The Washington times., 1915-10-03

The champion Boston Red Sox will re-
quire considerable steady drilling In or
der to get away with their combats
with Pat Moran's Phlying Phils. II their
showing against the Griffmen in yes
terday's doubie-header provides a fair
criticism OF their strength. At no time
did they show the life and dash of n
winning ball club. They we're dead on
the bases. slow to take advantage Of
breaks In their favor. wretchedly weak
With the stick. and only fair In the
II Joe Wood has been counted upon to
open the worlds series in Philadelphia
next Friday. he will have to show far
nosr ha H he eaEys dS here ss TO has: hs rst
the old smoke" was conspicuous by its
absence. Babe Ruth. who followed
Wood In the first game. was q distinct
Improvement He looked ready for the
Ernie Shore has been touted as the
coming star. with Grover Cleveland
Alexander. Of the worlds series, but
against the 0rlftmen he looked far from
himself. nm The rockies on the home team
MAYS. the undernanded finger. not ex-
pected to perform against the Phils. was
6iE Improvement over Shore.
Duny Lewis acted like = wooden man
all day. while Larry Gardner couldn't
seem to take any interest In tho game
AZ all With Speaker out OF the garden
!nG trio: thore was no punch to the
team: The absence. Of Jack Barry made
ins iessus sne.d sai s,ns rssemble that of minor
II is expected that the games at the
roi Grounds this week will provide the
edge" for the title series Possibly
TINS 70 true. but Bill Carrigan has his
pastirnes. '''"
Tomorrow the hapiess Mackmen a,e
three-gaine series with the Grirfs, Just
way they should return. none can tell.
IL would be better for them to award
ihe victories 70 the Georgia avenue ath.
letes and call IL on for the season.
and: II any fans journey out to Tile the
park. It Will be to see the rockies per-
form for the Old Fox. These three
games with the Msckmen Wind up the
iSl6 camtaign here. Manager Griftith
u expected to use all of his ROCKIES
to get better ideas Of their ability,
Following The last Philadelphia game
the 9rinmen will begin slowly to scat
yer yer 10 20 tneir homes. Some Of the home
Washington uniforms. A few will re-
main here during the winter. Eddie Fos
yer being one Of them. Chick Gandil
wiii shortly 60 to Texas. where ne
oif-sessor A week after the close OF
the campaign will fnd here oniy those
all winter. -"
That Manager Griffith has tound some
excellent rookie2 for 1916 was shown
conciusivcly In yesterdays double.
header with the champion Red Soy
The hitting and fel6ins OF Tom Sawyer
the Des htoines recruit the remarkably
heavy stickwork Of Kid Jnmieson the
brilliant fielding OF Fph Milan, and the
timely tapping ot Joe Judge, with now
| and then tinc hit of fielding on his
part. delighted the fair-sised crowd
who were on hand to take a final peek
| at tho Red SoN. but particularly to see
how the youngsters looked in comparf
| son with the champions. But for the
uniforms. one would have decided tn,
Grttfs were the champions.
| Walter Johnson huns up an easy vic
tory IN the opener; 9 to, 1. Joe Judge
Zeb Milan. and Kid Jameson conspirec
and Tommy Connollya hearty two-ba
knock scored Jameson in the sixth.
| The second game ended in "A 3-to-
tie in the tenth, George Dumont acquit
ting himself well against the cha m
pions. But for a bit of dead coachnl
at third In the hnal round the Grif
| would have won, 4 to 3. but Chick Gan
dill was held up and then allowed to 81
to his death at the plate on Foster
clout TO center. Umpire Hildebrand de
cided 1t was too dark to continue tn
heart. .-,
sawyer's single to center, Dumont'
safe slap In front Of the pan, Cady'