The Washington times., 1919-12-15

handled. Since that day many fans
nave never seen q ball game at the
Georgia avenue park.
Prices had been Juggled on more
than one occasion in Washington. No
effort had been made to please the
average man, the fan who kept on
coming to see the games day in and
day out Furthermore, this office for
months was flooded with compla nts
against the treatment. It was short
sighted, without a doubt. 1t drove
away many loyal fans of years stand.
ing.
Beginning with the 1920 campa.rn
Clerk Griffith hopes to make his club
easily as popular as any other in the
country. bar none. Charlie Comiskey
owns the South Side in Chicago. Clark
Grifnth was his manager. He knows
Just how Commy does things. Griff
VIII 90 MS best to emulate Comiskey's
example.
For one thing. Clark Griffith viii
now be in sole control. His duty will
De to keep one step ahead Of the pop-
uiarity parade. and it's a speedy GAL
iop, too. II he is successful, the re-
ward will be his. II he fails-well.
personally. we think Grinrll come
mighty close to winning.
Entitlea to Chance.
Upon assuming control of the Wash
ington club. Clark Griffith 10 entitled
to a chance to make good with every
fan In Washington. Mistakes IN the
past cannot reasonably be charged
TO him. Indeed, most Of them were
not Griffith should be allowed to
start with a clean slate.
During the p-.at
weak places in the management of the
cIuo have forced themselves upon
irifnth's attention. Where he could
'emedy them, he did. But not always
vas he able to work his will. In tn.
uture this will be mis- nrst duty. 70
1ake his ball club popular in its own
lome. This can be done. Even in
he days OF the tailenders, Washing
on fans always rallied to the support
7 the club. 1t became a byword
round the league that Washington
Sans were the most faithful in the
7ountry.
Griffith Is a man of wide vision. On
oubtediy he wants a winning ball
club. knowing what the profits will
be- Knowing him as we do, we can
say here and now that, forgetting all
bout the profits. Grif would be hap
py IL he could merely become the
president of a worlds champion base
1all club. 1t would be a crowning
riumph in a lifetime Of baseball
There are plenty Of models for the
lew president of the GriHmen. We
have been travelling around the land
With ball clubs for many years, We
have visited about all tho parks. We
have had more or less close connection
With baseball clubs for fifteen years
and we are sure that the new presi-
dent can better things merely by fol-
lowing examples set before him in his
Iwn league.
1t should not be difficult for Griff
dis over the methods pursued BY
he New York Giants for gaining pub
Lefty OF a helpful kind, day in and
lay out. The Giants and their rela-
II|I.s with the public are o model for
he country. In Cleveland quite the
rest system OF soaring :he fans rndcr
I'll conditions may be found.
Charlie Comiskey. even though
lighting Ban Johnson, may have time
10 discuss with Griffith certain ways
md means he uses to make the White
Sox known everywhere in the West as
simply "the Sox"
1t Is the little thing which counts
for much wherever. 9 man mas deal
ngs with the public That little
thing" has sadly been overlooked in
the past. The new pr esident has and
deserves. his chance TO observe the
little things and see what will hap
pen