The Washington herald., 1913-04-29
By WILLIAM PEET.


Philadelphia, Pa. April 2s.-Althoush a
noontime the sun blasted Its wa,
through the clouds overhanging ths
Quaker City. and promptly at l:so the
Washington players reported at Shibt
Park. the ground was so soft on account
of the recent twenty four hours rain thai
the ball game simply had to be tossed
into the discard deck, and when they are
shuffied and a new deal is made, the Grin
men will be up against another double
header, four in all up to date, with
Connie Mack's Athletics.
Grin Is not losing q whole lot Of sleep
over these future double-headers, as he
figures that he will have the pitchers In
which to carry him through while the
Mackmen will not. Said the Old Fox
tonight:
Right now have johnson, Groom. and
Hughes, all veterans in shape. while
Connie Mack has only one dependable
old-timer, Plank 1t Is true that he has
a lot of promising youngsters. but 20
have /. and / will stack Engel Cashion,
Boehling. and Galla against his quar-
tet, Brown. Pennock. .Houck. and Bush.
and bet money my kids have 1t all
over his youngsters. / should worry
about double headers-ha! ha"
Pitchers Going Bad.
Since the season opened Mack has been
compelled to yank a pitcher out Of nearly
every game and until he can whip
stan into shape to stand the full route,
he will be compelled to juggie his twiri-
ers and trust to the rest of the team TO
win.
BY the time the Nationals and the
Mackmen clash in this city and WASH
ington next June Grin believes he Will
have the edge on the White Elephants
in the matter of pitchers, and unless the
Athletics as a team plays much better
ball than was shown here Saturday the
Climbers should more than break even.
At least, the Old Fox figures 1t all out
this way.
Kicking out dry spots near the grand
stald the Washington pitchers, with
Eeary,- Williams, and Ainsmith to do the
!! ewing, worked out for an hour. None
u The Athletics came near the ball park
Ryan with Virginia.
ack Ryan, who coached the Univer-
s'ty of Virginia nine this spring, and
-Fh, is Grifr's handy man, left for Wash
iur ION this morning to join the Char
iottesville collegians. Ryan will accom-
rs " them on their Northern trip last
inE one week.
The Virginia manager begged Grin so
hard to let them have Ryan just few
days more, and as the Old Fox has a
warm spot in his heart for the college
boys he readily consented. Jack Will re-
port in Boston next Sunday. and go
West with the Nationals.
Allen Scheer. the outfielder drafted from
Youngstown last fall who was tried out
for the second time in Charlottesville
by the Nationals and turned over to
the Providence club, OF the International
League. has been shipped TO Youngs-
town again as he could not make good
fer the Rhode Islanders. This news
reached the Griffmen today and occasion
ed considerable surprise, as it was
thought that Scheer would more than be
able to hold his own with Providence or
any other International League club.
johnson to Pitch.
Had the Nationals and Athletics played
here this afternoon, Walter Johnson
would have been in the box for Wash
ington. and Grif stated tonight that he
would most likely start the Kansas Cy-
clone tomorrow, if the weather permits.
During the past few hours the mercury
has dropped nearly twenty degrees and
indications point to a heavy frost to-
night, but the cold weather holds no
terrors for the Griffmen. They are used
20 it. and a bunch OF determined young
men Will take to the field when the UNI
pfre shouts play ball" The players are
confident of making up for that Satur-
day defeat by winning the next two
games from the chesty Mackmen. If
Johnson goes in tomorrow, Bob Groom
will work in the final game Wednesday.
Ray Morgan, who was given permits
c: Ion To Gun do.- NJ hrr To-
Baltimore, arrived on a noon train. The
young second baseman dashed GREATNESS
ly into the hotel about o'clock and
told weird fairy story about getting
lost ia the wilds of Philadelphia. 1t
seems be boarded the wrong car for
the bah yard and landed out in Fair
mont Park before he discovered his mis-
take. Morgan had sense enough to grab
n telephone and find out about the game.
When told it had been called off, he
heaved a sigh of relief. for had the con-
test been staged, Joe Gedeon would like
~ have been at second base, as Morgan
could not have reached Shibe Park in
TIM, to get into togs.
Does Not Fear Naps.
Manager Griffith tonight gave as his
opinion that Washington had nothing
10 fear from. Western clubs this season. |
His attention had. been called to the
great work of the Cleveland Maps. but
he only smiled and exclaimed. I'VE can
beat that club any. time We start: /
DON'T expect to lose a single game to them |
this season. AS for st. Louis, Chicago. |
aud Detroit. they will be the softest kind |
Of picking, providing. of course, none |
of my regulars are injured or SICK
The illness of Eddie Foster Is bother |
Ing the Old Fox more than a little, and |
tonight he telegraphed the club physician |
In Washington to find out just how sick |
was the midget third sacker.
Another Rule Wanted.
William West, baseball expert of the |
Evening Bulletin. has the |
following to say:
I'm their effort to make baseball a |
clean sport, to cause'a high-grade of
to be exhibited. and to
have the games played on the level in
every manner possible. the rulemakers
have overlooked one very important |
point This Is as regards the blocking |
on of base-runners at the home plate,
D glaring instance of which was given |
by Catcher Ainsmith, of Washington,
ut Shibe Park last Saturday
The presidents of the league have
cut out trickery. One of the reasons
for the double umpire system is to see
that no player interferes with another.
with two umpires on the field, the old |
practice of base guardians tripping,
holding or getting In the way of base
has been eliminated.
But with all OF the improvements in