Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-06

| 1t is possible that. should the govern
ment officials decide that such an I'M
dertaking would 9be inadvsable. and
the individual who suggested the plan
whose name is withheld at his request
may contribute part of the sum such
| a trip would cost to the bat and ball
fpnd being raised by Griffith. and
Thereby enable more of Uncle sam $
! fighting men to- indulge in the sport
themselves. even though they cannot
| witness contests between two protes-
sional organizations.
/ The bat and ball fund is growing at
such a rate now that Griffith hopes IN
a short time to be able to duplicate the
shipment to Gen. Pershings soldiers
that was lost when the L. 5. :. kansah
WAS torpedoed. The first of series OF
| collections in major league cities was
taken up in Cincinnati yesterday 1T tne
game between the Reds and Giants no
report has been received of the amount
netted. but Griffith is hopeful that the
collection will amoHnt to several nun
dred dollars.
| The local pilot has completed ar
| rangements for having 800 copies OF
snoring News sent to the soldiers IN
! France for distribution among the
men there. so they may follow the oase
Ball races in this country.
The Browns this morning returned
| from Akron, Ohio, where they deiea!eu
Il
game yesterday by score OF 10 10
before a fair-sized crowd Wright ana
koob did the pitching YESTERDAY, so IL
lis expected that either Eddie flaIk os
Bob Groom will be seen on the moullu
for the visitors in the contest TINS ar
! ernoon. Johnson. Du Mont or Galha
will pitch for the locals.
George Sisler rejoined the Browns IN
Akron and will be seen at first baSe
here today givYng Lee Magee a chahce
to nurse an injured leg. Magee. since
Joining the Browns. has played in about
twelve games without making an error:
Members of the District National
Guard, who probably will leave Tor
their training camp in the south 70
morrow, expected TO attend the
game this afternoon as the guests 1i
the Browns and Griffmen- As IT VIII
be their last chance to see MAJOR
league game for a long time, several
hundred of the soldiers are expected
to be on hand.
The sale Yesterday of Turney Barber.
center fielder of the Baltimore team. to
the Chicago National League club Tor
a sum said to be $4,000 and two Cup
playerse. cpmes close to establishing
high-wsAer mark in the matter of price
paid for a minor Lacquer. Jack Dunn.
part owner of the Orioles. who erected
the deaf with Manager Mitchell of the
Cubs. following Mitchells recent VISIT
to Baltimore to size up Barber. inti-
mates that the price Barber brought
was even larger than $4,000. He Will
remain with the Orioles until the close
of the International League season and
then go to Chicago. where he VIII be
put in the lineup Immediately.
1t was a foregone conclusion that
Barber would be grabbed by some big
league team before the season ended
but that he would bring the price re-
ported to have been paid for him, with
no delivery until the end of the season.
and with the possibility that he may
be drafted for army service. occasions
some surprise. Barber. who was sent
TO the Baltimore club by Clark Griffith,
with Alva Williams and Jack Bentley,
in exchange for Sam Crane. who failed
to deliver and was farmed out to Min
neapolis, has been hitting the ball to-
all corners of the lot this season. He
stands second to Larry Lajoie. and has
been gaining fast on him recently.
Latest figures show Barber has made
$50 hits in 81 games. more safe cracks
than any other player in organized base
ball. His work has attracted the at
tention of seN eral managers OF clubs
lin the majors. Griffith being among
those who have gone to Baltimore to
watch him work. However, the local
pilot wanted right handed hitter
and did not want to empty his treasury
in addition to giving up two or three
athletes for a player who has yet to
demonstrate that he can punish major
league pitching.
Washingtons league entry Saturday
finished another profitable week, win
ming four games, as against three lost,
and today the Griffmen are only eight
games behind the Yankees for fourth
place. This is quite a margin. but
not an impossible one. and Griff is
hopeful of closing the gap before the
present month is ended, relying upon
the series of three games here next
week with the Donovanites to help him.
The GriffS took three of the four games
played with the Yanks in New York
la st month. and the local pilot is
counting on cleaning up in the COM
ing trio
for the week. winning five and losing
two games, the Tigers coming next
with four victories and two defeats.
The Mackmen Jared worst. winning
only one game out of seven played.
In the National League the Giants did
the best work being returned victors in
six of the eight contests they played.
| The Dodgers took a brace and won five
ont of six. and Philadelphia Chicago and
Boston each won five and lost thyee,
while Cincinnati ar5i Pittsburgh did the
poorest work. with only one victory each
in seven games played.
Billy Murray the Nationals utility in
fielder who last week was slated to go
to the Toronto team to finish the season
and who was held here because of
Shanks' injury, is due to join l-ajoie's club
at Providence today. Shanks returned TO
the lineup Friday, Joe Judge proba bly,
will get back into the game this week
and Ray Morgan may be i'll shape 10 play
again before long, so Grif feels that he
is amply fortified with reserve strength
without Murray. The former coIlesian
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