The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-08-29

Nyugiu8 from the WORK Oh the Srl
SbSst showing at home. Now and I
happy by their deeds in PHILADELPHIA
IL THE Griffs have ten games left to
play away from home. three in New
SDrk, three in Philadelphia and four
in Boston. AS they have but thirty
days left, 1t is easily seen that two
90 thirds, of their games are to be played
on the old home lot, with Cy Cum.
mings swinging mean dog down
there In the right-field corner and
playing tune on an empty pop bottle.
:. For the Griffs IL is an advantage to
be playing here. The team displays
NJ fffof'e heart and courage at home. The
=. athletes seem TO think they must
-, make good before the Capital fans,
~ even II they fall down on the road. Put,
whatever the reason. the fact remains
that they do deliver the goods here.
They have done so all season and no
shl one believes they will stop now.
,,,,S - Yanks Here Tomorrow.
s,or,7 The New York Yankees are here to-
morrow. AS they are now making
- Nh6t fight to cling to first place, they
are, sure to exert all their strength
+ q tomorrow and Wednesday to win.
or, They want to go home flushed with
- victory. 1t means a lot at the gate.
II nothing else.
= a.
q suddenly coming to life against the
- Yankees in the six games to begin to.
81 ~ morrow and end next Sunday, to put
- the Indians fairly well in front OF
-. these six games, three are booked for
o Georgia avenue, today, tomorrow and
81 Sunday. The other three are due fol
giS the Polo Grounds. with its trick
stand.
a, ,,. Frank Baker is expected to be at
- his old third base corner tomorrow.
He tore tendon in his thigh in ST.
.s Louis and has been out of the game
"a, Tor some ten days. But he has recov.
cred and will very likely be on the
Job here. The cripples always do man.
age to come back to life when they
r =, have chance to face the Griffs.
fac eioi Bush Makes Debut.
tFSU DOME Bush, for years cog in the
~ Detroit machine, makes his debut as
A Griffman here tomorrow. He is az.
sured of wild welcome. The little
fellow has almost always played good
ball against the Washington club
) here, never better than on his last
visit when he was playing second
= base. Now that he belongs to the
lodge. the fans will let him know il.
-. The Griffmen have suffered from
=, their same old wobbly pitching during
- their two weeks on the road. No mai.
ter what the excuses may be from
President Griffith, the Griffs have
- not at any time longer than one week
: had steady pitching this year. Mog-
ridge alone has delivered the goods
from the start of the campaign. Wal
ter Johnson has been the only other
= member OF the staff to maintain a
good average once he got under way.
The others, without exception, have
heen in-and-outers. with some of
them never even getting in.
,-r The Griffmen have the edge on Just
one Western club for the season to
cate. They have copied thirteen from
go. the White Sox to balance six defeats.
The Browns have trimmed the Griffs
eleven times, with the Griffs coming
back only nine times.
The Tigers have slammed the Griffs
ter, times to nine for McBride's gang
Ia squabbling with the Cleveland
Indians the Washington team has
landed nine out of nineteen games.
They Lead Red Sox.
Thanks to those five victories around
the Fourth of July the Griffs have a
lead on the Red Sox, nine to seven.
The Griffs have one-game margin
on the Yankees. eight to seven.
Connie Macks crew, though running
along at the tail,end of the procession,
have won nine out of seventeen games
from the Griffmen and seem quite
likely to finish on the long end for
the Year.
ne 'Elllnlen are nome tomorrow
ands Wednesday, with one game here
on heXt Sunday, but their real home
stay does not begin until September
when the Red Sox come here for
twos DAYS. During this stay many
youhg recruits are expected to report,
but rew will get into the lineup.
If the Griffs had third place
cinGhed II might he possible for Man.
aget Mcbride to send youngsters into
he Lineup for the purpose of watch
ing them I'm action, but no manager on
obe-year contract is over anxious
10 Get into trouble with kids when
by playing safe he can cinch things.
Therefore, whatever kids report here
wills sit on the bench unless games
become very one.sided. Their show
ing will be in private or before regu-
lar games get under way. In follow
ing this policy Manager Mcbride will
be doing no differently from what
most leaders would do under similar
circumstances. The fans may not like
81, but the fans do not offer him a
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