The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-25
GRIT MEL
ding
Today
Mana ger Harris and President
Griffith Watching Busher
Play II Buffalo
By LOUIS "A. BOUCHER

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q BY LOUIS IA. BOUCHER
There Is no baseball today fo1
The fighting Griffs, here Or any
where else. Tomorrow the East.
s ern clubs, including the contend-
ers from New York and Washing
ton, will open their second invasion
NOT the West. the Yankees at Chi
cago and the Griffmen at Cleye-
Land. The Philadelphia Athletics
swil open 4 series at Detroit, with
Tie Boston Red Sox tackling the
Brownies at ST. Louis. American
League baseball viii be confined
10 the West for the next three
weeks.
BuclEy Harris and Clark Griffith
gare in Buffalo, N. r, today, gazing
at some bush Lacquer touted off 70
5WelI, they can all be used.
The Griffmen, with the exceptions
noted, are in Cleveland today, max.
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have no baseball to play today and
s. some, including Secretary Eyon,
e Uncle Nick AItroclk, Walter Johnson
and Bryon Specie, q wonder with
one club, expect to play 4 little
golf today.
without game to watch II
~ Cleveland, most Of the athletes will
Loaf around the Hollenden, take IN
the movies and then have d tine
nights sleep before tackling iris
Speaker and his Indians at Dunn
Field, home Of the Cleveland club,
IS The fighting Griffs believe them
S seIVes very much in this pennant
i hunt and hope to come home in
hs first place, with 3 margin Of at
s., least three games over the runner
ii mp. They have seventeen games
Il 20 play In sixteen days, which
i should prove Of great benefit TO
their pitchers.
-Four games are booked for the
Griffs IN Cleveland. The last visit
was disastrous, all four victories
going to the Indians. The GFiffs
haven't quit kicking about thai
series vet, which means q tough
night every day on this visit open
ing tomorrow.
From. Cleveland the Griffs 60 ur
20 Detroit for four. more BATTLES
and they will be battles, too-with
the Detroit Jungle Cats, who are
sharing with the Sriffs and Yankees
this hottest Of fights for the Amer.
lean League pennant.
On August the sGriffs open q
dve-game series at st. Louis, prob.
ably with q doubleheader on the
first day. That ID the only double
header booked for them and they
should be well prepared for II.
This second swing around the
Western half Of the circuit viii
tClose with the series at Chicago
starting on August Z. The Griffs
have 4 slight edge over the Western
clubs and win do their b6st to In
crease the margin before returning
alto the Griffith Stadium on August
y.
81 Floyd Scott Is expected TO re.
port 70 the Washington club at
Cleveland. It Il unlikely that he
win get into action, though, un.
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Is % hit for some pitcher. Floyd
was originally q catcher. He was
made into an outfielder 81 fair
skill because Of his hitting ability.
He has vet to show that against
1 last company.
The fighting Griffs made 1t TON
Out Of tive by taking that last game
from the dispirited Chicago White
tSOx, Z to s. A. the jungle Cats
ibopped from the Yankees, today the
Griffs and Yanks are tied for. second
place, one-half game behind Detroit.
g Eighteen games were played with
esehe Western clubs In the stay end.
ing yesterday. Twelve were victories
At1or the home team, seven defeats
and one was tie In five innings.
HtUntil this second visit of the West
verners to the Capital the Griffs had
Won thirteen and lost twelve bat.
tiles to the West, averaging $50.
They bettered this considerably be.
tOre hiking to Cleveland. averaging
sa682 In these recent games.
so Today the Grlffmen have won
rkwenty-four and lost nineteen games
sAn their contests with the four West.
siein clubs, boosting their average
1kfom $40 to .55& At this rate thew
should remain in the nag chase to
he end of2the campaign.
Little Memo Leibold was pretty
tnuch the whole cheese in that last
victory over the White Sox. Going
20 bat five times, he singled fou,
Zines In succession, scored two runs
and handled three putoutse Clearly
Walter Johnson struggled along
Tor five innings when he was knock.
I'd OF the slab. Russell finished II,
good fashion. q couple Of double
plays assisting in keeping the SOY
away from the plate.
The Griffs won with two runs ~.
Nike Cvengros in the sixth after
tying the score In the fifth off
Leverette.
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