Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-10
GR|FF'S TEAM BEGINS
WESTERN SERIES TODAY
Plays First Of Four Games With
Cleveland-Divides Bill
With Boston.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 10.-Griffith's
ball club arrived here this morning,
somewhat tired from the night ride on
the train, but ready for the opening of
it's first series in the west this season.
Four games are scheduled here, the
team being due to meet FohFs Indians
today. tomorrow. Saturday and sunday
seventeen contests are listed to take
place before the club gets back TO its
own bailiwick. From here it goes to
Detroit for four games, from Detroit 10
st. Louis for four and then to Chicago
for five. The last game will be played
in Chicago May 81.
Manager Griffith and the even score
of athletes in the party were much
cheered by the spectacle of brightly
shining sun, which remained unob-
scured from the time they arose until
they reached the Olmsted Hotel. where
they are quartered here. After the
stretch of bad weather at home for the
series with the Red Sox. Pilot Griffith
regarded the appearance of Old Sol as
augurng well for his chances on the
invasion of the west. Harry Harper
was due to pitch for the visitors today,
with Johnson listed for tomorrow, but
Bert Gallia is likely to be inserted into
Crane We're the only players to be left
at home.
The Griffmen always are assured of
an interesting trip when they travel on
the line which brought them to this fair
city. Last fall their journey was en-
livened when the train they were trav-
cling on plowed through mile or two
of pig iron. carelessly scattered along
the tracks by a freight train, and last
night their "rattler" bumped into a
nocturnal COW about twenty miles from
Cumberland, causing delay of half an
hour while trainmen picked up slrloin
steaks and pot roasts and made notes
ls,t,a ut thn onii nnt n IS
department.
The train was special and was not
due" in Cleveland at any particular time,
otherwise it would have been an hour
late. 1t was delayed long enough to make
t necessary that all hands eat on the
rain instead of waiting until they ar
lived here to break their fast. and this
act came near making the squad shy two
ball players and a scribe The trio in
question was juggling three minute eggs
md balancing coffee in the dining car
when Akron was reached. The players
we're regulars-Foster and Judge-and
he newspaper man was a regular fell
;ow, too. but the train crew did not seem
70 realize this fact and very inconsider-
ately uncoupled the diner and ran it onto
l siding half mile or so from the re-
nainder of the train This little diverg-
nee from the customary routine fortu-
nately was discovered however, and the
three finished their breakfast while walk
ing the ties back to where their Pull
'''''''' :
In the first game of the double head
a.. IN Wasbington yesterday the Griff-
men failed 70 show much real base ban.
ro;ng tbro,,gb tie came more or less
istlessly. Failure of the Griffmen to
take advantage of their opportunities
seemed to prove disheartening, and the
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