The Washington herald., 1915-09-23
Comiskey Sends Word that
His Club Must Beat Crif-
men for Third Place.
OTHER SPORTING GOSSIP
3oehling or Harper to Twirl Final
Game of the Series This
Afternoon.

Unless the White SoX finish the sea-
son in third place Owner Charley Co
miskey will not enter this club in the
big series for the city championship
against the Cubs next month.
Word to this effect was received by
Manager Rowland yesterday. which eX-
plains why there was so much life and
pepper/in Chicagos play.
Comiskey is evidently sincere in his
threat. He insists that the club must
beat out the Griffmen for third place.
else he will deprive his players of the
annual ''riece OF change" which is of
considerable bulk. to make the men
work like Trojans. for the winning
team gets the majority share of the
pro rata split. which amounts to $4,000
for each man.
Whether Comiskey will go through
with this, only time will tell. He may
have passed on the word just to keep
his players on their toes. but those who
know the Old Roman well. declare that
he will do exactly as he says.
The intercity series between the
Cubs and White Sox in Chicago is an
event always looked forward to with
great interest by the fans of that big
city. and the crowds fall short of the
worlds series gatherings by only about
1000 or 1.500.
For the final game of the White Sox
series here this afternoon Griff will
send either Joe Boehling or Harry Har-
per to the box. Jim Scott or Eddie
Cicotte will adorn the mound for the
visitors.
Manager Rowland was criticised in
some quarters for sending in Rebel
Russell to relieve Urban Faber in the
- Of far
the Nationals had established a COM
manding lead.
Il pitched Russell, a sOuthpaw, for
just one purpose" stated Rowland when
interviewed. Il wanted to see what
Judge could do against a left-hander
figuring that with two first basemen on
his hands, Griff might be willing to part
with one of them, and that possibly 1
could use either Judge or Gandi next
year in case Griff was willing to enter
into a trade or an out-and-Out sale"
Rowland's explanation is a reasonable
one. and he does not deserve to be
blamed for pitching Russell at the time
in question, but if Judge continues to
show the form displayed here. Rowland
will hardly be able to get him. while
Gandil is still a great ball player and
the 1916 season, where he will most likely
play.
There should be a general celebration
among the baseball fans today, for
this September % will commemorate the
SEVENTEEN anniversary of the adoption OF
the first code of rules to govern the great
American pastime. While the first base
ball contest was played in Hoboken in
1916 under these rules, the code itself was
promulgated by the Knickerbocker club
of New York, on September %. 1s45, and
it may thus be said that baseball as a
regular pastime attains the threescore-
and-ten mark today. These rules will
seem very funny to the present crop of
fans. OF the old regulations, only one
that relating to the number of "outs,"
before a team shall take the field. has
survived to the present day.
.
Philadelphia National League club off
cials declare that if the Quakers win the
pennant, the games will be staged at the
National League grounds
The Athletics field has already been Of
fered for this event by President John
son. There isn't the slightest question
that the National League park at Phila- !
delphia is too small an enclosure for the
holding of a worlds series, and In all
fairness to those who pay their money to
make the sport successful from a finan-
cial standpoint should be treated with
every consideration.
Perhaps it might not be a bad idea for |
John X. Tener. president of the National
League. to take a hand in Strengthening |
out the matter and show the Quaker
teams officials that they are pursuing a |
short-sighted policy.
WILLIAM PEET