The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-09-07
Grifmen and Yankees Stage
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Fox Praises Athletics.
BY WILLIAM PEET.

Yesterdays ball game between the Ma
tionals and New York Yankees was call
ed on on account of wet grounds and
rain. The clouds were so ominous at 2
o'clock that the management felt justified
in postponing the scrap.
There will be a double-header sched-
uled for this afternoon, the first game
starting promptly at las o'clock. Gallia
and Ayers will probably. do the pitching
for the Nationals, while Manager Dono-
van has Shocker, Mogridge or Fisher
available.
Watch Connie Mack next year" de-
clares Clark Griffith, who comes to the
bat with a nice little boost for the tall
Quaker City leader.
Connie only needs a little strengthen
ing to make his present outfit a first di-
vision combination. and happen to
know of three ball players he has signed
for next year who are sure to make good.
one of them is a pitcher named johnson
from the Pacific Coast.
Tom Hughes my old twirler. who Is
In that league, wrote me some time ago
that johnson was not only the best on
the Pacific slope, but able to make good
in fast company"
Grifr and Connie Mack were together
for long confab last Friday night, and
some of his future plans to the Wash
ington manager
Detroit kept up its dizzy pace by win
ming an overtime game from the St.
Louis Browns, keeping pace with the
Boston Red Sox which club also won.
The Tigers are only one game behind the
Carrigan crowd. and before hitting the
Western trail, Boston must come to
AFRa y, 4frN.
The old American League race is a
corker-nothing like it before in the his
tory Of the organization.
Those Phillles in the National League,
after disastrous Western trip. are now
going great guns. After winning five
straight from Brooklyn, Moran last Tues
day invaded Boston. winning the first
game of a double-header and tieing the
second. Rain interferred with the play
ing Of these clubs yesterday.
1t looks as If the warning should be,
Watch the Phillies!" and not the Brook
lyn Dodgers.
Although his batting eye was dimmed
by his prolonged layoff, Frank Baker ap-
peared to be in perfect shape Tuesday
He was fast in the field and his pegging
was accurate. He shot the ball across
the diamond as OF old. Donovan is sure
that in few days Baker will have erased
the dust from his humping orb, and then
the Yank offensive will begin to start in
That they do come back was shown
Tuesday when R. Norris Williams, who
was the tennis champion in 1914. regained
his laurels at the expense of William NJ
johnson, the San Francisco player, who
captured the crown last year.
Explaining why the Brooklyn Dodgers
have hit into a slump the New York
Evening World said:
THE truth of the matter is Robbie's
club has simply gone stale. The long
grind necessary to keep them in the lead
has told on their nerves. They are not
the same Dodgers that raised so much
Cain around here earlier in the season
Any number of opportunities were offered
them for a cleanup before they finally
got their four runs. but not once could
they take advantage of them. When they
did win it was due to fielding blunders by
Benny Kauff and Arthur Fletcher.
''1f Uncle Robbie's crowd would only
inject little pep into their pastiming
they would have an excellent chance of
coping the big prize. Not only that, but
4 slight display of fighting enthusiasm
would have every fan in New York root
ing his head of to see them do It, With
the Giants out, our only hope for a local
ind to the World Series is in Brooklyn.