The Washington herald., 1912-02-26
GIANTS WILL WIN,
DECLARES GRIFF
Nationals Boss Thinks New
York Will Again Capture
the Championship.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Abe Attell Has EN- Guessing Again.
Wrestling Bouts Poorly
Handled.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
By WILLIAM PEET.

BY WILLIAM PEET.
Unless McGraw's team is all shot to
pieces before the season closes I cannot
see any other club in the National League
likely to beat them out for the cham
pionship," said Clark Grifith, pilot of
the Nationals, in an interview last night.
Its all because McGraw has a scrappy
bunch of youngsters, and pitcher like
Christy MathewSon," continued Grif.
THE Phillies and Cubs will, of course,
be in the hunt. and Pittsburg may make
things uncomfortable, but when it is all
over you will find the Giants on top and
ready to do battle with the championship
club in the American League for the
worlds title.
Grir declares that with the material he
left behind him in Cincinnati, the new
manager, Hank O'Day, should easily fin
ish in the first division. THE Reds, when
let go the reins last fall" said Griffith,
looked like champions, and with the
proper handling, / am confident viii not
finish lower than fourth. I pick them to
beat out Boston. Brooklyn. st. Louis,
and either Pittsburg or Chicago
The officials in charge of the South At
lantic amateur wrestling championships
held here last week made a grevious
mistake in appointing one man to be sole
judge of winners Or, in other words, in
stead of a referee, two judges should
be selected in addition, and at the finish
of the bouts where no falls have been
gained the referee and each of the judges
should write down on piece Of paper
the man they consider the winner. Judges
and referees then could get together,
compare notes, and the best two out OF
three wins.
lnn t.
tional Guard Armory last Friday more
than half of the matches went the limit,
with no falls, and the referee was forced
to use his own judgment: rather a hard
task when men of equal weight show
about the same amount OF aggressive
ness.
1t is hoped that when the amateur
championships are held next year those
in charge will provide for two competent
Judges to act with the referee in hand
ing down decisions.
II the ground is in any kind of shape
tomorrow. Gallaudets baseball candi-
dates will start outdoor practice on the
Kendall Green diamond.
While the weather may possibly be a
-tri1e cold. yet it is figured that the early
start will not work any harm and good
results are likely to be obtained. Col
lege boys and eSpecially those at Gal
laudet are in first class physical con-
dition all the year around. The base
ball season is a short one, and the soon
er a coach weeds out the dead wood
and picks his club the nearer he will
be to team work, and this last essential
is absolutely necessary If a college club
Is to be successful.
Owing TO the lack of veteran material
prospects are none toe bright for a win
ming team at Kendall Green, but the
boys are going at 1t the right way, and
lE Capt. Brick the college is lucky in
possessing natural leader. He is a
general favorite among his comraS IS,
and a wise ball player.
Again Abe AtterI has them guessing.
For upward of ten years Able held the
feather-weight championship, but last
Thursday he lost the title to Johnny
HiIbane. after twenty rounds of uninter-
esting boxing. The reports credit Attell
with having been outclassed from the
start, which proved beyond doubt that
the ex-champion was badly OF form or
else did not try, for the man never lived
who outclassed Abe AtteH as a fighter
Or as a boxer when Atten was AttelL
The fact that the clever Able carried
off the big end of the purse CS6,JOO)-l
for it had been arranged that he should
receive the winners end. lose or draw,
and that the betting 90 to q. gave him
the opportunity to clean a big stake by
losing-prompts many to believe that II |
was another of those unpleasant sur ,
prises that Able is said 20 love TO hand !
his admirers, and that subsequent |
events Will prove that he is still far |
from being a has BEEN at twenty
eight years of age. The argument is that |
Attell had TO do something to square |
himself in the eyes OF the public for his |
supposed LAY down" to Knockout |
Brown, for which the State boxing |
commissioners barred him from New |
York for a period of six months, and |
that the loss of his title will carry more |
weight than anything else that could |
have happened in convincing the New
York officials that they erred in punish |
ing the little fighter. Perhaps it will |
and yet it Is hardly likely that the ban |
will be lifted before the expiration of
the allotted time, and II Is quite possible |
that the KiIbane fight will have the
very opposite effect on the New York |
commissioners and convince them that /
Il may be well to give AtteIl more time
In which 10 regain his old-time form.
II tell you in order to make an i'm
preston a big league ball club must have
a couple of men in the outfield who can
hit 3oO.'' said Harry wolverton. the Yam
KEGS manager, in the fan room of the
New York headquarters, recently. "I
think we will have two such men in
Birdie Cree and Harry Wolter. Cree
Is a whirlwind. I think he will be Just
as good as ne was last season. He'll
retain his speed on the bases. I look
for him to be our cleanup man when
the batting order is Strengthened out
Harry Wolter. they tell me, is Just
the right fellow to play center field. 1t
is certain that wolter will be moved
over to that field IL can find the right
man to cover right field. which is the
more difficult TO play on the hill than
any other grounds in the league. VOL
ter has speed to cover the extra ground
and he has a good arm