The Washington herald., 1915-09-28
johnson Will
Pitch TODAY
Grif Determined to Win Final
Game of Series from the
Detroit Tigers.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP

In an effort to capture the final game
Of the series from the Tigers here this
afternoon, Manager Griffith will pitch
Walter johnson against the Detroiters
Opposed to johnson will be either
Lowdermilk or Dubuc.
1t begins to look as If Johnson Is the
only National pitcher able to tame the
Michiganders. for Walter beat this
bunch last Friday. but unless he gets
little help from his comrades IN the shape
of runs this afternoon the Tigers are
likely to leave town with four games
won out of the five.
AS the Grand Army parade will be
over about hoon tomorrow Manager
with Connie Mack's Athletics on that
day. the first game starting at LIS
clock.
As an added attraction at the ball
park Thursday, ten-mile race between
veterans of the waHwill be staged. Col
]. L. Smith, of Highland Park. Mich.
will go the complete route of ten miles.
and at the beginning of each mile he
will take on a fresh comrade.
The fight for the American League
pennant practically is at an end. There
seems but little else to be done but the
formal awarding of the penuant to the
Red Sox outfit and the placing upon the
dome of Bill Carrigan the laurel wreath
which is reserved exclusively for vic
torious persons.
The Tigers, of course, still have
chance-but only a miracle can win for
them now. They would have to win all
their remaining six games and the Sox
lose practically all of their remaining ten
i Just now the Sox lead the Tigers by four
and one-half games. If the Red Sox
win only five of those games they will
win. even If the Tigers won all of their
eight.
The pennant that Carrigan has clinched
Is the thirteenth that has gone to Boston
since baseball became an institution. 1t
Is the fourth pennant won by an Ameri-
can League club since the American
League was organized in 1901 The nine
others were won by the National League
clubs.
In 1871 Harry Wright piloted the Bos-
ton team to victory. He duplicated the
trick in 1873. The next pennant went to
Boston in 1883, when Merritt managed
the club. Frank Selee took charge of the
Boston club ir 1891 and won the pennant
three years in a row-1S91 1892. and 1895
In 1897 and 1895, with Selee back in the
pilots job. the Braves won two more
pennants.
Selee made the remarkable record of
winning five pennants In five years as a.
manager
The Boston Nationals waited long
and patiently for the next pennant
winner. and it was George Stallings
who turned the trick in 1914
The first American League pennant
won by Boston was In 1903 with Jim
mie Collins as manager. In 1904 COL
lins turned the trick again. After a
wait Of eight years the Sox rooters
were rewarded with third pennant,
presented to them by Jake Stahl and
his 1912 warriors
another.
No Boston team ever has lost in a
world-series battle-and Boston is con-
fident now that the Phillies will not
smash tradition when the rival ma
chimes clash next month.
The American League champions of
1903 beat the Pirates, five games to
three. in a nine-game series. In 1904
no series was played. The Giants won
the National League pennant in that
year and the New York club refused
to play the Red Sox, claiming the
Americans were minor leaguers."
In 1912 the Sox won four out Of
eight games from the Giants. one be-
ing a tie, and last year-Oh, we'll.
what's the use of reminding PhiladeI-
phia about that.
To- ,o