Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-31
BY J. ED GRILLO.

DETROIT. Mich. July %t,-What is be-
lieved will prove the hardest series the
Nationals win encounter on their present
western trip opens here today. 1t is
generally conceded that the Tigers are
the hardest eff any of the western teams
to beat. for the reason that they continue
to score Il lot of runs. though their pitch
ers arc not showing much class.
Griffith has selected Carl cashion to
pitch the opening game here and if the
big fellow goes anywhere near as well
against Detroit as he did against Cleve-
land he will prove II hard nut To crack.
Now that Cashion has become one of the
regular performers. he will be one of
four pitchers tn do the bulk of the work.
Tho other three are Johnson. Groom and
Vaughn. SO long as this quartet can
deliver the goods there is not much
chance for the others To break in. only
in the event of emergency. Unless rain
interfercs with some of the scheduled
games on this trip. there Will be no more
double-headerS, and this gives Griffith
chance To work his pitchers in n steady
manner. and thus keep them in fine fettle.
Hughes is ~ be given Il ten-day rest.
The veteran did brilliant work earlier i'll
the season, when he was given a chance
20 rest between games. He lost his FORM
that Griffith had to work him out of turn.
and il is the intention to rest him now
until he regdins his form, which Will
probably bc by the time the Nationals
reach ST Louis.
Experimenting has already begun on
the Detroit team. Several youngsters
have reported and will be put into the
game at once. III order to give Jennings
a chance TO get line on them. Nothing
Is to be learned here as to the clubs IN
tention far Jennings future is
concerned, but il appears TO be the gen
eral impression that inasmuch as the
experimenting is being done under Jen-
nings' supervision ii is the intention
to allow him to remain at the head OF
the Tigers for another year a. least
Though Detroit is out of the pennant
race. Jennings and his players are de-
termined 10 win every game they can.
The players want to. because there is
apt to be some tall salary cutting il the
team finishes down in the race, and Jen-
nngs naturally does not want to appear
having been a failure this year. Fourth
place is just about where the Tigers will
land. because IL is still team which can
score a lot of runs
The Nationals and Athletics mingled in
the lobby of the Cadillac yesterday and
there was d lot of swapping. of yarns and
opinions. Ira Thomas spread hope in
the hearts Of Griffith's players when he
gave il his opinion that ii would only
be question of time when the Boston
Red Sox would slump, though. of course,
Ira figures that this slump will be of
special benefit to the Athletics. who, he
expects. will crawl up near the leaders
in due time.
II have never heard of a team going
through entire season without getting
few sethacks in row. and once the
Red SoN stumble into that sort of luck
they may not find il easy to come back"
said Thomas We are by no means out |
OF the race and that will be proven. What |
i want TO see is Boston lose three or four |
games and have Washington. which is |
nearer TO them, win as many, as to |
make the race right clos, and then see |
which of the two, if either. can stand the |
strain of battle. When that is going on
look out for US making great dash for
the flag during the last month of the
season.
While OF course. some of Mack's
payers won't admit that far as the
pennant is concerned they are out of the
running, it is noticeable that many of
the players are not displaying the inter
est in their work that they formerly
did. There are rumors of dissipation and