The Washington times., 1912-09-05
Awards Title in League to
The Leaders And Gives
Up Hope for Nationals.
SERIES WITH PIRATES
MAY BE PLAYED
Expects Nationals To Meet Smoky
City Tribe In Post
&f Season Games.
BY SENATOR"

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 5.-"There Is
little hope of our beating out the Red
Sox, and the Giants have about as much
hope of winning the worlds series from
Stahls team" said Clark Griffith today,
In tanning bee over the presnt outlook
for the Boston club.
Right now the Red Sox are a much
stronger team than the Athletics at
the same time last year. Stahl has
shown great wisdom in his handling of
the players. When Yerkes appeared in
Washington in the spring he looked like
q fair minor Lacquer. He could hit
handling Yerkes has developed into a
good fielder and his hitting is good
enough for any club. 1t is little things
IKE that that a manager proves his
real class. Stahl has proved his.
Iris Will Hit.
THE Giants do not play as smooth
q game behind any other of their pitch
ers as they do behind Mathewson.
know for l have had a team in the Ma
uonal League for three years. The
moment Matty enters the box the Giants
machine. However Big Six has been
through a memorable experience against
this bunch of Boston Red sox, he must
remember what Speaker did to his
curves in 1910. Iris hit him for an 800
percentage, that's all.
Il figure the Giants will win about
one: possibly, two, games out OF the
coming worlds series If they are for
trnate enough to win the title in their
league. Marquard is unsteady, and yet
he is the only one of McGraws pitchers
Of class outside from Matthewson.
Crandall, Ames, Wiltse, and Tesreau
are hardly to be depended upon in such
q series.
laurels for the American League, Stahl
has Joe Wood, Ray Collins, Buck
oBrien. Hugh Bedient. and Charlie
Hall. Hall is a good man in the spring
and late fall, and may prove the real
winner of the Boston bunch, together
with Wood. l can't see the Giants"
Manager Clark Griffith is eagerly
awaiting word from President Barney
Dreyfuss, Of the Pittsburg baseball
team, in response to his challenge sent
the Pirate magnate for a post-season
series of games between the Nationals
and the Pirates.
Griff figures that the teams compare
favoraby. The Cincinnati club will
probably hook up with the Cleveland
Maps in the regular annual series, and
the Cubs, which are looked at as run
ners up in the National League race,
will be pitted against the White Sox in
their annual battle for the champion
ship of the city at Chicago.
This will leave the Pirates without
a club to play in any post-season series
The Yankees and the Dodgers, may
play in New York, although 1t is hardly
probabl as the worlds series is to be
played there.
May Play Seven Games.
The Pirates may be met in a seven
game series, which should attract as
much attention as any of the other
i1tercity series. Washington has never
I'D a team that could take on games
with other league leaders or clubs high
in the race and can be assured of a
first-class series Of games with the two
teams about on a par as far playing
strength is concerned. 1t would be
mutually advantageous to both cities.
If the deal goes through and Presi-
dent Dreyfuss accedes to Griffs request
Washington and Pittsburgh may expect
bang up seVen-game series. Fred
Clarke and the Pirates are said to be
welcoming the challenge and are willing
The Nationals to man are ready and
willing to accept the idea, realizing that
there is a little extra coin in the deal.
Perhaps the idea of a dinner and the
speechmaking to follow was In Eddie
Ainsmith's mind during the game yes
terday for the youngster was anything
but good and he disappointed many
Cambridge friends who came out for
the. express purpose of seeing him in
action.
Later in the evening at the Cam
bridge Y. NJ c. A. Ainsmith was ten
dered a banquet and came in for a lot
OF good-natured chatting on account of
the poor work yesterday. He was the
recipient of several costly presents for
the Cambridge friends think a lot OF
Eddie.
Walter johnson. Clyde Milan. George
Mcbride, and John Henry were also in
attendance at the spread in Ainsmith' S
honor, and iris Speaker and Duffy
Lewis, two of the Red Sox great out
field, went along to represent their team