The Washington times., 1912-09-07
SCHOOL FOOTBALL
GAMES MAY Be AT
NATIONALS PARK
Griffith and Fitzgerald Will
ing to Allow Gridironers
Use of Field.
DREYFUSS FAILS TO
GIVE FINAL ANSWER
Yesterdays Contest at Boston
Gives johnson and Wood
e. -. Equal Honors.
Ry SENATOR

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. LII the play
ing Of the high school football cham
pionship games this fall at the Florida
avenue ball park does not interfere with
certain improvements contemplated by
Manager Griffith. the schoolboy gladia-
tors may fight their battles for the grid
iron title on their old stamping grounds.
"If the high schools ask me for the
use of the ball park this fall for their
football games" Griffith told the writer
today, IT shall be perfectly. willing to
let them have 1t, provided their games
I am improving the park. But the mat
ter has not been officially suggested
to me vet.
AS soon as our exhibition series with
Pittsburgh is done, I shall have the
ground keeper get busy raising the plate
and preparing the outfield for next year.
1t will require considerable. time to
make the playing space suitable, and !
want It all done before the rain and
snow comes.
Fitzgerald told me that football
games at the park would have rather q
go l have no objection to the high
school games there. If they are ar
ranged to be played after Fitzgerald
has completed his work at the park.
why, that'll suit me-"
Last season, when they found an ab-
solute necessity of obtaining a playing
field, Georgetown University agreed to
allow the school boy teams to use the
interfere with the practice of the Blue
and Gray cohorts. The deciding battles
for the title were, therefore. played at
the Hilltop. This arrangement, though,
caused considerable Inconvenience to the
college authorities and the school men
tors would prefer to have their games
played at the ball park. 1t seems now
very probable that they will be.
Hears From Dreyfus.
Manager Griffith has heard from Bar
ney Dreyfuss, who wires that he can
not give any definite decision in the
matter Of the Nationals Pittsburgh post
season series until he has had a con-
ference with Manager Fred Clarke.
However, he says, he is in favor of the
proposition, and Griffith believes the
series will be played. Plans call for the
use OF the big score board in depicting
the story OF the worlds series battles,
while the Nationals are clashing with
the Pirates, and good weather should
mean large crowds present at the games.
AS the national commission will have
charge of the series, an umpire from
"Pittsburs has played in Washington
since 1899" said Griffith today, and
many fans there have not seen Honus
Wagner, the great slugging short-stop,
action. Then there are a number of
other good players with the Pirates.
particularly owen Wilson. the right
fielder, and Jackie Miller, the infelder.
other who will be seen. | think this
post-season series should be hit"
Get Equal Honors.
Almost without exception. Boston
fans think that yesterdays battle be-
Inh
left them both with equal honors A
f1uke hit decided the victory and Bos-
ton Is quick to appreciate this fact
Wood threw ninety-eight legal balls to
the batter in eight innings. Five times
he tossed to first base. In nine innings
Wood threw los balls to the plate and
thirteen to first. johnson pitched forty
four strikes and forty balls. Wood
hurled thirty-three strikes and twenty
five balls. Twelve foul strikes caromcd
Wood
The crowd at the Johnson Wood due.
was the largest ever attracted to a
game in which the Washington club
was participant. Slightly more than
5000 fans paid their way into the park
and today's throng is expected to pass
even that high mark. Today is the last
half-holiday of the year here, and prep
arations have been made to care for
35,cOo fans at Fenway Park. Once more
mounted police will keep the throng
back from the diamond. The skies were
cloudy this morning, but the rsun Is
expected to burn It off by > o'clock,
as was the case yesterday.
The Nationals leave at HIS tonight
for Albany, meeting the New York State
League team there tomorrow. Monday
an exhibition game with the Cincinnati
Reds will be played In Syracuse Tues
day mlrninG the Nationals are due to
arrive In Cleveland at 7 o'clock to open
rin
will then be played successfully in De-
tloit, St. Louis, and Chicago before
going East again, Clashins with the
Athletics three times at Shibe Park.