Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-06
SOX HOPE TO GAIN LEAD
AT EXPENSE Of GR|FES
Du Mont to Pitch Against Williams
in First of Four Games
With Chicago.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Clarence H. Rowland. manager, and
Billy Gleason. coach par excellence of
the Chicago White Sox, now right on
the heels Of Boston for the leadership
OF the American League race. at the
head of twenty-one ball players and
| accompanied by Sergt. Walter Smiley
and five newspaper men. are in Wash
ington to do battle with the Griffmen
| in four contests that will carry them
through Saturday.
| The Sox right now are going at a
great clip, having cleaned up for the
| Mackmen In Philadelphia. and are go
| ing to make great effort to attain the
| lead in the race while the Detroit
Tigers are tusseling with the Red Sox
| In Boston. Rowland this morning said
| he expected to work Claude Williams.
| a left-hander. against the Grinmen
this afternoon. with Eddie Cicotte as
the alternative finger. Du Mont Is
slated to oppose the Sox.
In connection with the consistent
winning pace maintained by Chicago.
Grantland Rice today penned this per-
| tinent query in the New York Tribune:
with the White Sox Stormlng the
crest while Eddie Collins and Joe jack
| son are batting below ESQ. where Will
| they be when Eddie and Joe resume
their normal status, between $50 and
$500"
| The same writer also contributes the
| following:
Records are valuable contributions
| to the lore of the day and the dope OF
| the era. They are supposed to furnish
| a fairly true line on the general stu
alton, being. as they are, summary OF
results, and results are supposed to
count.
80. If you owned a ball club and
some one offered you the four pitchers
who had lost the greatest number OF
games, the odds are that you would
very quickly arise upon your hind legs
and emit lusty roar of protest. You
would-until you happened to glance
at their names-Walter Johnson. Joe
i Bush, Fred Toney and Ray Caldwell.
These have been the main losers up
! to date. Which proves again that even
d cold. pallid. unbiased record isn't
always a certain inside tip on the out
standing situation"
Judges absence from the lineup
yesterday was due to the collision
he had with Joe Leonard before the
game with the Browns Monday. His
knee was badly bruised and yesterday
IT was somewhat swollen and painful
he Is expected to resume his position
at hrst today or tomorrow. however.
George Sister and Ernie Johnson.
first baseman and shortstop. respective
~, of the Browns, gave great exhibi-
ton OF fielding in yesterdays contest.
Johnson, at best mediocre player was
all over the infield, handling eight
chances without a slip-up, some of them
quite difficult. Sisler lived up to his
reputation of being a star, stopping all
manner of bum pegs. high. low and
wide.
| check for 500 yesterday was re-
ceived by Manager Griffith from the
Ohio State Journal, to be, applied to
the fund for purchasing base ball para
phernalia for the soldiers of Uncle
sam. This is the second contribution
OF that amount sent in by the Column
bus newspaper. The fund is growing
! steadily, and Manager Griffith Is conf
dent sufficient money will be received
to go long way in Quitting enlisted
men for Indulgence in healthful sport
in their training camps and later back
of the firing lines abroad