The Washington herald., 1920-01-11
SECOND WEEK
COMPLETE
Schedule for Transforming
Trip Arranged Wants
Yanks to Open Here.
By GEORGE L. MoRELAND.

Dy 1SSNeH IL. nuSNk<LrAANN.
President Griffith, who has been
hard at work, getting out his
spring training trip, has completed
the last part of it.
The first part of the trip from
Miami to Washington will be
completed this week, so that every
thing will be settled, so far as the
games of the early srping are con-
cerned.
Trip Arranged.
The last part Of the trip that will
wind up the series between Cincin-
natl and Washington, will see the
two teams at Cincinnati on Saturday.
April 10. This will be the first chance
the loyal rooters of Redville will have
Of watching their worlds champions
cavort> over the grounds. and it is a
certainty that the stands will be
taxed to capacity.
The following day. Sunday. will see
the last game played. Second weeks
schedule: Washington. April 8: WASH
ington, April 4; Richmond. April g.:
Portsmouth, April 6: Danville, April
Z; Roanoke, April s; Clarksburg.
April 9: Cincinnati. April 10; Cincin-
natl, April II.
1t had been intended by President
Griffith to stop of at either Akron or
Columbus. Ohio. CO Monday. April IL.
but he has decided that instead OF
asking the boys to play in either city.
he will bring them direct home from
Cincinnati. This will enable the
players to get a good rest before the
opening game of the season which
viii be Wednesday. the 18th.
Objects to Macks.
President Griffith is going to write
Presidents johnson and Heydler, who
are getting up the schedule for the
two major leagues that he does not
want the Athletics hoisted on him
as the opening attraction. II have
had them for .he last three years. +"
he said. and I am entitled to a
change
II opened two years-l9l7 and 1915
III Philadelphia. and then had Mack :
team a. an opening attraction here
coming to me, ! am asking that
either the Red Sox or Yankees lie
sent us
Il would be very well pleased to
have the New York team come. and
as they will have to open away from
home next year-as the Giants are
scheduled to open every other year
there. and the Yanks did that last
season-we should have u chance to
see them. What attraction we would
have. with Johnson against Ruth,
The big fellow has never made a
home run of Walter, and you can
bet that Johnson is going to see
that it never happens. But Ruth
says. Wait and see
Carl Mays Case.
There is going to be a lot of base
ball transacted in Chicago next month
when both the major leagues con-
vene in that city on February TO- The
joint meeting of the two major
leagues on the following day. while
the next day. the minors will have an
inning with the two majors, to fix up
all the old trouble between them
selves.
The Carl Mays question will be
taken up. and settled. and let US all
hope that the Johnson-Insurgent''
question will also be held behind
closed doors. and that good feeling
will again be put in vogue between
the two factions.
Col. Huston, of the Yankees, is
thinking seriously of having every
ball pitched to Babe Ruth on the
home grounds autographed. so that
when it is picked up down town. they
will know where it came from
suppose that when Ruth makes an
ordinary triple the jury in the
hlaapbarS will