The Washington times., 1913-05-06
CONFIDENCE RE|GNS
. ON CLIMBERS TRIP
Certain That E They Will Win
/ More Games on Western In
/ vasion Than They Lose.
GRIFF SURE OF VICTORY
!
s'0id Fox" More Apprehensive Of
/ St. Louis Than Any of the
! New Opponents.
GRIFF SURE of VICTORY
By SENATOR"

1 BUFFALO, NY, May S.-The climb.
lers are en- route to Chicago to open
sfhei- first invasion of the West this
season.. To say that confidence. reiSns
among the Griffmen is going. mildly.
They sare certain that they will win
more games on the frontier than they
will lose. Furthermore. each and every
one of the noble young athletes can
prove what he says by actual mathe-
matics. 1t isn't only the -'0id Fox
who talks this way. but every player
from the Oldest to the youngest, from
Herman Schaefer down to Baidomero
Acosta, and that's running the gamut
from Old Age to Youth with yen-
geance.
first game against the Chicago White
Sox. There is no telling at this time
who will be chosen to perform on the
mound for the sensation providers Of
the American League. Manager Grif-
hth declines to say. He wishes to look
them over before picking out his pitch
er. But he says that the pitcher makes
no difference, anyway, for his young
lights out of the White Sox Fingers, and
he ought to know.
We're going to hit this West like
Tornado smiles ''Old Fox" When
I'VE get through playing these Western
teams they'll wish We had, never come.
Our very best work will be against
Cleveland, the only Western team which
has been able to give us tussle for
place thus far. Indeed, they would
never have done that If We had been
playing with them instead of with the
hardest teams in the league. That's
all that's saved the Maps from sliding
back where they belong.
How He Dopes 1t.
I'VE DON'T care for any of these teams
ir the West / don't expect TO win
every game on thi. trip. Such a record
Is made only in a decade. Perhaps our
1872 record will never be equaled again,
but We shan't lose many contests. The
umpires, OF course, will rob US of
few, but we'll conquer in spite of the
-umpires, curse 'em.
I'VE start tomorrow with. the White
Sox. Well, four victories there will look
very good Sure. We may drop one. Doc
White may bother u.s. He generally
gives us more trouble than even Ed
Walsh. But we're also liable to ham,
ner White from the box, as We did last
year a couple of times, If l recall right
ly. Three victories, indeed. will look
Very good in Chicago. but four will suit
me better.
Down in st. Louis We may bump into
difficulties. The Browns. even when
they were weaker than they are this
year always bothered US. Perhaps we'n
cop only three Of the four scheduled for
ST. Louis, but we're going out for that
fourth one, just the same.
Then ID Detroit. Soft, soft, in Dc
uoit. Ty Cobb can never win any
games from us We've got two right
now. Johnson and Groom being certain
to win their games When you stop
crawford and Cobb. you've stopped the
Tigers. and my two pitching stars have
their numbers. Well take a chance
with the other two contests.
-; Comes Tug of War.
In Cleveland comes the tug-of-war
for fGir. I'll hand it to Joe Birming-
nam for putting up a scrappy team. one
that GETS lots of hits and bothers every
team In the West. But the Maps have
yet TO face real strong opponent. I've
been following closely the work OF the
Maps and they don't make enough runs
Tor their hits 10 suit me. They'll never
win from us unless they can score more
runs on their hits
III the first place, the Maps are not
likely to make so many hits. They
have not scored many runs on the hits
they've made TO date. SO you can see
whO- chances they have of scoring
more when they go up against our
pitching. Wen take the steam out of
those Maps. all right; leave 1t to us.
Il don't expect much trouble in The
West. It's when we again trek LAST
that want my pitchers in shape Ior
their best work. We open in Philadel-
phia. you know. the one town tina: al
Ways has luck with it. II We can get
an even break in the luck ay Shibe
Park, we'll go home to Washington in |
first place. We have six games to play
in Philly before We return to Florioa
avenue. and those six games will just
atout leave us in first place when We |
entertain the worlds champion Red |
SoX In the Capital on the 9th