The Washington times., 1915-05-31
WHAT THE COMPARISONS SHOW.

has continued to slide. Gandil has
taken big drop In his hitting. Rippy
Williams. oettering his lsl4 mark. is
about where he was in 1913. He Ia now
the teams real batting leader.
In 1912 the Griffmen made their great
est battle for the pennant. They were
IN the hunt down to the very end. The
following year they again finished in
fortunate to finish third. leading De-
troit by a fraction. With most of the
players maintaining their batting work
or those three seasons. but with not
one going out and outdoing himself,
pstter this year than they have before /?
with two men falling far down in their
work with the bat. the entire offensive
IS weakened
stands at .4se; or practically 800.
which means that 1t has won half it's
games. But the fans will remember
that only the remarkable hitting Of
RnsS Rippy Williams during that first
Team 10 reach Its present standing
For the last month, spent on the road.
the team had winning average Of
;Soo: oniess this work Is very. much
bettered during June. the team Is sure
II Tommy Connolly. the Georgetown
coiiegian. can continue to hit above
TO hit. This is seen frequently. Eddie
Foster is almost sure to hit for higher
figures than he now has. So is Xeb
Milan. Milan. when he is in better health.
own standards of previous seasons.
In other words. with the exception
OF Ainsmith and Gandil. the Griffmen
aasTf The hns ene, at her
doubt And. continuing as they
such hitting teams as Detroit and
Chicago.
pionships. decided in the East, it
would not be bit surprising to see
the West horn into the 1915 confla-
grafton, especially. in the American
SoX will put up a great battle. Many
writer's claim that the Nationals will
of ne Gontenders owing to their strong
pitching PSahg stan, It is doubtful Il Grifrs
Scott Faber, Benz. Russell, and CT
cote. Add to this latter array of
pitchers hltters like Eddie Collins and
Jacques Fournier. and you have a
formidable outfit.
whenever Ty Cobb is in the game, no
matter how weak the Tigers pitching
may be- Jennings team has a chance
Inc georgia Peach was never in better
| health than he Is this year, and he is
winning almost single handed about
haif the games going to the Jungaleers
Cobb is outdoing his own record In the
neld and on the bases this spring. and
his hitting is good enough to outshine
that of any other player in the circuit.
Sam Crawford, Bob Veach and Marty
kaVanaugh are hitting the ball like
demons and. coming In behind Cobb,
who gets on the paths at the slightest
opportunity, the Tigers make a fine run
getting team. An an indication of the
speed of the White Sox Rowlan nd 8
| team has scored twenty-four more runs
than have the Tigers in the same mum
| Der of games
Jennings pitching is not good. but 1t
Is more than balanced by the superior
! hitting. Couple the pitching of either
| Chicago or Washington with the Tigers
smuggling and the pennant race would be
all done right now.
From an almost certain pennant con-
! tender. the Boston Red Sox look to be
| rent by internal squabbles. which are
sufficient to wreck any ball team in the
! Leonard last years leading pitcher, has
a bad look to those with any money on
the ultimate winner in Ban Johnson
| league. The rebellious twirler explodes
a lot Of cheap stun he should keep tc
himself. but underneath II all is a veri,
| fication of the earlier rumors that al
was not honey and cream in the ranks
| Of the Red Sox.
After being logged unmeTcifully by 6
Boston sport writer, Joe Wood sudden
| ly came to life and has been pitchine
very good ball. He was charged will
| laying down" on Joe Lannin and ap
parently' tho criticism stung not little
If he can return to duty, Wood SHOULD
prove a great help to Bill Carrigan IN
his troublous days. But without har
mony in the ranks. Carrigan Is doomed
| to failure.
The New York Yankees. after making
a flying start. are steadily coming bacl
| to the rest of us. Six straight defeat
Is bad enough for any team, but 1t 4
| particularly bad for a team that ha
never been anywhere. A winner cal
lose ten straight and still gather itsel
together and go out for a great winninl
streak. It is more difficult Tor a team
| without srecord behind II to achiev,
this stunt. However, Bill Donovan in