Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13
RAIN D|SAPPO|NTS
BOTH MANAGERS
Failure to Complete Series
With New York Considered
Blow to Both Teams.
ATHLETICS COME FOR
THREE GAMES MONDAY
Dent and Drohan to Be Given
Trial Against Baltimore
Today.
BY j. ED GRILLo.


games scheduled for Friday and
Saturday with the New Yorks
was a great disappointment 70
both Managers Griffith and
Chance. Griff figured on giving
his team fair lead during the
soJourn OF Frank Chances men.
and when he found yesterday that
the final game had to be called
of he was not in his usual good
mcod. Notwithstanding the fact
that Griffith hoped to make a
clean sweep of the series with
New York, Chance was none the
less disappointed when it became
evident that but one OF the three
games scheduled to be played
here would go on record. Not
that Chance made any claims as
to what the result OF the two post
poned games would have been,
but he wants to get all the work
into his players possible so that
his team will be fit to make a
good showing from this out
At SIS yesterday afternoon
Chance and his players left here
for Boston, where they are sched-
uled to play three games next
week before opening the season
at the Polo Grounds Thursday,
when they will have the Nation
ais as their guests. Chance was
disappointed because but one
game had been played here. Be-
cause of the good showing of his
team in the game which Johnson
pitched he figured that he would
have a good chance to win one,
if not both, of the next two games,
which would have been a SPLEEN
did showing for his team.
Incidentally he figures that his team
has better chance against the Ma
tiona1s now than it will have later in
the season, for he admits that Crit
Gth's team is sure to improve.
Chance Is Anxious.
Innsinuations in one of the New York
papers that Chance was stalling about
having an injured leg, and that he
could have played if he wanted to, did
not worry him in the least He laugh
ed at the report and said: 1T matters
not what they say about me- L want
To win some ball games this year.
and il l can do that 1 viii be satisfied
Will be in the game just as soon as
l can, and L am confident that when l
break in i viii hold my own. l know
that i am in better shape this spring
than L have ever been in recent years,
and IL ] can't play l Will get out OF
the game in hurry
Grirfth was anxious to play the
games because to postpone them
means double headers later in the sea-
son. and according to the Nationals
manager double-headers are a hard
ship on any club which has pennant as
pirations. Nothing is SO hard on a
pitching staff than to be forced TO
play two games in one afternoon. and
II is the fact that these postponed
games must be played in this way that
Griffith did not speak kind words
about the weather man.
Monday the Athletics come here for
three games. Fresh from dual vic
tory at Boston. Mack's players will be
on edge for their struggles here Though
Griffith could use Johnson against the
former champions. he will not change
his regular program, and either Groom
or Hughes will be sent in against the
visitors. Johnson will then be pitched
either Tuesday or Wednesday, while it
is not unlikely that either Engel or
Gallia will be used in the opening
game at New York Thursday. Griffith
figures using his pitchers in regu-
lar rotation. far as it is possible
He realizes that this is going to be a
long. hard season. and that the team
which can keep its pitching staff intact
the longest will stand the best chance
al the finish.
Though ii was impossible for the play
ers to indulge in practice on the field
yesterday. they put in a couple of hours
warming up under the grandstand where
they were protected from the weather
The pitchers were put through sharp
workout for half an hour or so under
Grifiths direction, and all of them
were benefited by the work Griffith
figures that his team has not suffered
by reason of the enforced idleness off
the field. for he has given them enough
work of the right kind to keep them
edge.