Evening star., 1924-09-30
BUCKS WILL WIN, +. :.
DECLARES GRIFFITH
Team Fired With Determina-
ton, Says President-Be-
lieveS Title Assured.

There isn't team In the country
that can beat Washington i'm it's present
mood. Those boys are simply fired with
a discrimination to win. That spirit won
the American League pennant; it will
win the world series"
1t was with these words that Clark
c. Griffith led into Washington this
morning the vanguard of his cham
piens. Almost unnoticed by a few early
rteers at Union station, Griffith, Bucky
Harris. Walter johnson andes Sam Rice
stepped from the Federal express when
it arrived from Boston at 80 o'clock
With a thousand things to do,
more or less before the big series
gets under way Saturday afternoon,
Griffith and three of his stars hur-
ried from the Hub City Immediately
a1ter the deciding game yesterday.
somewhere en- route they lost Joe
Judge and Goose GosIin, who started
the journey with them
Goose Goes Home.
Goose, it is believed, dropped off
at Trenton to hurry down to his
home in New Jersey for a short visit
before he reports back to Washing
ton.
Judge is supposed to have stopped
OFF in Baltimore. All, however, are
to enjoy a much-needed holiday until
the entire team arrives home for its
omcial welcome tomorrow.
Only the relatives of the players
who arrived in Washington and a
handful of newspaper men were at
the station to welcome tho early
arrivals back to Washington. Mrs
Grifnth embraced her husband rap
turously, SO plainly touched by her
husbands achievement that the few
VINO witnessed the scene courteously
turned to few minutes of conversa-
tion.
Harris Praises Mates.
hucky Harris stood near his veteran
cnlei. The 27-year-old manager OF
Washinston's first championship team
seemed almost bashful in his reticence
10 talk about the victory. Protesting
that he did not deserve all of the
credit that is being heaped upon him
stan tried in vain to turn the conver-
sation to his teammates:
Il just had the fghtin'est bunch
OF ball players that ever assembled
That's what won the pennant Every
one OF EN- had simply bent back
wards helping. They deserve the
credit"
Clark Griffith gave credit to every
man on the team-Johnson, Judge
IosHh' Rlce, Bluege. Peckinpaugh
Muddy Ruel-he named every one of
the veterans. and finally referred to
his kid manager" with word of
added praise.
This victory vindicates my faith
In Stanley Harris. I knew he could
DO 1t and he did. This team has been
through the mill, can tell you, too
A dozen times during the last of the
seasons they were in a position where
they just had to win-not win inst
game, but a whole series. And
they did It,
Nerve Brings Victory.
The big. outstanding thing of the
team has been it's nerve and its de-
termination to win. They Just got il
into their heads that they had cham
pionship material and from that mo-
ment they wouldn't be denied. And
today there isn't a team in the
united States that can beat them.
They simply won't be licked.
The team Is just a little over
worked now. but it will be all ready
and mt to meet the Giants by the
time the series comes around. Our
boys have been through a terrible
strain. but they didn't really show
1t until they reached Boston. Then
when they lost the first game it put
back into them all of that old door
die hre. and they proce eded TO einch
the pennant
Harris is idolized by his men.
Why, when the game was over yes-
terday they picked him up ana car
ried him on the field"