Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
GRIFFITH PUTS
SOX IN FIT I'll
PLACEFOR1 1874
Washington Leader INDUCES in
Long-Distance Forecasting
in Eastern Interview.

- HICAGO, I'LL, Nov. S.-The
White Sox have no chance Of
landing the American League
bunting Of 1914. That u.s. II fans are
TO believe the predictions Of one c.
Griffith, that foxy person who pre-
sides over the field affairs Of the
Washington American League ball
dub during the summer season. In
fact, Griffith makes II all the tougher
on the Sox gang when he comes out
and says that at least four clubs
should finish ahead Of the Sox clan.
Mr. Griffith did not do all Of his
alking to the writer but is alleged
10 have opened up to an Eastern
scribe. And since the winter season
u now in full blast, and baseball
scribes are pulling their hair In des-
peration after making the daily visits
70 the baseball headquarters, where
they seldom gather real, live news,
the Eastern scribe was "tickled to
death" TO eat up the interview and
write columns about 1t. Next sum
mer the same kind Of talk from Mr..
Griffith would hardly be worth
paragraph, but this is winter time,
and that's an entirely different prop
osition.
Sox Get Even Break.
Griff is not claiming the 1914 pen
nAnt for his Washington crowd. He
summers entirely too close to Phila-
delphia, where the world heaters re-
side. to make any such foolish pre-
diction. At the same time, Grifi
comes to the front and says the prin-
cipal fight of the National next sum
Iner VIII be conferred upon the Mack
men. The foxy one Is quoted as say
ing that If he can as good az split
even with the Athletics he has good
chance Of winning, II Mr. Gritfith's
ball club is so far ahead OF the White
Sox he should at least break even
with the Athletics on the season. The
Sox, with team that, according to
Griffith, has no chance next season
managed to win eleven and lose
eleven to the Mackmen during the
1918 campaign Looks as though a
team like the Nationals should do as
well against the high-c class Mack
men. as the SoX did.
Yep Griff says his 1914 ambition
viii be to break even with the Ath-
ietics. He sadly refers to the 1918
season, during which the Nationals
were completely outclassed every
time they stacked up against the
Quakertown brigade.
Griff says the Athletics either
caught him when he was all Grip
pied up, else they Just waded in and
pounded the stuffing out of Walter
Johnson. Wading in and pounding
the stuffing out of good pitchers is
one of the very best things that Mr..
Mack's stellar performers do.
Griffith Expects Close Race.
The foxy manager of the Nationals
is quoted as saying he believes the
1914 race In the American League win
be a sizzler from start to finish. He
thinks that at least four clubs have a
chance for the iag-Philadelphia,
Washington. Cleveland and Boston
When Griff spoke OF the Sox in his
interview he said that Comlskey was
a good sport, a good spender and
willing to spend money to strengthen
his club. Griff admitted that the Sox
needed strengthening He says Cal
lahan has fne star Of pitchers. He
also said that Calls men played some
good ball at times last summer. That
is also true But his final words con
corning the White SoN were cruel and
harsh. They were; II don't think the
sox VIII be in the running at the
finish"
But Callahan should worry. Crit
fifth also puts the Tigers out OF the
running before the season is any
where near ready to open. and he
doesn't even mention the Yankees and
Browns It's nice TO be mentioned by
Griffith. anyway.