The Washington times., 1913-04-20
ACK RYAN TAKES
TOUR FOR PITCHER.
ioes to New Haven on First
Scouting Trip of Season for
the Climbers.
RIFF is AFTER BEN EGAN
Expecting to Make a Clean
Sweep in Present Series
With New York Team.
By SENATOR"

NEW YORK, April 20.-The first
couting trip of any representative of
he Climbers was made yesterday.
vhen Jack Ryan skipped up to New
haven to look over a pitcher. The
ieteran coach is expected to make
lumber Of similar trips before the
eason is far advanced, for Manager
sriffith is determined to collect a
,ennant-winning bunch of players. 1t
impossible to gather any details of
ayan's trip, the entire affair being
me of the secrets of the manager
President Ban johnson has notified
griffith that he Is willing to have the
climbers jump over to Cleveland from
Washington twice this summer, and
has named June Is and August 10 as
he two days. The Climbers will be
,laying at home the day before each
II these dates, and it is but a nights
ride from the Capital to the Forest
city.
Il am glad to be able TO make these
:wo Jumps" said Manager Griffith to-
lay, "for good weather on a Sunday
n Cleveland means a big crowd and
at receipts. These two dates replace
July Is and August 20, when We shall
low rest"
The complaint of Manager Griffith
regarding the release of Ben Egan,
the Mackmen's backstop. to the Balti-
more Orioles remains in allegiance. Ban
Johnson has wired that there is no
record OF Griff's refusal to waive, but
Manager Griffith has verified his COM
2laint from his own office record. On
December % the Old Fox registered
nig lrnwf1lin0nasc 70 al
letics catcher to go to Baltimore, and
ne intends to make a strong fight to
obtain him.
May Not Be Great.
"Egan may not be the greatest play
er in the league" says Manager Grif-
fifth. "but / feel that 1 have a place
for him here right now and / certain
ly do not intend letting him get out
of the league while I have need of
him. II johnson looks up his office
records. he will find my letter of De-
cember % and then expect to have
him rescind his recent action
John Henry has gone 10 his home
in Amherst. Mass, for a few days va
cation The big backstop is in good
shape, but has no1 been home since
before the training season opened He
VIII Dt uBcu Uc" ana lHcn lDe
bat with Sir Robert Groom, but Eddie
Ainsmith is expected to catch most
OF the games until Al Williams hurl-
ing whip is ready for the wear and
tear OF a regular contest. Ben E.yan
would easily NIL out the Climbers
catching staff and il is on this ac-
count that Manager Griffith is so
r'uch in earnest about obtaining him
iron. the Athletics
judging from compsrative ortIn,Ls
the Yankees will not win a game from
the Climbers on the present trip of the
Grtffmen to this city. The Climbers
have more life in their work. more
Is better than that of the Yankees.
Therefore, next Tuesday should be
some big day at the Florida avenue
ball yard when the Griffmen hook up
With the worlds champion Red Soy. !
me Climbers viii have then won Nv"
straight games and enter the Red Sox 1
clash without a defeat.
Champs Not Good.
Information from the Yankees ther- |
selveS have IT that the champions arc |
not going any too well now and that |
the Grtnmen look like much the better |
ball club. II this report be true. TIE |
Climbers may start on their coming |
long trip in good place of vantage II |
The players are confident of winning a |
majority Of games from all opponents |
this season and do not consider their |
work here as anything out of the Or |
dinary. They seem TO think they should |
win every game. This is true of each |
and every one of them. Manager Grif- |
nth has imbued them with the same |
fighting spirit of absolute confidence |
that they had last spring when they |
raced through the West without drop
not hesitate to predict great things of |
this team while it is playing the kind of |
ball Ii has shown here In the three |
games played thus far.
The team is doing only what l |
thought IL would explains Manager |
Griffith. When you have a good ball |
club II wins games, that's all there is /
TO that ! have a good ball club and |
we'll show our heels TO everything in !
this league this season.
The Athletics are playing good ball, |
but we'll trim them as soon as we go
up against them next week. They We're
mighty lucky in escaping those three |
games in Washington last week for
we'd have hammered the daylights out
OF them. l have a winning ball team
and were going to win from every
other club in the league"
A number Of the players went over to
Jersey City today 10 see the Interna-
remained around the hotel TO chat base
ball. breaking the monotony with short
walks