Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-09

In this game 9TH 8 all-lnterndtloHd
infield will be used against George
wiltze's leaguers. Judge, Harris ane
O'Neill all are former Bisons and Ell
1erbe received his first professional eX
perience with Binghamton. Brewer
Biemiller and AcoSta, other FultZ cir
cult graduates. also may be seen il
action on the field where they formerly
labored.
Gri1s May jolt Contenders.
So far as the Nationals are con.
cerned the final month of the season
means merely finishing out the SEIZED
ule. the best position they REASONABLE.
can hope for being the top of the
second division, where the Red SoS
now stand. two and one-half games
ahead of them. But while the Griffs
lack incentive for hustling as they
would If prize money were in sight
for a definite goal. they have 1t in
their power to raise havoc with the
aspirations of the three pennant con-
tenders. 3
Their prospects for proving annoy.
ing to the White Sox are dim if past
performances this season are used
as an index.
The Nationals have won only three
games from the Gleasons all year
dropping every one of the eight bat
ties staged at Comiskey Park But
base ball is a game where the dope
frequently gets a kick in the Stats
80 it should occasion only milo sur
prise if the Griffs make up for
little lost time. at the South Side be
ginning Sunday. Cleveland has the
edge on Washington. while the yam
KEGS have been held to an even break
in eighteen games.
sympathies of the Griffmen are all
with the teammates of the late Ray
Chapman Almost to man they
would like to see Speaker attain the
championship They would resent the
charge that their personal feelings
might influence them in the quality
Of game they put up against the rival
contenders. The boys are in there
trying to get their base hits all the
time. They like to win as often as
possible and will feel that way when
stacked up against the Indians.
Sometimes. however. team puts
forth extra efforts to attain victory.
These are likely to be in evidence
during their sotourn in Chicago and
New York, rather than in Cleveland.
The same may be said for the players
of the Philadelphia Boston, Detrolt
and St. Louis clubs.
= Should Decide Both Flags.
The intersectional clashes now un-
der way in both major circuits should
hectic races ever witnessed. While
the eastern clubs Of the American
League are being entertained in this
section the western contingent of the
National League is Sojourning on the
Atlantic seaboard. Assuming that the
clubs performing on their own fields
have an advantage over those appear
ing before hostile crowds, the Giants
and Dodgers will have something on
their rivals, the Reds. for the next
three weeks. But 1t is an odd fact
tint this year the champions have a
better record in the matter of games
won abroad than at home.
In the Johnsonian organization the
White Sox and Indians should make hay
from this time forward, particularly the
Sox, who have proved well-nigh invinci-
Bile in their own .bailiwick this season.
Unless all signs fail it 10 tina Yanlss who
are In for the toughest time of it, their
record to date showing that while they
have been able to hang up forty-seyen
victories against twenty-six defeats at