Evening star., 1914-09-24

his pitchers on edge by that time. and
all he hopes for is that the Boston
team will be right on the heels of the
champions when the Mackmen hook up
with his team Griffith realizes that
| the easy manner in which the Athletics
have been winning the pennant in the
American League has proved a detri-
| ment to the organization and he Is
| pulling for their upset.
Three of the Nationals pitchers are
under consideration to work in the dou-
ble-header which is scheduled to take
place here today. They are Shaw. Harper
and Ayers. Shaws defeat in the first
game of Tuesdays double-header in
Bile work behind him at critical stages.
and Griffith believes that he Will come
right back and show to advantage. Har-
per. while green always has lot OF
stuff. Ayers was wild the other day, but
that is not normal condition. SO that
he. too, may come back. But one Of the
games is going to be a tough PROPOSE
ton. That is the one W hich Willie Mitch
eli. the Maps star pitcher, will work. in.
Most of Mitchell's games recently have
heen shut-outs. though it must be said
he never has been extremely successful
against the Nationals in the past, and
for this reason has been used but sell
dom against the Grinmen this season.
ment in the Nationals hitting of late,
and If the pitchers round into form the
team may yet beat out the Tigers for
third place. OF course. the stay here is
going to be hard one. for five games
will be played in three days, and that
forces Griffith to use his pitchers out of
turn. which always plays havoc with a
twirling staff.
1t is very evident that the club owners
Of the two major leagues are very much
base ball should pursue regarding the
Federal League. One element believes
that the fight should be carried to fin
n. fnr Wniie th % ano.hel . wants TO % COMPROMISE ms.
the present belligerent conditions only
serve to kill the interest in the sport
which. above everything else. should be
that even though the Federal League
should succumb in the present conflict
! by the time this is accomplished base
condition. and that for this reason some
sort of compromise should be effected
which would bring about peace and pros
perity.
1t is believed that the outlaw faction
| is open to proposition provided 1t
| is presented in the proper way, but
that it will not take the initiative
and intends to fight to finish. even
| est in the sport.
No club in either of the major league
| circuits has suffered as much financial
ly this year as the Cleveland aggre-
cation. A team which was fighting
for the flag last year and was the
runner-up until the last week or so
of the season is now safely lodged in
| last place. The good showing of the
team last year naturally brought about
| increases in salary. yet the attendance
during the present campaign has been
the worst in the clubs history. and the
losses are decidedly heavy as a result
Whether the prospects for next sea-
| son are any better is matter of spec
, ulation, for the team will probably
have to be entirely rebuilt before there
is any hope of it gaining strength
But the material with which to
strengthen 1t is hard to obtain, so
Charley Somers, the local owner, ma Y
be up against it for some time to
come.