Evening star., 1924-07-13

1t is interesting to note how mem
bers of the much -mauled world cham
Plon team view the battle at this
critical stage. Take Everett Scott,
old head, who plays short for the
Yankees, and who is accustomed to
figuring things out in bridge and
astronomy as well as in base ball.
Scott figures that the team the
Yankees will have to beat, if they
are to win, is Detroit. New York has
not done very we'll against Detroit
10 date, but still they have won
oftener from Detroit than the Tigers
have from them. So, if Scott is
right, they ought to finish the sea-
son in first place.
Ruth Fears the Browns.
But Babe Ruth figures ST. Louis as
the. team the Yankees will have to
bedt Ruth fears that the St Louis
Grub, having been despoiled of cham
p1onsh1ps by, the Yankees in days
past. will play it's head into bat
bag to keep New York out of another
pennant.
Ruth thinks the Washington
pitchers Will go back. But that is
not so significant as it might be,
because the Washington pitchers
have not been very far out in front.
It's better support that has been
mainly responsible for Washington s
climb, and as long as that support
Wally Pipp is more pessimistic. He
nSures that the Yankees have all the
rest of the league to beat And that,
after all. is an opinion based on sound
close the race is. It's barely a bad
weeks drop from the top to seventh
place. And if the Athletics had kent
up any sort of a. front, it would be
hardly weeks drop to last place.
Griffs Fail to Impress Ward.
Ward, the Yankees second base
man, prefaces his remarks by the OBJ
servation-which may sound egotisti-
cal, but in the light of the dope
sheets is not-that the Yanks would
nave been six or seven games better
off if he had not been hurt and the
lnfeld upset for three weeks or so.
He is not overly enthusiastic about
Washington's chances, although he
VIII Concede that any team that can
batter its way to the top must have
some class.
Pitcher Hoyt, always an optimist,
already visualizes himself as pitching
in the 1924 world series-and win
ming, which he didn't do in 1928. Bush
is pessimistic, especially when he has
been taken out of game by Manager
Huggins, and cannot find il in his
heart to guess who the ultimate win
ner Will be. Pennock is not having
the good luck he did last year. and is
too busy looking over his shoulder to
md the new moon and change his
luck TO bother his head over what
club may or may not win. Jones is
feeling pretty much the way Job did
when he launched his historic TRADE
against his comforters, and for the
same reaSon-boilS.
All the Yankee pitchers figure that
the burden of winning another pennant
is on their shoulders. And like all the
men who have been through the mill
they shut their lips grimly when they
think, of the battle that is ahead.
Nationals Earned Place.
But the talk of what may be expect
ed of other teams does not alter the
fact that Washington has earned it's
present high standing, and that as much
by victories over New York as by any
one else. For the first time in a blue
moon it is ahead of New York in series
between the two. Washington has won
ten from New York and lost eight. The
two teams have four more games to
play, and Washington has TO win only
two of them to gain the edge for the
season. 1t needs to win only one for
tie. h
The rest of the league might just as
we'll face the fact that Washington
didn't rise by luck. Clark Griffith has a
real ball team this year.
Copyright, 1924