Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
GRIFFITH PUTS
SOX IN FIT TIL
PLACEFOR 1874
Washington Leader INDUCES in
LoOg-Distance Forecasting
in Eastern Interview.

n HICAGO, ILL, Nov s.-The
White Sox have no chance of
landing the American League
bunting Of 1914. That is, if fans are
to believe the predictions of one C.
Griffith, that foxy person who pre-
sides over the field affairs of the
Washington American League ball
club during the summer season. In
fact, Griffith makes 1t all the tougher
on the Sox gang when he comes out
and says that at least four clubs
should finish ahead of the Sox clan.
Mr.. Griffith did not do all of his
talking to the writer, but is alleged
to have opened up to an Eastern
scribe. And, since the winter season
is now In full blast, and baseball
scribes are pulling their hair in des-
peration after making the daily visits
10 the baseball headquarters, where
they seldom gather real, live news,
the Eastern scribe was "tickled to
death" to eat up the interview and
write columns about it. Next sum-
mer the same kind of talk from Mr..
Griffith would hardly be worth a
paragraph, but this is winter time.
and that's an entirely different prop
osition.
Sox Get Even Break.
Griff is not claiming the 1914 pen
nant for his Washington crowd. He
summers entirely too close to Phila-
delphia, where the world heaters re-
side, to make any such foolish pre-
diction. At the same time, Griff
comes to the front and says the prin-
cipal fight Of the National next sum-
mer will be conferred upon the Mack
men. The foxy one is quoted as say
ing that if he can as good as split
even with the Athletics he has a good
chance Of winning. If Mr. Griffith's
ball club is so far ahead of the White
Sox he should at least break even
with the Athletics on the season. The
SoX, with team that according to
Griffith, has no chance next season,
managed to win eleven and lose
eleven to the Mackmen during the
1913 campaign. Looks as though a
team like the Nationals should do as
we'll against the high-class Mack
men as the Sox did.
Yep, Griff says his 1914 ambition
viii be to break even with the Ath-
letics. He sadly refers to the 1913
season, during which the Nationals
were completely outclassed every
time they stacked up against the
Quakertown brigade.
Griff says the Athletics either
caught him when he was all Grip
pied up, else they just waded in and
pounded the stuffing out Of Walter
Johnson. Wading in and pounding
the stuffing out of good pitchers is
one of the very best things that Mr..
Mack's stellar performers do.
Griffith Expects Close Race.
The foxy manager of the Nationals
is quoted as saying he believes the
1914 race in the American League will
he a sizzler from start to finish. He
thinks that at least four clubs have
chance for the ag-Philadelphia,
Washington, Cleveland and Boston.
When Griff spoke of the Sox in his
interview he said that Comiskey was
a good sport, a. good spender and
willing to spend money to strengthen
his club. Grift admitted that the SoX
needed strengthening. He says CAL
lahan has fine staff OF pitchers. He
also said that Calls men played some
good ball at times last summer. That
is also true. But his final words con-
corning the White Sox were cruel and
harsh. They were: 81 don't think the
Sox will be in the running at the
finish"
But Callahan should worry. Grif-
fifth also puts the Tigers out Of the
running before the season is any
where near ready to open, and he
doesn't even mention the Yankees and
Browns. It's nice to be mentioned by
Griffith, anyway.