The Washington herald., 1922-08-22
|NATlONAISTOF FACE
.BLAIlKENSnIP AND.
'EABER m 2 GAMES
Milan Picks George Mo.
sridge and Francis for
Mound Duty
By RAY HrLersFN

~ KAY HELGESEN.
The Chicago white sox. now
leading the second division aft.r
having become aecustomsd to /.
lower berth m the nrst division.
VIII be seen In a double. .header
with the Nationals this afternoon
starting at Q o'clock. -Four game,
will be played during their three :
DAY stay here. the others coming
tomorrow and Thursday.
Following the Gieasonites .efie.
the Tigers step into Washington for
three games ending Sunday. Then
the Grins pack their bags for a
three-day 3aunt to Gotham where
they will attempt to get a piece
OF the big chunk OF revenge that's
coming to them by knock ing on the
Yankees. The lanks have vor.
two-thirds Of their games with the
Nationals. 50 unless Milan's men
want to be absolutely disgraced
they must knock on the Yanks on
next weeks trip.
Browns siipps.G,
From the looks of thinEs at this
writing. the only way tie ST. Louis
Browns can win the pennant In by
a. winning streak in the West, on
their long home stay. while other
clubs stop the Yanks The Browns
record against their main opponents
for the rag Is none too good. Fur
thermore. latest reports Indicate
that the Browns are slipping some :
what. They lost. three out of four
to Connie Mack's Athletics and
greater disgrace than that Just sim
ply amt -
Unless the GriYs take 4 sudden
spurt. It's not too much to suppose
that they may eventually fnd them
selves in seventh or ever eighth
position, a danger which was un-
dreamed of even by the widest hop
head at the beginning Of the sea
son.
The Mackmen are now an even
hve games behind the Griffs and
getting better every day. Should
they continue their present pace
while the Nationals keep drop
ping ball games at their present
rate, IL would be merely a matter
Of time before the iowly Macks
and the high and mighty Griffs
switched. II Is unlikely that any
thing as disastrous as this will hap
pen. but it's a possibility and in
Philadelphia it's even considered
probable. -
MeGrfdge and Francis To-day.
Mogridge and Ray Francis will
probably oppose Ued Biankenship
and Faber In this afternoons
Daniel Boone. who took the
Griffs to the circus Sunday in
twelve innings. could have been
purchased by President Clark Grif-
nth a year ago for virtually moth
ing.
On the Grifs return trip from,
Tampa in the sprinE Of. 81 they
stopped on at Chattanooga for an
exhibition. Boone was the hurler
they faced and after the game many
of the Nationals expressed the
opinion that he was almost ripe for
the big leagues then.
Boone held the Griffs to eight
hits and five runs. losing on errors
by 5-to-t score. Grin was
pleased with his work but seemed
to think he needed more SEASONING.
Though Dick Richards and a couple
of others urEed the Old Fox to
get q string on the youngster, Griff
put them of, saying he'd watch the
kids progress and maybe get him
later.
Things went on like that until
Boone was forgotten by the Ma
tionals. His record in the Southern
League was only mediocre, due
largely to the fact that he was
pitching for a terrible ball club.
Then the Indians grabbed him
this season. Speaker got q string
on him early in the spring and
when his pitching stan went bad
on him. called the youngster in
from the bushes. Boone has. started
twice In this league and won botn
starts. Ali he needs now is dali,
drills In the art Of fielding his po-
sition in big league style and a
few pointers in major league tech
nique. Then he will be ready to
take his regular turn on the hill.
to Speaker.
Another rookie whom Grif has
passed up recently is a youngster
named Brown. whom the Pittsburgh
club bought from the Reading club
of the Interns tional League three
weeks ago. Brown Is a big rangy
fellow with a world of speed. He
has plenty Of natural ability, but
is shy on big league technique much
the same as Boone.
Starting his first game against
the Braves last week this rookie
held Boston to hve hits and was
never in danger. winning to 2.