Evening star., 1915-09-24
BY ]. ED GRILLo,

Hughey Jennings and his Tigers are
here to play five games with the Griff-
men, The genial leader of the Tigers
has about given up all hope of landing
the pennant this year
'It is true the race is not yet over.
There is remote chance for us still,
in opposite directions and the one go
ing the wrong way expecting to have
it's number hung up is the way
Hughey sized it up.
Had we been hitting up to our
standard in the series at Boston we
would have won easily enough. We had
good pitching and played just as good
ball as the Red Sox, but we could not
get the hits when they were needed and
that beat US.
81 felt certain at the outset of the
race that if we could win the flag we
would have Boston to beat. When
Chicago was running cut in front lot
of folks thought they would make a
runaway race of it, but the White Sox
never gave me any worry. for 1 knew
that the dangerous team was the Red
Sox."
There ought to be a real pitchers
battle scheduled at the local park to-
day, for Walter Johnson is to be pitted
against Harry Coveleskie, nearly al
ways a hard proposition for the Griff-
men to solve. Johnson, however. is in
good form, and the fact that he has
had but two days rest is not handl-
cap, for the has been taking things
easy of late, and two days is all he
needs to be on edge.
Hughey Jennings admits negotla-
tions are on whereby the Tigers and
Boston Braves may play post-seaso son
series. 1t is thought that these two
teams will finish second in their re-
play the games on the Braves field
when the Red Sox are playing in Phila-
delphia in the world series and then
jump to Detroit.
1t is believed these games would draw
good crowds and would net the play
ers neat sum to go into winter quar-
ters with.
George Dumont has asked Manager
Griffith for permission to pitch one of
the games against the Tigers AS the
Detroit team will be here for five
games and does not wind up it's series
until next Tuesday it is very likely that
Of facing the visitors.
It develops that Manager Rowland
never received a telegram from. Owner
Comiskey telling him that unless the
Sox finished third they would not be
allowed to play in the city series at
Chicago.
What is more Comiskey has been in
the Wisconsin woods for the past two
weeks, and has not been in touch with
the team or it's manager at all. 1t did
not sound like Comiskey to say that the
team, unless it finished third, would
not be allowed to get that extra change
out of the city series. incidentally this
series Is big thing for the two Chi
cago clubs, and Comy is not throwing
away any opportunities to help his cof-
fers.
Though one run was a big thing in
yesterdays. game, the Nationals did not
resort to the sacrifice play on two diff
ferent occasions when this was ex-
pected. When Shanks led off with a
single in the fifth inning, every one eX-
pected Williams to move him up peg,
but instead Shanks tried to steal and
was out. Williams then hit to the
pitcher, and was out at first. In the
ninth Judge led off with hit. The
score at that time was to 1, and a run
would have tied it. Foster, however,
hit the ball to short and Judge was
forced at second.
Joe Judge got two of the Nationals