The Washington herald., 1921-05-04
|CRIFFS AND YANKS
OPEN FOUR-CAME.
SERIES HERE TODAY.
Roth and Baker Will Be
Seen in Lineup of
Visitors.
py JACK NYE.

NJ JACK NYE.
y.,he Grnmen would open their
or,t western tour in Cleveland
a.yt veek in q position to give the
world champions Q battle Tor nfst
honors. they will have to do some
notable hustling during the next
fivs days.
the men Of Mcbride return today
10 Georgia avenue for q four-game
series with the Yankees. 1t has not
been many days since they startled
the circuit by taking four out OF
fiye games from the Hugmen. but
n remains to be seen whether they
can take another fall out Of that
team. which has been undergoing
some drastice spring cleaning at
the hands Of Midget Huggins-
After the Yanks comes q Sun
day game with the Red Sox. Then
begins the long trek to Cleveland,
where the team opens on May 10.
That. may be one OF those "croo-
ciai" series you have heard SO much
about or may be just an ordinary
bunch Of ball games. II all de-
pefids on what the Griffs do be-
tween now and then.
Johnson Due to Pitch.
In an effort to get a good start.
Mcbride VIII probably use johnson
this afternoon. The big train has
had plenty Of rest since his last
workout.
Local fans will probably have a
chance to again feast their gaze on
'Braggo" Roth in today's entertain
ment. The much-traded outfielder's
wstery knee is evidently strong
again, for he appeared in center
field in Boston yesterday. II was
his first appearance of the year.
Roth was expected to add much
to the. speed Of the Yanks and will
do that little thing.
His recovery was timely. as Hug
gins had benched the famous Ping
Bodie. in addition to Wilson Few
ster. Tony Connolly. a youth VIII
halls from Tulsa, where he hit .275
last season, took care Of the cen
ter garden for a few days. but has
evidently given way to "Braggo.- .
]. Franklin Baker, who almost
became a Washingtonian last win
ter. will knock 'em down at third
base, while Aaron Ward takes care
of the keystone sack. lately oc-
cupied by Fewster. Baker is in
the lineup for keeps. it would ap-
pear.
The benching of Fewster was not
surprising, in view of his ragged
helding during the early games. This
kid was looked upon as one of
the sure bets and handled second
base in splendid style during the
training games. His retirement TO
the inactive list may be only tenn
porary, as Higgins has declared
his belief that Chick will yet make
a valuable man.
Grfnf Lead L. slieht.
The margin of lead held BY tn.
Gnns over the Yanks is sIight-a
mere two and a half games. II
can be wiped out in the series be-
ginning today IL the Yanks get a
majority of the games. Hence IL
oehooves the McBridemen to set a
fast pace IL they would remain
within striking distance of the
All of which being true and. tsk-
ing into consideration the wounded
pride of the Yanks over recent
events at the Polo Grounds, ~ e.
not beyond the bounds of reason 10
predict that today's game should
mark the beginning Of a battle FOR
blood. Mr.. Huggins would prohablv
give anything except his right arm
TO be revenged on the upstairs.
from the Capital. while Mcbride has
inherited an abiding enmity tovarc
the New Workers from Clark Grif-
nth.
Griff and Huggins were alway
good friends. but the Old Fox would
rather win a game from George
Herman Ruth and Company than
play golf. He gloats over every
victory.
And to rub 1t in he orders all OF
his slabbers to put the ball over
for Ruth. Sometimes the boxmen
adopt the theory that discretion is
the better part-of vslor, but usually
they are shotting the old dill in.
though as far from the groove as
possible.
Yesterdays victory. after two
straight defeats from the Macks
should cheer up the boys a BIT.
They couldn't AFFORD to lose, as the
Yanks also got a decision over the
Red Sox. The reason was that Sam
Jones couldn't pitch two days In
succession. Sam is getting. TO be
a troublesome gentleman. He even
worries the Griffs. az
Ringo Miller took Duffy Lewis.
place in left field in the nnal game
with the Mackmen. There may be
no significance in this fact, but IL n
possible that Mcbride decided to
let the veteran Lewis rest a while
until he recovers his batting orb.
Bing faced the pitcher five times
and didn't get hit, which was no
notable debut However, the
swarthy Southern Lacquer should
get his share before the season Is
over. He takes a mighty wallop.
After many lean days ,.Blackie.
o'Rourke overcane his batting link
and whanged out a couple Of safe
ones. They ought to do much tow
ard restoring his confidence, though
it can't be said that the nervy short
stop was letting his hard luck get
his goat. He has a world of spuuk
and never quits. He had gotten all
of six hits in seventeen games up
to yesterday. His batting averare
jumped from .1os to .127:
Bulletin-At q late hour iast
evening President Griffith reported
that the waterproof canvass was
right where he left IL, which was
all over the infeld.
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