The Washington times., 1924-09-06

; The Griffmen are leading the
Yankees by two games. Each team
has twenty-five more games to play,
In other words, the Yankees be-
tween now and September 80 must
win three more games than the
Griffs, if they would nose them out
and ride across the line for the
fourth time at the head of the
procession.
The Boston Red Sox make their
last stand in Washington against
the fighting GrIffmen tomorrow.
They also bring to close the
major league season of 1924 in the
Capital. Unless the Harris gang
comes back to engage in a world
series, there will be no more base.
ball at the Griffith stadium until
next spring, when a new campaign
will get under way.
The Griffs are booked to play
twenty games on the road, eight IN
the East and twelve in the West
Philadelphia gets four games, be-
ginning next Monday. and Boston
will entertain the Griffs during the
last four days of the month and
the campaign.
Next Saturday the first hard
contest in the West for the Griffs
will open at Detroit. Three games
are booked, for the CITY Of Straits
and the Washington entry is IA
VOred to win at least two. The
GTiffs have won thirteen out Of
nineteen games with the Jungle
| Cats this season.
1t is quite to he expected that
| RUcky Harris will have Johnson
Mogridge and Zachary face the
Jungle Cats. Johnson is usually
successful when pitching to the
| Jungaleers, and the two southpaws.
with their slow tantalizers, always
bother the sluggers on Cobb's
roster.
Cleveland for three games, opening
on Tuesday, September Is, Curly
Ogden will probably get into the
contest, while one of the other three
! will be called upon. AS each series
on this final swing through the
West will have three games booked.
it will be impossible for every one
of the first string quartet to tackle
/
some one of the four will be kept
over for the following series.
1t is the intention Of Manager
Harris to rotate his pitchers just as
long as they deliver the goods. He
will have Firpo Marberry, Allan Rus.
sell and Byron Specie standing by
at all times for relief duty. while
Joe Martina and Paul Zahniser will
be available whenever Harris be.
lieves they can walk away with a
victory and afford an extra day Of
rest for one of the first-string hurl
ers.
The Griffs will have no easy SAN.
ing through the West. It is true
that they have the edge over Detroit
and Chicago. but they are far behind
the Indians and the Browns.
The Griffmen have won but a
single game in Cleveland and have
met with the same luck in Sc.
Louis. They dropped the entire
first series Of four games in Cleve-
land and last month thav lost five
games in row in st. Louis.
Here is the schedule facing the
league leaders, beginning next Mon.
day:
September s. .. 10, 11-At Phil,
adelphia.
September 12--Traveling.
September 49, IA. 15--At Detroit.
September IS, II, 1S--At Cleve.
| land.
September 10, 20. 21-At st. Louis,
September %, %. 24-At Chicago.
September 25--Traveling.
September 26, 81, 20. 30--At Boston.
Of all the six teams to he PLAYED
between now and the end of the
season, only two have an edge on
the C;riffmen--Clevciand and st.
Louis. The Indians have won
eleven and lost eight games with
| Washington. and q clean sweep Of
the coming three games lis neces.
sary, II the 'Griffs are to break even
with iris Speakers lads this year.
The st. Louis Browns, practically
out of the pennant race, have
cinched their victory over the
Griffs for the year, having won
twelve and lost seven games. It is
impossible for the Griffs to break
even with Sisters team.
Washington has won thirteen out
Of nineteen games with Detroit and
fourteen out Of nineteen with
Chicago. The Griffs have won ten
out Of sixteen thus far from Boston
and twelve out Of eighteen from
the Mackmen.
The morale OF the team could
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