The Washington times., 1916-05-12
SorreI-T Topped Leader viii Have
All His Manglers and Maui
ers With Him.
BAN JOHNSON is COMING
League Boss Drops Into New
York and Gamblers Are Bar
red From Ball Park.
By LOUIS A, BOUCHER.

The Tigers are coming.
Huge" Jennings will tomorrow make
his frst appearance Of 1916 at Georgia
avenue. S..st.
+ '.Huge' VIII have with /, him his
famous nlenagerie OF Tv Cobb. samyouell
Crawford. Harry ,.Coveleskie. DOME
Bush, George Dauss. Oscar Stanage,
and Jean Dubuc, all Of whom have
Tmangled and mauled us in the past.
The Tigers will be here for four
games dividing next week evenly with
the Cleveland Indians. Thus II may
be easily seen that. with the pestiferous
Brownies out of the way. the labors OF
the Griffmen will be no pleasanter, fac
ing the Tigers and Indians In seven
straight contests.
working quartet of twirlers in shape for
this coming attack. johnson, Gallia, and
Boehllpg Beem about ready now, but
Harry Harper's wildness Is causing 20
coming down to earth and George Du-
mont rounding into condition after his
operation for tonsilitis, the Old Fox
viii have q pitching stan comparable to
the best.
ban johnson arrived in New York
yesterday and witnessed the triumph OF
the Yankees over the White sox.i
samSns nperason BACK OF Of sSrG base
were refused admission to the park.
There may be no connection between
these two Incidents, but a shrewd guess
would be that there In.
johnson Is expected to pay snort
visit TO Washington before again head
Ing West.
Raw Chapman, the Indians crack
shortstop, expects to get back into the
game when his team returns home for
lis long stay against. the Eastern CLUBS
In June. Chapmans absence has been
S Sss ,s ee porss city ana fan.
ured their team had a good, chance to
win the pennant With Chapman In the
lineup, hitting around 300, as Is his
custom, the Indian will be even more
formidable than they are now.
Today the Griffmen are Just one game
and q half in the rear OF the Indians.
BY the time these two teams have fin.
ished their three contests here next
week, one or the other should have
benefited considerably.
A pass to Morgan. a lucky triple by
and nine innings Of carefully effective
pitching by Bert Gallia gave the Griff-
men their second successive victory
over the st. Louis Brownies. 2 to O. But
for this combination. the visitors might
Carl Weilman, the lankiest Finger in
the world, undertook to puzzle the Griff-
men and succeeded. His opponents did
touch him up now and then, usually with
scratch blows. but when they threatened
to add to their total. he choked them
off roughly.
bingles in a frame. only to fail In SHOW
Ing a runner across the plate. The long
legged southpaw delivered a fine article
Of ball. that's what you'd call 1t.
On the other hand, the Woodsboro
Wonder, Bert Gallia. was going right
two Brownies saw first base in the first
five innings. and both of them walked.
The first hit. a sweet single to right by
Ward Miller. was chalked up In the
sixth after Johnson had strolled, but II
awaited nothing. as Mcbride raced out
into center field and pulled down Sis
ler's fly.
! From on to the close Of the combat
the Brownies were always trying to
reach first base. Just five succeeded
but Of this five not one got to second
Bert Gallia was on the Job.
Several clever plays were noticed BY
the estimable gentlemen In the presi
George McBride's gailop out in cente
for 6isler's fly in the sixth. johnson
was On third and Miller on first. with
two gone, In that frame, when Sisle
appeared at the plate. The Brownie q
known as q hard hitter, especially Il
tight places, and the fans breathed hard
When he raised a puny ny to cente
field, It caught Milan playing deep. ant
the TAT seemed in the IRE until Mcsride
der that pill and hug II to his mani,
boaofl Drowning safely that nv bal