The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-06-08

leading for several weeks, have been
hat with injuries and have showed
signs of cracking under the strain.
They are coming back to the rest of
the teams slowly but with deadly
certainty.
The New York Yankees, after get
ting their bumps at Georgia avenue,
are playing better ball at home and
are doing their share toward making
the race closer. They walloped the
Brownies and have started in to
grease the chute for the champions
The Red Sox are proving stubborn
opponents. They turned back the
Indians and have now begun to
worry the Brownies.
The Griffs crushed the White Sox
and have opened the Detroit series
with victory, to 2, in brilliant
ly-played game going ten innings be-
fore the decision was made.
FIVE ARE IN TT.
Five clubs are in this hattie for
honors in the American League as
the campaign swings into it's third
month. Cleveland and Detroit rep
resent the West. New York, Wash
ington and Boston are the Eastern
candidates for top honors. He would,
indeed, be a wise man who could
pick the ultimate winner right now
The Grifrmen, suffering from slip
shod pitching. are now being pro-
vided with the real stun. George
Mogridge has been the only consis-
tent performer from the beginning,
bat now he is being helped out by
walter Johnson, Jezebel Tecumseh
Zachary and Jose Acosta, with now
and then a decent exhibition from
Courtney.
There is considerable luck in win
ming a pennant. even as there is in
winning a place in the first division.
n Mcbride can escape having any
serious Injuries affiict his regulars,
and his pitchers continue their pres
emit gait, there is no reason to be-
liexe that the Grifrs won't finish high
in the race. Indeed. first place is
not impossible to them.
The honest-to- oodness truth of the
matter is that the. league is weak
this season. There is an oversupply
Of dull wits in uniform. There are
too many players thinking more of
their farms or their motors cars than
they are of winning the next days
bali game.
With conditions as they are, George
Mcbride has quite as good a team as
there is in the circuit A little ambi-
tion inject ed into ii here and there,
alertness in one or two stars, and
helluvalot of fight all through, pat
terning after Pat Charity and Bucky
Harris, and the Griffs have a pennant
in their grasp.
George McBride>has the honest sup
port of every fan In this vicinity,
which goes much farther than the
confines of the District of Columbia
Maryland and Virginia fans are quite
int tad nf hn "a al
itself. Therefore, as he is a wise man
and exerienced in baseball ways, he
viii not be nettled because the fans
are yelling for Bing Miller and
Turkey Brewer to be retained in the
lineup. The demand merely shows the
consuming interest OF the fans. They
believe that the new players can
bring the ultimate triumph. IL not
this year, some time near in the
future. They have little or no faith
whatever in the efforts of the
THE CHEER BRowER-
Zeb Milan started yesterdays game
I'm left field but after coming in fast
on Leonard's short fly, which
O'Rourke went out and caught, the
Griffs' captain was forced to quit
Mcbride Immediately sent Miller over
10 left field and Brewer to right
The tall virginian was given a Wild
welcome from tho fans as soon as he
stuck his head out OF the dugout His
timely hitting has endeared him SO
much to those right field rooters that
they even excuse his clumsy fielding.
They realize that ne is doing the best
be can in the field. They know he
can throw and they are darned sure
he can hit especially when hits
count
George Mcbride Is manager of the
Washington club. Upon his shoulders
is the heavy responsibility for get
ling the most out of the team on the
t!eid- He may be depended upon to
20 HIS best, strsinfng every nerve to
nut the strongest combination on the
diamond each and avery day.
Therefore. Mcbride IL not losing
nnueh sleep over the wild shouts of
rYie1 from the bugs when their optn-
IONS don't happen to jibe with hts
AZ the same time he Is not 20 blind
AZ TO overlook their interested opin-
IONS. knowing that the fans make the
game
Ths rnnrxee Of tho Grim IN passing
fair. rnsre are no politics working
benesSh tho surface to keep this man
in and that man ont II the team
proves n mvver. n WIN be only be-
.ause n facks the stuff To mako a
xinnNe.
Today DO oxafrs look quate a. pow
erful As any otfssr team In the league
they lack q Babe Ruth They lack q
IRIS Speaksr- They lack an Everett
scott They hack a Carl Maya thank
heaven. But tbsy don't LACK for thu
seam WORK that brings Victories on
the diamond and. with the Washing
ton fans puflinr for them every min
ute. In fair wcatber and foul, II Is
posasbie for them to win the Ameri-
IAN League pcnnant this season of
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