The Detroit times., 1913-08-15
Washington Crew Deserves TO
BE Popular in Detr0it--WOn
Flag for the Tigers
THIS YEAR EACH CLUB
KEEPS OTHER FROM MACK
Maps Have Big Margin in Total
Games Won. But Win at
the Wrong Time

This Washington crew that Is be-
sieging Detroit just at present is one
OF the most popular clubs in the league
among the fans OF this city. There
are several reasons for that. Besides
Walter Johnson. Clark Griffith. Ger
many Schaeter. George Mcbride,
Clyde Milan, Eddie Foster and some
more OF the stars, bosses and com
edians. there is the Tigers penant
of 1908. which the Nationals helped
nail TO the jungle flag stan by de-
feating the Maps in the seasons Sc
ries enough 10 let Detroit nose under
the wire, scant first.
These Maps and Nationals have the
stunt OF playing each other out or
pennats down 10 perfection The 1908
performance was the most dramatic in
their history This year they are Civ
ing a less exciting, but a pretty fair
reproduction of their original pece de
resistance.
Both clubs are training the Athle-
tics and clawing at each other in their
fierce efforts TO get a handhold on
thetopmost rung OF the standing lad
der. AS a result neither team is IN
position to beat the Philadelphia team
out. although Optimist Griffith still
believes hat If he could acquire Ty
Cobb with that 100000 piece OF pa
per OF his he could give the Mack
men a whipping.
The less hopeful Maps still grum-
BILE little at the Washington club
when they think OF that naughty eight
season when Joe Cantillon's lowly
insists knocked the Maps out of a
championship by winning IA out of the
% games played with Cleveland
Washington was the only club TO
win the majority OF the kames with
Cleveland that season. thought the
Browns gained a tie in 90 games And
10 make the humiliation all the great
er the Nationals really accomplished
their pennant-robbing feat by taking
seven Of their last eight games from
the Maps and then dropping three In
a row to Detroit, who finally won
out hat year Cleveland reached the
next to the last day OF the season
with a chance TO win the flag, but
dropped the first game OF a double
header TO st. Louis and lost out
Since Washington has ben in the
American league up TO this year the
Maps have won a big majority OF the
games between these two clubs, cap
turing 145 against III for the Ma
tons. But the big trouble is that
when the Nationals do go on ramp
age they pick such inoportune time
10 trim Cleveland. Last season they
captured is OF % games and that
helped them land second and did a
whole lot toward driving Harry Da-
Wis out of his managerial job in this
city.
Since the season OF 1907 the Ma
tionals have had it on the Maps with
SO victories out OF 10 games. From
the time Washington entered the Am
erican league 1902, through the 1907
season the Maps put 1t all over the
Nationals, capturing SO games against
Il for the Nationals.
The 1908 Maps had Stovall on first,
King Larry covered second, Hinch-
man, Perring. Bradley and Turner di-
viding the shortstop work. Bradley
ard Perring on thir, josh Clarke, Sui
Ivan. Goode. Birmingham. Hinchman,
Altizer and Hickman In the outfield
Mig Clarke and Bemis behind the bat
and Joss. Berger, Rhoades. Chech
Falkenberg and Liebhardt to do the
pitching.
Against taht array Cantillion had
Jerry Freeman on first, Jim Della
hanty on second, Shipke on third, Nc
Bride at short. Smith. Johnson, Burns.
Hughes. Tannehill Kelley and Gates
pitchers.
Here's how the Maps have fored
with Washington ever. since that club
has been In the American league, also
the percentage each club finished with
each season.