The Washington times., 1918-05-12

For one thing, the Chicago W
their second successive pennant. 3
Chicago rooterS shiver in their 8
White Sox will not be favorites.
When the 1915 campaign opened,
1fne-uEs were known. Upon them
were based various lines Of forecast
ing. But nobody could foresee the
demand Of the allies for men and
more men from America to stem the
turbulent tide Of the Hun And when
Uncle Sam said, you'll have all the
men who need just as fast as they
can get over" baseball doping became
a whirliEiE. Players expecting 10 be
called in October, or at the latest in
September, are now being hastily
summoned to don the khaki. Their
going means new. and possibly weak
'er, combinations. None can tell just
what effect will follow the call OF
Mars.
Red sOx Net StrOng.
The Boston Red Sox are proving
far from q strong combination. The
outfield Is Unbalanced, and so is the
infield. Few believe Dave Shean viii
remain another month at second base
or that Jack McInnis will continue at
third base
Uncle sam now reaches out and
whispers that he may want Joe JACK
son to lift 400 against the Kaiser in
stead of opposing pitchers. What ef-
feet will that have on the White
Sox? And IL Faber and Felsch are
taken next will the team survive?
Chapman and Wamby. the only
Class l men in the Cleveland inheld.
are to be called away this summer.
Will the Indians survive their pass
ingA
The Detroit Tigers have a number
OF pitchers in Glass IA Of the draft
With a. weak staff, anyway, can the
Jungaleers endure the loss Of mound
men?
What will happen to the Griffmen
when Johnny Lavan leaves for his
naval duties? And who can say when
he will be summoned?
Connie Mack stands to lose q num-
Der OF his players, including Burns,
Kopp, Walker, and shannon Whatn
he do without them?
And SO Il GOES. The 1918 American
League pennant is likely to so to the
team that happens to hit .hO least,
and one can foertell which one that
will be- Baseball IL q team game
Break up a combination. and away
goes a teams efficiency. Right there
comes the hitch. That's why he would
be bold who staked his reputation to-
day on doping the ultimate winner
of the 1918 American League banner.
Two More With Indians.
The Grinmen have to more games here
with the Indians before the Chicago
white Sox happen along. In other words !
this is going to be tough week for the |
Washington club.
Judging from two games, the Indians
are good ball club. Henry Perch Ed |
wards, the correspondent who travels |
with them and knows what they eat. |
their joys and gloom an everything. says |
that when Bob Groom hndS himself Foil |
will have a good pitching stan. Given
that, the Indians should prove obstreper- |
Gus so long as Chapman and Wamby |
are in the daily lineup.
The White Sox come from Philadelphia
20 open a four-gs series here Wednes-
day. They need no introduction Some |
Of the Cleveland players, who have faced |
them, say that RoWland'S pitchers have
gone bady. This is said to be especially |
true Of the stand-bys. Faber and Cicotte- |
In that case Washington fans should be
on hand when the Griffs tackle them, for |
Grin's young men are on edge these days
whenever they get any hurlinG them
selves
Playing At Camp Meade.
The Warrington club is playing at
Camp Meade today. following the Ath-
letics as attractions for the soldiers. They /
should be received royalty, for Clark
Griffith is fast becoming a hero to the
boys in brown. They know that he WaS
the first 10 look out for their athletic
welfare, starting a countrywide collec-
ton Of two bits each from Americas
army Of fans with which to provide the
BOYS with baseball material. Indeed. IL |
Cqhristy Mathewson is unable to go TO
France, the Y. N. c. A leaders might
60 far before finding a more capable
leader for their baseball campaign In /
France than Clark c. GriRith. And, II
approached from the right angle, Grin
might accept
The Cleveland Indians are meeting the
White Sox in Cleveland today, while the
Yankees are in Detroit for a battle with
the Tigers. No explanations have yet
been received why the Washington club
did not make the hop to Cleveland in
stead Of the White Sox. Possibly Ban
johnson figured that Comiskey's cham
pions, being poor drawing cards every
where, needed the money more than the
opuIent Grihmen.