The Washington herald., 1912-06-15
ENGEL OR MUSOER
BOOKED TO FACE
The MAPS TO-DAY
Youngster to Be Sent to Mound,
and Grif Is Confident of Taking
Sixteenth Straight Game.
CARL CAsH1oE MAY PITCH

Special to The Washington Herald.
| Cleveland. June 1L-Joe Engel. the
Washington boy. or Paul Musser. will do
the hurting for Manager Grihith's bunch
OF Pennant Hopes in to-morrow's battle
with Harry Davis Maps, and unless the
Clevelanders watch out the "Old Fox
will corral his sixteenth straight victory.
Grin Is confident of a cleanup here,
and says that his club will return home
after making a sweep OF the entire West,
winning seventeen straight games, and
will also hand the worlds champions one
Of the biggest surprises OF their lives.
There is a possible chance to Grin not
working Walter johnson here Sunday
against the Maps. as he still has Jay
Carl CashiOn in reserve, and may work
him Sunday, saving the mighty Walter
for the game with the Athletics in Wash
ington next Tuesday.
1T took me three years to convince
the Washington fans that l was good
enough to pitch in the American League,
announced Ianky Bob Groom this morn
ing while the boys were waiting for the
Detroit boat to dock at Cleveland. Groom
continued:
I'm not knocking Gabby Street, but
somehow or other 1 never could work
with him. He would invariably call for
balls, that l knew certain players could
hit, and seldom asked for the kind
felt sure would fool them.
Not until the last two weeks Of the
1911 season was l able 20 convince a
Washington manager that my judgment
was the best. You will remember that /
went to McAleer and asked II / might
be allowed to give my own signals to
John Henry, and McAIeer agreed. Well,
won SIX games in row. This year 1
am giving my signals, and have had
pretty good luck. / find that my control
Is better and when my curve ball breaks
where l want il to, the other fellows do
not get large number Of hits"
Groom takes splendid care Of himself.
He is studying medicine at ST. Louis Uni
versity during the winter months. and
puts into practice what he learns in the
lecture rooms.
Never very robust or strong and not
yOungster by any means, the lanky
pitcher believes that the best way to
build up and husband his strength is
plenty OF sleep, and he usually sticks to
his bed on hour or 50 in the morning
after the other members of the club
have tumbled out.
4 am confident that this is going to
be my banner year." declares Groom.
i am taking the best Of care Of my
self and II Grin does not work me be-
yOnd my strength I hope to win three
fourth of my games, and III do II, too,
II this young club keeps on making so
many runs behind me"
When il was hinted that the fans Of
Washington might come through with a
demonstration similar to the reception
given the famous team under Jake Stahl
in 1907. when the club returned from its
first Western trip in the lead, and then
dropped to the cellar with a sickening
thud, the veteran Tom Hughes spoke up:
I remember that reception very WELL
and l certainly hope they will not try
another. l am superstitious, and be-
lieve that il they will let US alone until
they see us at the ball park, We will
keep on winning. No reception for me.
I'm of EN-"
GriT doesn't care one way or the
other. "If the fans want to make a lot
Of noise, and give the boys a warm
greeting. alright let them go ahead" he
stated. and then continued, 1T will make
no difference with cur winning streak.
Ny club can deliver the goods, and while
we will of course lose a few games, we
are going to win the majority Of them.
Strange as It may seem. nearly all of
the youngsters of Griff's family have
taken on weight since the club started
on its whirl around the circuit. Joe
EngeI and Carl Cashion have both added
ten pounds while Ray Morgan says he
tips the scales higher now than ever
before in his life. Howard Shanks also
had to lay in a stock Of larger collars the
other day.
It must be the winning streak and
good living at first-class hotels. Also
the regular hours Grin insists upon the |
boys keeping.