The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-02
SCHEDULE SHOULD BE
AID TO GRIFFMEN I'M
HOLDING HIGH PLACE.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

by their spectacular r'ish To tNe 'front.'
with four straight victories. the Grin-
men have established themselves aaain
in tho hearts of the fans. All Washing
ton is waking up now to the possibilities
OF the outft being led daily to tho fray
by the Old FOX. Clark c. Griffith.
After todsy's contest with the
worlds champion Boston Red Sox,
four comparatively easy games will be
staged in Philadelphia with Connie
Maok's Athletics. Tho Old Fox. with
out making any official announcements
70 planning to take ut least three OF
those coming. clashes at Sfibe Park
BY tho time the 81. Louis Brownies.
just now running on crutches. come
here next Tuesday, the Griffmen should
be occulry Ing a place Of vantage In the
American League struggle. The sched-
ule seems to be oil considerable assist
ance 10 tho Griftinen this spring.
Just as the team manages to climb
TO the top Of the heap. IL only by half
game. four games IRE due with the
tailenders. Following come four more
with the seventh place team. the
Brownies. Thus. eight games are to be
played with comparatively weak teams
! before the stronger Tigers and Indians
appear In the CAPITAL.
Playing here where all the advan-
tages OF warm weather may be expert,
leave for their big swing around the
circuit comfortably cnsconced among
the leaders.
II they hold UP to their records Of
road than at home. the Griffmeh may
surprise everybody by coming back in
June at the head of the procession.
hA N
game the Griffmen are today at the top
OF the American League campaign.
BY winning four straight. twice by
daring rallies In the waning hours Of
the afternoon, they have showed their
standard to the very peak Of the pa
radc.
Tho last time the Griffmen were de-
feeted was by the Philadelphia Ath-
letics last wednesday. Connie Macks
tssn!, w9 t%iriinS Of 5os Bush. '"' spec
Thursday Harry Harper let down the
Athletics with five scattered blows, and
won. 4 to 2. In the eighth inning that
dav tho home boys raced to the 'front.'
scoring two runs that were decisive.
On Friday. after Dumont and Boeh-
linz had bumped into trouble, the Ath-
letics came into the ninth inning with a
lead of. three runs. Majors was pitching
perfect bnll. but In that ninth he hit the
ceiling and Crowell came along In time
to sne Moehler and Milan single In
enough runs to give the Griffmen a
! victory. 7 to 8.
Z Walter johnson climbed the mound
Saturday and Eddie Ainsmith insisted
|, on breaking the backbone of the world
I, champions by his marvellous throwing
. and his hearty bingle In a pinch. The
!, result was that George Foster was
trampled upon in the eighth for couple
more tslIies. the Griffs winning. to o.
Yesterdays rally for three runs and
Victory I'm the eighth inning completed
the four straight. and have set the fans
into q FRENZY.
"My boys are going along pretty we'll
! ''I'm net rneking amy predictions. be-
cause Predictions are foolish In bnse-
ball. but will say that nv team Is
/ PLAYING the, kind OF hall that brings
stuff at the tight time"
The Gr.ffmen. IS tho last four games
have Shown. are producing the hits
. when they need them. They don't sue
the game. in the eiGhth or ninth inning.
as the case may be. they hammer out
enough runa to win
Ne ono player IL doing NIL the hitting.
as timely pinch hittcrn, Moeiier. Milan.
Rondea,l, Judge Morgan: Mcbride.
Atnsmith ard Henry have nil come
through with the ringing bingles that
It is unlikely that tho team will come
straight. but nevertheless the Old Fox
has his boys worked w to Just the
right bitch ard they should make It Aye
worlds champions aenin today.
Ban Johnson: in his capacity as a
member OF the National Commission.
has entered into the struggle over the