The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-05
GRIFFMEN READY
FOR final game
Joe Engel Likely to Start the
Final Encounter with
Red Sox.
GANDIL WILL NOT PLAY
Nationals Great First Stacker Still
Unable to Put Shoe on
Injured Foot.
By WILLIAM PEET.

boSton Mass., may 4.-AH Is In readl-
ness for the good-by battle against the
Boston Red Sox tomorrow and a quick
getaway TO Chicago, where the Ma
tionals open the first Western engage
ment of the season against Comiskey's
pa1e-hosed aggregation, led by Gen.
Jeems Callahan.
Late tonight Manager Griffith an
nounced that he had changed his mind
about starting Walter johnson in the
wind-up combat with Boston at Fenway
Park, and informed Joe Engel that the
youngster was TO hit the hay early and
pull down a good nights sleep in order
to pitch tomorrow.
AT the rate we are going now there
is no necessity for pitching Walter
Johnson. Engel was wild as March
hare Saturday, but when he did manage
TO put the bali over Boston could not
touch him, and | believe he can win
for me tomorrow. At any rate i am
going to start him in the box, and if
things break badly l shall substitute
Carr Cashion,' said the Old Fox.
Walter Johnson caused Manager Grif-
nth to go into Mysteries tonight when
the big pitcher strolled Ieisurely into
the lobby of the Copley Square Hotel
about O'Clock tonight. accompanied by
Germany Schaefer The Teuton as
spokesman for the party. announced
that he and johnson had Just returned
from Providence, r. l., via automobile
1T was bit chilly, the passage home"
announced the comedian facetiously,
hut Waltah and myself managed to
weather the weather and here we are"
For the love of Mike" retorted the
Old Fox, have you fellows gone clean
daft? Why. it's colder than Greenland's
mountains. Both of you are liable to
come down-with pneumonia. You should
have had more sense, but, then, that's
just like a ball player; he don't believe
in worrying; he just lets the manager
do that
Griff was more put out by the incident
than he cared to show, and both John
son and Schaefer are in for a, fine young
scolding Tomorrow.
II seems that Schaefer and Johnson
took the automobile trip 10 the Rhode
Island city TO see Bill Donovans Provi-
dence club play Buffalo, and did not in
form any of their teammates of their
intentions this morning, so Griff was
not wise to what was going on. He will
keep sharper watch on his star pitcher
henceforth and for evermore.
Chick Gandil will hardly be able to get
into uniform tomorrow on account Of
hhc W lOOl the game
yesterday. The big first sacker came
down to breakfast, but as soon as the
meal was finished chased back to his
room. where he remained all day. Trainer
Martin, by frequent applications of Ice
bags, managed to reduce the swelling
little, but Gandil declares the pain is so
great that he cannot bear the confine-
ment of a shoe. Martin states that
Gandifs big toe is not only lacerated.
but bruised. The accident happened
early in yesterdays game as Gandil
blocked off Duffy Lewis at first.
The accident to Gandil acted as BOOM
erang on Lewis who turned his ankle on
the play and had to retire. Owner Jim
McAleer said that Lewis might be out
Of the game for several days
Manager Patsy Flaherty. Of the Lynn
Club OF the New England League, was a
caller at the hotel last night Flaherty
wanted to see Griff to try and pry him
loose from an infielder, but the Old Fox
informed the former National League
pitcher that he had nobody for sale or
trade
Zach Erhard who was signed up by the
Nationals last winter and who quit the
Charlottesville training camp because he
felt homesick, and who was shunted TO
New Haven, has just been turned over
satisfied with Erhard's work and is look
ing around for another infielder
II was learned tonight that there was
little chance Of the Nationals and Athlet-
les getting together in the Quaker City
for game on May "a by both clubs jump
ing back from the West after the final
games on the previous day. as Duke
Fowler. who knows all about trains and
time tables. declares that the Washington
Club could not possibly get out Of De-
troit in time to reach Phila for the con-
test, so il looks now as if the Climbers
would play an exhibition game in Rochest-
er on May "a against John Cancels In
ternational Leaguers
The Griffmen spent an unusually quite
Sunday in the city of Beans. The ma
jority of the club attended church this
morning. In the afternoon Nick Aitrock
chaperoned a small party to the Charles
town Navy Yard and Joe Gedeon boarded
a trolley to the beach just to take a
peek at the Atlantic Ocean IT'S some
ocean" he said, but I think the Pacific
has got ii beat" Gedeon comes from the
Coast you know.
Immediately after tomorrow's game the
Nationals will pile on board their pri- |
waite car attached to the 5:35 train headed |
for Chicago where they are due to ar
rive Tuesday night about 8 o'clock
There Is such a feeling of confidence
among the players that the Nationals
will make a grand clean up in the West
that an outsider cannot help but be i'm
pressed. The clubs the Nationals feared |
are Philadelphia and Boston and at the
worst, in case tomorrow's game goes
into the lost column the Griffmen have
obtained an even break at the start, which |
was just about what Griff predicted be- |
fore the season opened. If the club !
does not leave a trail of smoke in its |
wake during the fling around the West |
rrn wheel, all sorts of calculations and |
dope will have gone wrong.