The Washington herald., 1915-09-13
Griffith Is Anxious to
Cop Cleveland Series
; "Old Fox" Can See Third
Honors in Race in Sight.
Will Work Youngsters.
HARPER TO PITCH TODAY

Slarh ITlIIlln IS dHAiouS ~ wy
this Cleveland series and will not be
satisfied with an even break or two
of the remaining three games The
Old Fc- can see visions of taking
third honors in the league race from
the White Sox( but even with this po-
sition in sight he is more than anxious
to have good long look at the Ma
tionals' new players.
The showing Of Turner Barber. VINO
was played in the left garden in
Saturdays game, came up to the ex-
pectations of the Nationals pilot as
he claims the youngster was tipped
OF highly TO him and he was not
surprised at the way he came through.
While Barber was in the game he
displayed some hitting strength that
was a welcome relief to the fans.
Griff intends to send these young
sters into the game as often as he
can, but Saturday he showed that he
will not take any chances when tn.
games are close as Barber was
pulled out in the eighth inning. On
every opportunity which presents it
self. the Old Fox will hustle out one
of the kids and by the time spring
training season opens he will know
the ability of each.
Harry Harper or Joe Boehling is
the selection for the Nationals In
the second game with the Indians To-
day Harper will no doubt be given
the call in case he shows no signs
of wildness while warming up. as his
work of late warrants it, while
Boehling will be kept in readiness in
case his comrade southpaw falters.
Garret, a recruit from the Mason
City Gowa) club. is Lee Fohl's choice
for the Indians. although GUY Morton
may be called upon to start the fray.
This final Eastern invasion of the De-
troit club will about settle the question
of the 1915 American League cha mpions.
Playing against the four clubs compos-
ing the Atlantic division. the Tigers must
show just little more strength than
they have recently demonstrated. II Jen-
nings can successfully manipulate his
pitchers in the ensuing contests and
thereby get the full benefit of the batting
strength of his club. he stands an excel
lent chance of beating out the Red Sox,
an apparently stronger aggregation on
records, in the race for the johnson cir
cults Gonfalon.
1t takes a mighty good man to manage
a ball team successfully, even when the
outfit turned over to him is high-class
organization. but it takes a far better
man to build up a winning team
Jennings took hold of a club which had
been put into excellent shape by "Bilr' |
Armour. and with it won three pennants. |
He did little building up but received all
the credit.
Since then he has not been particularly
successful in strengthening the team, and
until this season it did not cause its rivals
anv great amount of worry. Though still
a great offensive team. it is weak in other
respects. and has fallen down repeatedly
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rush to the front and grab the lead in the
American Lea guy race. |
1t looks as if the long-suffering New |
York public had been buncoed again. A |
perusal of the accounts of the McFar- !
land-Giobons 90 of Saturday night leaves |
"nc in doubt as to whether tango party !
or a prize fight was intended to be pre-
scented the spectators for entertainment. !
From all sides. comment unfavora BILE |
TO the affair is being heard The fans in |
the big town do not hesitate to roast |
the 60 and the consensus of opinion in |
Manhattan is that If n future meeting !
Of the two principals should be arranged, !
the management would have to give |
tickets with cigarette coupons.
AS fight, it was a frost. according to |
the experts VINO witnessed the encounter |
Many of them even go further and state |
or as any old thing one would choose to |
call it. it was the worst of the kind ever |
Ceen.
. That there is ground for this panning !
seems reasona BILE in the fact that Charley |
Harvey. secretary of the New York State |
boxing commission stepped to the ring |
side in the fifth round and admonished |
Referee Billy John to get more action. |
Fine business. But even the admonition |
of the State official did not get results.
Fifty thousand people paid out regular |
money to attend the match. reasonably |
expecting clever exhibition. AS 1t was, /
boxing in New York received a black |
eye, and just at ttne when it shouldn't. |
What actually happened was that two of |
the best men the ring has ever witnessed |
came together after months of talk as to |
what would happen If they met in the |
ring and then bunked a good sporting |
public, striking about a dozen clean blows |
in the entire ten rounds and-whats the
use?