The Washington times., 1924-09-22

When his active days as a player
to an end. he hooked up with MEG
has been with the New York club
In the estimation of McGraw for b
Dolan's duty for the coming week
will be to watch for weak places
In the fighting Griffs. He will
study their pitching closely, the
world series being usually decided
by the pitching. He will search
for q way to stop their ways Of
advancing runners. He will strive
to get their signs. 1t is up to
Dolan to acquaint McGraw with all
the habits and characteristics Of
the fighting Griffmen on the field.
He has one week in which to
do this.
Though the Giants have yet to
cinch their grip upon the Ma.
tiOnal League flag, it 10 flatter- !,
ing to Bucly Harris and his
fighting Griffs to have the vet.
er1n National League leader
consider the Washington club Ger.
tain of winning even before the
mathematical cinch has been
decided.
That's nice of McGraw," said
Bucky Harris last night just before
boarding the train for this city,
''he must consider US in already.
That's more than 1 do. 1 feel we
must keep going. There mustn't
be any slip between the cup and
the lip"
Joe Engel, chief scout for the
Washington club, is expected here
f0Vrnn,srnVxy He will than IN
New York to get a peek at the
McGraw team, seeking information
likely to be Of use in the coming
world series.
The Fighting Griffmen are today
two full games ahead of the New
York Yankees. Seven games re.
main on the schedule. II the Griffs
win five, the Yankees will have to
win all seven to tie them. In that
case a. special series of three
games will be played between the
leaders, but that likelihood is re-
mote.
Today the Yankees open at Cleve.
land, where Iris Speaker will do
his best to turn them back, sending
Smith, Coveleskie and Uhle against
them. 1t is. true that the Griffmen
defeated that trio of FINGERS, but
that does not necessarily mean that
the Yanks will do as well. The
Yankees are cracking under the
strain of this vicious fight for
the championship.
Ten days ago this writer pre-.
dicted in these columns that the
Griffs would have the champion
ship decided by September Il.
which was yesterday. He failel
by two games The Griffs should
have defeated Dutch Leonard IN
Detroit and would have taken all
three games in st. Louis. but fo-
Fred Marberry's brainstorm.
Were the Griffs leading the
race today by four games instead
Of two, it must be said definitely
that IL was all over but the
shouting. As things now stand,
the decision may not come until
Saturday.
This writer looks to SO the
Yankees win three straight In
Cleveland, with the Griffs winning
two out Of three here. It IS possible
Tor the leaders to win all three here,
but two seems more likely. That
will send both contenders into their
final series with Washington lead
ing by one full game. In that case
two out Of four victories for the
Griffs will force the Yankees to
make a clean sweep Of their four
games in Philadelphia to win. This
writer does not expect that to hap
pen.
One victory for Cleveland over
the Yankees will almost shatter
every Yankee hope. The champions
look for that clean sweep, hoping
for an even break with the Mack.
may win one Of their three games
with New York, while the Mack.
men are likely to win three Of their
tour.
The Yankees cannot afford to lose
one Of their remaining seven games.
The Griffs can lose two and still
be no more than tied. The morale
of, the Griffmen is high, though
they are actually staggering over
the finish line. In this they are
just like the Yankees. The pitchers
OF both clubs have been extended
to the limit. They need rest and
cannot get 1t in the midst Of this
final dash for the tape.
Jezebel Zachary tottered a little
IN that last game in st. Louis, al.
lowing four runs in the fourth
frame when he wild pitched Rob.
ertson home and then saw Jecob.
son hit home run, scoring Nc.
Manus ahead of him, after Nc.
Manus had poled Sisler over the
dish. However, the big southpaw
was able to gather his strength
after that and but one hit was
scored against him In the last three
innings. The Browns were all done
after making those four runs in the
fourth. The GTiffs were still bat.
Ting and hung UP victory.
MeNeely's triple, Rice's walk,
GOolin's long fly to jacobson and
Joe Judges slashlng single 81
center gave the Griffs two runs
I'm the third. Muddy Rncl's safe
bunt, McNeely's walk and . ain.
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