The Washington times., 1913-09-07
THIS WEEK SHOULD
. DETERMINE PLACE.
Five Games Between Napanders and Gmen Should Decide
Which Team Will Finish in Second Position Strong
est Pitchers VIII Battle Birmys Boys.
By SENATOR

I play" says Manager Griffith. Twice
| we have played them off their feet or
| their own grounds. The last time we
| hit them We put them out of the run
ming for first place. Those two tenth
| inning victories of ours over there In
Cleveland made il possible for the Red
| Sox to clean them UP three straight
right afterward. The Maps lost their
| goat to us. that's all. Now they re
coming back and this time We'll put
them out of the running for second
place. BY the time they get out OF
! Washington they will be soft for the
other Eastern teams"
The feeling against the Maps is east
ly understood Joe Birmingham, in
foolish desire to make his team fight,
| has got his players in bad with every
other team in the league. During the
spring the Maps used profanity ana
indecent language against opposing
| teams until Ban Johnson cautonea
them. Doc Johnston, Ole Oleson ana
Jack Graney made themselves particu-
larly obnoxious during that great rush
of the Maps. The only gentleman re-
manning in their rangs is Larry La
joie, whose friends will always stick
to him. He refused to follow the !eao
of the boy manager" and get INTO
trouble over 1t. However, that affair
blew over and he is still with the team
and one of the leading sluggers In the
league. When the midseason slump
came there wasn't word or sSmpa-
thy from other teams in the league.
Rejoicing was seen on every side De,
cause 1t was felt that the Maps hau
FORGOTTEN that there were other play
ers trying to make living AT the same
game. In the spring the Maps were
popular Now they are detested. Ihelr
road through the East Is sure 10 be
hard one. for every manager VIII save
his best pitchers just for their dement,
RAYMOND Cutie" Carville Morgan is
likely to be back in the lineup tomor,
row, thereby improving the speed ana
hitting power of the Griffmen. He has
been nursing his sore heel In the hope
of playing as soon as possible, ana now
Mike Martin, the man who invented
"the best air in the world" says that
the stone bruise has about vanished.
Morgan's speed in the field. his timely
hitting, and his snap and dash make
him one of the most valuable members
of the team. He Is needed In the game
every day.
Joe Engel is carded to pitch tomor-
rows game against the New York
Yankees, but there is a chance that he
will be saved for the Maps on Wednes-
day and Jim Shaw sent against
Chances nondescript outfit. Engel s
1lne WOrk SdturudS, IL Tepeoteu asoiiiSt
the Maps, would insure victory. Shaw
has been with the team long enough to
get his bearings, and he may get his
trial in the big show tomorrow. Man
ager Griffith says he will not decide
this until the last minute.
Doc Ayres, Harry Hedgepeth, and
slim" Love. pitchers, and Ben Spencer.
an outfielder, are expected to report to
Manager Griffith tomorrow morning.
If a favorable opportunity arises, Spen-
Ger may be sent to left field in place
of Gedeon. Ayres' friends in Richmond
want to see him used against the Maps
on Tuesday, and there is chance of his
appearing. 1t is a small chance, how
ever, and the Griffmen cannot afford to
use bushers against Birmingham's team
at this stage of the race. But 1t is AL
most certain that Ayres will make his
debut within week after his arrival