Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-25
.GR|FES EXPECT TO KILL
HOODOO WITH RED SOX
Time Seems Auspicious for Wash
ington to Begin Winning
Games at Boston.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

| Special Dispatch TO The Star
BOSTON, June 25-The hoodoo which
has followed the Griffmen in their
games with the Red Sox at Fenway
Park for the last three years is about
due to be killed off. and notwithstand
ing their poor showing in failing to
| score run in the two games Satur-
day, the players from the Capital city
believe they will bury the jinx before
| they leave this city of culture and
beans Wednesday evening. Never was
there a more suspicious time for the
opsequies than now. when. Barry Is
without. the services Of Babe Ruth, the
star of his pitching staff Neither
Leonard nor Shore, who beat the Ma
tlonals Saturday, is likely to appear
again until Wednesday, and whenever
one one IS worked then may dra" waiter
Johnson as an opponent.
FOR the two games today ana one
tomorrow Manager Barry will have 10
choose from Mays. Pennock, BaoeI.
Jones, WyckoH and Foster. Mays IS
the only first-string pitcher of the hve
named and he never has been very Ell
fect1ve against the Nationals. roster
has been troubled with his arm all TINS
season and is unlikely to show good
form in his first game. Pennock. Bader'
/ Jones and Wyckoff should not be able
! to put up as good a brand OF pltcnlns
as Du Mont. Harper, Gallia and shaw
and 1t is for this reason the GrlHmen
! consider their chances of winning at
! least two and possibly three games of
! the four remaining to be played mere
as good.
| Du Mont is expected to work in one OF
! the two games this afternoon and he
probably will draw Mays as his oppo-
nent. Griffith will start Harper in the
! other contest, if he shows any stun. IN
| warming up, otherwise Shaw may get
the assignment. Gallia is due to pitch
! While Eddie Foster is nursing his dis
| located finger. which also was split by
Shanks' swift peg in the first game Sat
urday. Leonard will continue to hold down
third base. with Shanks at short and Nor
gan at second Jameson probably will be
kept in left field in the hope he Will get
his eye on the ball Mcbride and Col
legian Murray will be held in reserve for
| infield duty. 1t is not likely Murray Will
get chance to play soon. unless the
! Griffmen suffer further through injuries
on Morgan's legs causing him to collapse
completely.
Manager Griffith intends to pursue his
! scouting activities in a thorough manner
and today said he probably would leave
Boston tomorrow for trip to some New
England town to look over couple OF
| Eastern League players who have heen
tipped off to him When the Nationals
\
! delphia Griff may keep right on to Bal
| timore and then visit other cities in
! the International League in the quest
| Of promising material with which to
| tends to beat around in the bushes or
and on nearly all the time the team is In
| the west. starting July Z. In his absence
George Mcbride will fulfill the duties of
manager.
| The twelve Grirmen who made the
| 141-mile auto trip to North Grosvenor-
| dale, Conn, yesterday for the exhibit
| ton game with the Trojans of that
place were thoroughly tired lot when
| they got back to Boston after o'clock
last night. the jaunt having started be-
I fore 10 o'clock in the morning. wash
/ ington won the game by score of 8
! to o, with Allen Russell. the pitcher
| Griff tried out at Charlottesville in
| 1915, pitching. Until three weeks ago
/ Russell was with the Baltimore club
| of the International League, but had
a.. disagreement with Manager Jack
Dunn, and at present is sojourniRg in
| Boston with no base ball affiliations
Murray played shortstop for the Griff-
although he failed to get hit off the
diminutive southpaw who pitched for
/ the Trojans. Nick Altrock's comedy
made a big hit with the Connecticut
fans, and after succeeding Judge at
first base in the eighth inning. he pounded
out a double to left field that scored a
run. Milan, Rice and Morgan did most
| of the hitting for the Griffmen.
F., Next Sunday the Grinmen are sched-
uled to play at Jersey City, but 1t is
/. unlikely that the Boston Braves will
:! be their opponents, as Stallings' team
| is listed to play game at Greensport,
| L. l., that day.
| Manager Barry and the other players
| Of the Red Sox are hopeful that Ban
( Johnson will merely fine Babe Ruth
! and suspend him for short period in
I punishment for his attack on Umpire
I header here Saturday, but those who
! know the boss of the American League
! are inclined to the belief that the lead
ing hurler of the Boston team will be
| set down for at least a month. in addi-
| ton to being assessed about $500. The
| Boston players cite the fact that If
| Ruth is suspended for a long time
| Johnson will be hurting the team as
/ well as Furnishing Ruth, but the
| American League executive is not
likely to be Influenced by any such con-
sideration as this in melting out justice
| to the fery-tempered Baltimorean.
Umpire Owens left Boston Immediately
after the game Saturday, as he had re-
ceived telegram from johnson order
ing him west before the double
/ header got under way. It is not known
| what his report to President johnson
! contained. but even If the arbitrator
! confined himself to a bare outline Of
/ the facts attending the affair it is
J likely to go hard with Ruth, as his
! exhibition was absolutely unjustified
| M.-:.o JITorLar, M. NJ cL-.1