Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-19
GR|FF LEAVES CLUB
TO GO TO CHICAGO
Pugp6se of Managers Trip to
Windy City Not DivuIged.
Mcbride in Charge.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON.

DETROIT. Mich. August 1s.-Tht
Nationals will be without the counsel
and direction of Manager Griffith ir
the final clash of the series with the
Tigers today. the manager having left
town last night on business trip to
. Chicago. He will rejoin his athletes
= upon their arriva! there tomorrow
The nature of the pilots business In
the Windy city was not divulged. l,
might be for conference with B. B
johnson, the belligerent boss of the
American League, in regard to the
Carl Mays imbroglio. only Big Ban is
understood to be scheduled for an ap-
pearance in Cleveland today in con-
nection with a celebration at the In
to do with the acquisition of new
ball club to replace the woefully de-
1icient combination he is now direct
ing. Griff declined to elucidate.
If the pilots visit to the Illinois
metropolis should result in the &C
QUESTION of a player or two capable
of stabilizing the Nationals nothing
but congratulations all around would
be in order. The 1919 edition of the
Washington team has demonstrated
repeatedly that it cannot be relied
upon i'll any particular except con-
sistently to gum its chances for vic
tory. A not new but striking illus
tration of this unhappy faculty was
IuTnlSneu yesterday Wnen, dIteT nav
ing the second tilt with the Tigers
wrapped in channels and all bound
round with a wooden string. they
slashed the package wide open and
spilled its contents all over the well
kept lawn in Mr.. Navin's ball park.
Shaw Falters in Eighth.
Shaw hurled a whale of a game for
about seven-eighths of the distance, but
a N he
mates soaped the chutes for him the
momenturs he had acquired was suf-
f1cient to send him down to a to 3
funk Opposed to Shaw was B. Bene-
handler of the Tiger mound corps.
BenedictinH proved a most cordial host
to his guests during the early portion
of their visit. allowing opportune hits
to register tally each in the first and
third and permitting Miguel Menosky
to paste one of his fast ones out of the
lot in the sixth. With the advent of a
thundershower at this juncture Shaw
started to skid while Boland sand.d his
tracks, and with the aid of some
atrocious Grif11thian stuff afield man.
aged to emerge from the battle victor.
Owing to the wrenched arm that Judge
suffered in diving for a wild heave by
Janvrin l.. Sundays pastime the latter
was retained in the lead-on position.
Milan and Rice showed M a notch in
trs batting order and Charity inserted
to guard the initial station. The shift
VIC ked Ike charm for a while. but
Judge ultimately was sadly missed. a
bresl- by his understudy in the eighth
having much to do with the rally that
sent Jennings & Co. over the top.
Janvrin maintained the good pace he
set as No. ] batsman Sunday by OPEN
ing the combat with a slashing single
to center, counting with the first run
when Milan and Rice duplicated his eff
fort In the third fanny drew a pass,
stole second. took third on Milan's
forcing Zeb. Run No. 3 was manufac-
tured by Menosky all by his lonesome
in the sixth through the simple medium
OF making the ball do a disappearance
act beyond the confines of the stadium.