The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-05-08
FIRST PLACE FIGHT TO
DRAW ATTENTION AS
EAST MEETS INVASION
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

pennsnt As q wssSinston pSssibiiisy.
Manager Griffth Is pe~ved today be-
cause his athletes failed to act IN any
work yesterday. It rained N Jersey
siGs, the the boys S; had had 70 turn back. When
shining brightly. Then drif's dissust
became more apparent.
nssa' va; i..s ssy' G, g run IN ss.t
place. the boys brought along Just one
bat. Maybe Il was the one MItar. used
against Joe Bush Saturday. plcersnt
presuss wagon ssGs t tOnas. tss only .
that they, were bali players. " .cau,e
back safely. so maybe Zeb Will get
some more tin1les today.
ro III tie IVA way to Jersey sr.o Gty ,n sht
cned and the hope was expressed that
tho game would be played. Arriving In
Jersey. City. the rain began coming
dowr IN earrest but the promote. q
hostillties until he knew that playing
was out OF tho question.
Grin held his athletes around him IN
the station until the contest was Of
ficjally called null and void. Then he
shooed Thorn vpon a traip For Philadel-
phla. and back they came. hungry as
Many of the players dc.ed all the way
time OF their lives. while Rippy VIII
Hams silent. his hat was tied to the win
dow curtain surprising him when he
came tn. Nick Altrcck was crowned
Rondeans foot was fn>Sred to is
h,ndba1. brirRine q lot NJ LAUGHTER
bunch Of '.Boy scoots," tbs, ccilec-
tion q major lety,,ers on the way
rr. Henriuuez. who controls the Gu
han All-Stars. Was very fortv that TIE
drinmen could not appear against his
'wc would have established q high
mark Nor attendance. I'ri sure he
as'd. 1--WE drew 5000 With the Ysrkces.
but but tho Tho ~, ct,c , was 70, sseut lesn e
70 SEQ Sawyer cut TN his funny stun
without beinr stcpped Nv the ur,pIte.~.
According 10 Hsnriuuez, Newark II
dead" as q baseball city, at least for
this year.
my team. playing only exhibition
games. Ia drawing better in Jersey City
than Newark is PLAYING championsIhip
ouently draw rs high as 200 fans.
while Newark has hardly 500. Last
Sunday Newark drew LOO to see a
en.m ri %, sane Will Ws had close
IN
The Cuban Ail-stsrs will continue to
Jersey tW City sam On sunsss. thsy viii
s seeh p %S s. a sss Ssas ssnd ssss
drawing card. and the Sunday after
that the st. Louis Browns.
Washington VIII have plenty OF base
Beginning tomorrow, the Grinmen VIII
play at Georgia avenue until May ~.
Tomorrow the Brownies open four
game series at Georgia avenue: After
more. The Cleveland Indians then show
up for three games the White Sox end
Ing the invasion by the West with four
games. The last three days at bone
men. who have one double-header com
washington fans will be particularly
interested In the Browns this season.
white sox Of 1905. known as the hit
less wonders" Ia leading the Brownies
His team Is in the sloush OF despond
right now. but few baseball mon be-
Eddie Plank. who was always a jinx
for the Griffmcn while he performed
with tfhe Athletics, Is sure to pitch one
Of the games In the Capital. Sir Robert
the sioufeds. 10 another mound certain-
ty this week. Bob 10 In nne form this
spring, and will be troublesome.
! Then thcre are Sisler. the all-around
star; perrill Pratt, whom Grin tried TO
get last fall; Davenport. a speedste! IN
the box; Marsana. the Cuban outfelder
introduced 10 biz league baseball by
Griffith In Cincinnati. and Johnny To-
bin. developed by the FEDS last year.
With the Tigers arc. Of course. the old
heroes, Ty Cobb and company, but the
fans will also want 70 sec Harry He'll
man, whose hitting bns electrified De-
troit rooters this spring George Maisel.
brother OF the Yankees star: Cunning
ham. whose pitching hes been very fair
90 far, and Harper. a young outhelder,
who threatens to become q star.
Tris Speaker and Chick Gapdh will be
the main attractions when the Indiana
land In the Capital. Speakers marvel
Gus playing has put his team N the
running for the pennsnt. while Gandil
| has filed up o former weak place In the
linfeld. Before the Indians leave town,
II ~ expected that Guy Morton will be
seen on the slab. s1pd so will Stanley
CoveleslSie. brother OF the Detroi,
hurler.
! The White Sox, with Eddie Collins
Joe jackson. ''Happy'' Felsch and Buck
Weaver. will be popuiar while they arr
performing at Georgia avenue. The
White Sox have failed TO live up 70
ante-season predictions, but are expect.
ed to pull themselves together before
long and make everybody hustle to head
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