The Washington herald., 1913-09-01


Granting that the AtEle6cs dc
grab off the gonfaion, DO you
think they VIII beat McGraw 5
Giants?" Gr;f was asked.
It's A tcss up" he replied. AN will
depend oa what shape Bender and Plank
happen 70 be in when the games start:
with this pair going at top speed, !
think the Athletics will win. II they
are not right. l believe that McGraw
mas a fire chance to come through on
top
Walter Johnson and other members
of the Washington team are inclined 10
favor the Giants.
Just before leaving Boston Saturday
night the writer had a lOng talk with
Manager McAleer, of the Boston Red
SOx, worlds champions of 1917, and When
asked what club he liked in the coming
SERIES he replied unhesitatingly: There
will be nothing to it all the way but
the Athletics. Why, if our team could
beat the Giants last fall, and We were
not going our best, then the Athletics
will outclaSs McGraws' crowd easily
The American League as a whole plays
better ball than the National League,
and you can quote ME as saying so.
Griffith plans to start his young south
paw. Joe BOehling, in the morning game
against the Athletics tomorrow, and
Walter johnson will be saved for the
afternoon.
Boehing was not used against the Red
SoX during the series just closed. In
fact. he has not worked since he beat
Chicago in the Windy City last Tuesday,
gI, ha ar 0DnOSpd tn
BoehlinE will more than likely be Bender,
with Plank or Brown for the afternoon
game.
a story printed in many newspapers
today stating that Ty Cobb had
been sold to the New York Americans
for $4,000 and would join the Yankees
next spring caused Manager Griffith to
smile, especially as the yarn went on to
say that the reason Griff offered Navin
$4,000 for the peach when the Nationals
were in Detroit three weeks ago was
that he tGriO had been tipped OFF to
the fact that New York was planning
-5 FTuv tho great "utTal1ar and wanted
to outbid Frank Chance.
The guy that wrote that stuff.
sDarl-d Grif. had better h. examined
for brain storms Somebod ought TO
buy him an alarm clock and wake him
up.
New York has no more chance to get
Cobb than l have Grif added. Cobb
will he doing business out in Detroit next
year. and as maHv years to come as he
is able to stand the gaff under the big
tent"
Jay Carl Cashon. the Nationals big
pitcher. who has been ont of the game
half the season with sore arm. Joined
. ln t,1-ir irH v1-in ha
in uniform tomorrow. Cashion says his
whip is much better and that if neces-
sary he could pitch. Griff may ind it
necessary to use Cashion here.
There is still considerable speculation
among the Nationals as to whether or
not Connie Mack will insist upon a
double-header being played here next
Tuesday instead of single games Tues
day and Wednesday,
The betting is odds on that a double
bill will he staged, for two very good
reasons-hrst. Philadelphia is a corking
good town for double-headers. and a
monster crowd is sure to turn out: sec
Ondly, Mack probably knows that if
Johnson pitches tomorrow, as per sched- |
ule, the big sCythe can be used against |
his cluD again on Wednesday in case
Grif wants to win the game badly
enough. while it would be almost impos- |
sible for Plank or Bender to 60 back |
with only one day Of rest.
Connie Mack will decide tomorrow re-
EardinS the playing of this postponed /.
game.
Indications tonight are for fair and |
warm weather here tomorrow. If such /
be the case. the chances are that all /
attendance records for the season will be |
broken IN the asternoon, the game John /
son is slated to Pitch