The Washington times., 1913-10-13
LEAGUE MEETINGS
NEXT ATTRACTlO
American League Will Probably Gather New York to Confer
With National Concerning Change of Plan for Holding
Series to Determine Worlds Champion
By SENATOR"

7 Chicago: 20, Springfield. Ill; Il. Dave1-
| port, Iowa: %, Sioux City. Iowa: q,
Lincoln, Neb.; 25. st. Joseph. Mo; 56'
! Kansas City, Mo; q, Blue Rapids,
Kan; 2S Fort Smith. Ark: %. Bonham.
Tex; 30. Galveston. Tex; II, Beaumont.
Tex; November ], Houston, Tex: ,,
Dallas, Tex; 3, Marlin, Tex: 4, Abb
lene, Tex; 5, Midland. Tex; 6. FL Paso
Tex: Z, Phoenix or Douglas, Ariz.: S
and 9. Los Angeles, Cal; 10, San Diego.
Cal: 10. San Francisco; 16, Oakland; II,
Tacoma, Wash: IS, Seattle, Wash.
Once the tourists leave Vancouver
they will play the following schedule:
December 3. Yokohama: 4. Kobe: G.,
Nagasaki: S, Shanghai China; 9. Shang-
hal: II and Il. Hongkong; IA and Is, Ma
Mia, Philippine Islands: January ],
Brisbane; 3, 4, and S, Sydney; 6. Z. and s,
Melbourne; and 10. Adelaide: 13 and a..
Fremantle: q. Colombo, Ceylon: Febru-
ary !, Port Said; 2, Cairo; 3, Cairo: I.
Alexandria, Z, Naples: 8, Rome; 3, Rome
TO- Florence: II, Milan; IL. Monte Carlo
Is, Nice; IA, Marseilles: 15, 1S. and Il.
Paris; IS and 10, Berlin; 20 Amsterdam; {;
q, %, and q, London; "a and %. Edin-
bursh: Is. GLASGOW; q, Dublin; %.
Queenstown: March l, Queenstown: 6.
New York. The party. numbering close
to fifty, will sail from Vancouver on the
Empress Of Japan, use special trains in
Australia, and private cars in Europe.
returning to New York on the Maure-
tania.
The doings Of the tourists are sure to
fill the newspapers during the winter,
for the whole country Is interested in
this trip around the globe. showing the
heather what baseball means.
Yes. and this Cuban winter baseball is
going to keep the fans interested, par
ticularly those of Washington. for
Merito Acosta and Jacinto del Calvo are
to play with the Almendares, the strong
est team in the Cuban capital. Calvo
was a member Of this team last winter,
but Acosta was with another outfit.
Acosta has improved so much during the
summer that he has been sought by the
.Alrendares He is now holding out for
a higher salary. but will probably join
the team in a few days.
Acosta made a distinct hit with Con-
ME Mack in those last three games
the Athletics played here. That boy
is a wonder" Connie told Clark
Griffith. For his age, 1t is marvellous
the smartest batter you've got aside
from Foster. Furthermore. he's hit
ting hard enough for a boy, too. I'd
like to have him myself, not for i'm
mediate use. but to salt away some
where. He looks to have a future in
baseball"
Manager Griffith will hang on to the
midget from Havana, and II is a safe
bet that the boy will be found leading
off the battle line for the Climbers be-
fore the 1914 season is more than half
way.
The Climbers won one less and lost
three more games in 1913 than they
did in 1912, finishing in the same
place. but fifteen points lower in per-
centage. Against the Western clubs
the Climbers won forty-nine and lost
thirty-eight games. On the road
against the Western clubs the Griff-
men won twenty-five and dropped sew
enteen, while at home they won twen-
ty-four and lost twenty-one.
The Climbers were prominent in fea-
ture plays during the 1913 campaign.
They made a triple play. Walter
Johnson had runs of ten, eleven, and
fourteen straight victories and Joe
Boehling won his first eleven games
The Griffmen were in first place for
four days, from April IS to %. being
dislodged by the Athletics. But that
race is all done now. We are looking
ahead to 1914.