The Washington herald., 1915-09-24
By Cleaning Up Against De-
troit Nationals Can Put the
Tigers Out of Fight.
JOHNSON WORKS TODAY
Big Fellow Slated to Oppose Junga-
leers in First of Series-Other
Gossip.

Hughey Jennings Detroit Tigers will
today open a five-same series against
| the Nationals, and Grifhth's young men
have 1t within their power to put the
Tigers completely out Of the pennant
fight by cleaning up the majority Of these
games.
As it stands today the Red Sox are
four and one-half games ahead of De-
troit, and up North the pennant is prac-
tically conceded Bill Carrigan's crowd.
but there still remains an outside chance
of Detroit winning. The chance is SO re-
mote that already plans are being COM
pleted to stage part Of the worlds Sc
ries in the Massachusetts, city.
AS he did against the Chicago White
Sox, Manager Grifflth proposes to put
his strongest team, including pitchers.
against the Tigers during the series
which start today. Walter johnson is
slated to work this afternoon, and will
also probably pitch again next Tuesday.
The American League pennant race
will be decided right here in the Capital
for If the Griffmen manage to win the
majority Of games from Detroit the
Tigers will be entirey out of the fight.
while, on the other hand. II Detroit wins
all five games and the st. Louis Browns
should manage to cop two or three
games from the Red Sox then the race
would again develop into a thriller, with
the winner undecided until the last week
Of the season.
While the Tigers wiped the earth with
Connie Mack's Athletics in Philadelphia
the past three days, Boston also slammed
the Cleveland Indians around. winning
four games and increasing their lead,
consequently Detroit could not make up
any lost ground-in fact, this club drop
ped further into the rut, as Boston play
ed one more game than did the Tigers.
Manager Jennings. who arrived in town
with his club late last night. refuses
to be counted out of the flag fight.
My team will not quit-we are play
and are prepared to give Washington all
the fight it wants." said the peppery
leader OF the Jungaleers.
This Is one reason why Capital fans
always flock to the ball yard when De-
troit plays here, for every one knows that
Jennings club is in the game from the
start and scrapping for every point.
Coveleski or Dauss will likely be in
the box for the visitors today.
To settle numerous arguments It might
be we'll to state that there is no chance
for the Athletics to break the major
league record for number of games lost
in season. Cleveland lost 134 games
out OF a 154 game schedule in 1859 and
It Is not likely the mark will ever be
! reached again. The Cubs in 1906 won 116
games, which is the high-water mark for
victories. another performance that will
probably stand for years and years
When he purIoined second base in the
ninth inning at Philadelphia Wednesday.
Cobb equalled Milan's record of eighty
eight stolen bases in 1912. Milan's mark
| is the best of the latter-day stars. Some
years ago Billy Hamilton plfered rs
sacks and before that more than 15D
bases were stolen. Cobb is out to put up
modern record that will last for years
to come. He loses no opportunity to
| steal when he gets on the bags.
Billy Weart. baseball writer on the
Philadelphia Telegraph. prints the fol-
lowing: There are doubtless lots Of
| fans who are now willing to admit
that they knew months ago that the
Phillies would win the National League
pennant this year. Some Of them will
probably claim they knew 1t the min
ute they heard that Pat Moran had
been appointed manager of the team
History. however records only one
man who really predicted last winter
that the Phillies would come out on
top this year. The original and prob
ably the only real member of the
"Phillies' I-Told- You-So Club" is Sher-
wood Magee.
One day last December Magee was
requested to take trip to New York
with Billy Shettsline to meet Presi-
dent Baker, of the Phillies. Neither
Magee nor Shettslne knew the object
! of the trip, but each thought It con-
cerned trade in which Sherwood was
involved. When they reached the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel they got a mes
sage telling them to go to a certain
room In a certain building.
When they got to the building Ma
gee remarked that Jim Gaffney. pres
ident of the Braves, had his office in
that structure and he had hunch he
| was to be traded to Boston. Magee
was right. for the deal was closed
in few minutes after Sherwood en-
tered Gaffney's office. Sherwood was
tickled over the transfer. for he
thought the Braves would repeat and
win the pennant this year.
Coming home on the train. however.
Sherwood began TO regret leaving the
Phillies.
'I just feel 1t in my bones. 'Shetts,'
said Sherwood. that the Phillies viii
win the pennant this year. It's Just
my luck to get away from them and
have them turn in and win the cham
pionship."