The Washington herald., 1914-05-15
Grlff to Garry
Thirty Players
Old Fox Not Obliged TO Cut
His Squad to Twenty
FIVE Players.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
~ wILLIAM PEET.

| Manager Grinlth, Of the Wsshinstor
baseball club. today has thirty men un'
der contract and he states that for thu
present he win carry this number.
In previous years. according to baseball
law, a manager In either the American
or National leagues must cut his squad
to twenty-five players-but. now all 4,
changed.
IT have received no instructions to cdt
my squad" stated Grif last night, 'and
for the present will carry all the players
have 6nder contract"
This move has been anticipated ever
since the Federal League started busi-
ness. The powers that be decided that
major league managers could use al
the players they wished, because organ.
ized baseball did not propose to strength
en- Federal League ranks. and 1t is safe
betting that the Feds would have made
fattering offers to any promising players
let out by the majors to smaller cir
cults.
Including Jack Ryan. who is under
contract. Grifith has at present exactly
twenty-seven ball players. In addition
he has signed Pitcher Barron. of West
Virginia Wesleyan College: Douglass
Mem, of/the University Of Virginia, and
Otto Nye. promising schoolboy in
fielder from Springfield. M, bringing ths
total number up to thirty.
DOC" Ayers yesterday pitched the
best game Of ball since he has worn
q Washington uniform. and his many
friends in the Capital were glad to see
him come through with flying colors.
Ayers had beautiful control. He was
frequently in hole. but always man
aged to get the ball over when neces-
sary, and the White Sox batters who
attempted to wait him out came to
grief. Ayers only gave one base on
balls, and looked like a million dollars
out there in the box.
THE best game of ball I have seen
this year." Is the way Umpire Bill
Dineen describes the combat YESTERDAY v
between the Nationals and White Sox.
Washington won on its merits.
They put over the much needed run by
hitting the ball. Shanks was clearly
entitled to triple. for that drive OF
his in the tenth never touched Dem
mitts hands" Dineen added.
The final game of the White sox
series will be played this afternoon.
Eddie Cicotte is slated to pitch for the
visitors, while either Joe Engel or Jim
Shaw will be on the job for the Ma
tionals.
There is a chance that Joe Boehling
will toe the slab, but the Old Fox
stated last night that he hardly ex-
pected to start Boehling before Satur-
day or Monday. as the southpaw has q
sore knee and has been under the care
Of physician during the past few
days.
Red Kuhn. the Chicago catcher, who
was hit on the finger with a foul tip
Wednesday. will be in Washington for .
couple OF weeks or SO.
The Washington club physician Is treat
ing the receiver. According to Kuhn him.
self, Il am In the hands of a regular
doctor now and I'm going to stick to him
until / am ready to work again"
Manager Callahan has agreed to leave
Kuhn in Washington until his broken
digit is mended.
Since Buck Weaver has been out of the
game with a game leg he has been occu-
pying the first base coachers box, and
has been making quite a bit OF noise.
Perhaps the added duties of captain have
caused him to become more talkative
Yesterday ne got too gay. addressing his
remarks to Ayers, and Connolly chased
him to the bench.
Ray Morgan made a pretty play on
Jim Scott in the fifth which saved a
base hit being chalked up against Ayers
The ball was hits slowly past the
pitchers position, and Morgan came in
fast. McBride's voice could be heard
yelling. Get it away, Ray" and Ray did.
the ball reaching first just ahead Of the
pitcher.
With Bodie on first in the second in
ming Alcock hit one at Morgan which
Ray fumbled. Ray probably remem-
bered the first game of the series when
he missed Kuhn going to second. In
his anxiety to complete the play at Sec
ond. Ray dropped the bail, and did not
recover 1t In time to get either man.
Blackburn followed with one at him and
he started a pretty double play which
Mcbride and Gandil finished
Manager Griffith was on the alert when-
ever foul balls came near the grand
stand. Several times Henry came right
up to the stand, 1t appearing that he
was going to crash into it. Griff came
out thereafter and waved him away when
there was no chance for a putout.
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