The Washington herald., 1912-07-08
Barring Slump, List Of Straight
Victories May Be Raised
to Twelve.
TWO GAMES TOMORROW

while 1 don't want to be quoted as
predicting a clean sweep OF the Cleve-
land series, / feel confident that the
Climbers will give the Maps a good rub.
and to take the five games would not
surprise me in the least" was the state
ment of Manager Griffith, of the Ma
tionals last night.
The Maps begin a fve-game series
here tomorrow with double-header
and Boss Griffith said last night that he
would send Walter johnson and Bobby
Groom to the mound-walter in the first
game and Bobby in the final contest.
Gregg May TwirI.
It is more than likely that Vean Gregg.
the sensational southpaw of the Maps,
Will oppose johnson, and should this be
the case, a battle royal can be expected.
Gregg is one of the two hurlers the
Climbers have failed to beat this season.
Eddie Plank is the other one. Grif.ith
claims that the boys have been laying
for Gregg and would hand him some
thing he was not expecting TUESDAY,
should he work.
The Climbers to a man are confident
that the present winning streak VIII last
even longer than the sensational run OF
seventeen straight, and Will start 10
work tomorrow TO create another rec
ord.
With the pitching stan in good shape,
no stars on the sick list, and the team
going well there is every reason to be-
Heve that the Nationals will be able 10
do this, and while IL is hardly likely
that they will take every game from the
Western clubs. it is almost a sure bet
that they will more than break even.
1t must be taken into consideration
that the Climbers on th,f; recent dash
through tie West defeated these clubs in
them while on the home lot will not be 50
very hard.
white ,SON Next.
After the CleveIandeFs come the Chi
cago White SUx, and from reports from
the Windy City it is learned that Mana
ger Callahan says he will at least split
even with the Nationals On the other
hand, Manager Griffith says that the
Climbers will take the series, or come
pretty close to doing II. ana as the Ma
tiOnals trounced the SoX in Chicago, they
seem to have the call on the series.
The st. Louis club follows the White
SoX. and the Climbers should have little
trouble beating Stovalrs aggregation.
The Brownies are not going at very
fast clip at present, and as they viii
have faced two other Eastern clubs be-
fore hitting tEe Capital they will not be
in the best OF shape.
Manager Jennings and the Detroit
Tigers will be the last of the Western
division TO meet the Climbers, and that
this series will he the hardest OF the lot
is the opinion OF many.
Tigers Going Well.
The Tigers seem TO have secured a lit
tie better foothold, now that George
Mullin is pitching winning ball. and may
cause a shake-up in the American
League race.
On form the only club Of the Western
division which looks to be able to give
the Nationals a very stif rub is the
White Sox. Callahans Comets are put
ting up a much better brand of base bail
at present than at the time the Ma
tionals hit them in Chicago. and to take
the entire series from them here would
be a feat worth commenting upon.
Manager Griffith is not saying a great
deal, but II is safe TO bet that the
Climbers will be in every game from the
start. and the team which beats them
will know that 1t has been playing to its
limit. as the pennant bee is buzzing in
the bonnets of the Nationals. and the~
cannot see where the Red SoX are going
to beat them out.