney Dreyfus. the owner Of
the Pittsburg club. and will then COM
plete arrangements for the post-season
series between the Nationals and Pirates
The proceeds from this series will be
divided No rata among the players.
In addition to drafting for q lot OF
young pitchers. Griff limited that he was
after several outfielders. intimating that
he was not quite satisfied with the show
ing thus far OF Kenworthy and Moran.
For the first time since the exhibition
games last spring John Henry was be-
hind the bat to-day with Walter johnson
IN IHe DOA, ana II was at the
start to see how the balls bounced out
of Henry's mitt. After the collegian got
his bearings everything went along
nicely.
Ainsmith did not leave the hotel to-
day and is still feeling rocky. Much of
the fever has left him, but the glands
of his neck are badly swollen and he
requires constant attention. With the re-
turn of cooler weather tonight. Ainsmith
may AXE n turn for the better but II
will he some time before the Cambridge
boy is able to go behind the bat again.
Clyde Milan is in the midst of bat
ting slump. just at the time when hits
are needed to put him on the bases. so
that he can create a new American
League base-stealing record. Milan has
pilfered somewhere in the neighborhood
of seventy-siX bases thus far, and Cobbs
record of eighty-two last year stands as
high-water mark for the American
League.
For the final game of the Cleveland
series here tomorrow Bob Groom is
slated to pitch for the Nationals. and
W i'll probably be opposed by Vean Gregg.
There is a possibility. however. that Grih
may change his mind and start Joe En-
gle saving Groom for Detroit to open
the series in the City of Straits Friday,
as Sir Robert is always effective against
the Tigers WILLIAM PEET.