The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-26


The Griffs are booked here FOL
the next eleven days. Until mex
Sunday they will have. daily tus
sells with the Athletics.
Next Monday the American
League champions, with Babe
Ruth looking more like an athlete
than he has for two years, viii
make their Washington debut fol
stay If four days. Applications
for tickets to those games have
been coming in to the Washington
club for several weeks from fans
living as far away as Savannah
Ca, and new records may be ex
pected for attendance during those
four contests.
The remainder of next week, clos
ing with the Sunday game Of May 8
will see Frank Chances struggling
Boston Red Sox trying to make {
noise like a big league club.
From May until May %
Washington fans will have to get
their big league baseball through
the eyes of their favOrite sports
writer, for the Griffs will make
q tour of the West and peek in
ut Boston before coming home
to battle the New York Yankees
ON May %.
A little warm weather for the
coming ten days win work wonders
with the Griffs. They got little
led up on cold weather in New
York. Last Sunday it was com
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ceeding three days the Yankee
Stadium was no place in Volstead
times. "A little on the hip" was
needed badly.
Nevertheless, DOME Bush's pitch
ers have been coming right ahead
and promise to turn in many fine
exhibitions. As soon as they have
all worked a couple of full games
they will be all o. K.
The injury to George Mogridge
is a heavy blow to Manager Bush
but Wallace Westinghouse War
moth stands ready to replace tbs
smiling George and so matters
might be worse Mogridge may
be out a month, but if he is lucky
may be back in three weeks.
AS team the Griffs are not hit
ting. This is especially true OF
Evans, Judge, Harris and Conroy
AS soon as they begin landing on
the ball with greater regularity
the team is sure to forge ahead.
The fielding of Bucky Harris,
Roger Peckinpaugh, and Joey
Evans has been brilliant to an
extreme in the eight games al
ready played. Harris and Peck
are killing hits every day in that
infield and have their famous
double play combination working
smoothly. Evans is ranging the
gardens like a freebooter on the
Spanish Main.
Muddy Ruels catching has fea-
tured every game in which he has
worked this spring, and he is going
TO make Washington fans open
their eyes. He hanks back to the
classiest days of Gabby Street, John
Henry, and Eddie Ainsmith.
Manager Bush is we'll satisfied
with his pitching staff, especially
OF those who have not been banked
upon heavily. This applies to Wal
lace Warmoth, Allen Russell, and
Sim McGrew. Warmoth's steady
work won him victory ever the
1dnKeeS. IN New York.
Russell, acting in relief roles. has
yet to show lack of class. He is
proving his value every time he en-
tiers the box.
. Slim McGrew got a brief trial in
New York and his work was the
talk Of the Ansonia lobby for an
hour that evening. He showed signs
OF knowing the location of the plate.
If McGrew come through with
some winning baseball, his sue.
cess will be a personal triumph
Tor President Griffith. The Wash
lngtOn magnate had faith in the
tall lad this spring when few
others did. He insisted on giving
McGrew a real trial. Well. the
human gy-raf is beginning to look
like a real pitcher.
While in Philadelphia and New
YORK we talked with a number of
oaseball men, some players, some
former players, and almost with
out exception, they promised DOME
Bush lot of victories, if he gets
the pitching. In other words. the
team, outside the box, looks good
even in defeat, which is saying a
whole lot, too. And when the man
IN the box is delivering the goods
the Griffs look the equal of anv
team in the league
Il IS on this account that the
pitching is so much of a problem
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