The Washington times., 1914-05-23
PROBABLE LINEUP.
Game at 3 P. m.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

By THOMAS KIRBY.
According TO Clark Griffith. Bert
Gallia has been sold TO the Kansas
City club.
Whether other club officials have
ever seriously considered" sending
the pitcher TO American Association is
not known. But Griffith, the one the
neNspapermen have been told to de-
pend upon in statements of news con-
cerning the Nationals and their affairs
and accept these statements without
question, declared that Gallia would
leave at once for the West
Wonder If that long distance tele-
phone call which the Washington club
put in yesterday was TO ask Ban
johnson if il was raining or TO bring
20 him the wholly unexpected, un-
known and astonishing intelligence that
there had been some little talk of
sunday baseball here for a few days.
Griffith said today that he did not
give out the now-famous statement
that The club oIIicaIs have never
seriously considered the playing OF
sunday baseball" Neither did General
Coxey or Connie Mack or Julius
Caesar, but il seems to be within the
pounds OF reason to presume tnat the
manager of The ball club VINO talks
Sunday baseball all week is an official
of the club and tnat he might at least
have called up some OF the other title
holders and told them he had an ink
Ling that Sunday baseball was being
quietly discussed around town
After columns had been written about
the opinion OF the manager and the
proba bic stand of the club, the oaseball
officials have coined an expression an
seriously considered that ranks with
the Administrator ''watchful walt
ing 20.
While the public was depending upon
the declarations coming out OF the
Southern building, we suppose the mat
ters the club otricials seriously con-
sldered'' yesterday afternoon were the
latest Parisian fashions, and the latest
Developments in Mexico
Griffith said today he though: there
Vas still chance of Sunday game
oeing placed here after the return Of
me Nationals from their next trip. The
next time we will wait until the umpire
cslls Play BALI and then the public
and press will not be asked 10 receive
in a friendly manner such a declaration
as eminated from the ball club last
night
Usually il is the private ball players
who have 10 stand the roa SITS. This time
Il is squsrely UP to the men who hold
stock in the CLUB whether the public Is
l, seriously consider" statements from
headquarters that are presumed 10 be a
guide on the real situation.
II is not a question Of the legality Of
desirabihty OF SUNDAY baseball, but a
Cold-blooded proposition of what the
public rs expected 10 accept as repre-
sentative Of the attitude OF the CLUB.
OF all the cities on the circuit his
Is the one that the club can complain
the least about treatment by the papers.
This simply serves to intensity The
offence.
Patrons or baseball al National Park
-t.ose VINO have made the 0ame here
possibility through their financial
and moral support were surprised, not
10 say stunned. TODAY by the state
ment OF the Washington CLUB ueciar-
inE against Sunday contests in his
city. Intentionally OF unintenuonally
those who have the best interests OF
the Nationals at heart were totally
uiSled and. regardless OF the views of
lhe individual fans on the subject.
the officials might we'll issue a. sup
Elementary statement TO bolster up
their position before their supporters.
For Years Washington vas the laugh
ing stock OF the baseball world. Not
only did Its teams rounder around IN
last place and player sold here CEN
sldered himself reiesated 10 the grave
ard Of the die mond. but the business
mana cement was so utterly puerile that
IL was almost impossible 10 convince
an ordinary man that conditions we're
such as really existed. There Nss not
even an office for corporation INpre-
NJ
lars. Finding the manager was more a
matter of luck than the result Cf any
Vell-regulated system.
When things reached The swapping
point, Ban Johnston realized the EHces-
sty for action. and when Clark Grif-
nth took charge no incoming manager
was ever received more cordially BY
public or press than the one VINO is
now in charge. The past was forgotten.
mistakes were overlooked, and tie city
stood solidly supporting the man Who
was TO prove the Moses
To dilate on the field management of
the club by Griffith would be a waste OF
space, energy. and effort. He has sue
ceeded admirably. From the lowest
place in the race he has driven his club
into the vortex Of the battle. until tnings
have now reached the stage where com
petent judges are sincerely declaring
that there is an excellent chance Of the
worlds series being played here nest
fail Griffith has been hIGhlv success
full where many have been dismal fail
ures.
On the other side of 10 question,
there is a decided room for ~ improve
ment, an Improvement that must be
brought about without delay II the club
is 10 retain the confidence that has been
SO readily placed in it. 4 case 10 the
hours ago Clark Griffith told the writer
that IL the Federal League played here
on Sunday. the Nationals would Play
Detroit. The court yesterday declared