The Washington herald., 1920-06-30
GrJ1men Inuade Beantown
To Battle Barrow,s Tribe
NJ JACK ME

Eddie Esaoa, the dapper sscrstary
OF the Nationals ana demon goaang
shark. - leekfaS forward to . lone
ly tfsee la dear old Dostoa> His
favo=ace pas<fsne OF AustiinI Prssa-
eent Grinth fron the hay before
breakfast and rushing hun 10 the
lialcs fn the varioas cities visttsd
appoars to Be doomed rndiostions
are that the -Noid Fox Is going
to- be too busy with baseball from
now ON to furnish amusement for
the genial Eynon-
The bnsiness OF Winning ball
games win ,be tia alf-ahsorotns
question in the immediate future
Here are the Red Sox Just two
games behind the Nationals with
six games to be played In ths hos
the camp beginning today.
BY taking the series from the
BarrowInen the Griffs VIII not only
be able to retain their place IN the
nrst division but win also put them
selves in q better position to clash
with the Yanks in the series be-
ginning Sunday, July L
Ever since the Griffs were bat
tered and bruised In Gotham some
weeks ago they have been laying
for Babe Ruth and the rest OF
that higgins crew.
Wait TIN we get 'em on our own
grounds they have been muttsr-
ing
The Yanks have got the range
OF the stands In New York all right
but it's q different matter lifting
them out of the Georgia avenue
park opine6 Jim Shaw, who was
one Of those to suffer at the hands
of the so-called 'Murderers' Row.
-Four games are scheduled with
the Yanks, including a morning and
afternoon game on July 5. Right on
the heels of this gang comes the
Indians and White Sox, furnishing
the acid test for the much improved
Tatio9als-
Interest in the coming of Ruth
next week is not confined to Wash
lngton alone. In Baltimore the fans
are all "het up" over the event
Admirers Of the Colossus of Clout
viii invade Washington to the num-
ber of about 1000 to see their fell
low-townsman try to hammer out
some homers. They will be sta
toned in the stands on Sunday and
Monday to encourage Babe with
their leather-lunged roofing.
Rumor has it that these visiting
fanatics will bet you even that
Babe'l bust one for the circuit in
every game. That's how much they
think of his ability.
Two double-headers are before the
Nationals in Boston as result OF
games rained out on their last trip
to that city. The Nationals dropped
only two games on that occa-
sion, the first one going to the Red
Sox, to 6, on April Is, and the
second lost by a 2-to-1 score In
fourteen innings. Ole Erickson was
the party who tasted defeat on that
occasion. travelling the entire dis
tance.
Shaw and Zachary will try to get
away with the two games to be
played today and Jim is also threat
ening to do some more long distance
hitting. The Apollo of the mound
doesn't think a bit more of base
hits than he does of his right arm.
Boston pitchers must face hard
hitting team, with the preponder-
ance of dynamite furnished by the
outerworks Milan. Roth and Rice
are tripping along merrily for a
combined average of .S37. which is
just about as good stickwork as
could be desired. Zeb continues to
lead the team in batting with a
mark of .361. maintaining his place
among the first five.
A pitcher like Byron Harris may
get away with a four-hit game on
the Nationals now and then. but as
a general thing they're in for a
hard session. If the team maintains
its stride, the Red SoX are in for
some strenuous work to keep from
dropping the series