The Washington herald., 1922-11-24
DECIDES UPON
STEP, SEEING
FAILURES @f
TWO SEASONS
Old Fox, Following Exampls
Z Set by Connie MACK -Alsc a
Magnate, win Have DFsct
Control Of Players Next Sum
ute's taor -
By LOUIS A. DOU6HER.

t1.ARK C. GRIFFITH win man
age the Washington teaaRsf sfr0 a
~ the bench next season. s~fs
Though continuing as pyesi6E a
of the Washington American leat 9
club, he will take more active n q
in the direction of his team than ne
has done for two years.
Zeb Milan, manager during -
recent campaign. 10 not expected 70
be with the team in any cApac.g
and has not even been reeeryed
Just who will be the field 0spt o
Of the team will not be made knQssn
until spring. but RbtoietaoinsrN q
until spring. but Roger Peel. a.
paugh, the veteran shortstop, ID .ae
likeliest man for the position Of
battling with the umpirss. --sse
President Griffith. yielding pai, ~
to poor health and partly 20 1sh- n
ennui, handed over the reips of
active management of his -tt, M
to George Mcbride for the cd.a-
paisn Of 1921. Mcbride had Ear
success. though hardly up 70. ..,s
expectations of many.
Mcbride was struck on the face
by a thrown ball in midsesson snd,
coupled with generally poor heat b,
1t caused his retirement as. manassr
last winter. Mcbride was out OF
baseball altogether last summer. re
naming idle in Milwaukee. r-a-
MILAN MADE LEADER.
friends in Washington. wan named
In Nj -.
campaign. He had shown -senss
skill in handling the pitchers dur
ing the illness Of Manager McBi de
the previous year and Pres5d. nt
Griffith believed he had found zthe
right man to lead the team tp-szc-
tory. -.
Instead OF getting away O. q
good start. the Griffmen of =
were left at the post illness I. nd
injuries to needed players. especially
pitchers. kept the team in ihe
doldrums until late in the sea IN.
Then, in the waning weeks. the
Grfffs seemed TO pull themset' &c
together and finished well .enoa- N
However. all was lost by that lhne
and sixth place was the best res=a,d
they could get ...--.
The 1891 Griffmen had finishod
fourth. but a step or 80 behind the
st. Louis Browns. Young pitc' rs
had made excellent fall show ags
and prospects were held out e. q
contender my 1922.
The failure of Zeb Milan and lie
merry men, while a grievous =. W
to the fans Of Washington arr q
surprise to baseball men geneir "
ieverywhere.' was doubiy 50 TO 4. -
ident Griffith. He had looked ssyr-
ward TO leading a winner. He s-sd
spent LOT of money for hall aps sy-
ers. He had expected to .see.-i' is
team batttiRg with the: YanI -
and the Browns FOR the--pennaut.
GRIFF1TH WAS FRETFUL- - d.
There were many times dp cns
the past season when Presis,,-Ht
Griffith was fretful over the ~
ditions as he saw them frnm : "
to day. More than once he O. I'd
hardly refrain from stepping in,s d
lexerting his authority. HoEt-' r.
he held his hands off. perm,. q
Manager Milan to complete his - q
son and then began planning or
1929. -. =
Recently rumors came from 1t.
Paul that Mike Kelley. succer NJ
manager OF the American Ass n.
ton champions. had been -of1Ns
the position as manager. OF ,e
lGriffmen. President Griffith de- d
these rumors. though admitting -
had asked Kelley what he-inlfi 20
doing next year.
More recent rumors have ID
, Frank Chance. former uupan<, II
the Chicago Cubs and NEw tS
. Yankees, coming to Wash3ngto &c
put drive and dash into ma e =
men. There is small f61ndE D.
for this report. Chance hAe "a
: Ibis California ranch proI ~ = u
may be coming hack int97kG1<i ~
He may follow Hughey Bpn<ss
manager in Boston. as seuru< = z :
ports have. but Il is morSU.ty
THAT he will enter the game az fn
owner rather than as q nersrsn'
Iploye.
Two years of resting from ~
arduous duties Of hiking are I'd
with a ball club have greatly ssS d
President Griffith's physical cor u
ton. He is in shape 70 st on s'e
bench and bawl out the boy1
II. he cannot get out on %ce y
ing lines and taunt the umpires ,'
be once did
| CAME hEhE IN IslL.
Clark Griffith came to- Wash "a
ton in 1912 as manager lid Or
owner. In his very first season g
landed the Washington cleb IN 3,
ond place and had u betf)tng 20
the leaderShip for most OF the -
son. That was the higffe<t rtk
ever attained by a matsTeie ,'
For a couple Of years the @ ~
tmen were strong. Then they e
fesn 10 60 % the bad. and .rd&ly
Hast spring aid the fans AaS& o.
son 70 -beiieve somethfng Eoff Xss
IN store for them. = Tho .sAx>
Therefore. Of Milan's team Prov 1
greater shock than any had y
President Griffith has done a Z ;,
Of thinking about conditions on !,
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