Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-29
Twenty THREE GAMES
HERE FOR THE GR|FFS
Western Climbs All to Appear, Start.
ing With St. Louis Friday.
Two Games Tomorrow.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

Twenty-three games are listed to be
played in the long home stay of the
Griffmen. which opens today with a
double bill with the Red Sox. The world
champions play two more games here
tomorrow, at 1890 am. and pm.
Thursday is an off day in the schedule
and Manager Griffith was considering
taking his team to Frederick, Md, for
an exhibition game with the Blue
Ridge League team of that place, but
has about decided not to do this until
later in the season Friday the st.
Louis Browns come for four games. to
be followed by the Chicago. Cleveland
and Detroit clubs. each for four games,
after which three will be played with
the Athletics before the Griffmen leave
June % for Boston. Philadelphia and
New York and another swing around
through the west.
Friday. when the first game of the
series with the Browns is listed. will
mark the starting of local contests at
4:30 o'clock. The directors of the ball
club decided to set back one hour the
time for beginning the contests with
the idea of enabling more of the fans
whether the change will have this
effect. Games on the local lot have
been averaging nearly two hours IN
length This means it will be about
spectators will get home, and late din
ners are not calculated to make much
of hit with Mrs. Householder. The
plan of starting games late mas peen
tried here before. 1t failed to produce
the results looked for and was aban-
doned after the paving patrons mad
voted for an earlier start.
George Mcbride, who has appeared
only in part of one game IN the last
fifteen, owing to the injury he received
in Cleveland. May 10. when Speakers
spikes tore the nail off the index finger
of his throwing hand, resumes ms posi-
ton at shortstop today. sam crane
who has been subbing for the captain,
is good fielder who goes after every.
thing in sight and has done fairly well
with the stick in the past two weeks,
but is not as experienced as Mcbrloe
and lacks the steadying influence on
Mac exerts. With the captain back IN
the lineup, his brains will strengthen
the defense of the team.
of the lightweight division of boxers
Freddie Welsh, the Brittsher. was
knocked out by Benny Leonard in
what was to have been ten-round
bout at the Manhattan A c.. In New
york last evening In bringing back
to America the title which Welsh won
from Willie Richie in London Leonard
established ring history, for 1t IS the
first time an important pugilistic tltie
has been earned in such Limited bout
knocked out, the battle will be recorded
as such. The Welshman was hardly
able to stand following the terrifc
pummeling Leonard gave him IN the
ninth, when Kid Mcfarland. the REL
cree, stopped the bout, and it was APP
parent that it would have been a ques-
ton of only few seconds until he
would have been laid away cold, as he
was absolutely helpless before the
strong and aggressive Hebrew.
tn "
ing game that Welsh has been de-
throned AS a champion Welsh has
been far from popular with fight fans,
although eminently successful in max
ing money. He has been autocratic in
the matter of Weights and has stead
lastly refused to meet any one over
distance longer than ten rounds. oW-
ing to his acknowledged cleverness he
figured his title secure when engaging
in only limited round encounters, and
it is a tribute to Leonards boxing abil-
ity and stamina that he was able to
wear his man down to the point OF a
knockout inside ten rounds, even
though the deposed titleholder was his
senior by ten years.
Dispatches from Chicago announce that
President Johnson of the American
League has ruled that the protest filed
by Manager Griffith against the alleged
illegal delivery of Pitcher Cicotte of.
the White Sox is without foundation.
johnson made his ruling after examin-
ing a ball Cicotte had used against the
Washington club in the first game of
the recent series in Chicago. Accord
ing to Manager Griffith. he did not
complain of it as a shine" ball, nor
did he contend that the alleged tam
pering with it caused it to hop freak
ishly in it's delivery. as the dispatch
states.
What I protested against was the
discoloring of the ball, contrary to the
rules" Griff said today. THE ball sub
mitted to President Johnson was a
new one that Cicotte had pitched to
only one batter. 1t was discolored on
one side more than it would have been
all over ordinarily in the course of a
full game. The effect of a ball dark
on one side and white on the other.
when thrown with speed, is to dazzle
the eye of a batsman. If it is legal to
discoior a ball my pitchers will do it
hereafter. The Washington twirlers
are speedier than those of the White
Sox and should be able to accomplish
wonders with it. If all the pitchers
in the circuit adopt it the chances are
there will not be any more hitting done
in the American League"