The Washington herald., 1914-03-31
Dodgers Here, Pinned for
Tough Battle Williams
and Ayers in Points.
CANNOT SEE THE GIANTS
BY WILLIAM PEET.

FIRST DIVISION sure. ana one OF lne
most promising pitching STATS in the
history of the Brooklyn club" is the way
Manager wilbert Robinson and Owner
Charles Hercules Ebbetts size up the
present team from the city at the wrong
end of the bridge.
Owing TO the wretched condition of the
field at National Park, the game between
Brooklyn and the Griffmen, scheduled
for yesterday. was called OF, and the
teams will clash today, il the weather
permits.
'I am sorry that we could not have
gotten in these two combats here" de-
clared Manager Robinson last night.
for, believe me, my club is ready, and
we were confident Of putting up a good
game"
Il am glad to see Grfff in right here
he Is a smart manager. has had lot
of Tough luck in his time, and If all /
hear is to be credited the Washington
club today is a mighty formidable ag
gregation.''
1T looks to me as il we had a first
division ball club" Manager Robinson,
continued, ''the veterans are all in fine
shape and We have gained a corking good
shortstop in Dick Egan. just the man
needed TO fill the bill.
my players are just like one happy,
family. They are all pulling together
and have given me their best services.
Our keynote is harmony, and anytime
you have harmony on a ball club, il
augers well for success.
while not attempting to disparage the
New York Giants, il was the opinion
from Manager Robinson down TO the
iowliest Brooklyn recruit, that this team
would not win the National League
pennant, and the reasons vouchsafed
were twofoid. namely. that globe girding
tour. and secondly lack of ffrst-class
pitching, it being the impression that
Mathewson and Marquard would not be
able TO come through with the stuff that
has characterized their work in seasons
past.
Pat Ragan and Elmer Brown will
be in the box for the Dodgers today,
while Griffith proposes to work Dick
Williams and DIR. Wyatt Yancey Ayers
Elmer Brown is the finger who
pitched such sensational ball for the
Birmingham club of the Southern
League last season. He was at one
I7E0e member of the St. Louis Amer
icasa and that club lost him by fail
GHc 70 sTarcise its option.
Eodsy.s ne will be a good test for
srs 1hG Williams, Griff's youngsters,
TO. they viii De- tOr-ed to work against
Tes. ban yil.d. aHG - order to keep
ne S-l1-Enea N front must show more
stuN than aes been apparent thus far
Kid ElDeyfald. formerly with the Ma
tionals and srn big favorite in the
Capital is with the Brooklyns. in the ca
pacity of coach for the infielders Man
ager Robinson is high in his praises of
the Kid.
''EIbeffeId has been of inestimableI
value to US this spring. There is nothing
about the fine points of the game the |
Kid does not know. and we made no mis-
take when we grabbed him from the
Southern League" was Robinson's COM |
ment.
With the Brooklyn Dodgers is Thomas |
S Rice. baseball writer on the Brooklyn |
Daily Eagle, formerly connected with !
one of the Washington newspapers. Mr. /
Rice impaired the information that. in his |
opinion. Owner Ebbetts made no mistake
in signing up Wilbert Robinson, to man
aEe the Brooklyn club
Our prospects for a successful season
never looked brighter" declared Rice,
and unless we run into a lot of hard
luck l look for the club to finish in the
first division"
According to Mr.. Rice the Federal
League invasion will not hurt the Brook
lyn club in the least. He declares that
Win -,VVV"b people IN that city there is
plenty of room for two baseball teams.
and that by comparison. the FederaIs
will suffer.
After a short talk with Manager
Robinson yesterday afternoon, Clark
Griffith decided that it would not be
best to stage a double header at the
local ball park today: instead only
one game will be played.
Brooklyn was opposed to the twin
sketch for the reason that il would
work too much of a hardship on the
players, and for other reasons, so the
clubs will meet at o'clock this aft
ernoon and play nine innings-per-
haps.
Owner Ebbetts was interviewed last
night regarding the Federal League,
and before the writer had a chance to
fire more than one or two questions or
so at him, replied with a toss of the
head: Il do not care to discuss the
Federal League"
Later Mr.. Ebbetts stated that he was
not worrying about the so-caIled outlaws,
declaring that they would do little harm
in the major leagues this season.
The Federals got a couple of my
players" vouchsafed Ebbetts, but 1 am
not worrying, they cannot hurt me.
With the Brooklyn club is Pitcher !
Charles Smutz from Seattle, Wash Last !
season SmutZ was with the Vancouver, {