The Washington times., 1914-01-31
So Says Clark Griffith, Who
Predicts Short Life for Out
law Circuit.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

You can wager your last kopeh thar
{. , rear-ieague will never survive one
S.. ascr have been watching the work
pretty well. and l happen to know that
r.- whole thing is built on blum
ey talked of having Milan and Noel
Ter. when. as a matter of fact the re-
port Was absolutely without founoa-
lion" ..,,.,
This Is q slant which Clark Griffith
takes AZ all the talk OF the trouple
when the reds expect TO make 1or OF
ganlZed baseball.
Why. that gang that Knabe has an
nounced at Baltimore is not even W
10 the standard OF the international
League, and it's a good bet Inat "hen
the time rolls around BaltimoTeans Will
awaken to the fact that Dunn mas .
better bail club than this seH-styleH
major league. -,
What real ball players have they?
They have grabbed Up a lot OF JUNK thaI
yTns in bad in the big leagues, but theS
have vet to show even nucleus toE
any OF their clubs that would Ousuty
their claims that they are gong 10 Ce
real contenders OF the National OF
American
.aTake the Athletics and you will find
that Iney are intact, while as lar as We
are concerned the only man We nave
lost is owens, and the only reason !
ever got him was in the hope that
WOuId be able to palm him on TO some
National League club for an outnelder.
No. sir. the Federals are living on
bluff and the public will IND II out De-
lore many more weeks.
Two weeks from tomorrow is the GATE
ON which Chick Gandil expects TO start
in his conditioning process.
M contracts reached headquarters to-
day, but Mr. c. X. Morgan, OF second
b.ase and Baltimore, dropped in to wish
his chief a pleasant morning morgan
has kept himself in excellent shape anu
is as anxious as any of the others 10
Eet down in the shadows of Monticello.
Ralph Yonker. in the Detroit News,
has the following straightforward COM
ment on cleveland detecuons. ,na
''Of course. brother American leaoge
Somers Of Cleveland Maps lose trio
of good pitchers like Blanding, taIkeh-
berg and kahler to the Federal league,
but when II comes to looking tor rosy
lgl4 pennant prospects the fans of about
fve cities in the American league are
content to worry" about the Maps
loaS, a.. .xo.n,ion ~ the Athletics,
and possibly every club in the league
figures that il must first beat out the
Cleveland club before II gets cnance
at the championship. Washington hg-
uFes that It already has chance, Maps
or no Maps.
cleveland last year had one Of the
strongest pitching STATS in the league.
or course, the great hitting OF jackson
and Laioie helped IL to third place In
the league. but the pitching was the
main factor that put it there.
With BianoinE, Falkenberg and KAN
ler gone the pitching staff is practically
ClemoraliZed. Among the first ten pitch
ers in the American league according
10 earned runs rating are four CleHe-
land hlIrlers. They are Mitchell, Steen'
named. BIEnding and Kahler follow
Gregg IN the order named.
While Mitchell. Steen and Gregg are
great huTleTs. they can hardly be eX-
pC cted to bear UP under the strain that
vii, le put upon them il the three men
mentioned gO- over to the Feds"
or the Nationals has come through the
acquisition OF w. J. Lee, of Bayonne,
y. J. AS an oUtfielder Lee has made
good on the amateur fields of New Jer-
Sey, and comes highly recommended by
a friend Of Mr. Griffith.
Joe Engel mas decided to go to En-
mitsburg 10 spend a few days in help
ing 10 develop the pitchers at Mount St
Marys College, where he was a student
before crashing his way into the pro-
fessional class.
The first stStement coming from the
Federal League as TO the men they
claim to have actually signed. develops
that the outlaws insist they have cor
raled the following:
Catchers - Owens. Washington; Car
isch- Cleveland Easterly, White sox: