Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-19
INDIANS HERE TOMORROW
FOR THREE.CAME SERIES
Fob Reeves Outsprints Stuffy Stewart in Impromptu
Foot Race-Criffith to Make League Issue
of Written Attack by Ty Cobb.
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor. The Star.

BY DENMAe
Sports Edi,
7 Unless the weather man re-
Nationals are likely to be t
forced idleness. Where tn,
back. of going stale from t
row are apt TO get rusty from sittir
&C nbinstion of open dates in the SCI
Marking time Monday, when
schedule makers. and doing the sal
reason, the bad weather which pos,
Tigers Tuesday and also prevente
Bcnga's for yesterday. has caused fc
r"gards actual contests and practic,
.'upe Pluvius will call halt and ma
81 with the Cleveland Indians, which
II the sun gets on the job and dries
out the soggy grounds at Georgia
avenue sufficiently to make play pos
< BILE tomorrow it is likely that
Smiler" Murray will be given the
chance to try and duplicate the three
hit effort he flashed last week against
The New York Yankees, but for the
remainder of the set Manager Harris
pitching program is indefinite. All
his fingers have had a long enough
surcease to he available for toll and
hat he Is Worrying about now is
whether the protracted lay-off will
serve to take the edge off their eff.
fectiveneSs.
Fans See Sprinting Races.
Although the small crowd that
hraved the elements in the hope of
obtaining farewell glimpse of the
Tygers yesterday was doomed to dis.
appointment. the afternoon was not
A total loss for them so far as action
was concerned, due to the staging
"t several impromptu foot races
among the athletes.
This unscheduled feature had it's
Inception in gabfest on the Detroit
bench, during which Ty Cobb chal.
lenged Jack Warner to test of
sprinting ability for stake of s25
and which resulted in the pilot being
sadly outdistanced by the young
third sa cker.
Keen interest was manifested i'm
the race by the members of both
clubs. in addition to the damn specta
TORS, and led to a match being made
between Goslin and Manush. The
latter has the reputation of being
quite speedster and Goslin always
mas rather fancied himself as a run.
ner. Goose proved he has some justi.
hcatlon Tor his confidence, too. for
attef neck and neck tussle he bested
me Bengal by a narrow margin
thereby earning century note for
himself and enriching several of his
packers among the Griffmen in vary
H'sS sums totaling a similar amount.
E"cves Outruns Stewart.
by tr# time the performers were
ali hopped up on the subject Of ankle
work and an opponent was sought for
stewart. whose flashy work on the
nase mes has stamped him as one of
tne fastest bali players in the business
None Of the Tigers was willing TO
Jake nm on. but Bob Reeves. the
rookie from Georgia Tech, where he
did some creditable work on tho
track. consented to meet the issue and
sprang surprise by nosing out
Stuny in nip-and-tuck sprint from
a point close to the plate on the third
base side OF tho diamond to the left
Held bleachers, distance of about 1o5
yards.
Whether Reeves could duplicate his
victory under more favorable track
conditions is problematical. The
ground was Soggy and slippery and
Stewart was thrown off his course in
passing over bare spot and then was
beaten by matter of mere inches.
How Reeves and Stewart compare
In speed with some of their team.
mates. notably Rice and Myer. and
even Goslin. is debatable Sam. rather
wisely. declined to risk his dogs on
the uncertain footing for a final num-
her The Washington contingent of
Tered TO bet the Detroit bunch they
could produce four men who could
clean up any quartet selected from
among the Bengals, but failed to in.
terest them in the proposition. al
though in Neun. Blue Warner,
Manush and Fothergill they have a
Qulnt who can step along at lively
pace.
Cobb Pans Griff i'm Letter.
Clark Griffith had little to say to-
day for publication regarding the let.
ter received by him yesterday from
Ty Cobb. in which the Detroit pilot
severely arraigns the Washington club
president as a result of the complaint
Griffith lodged with league headquar-
tiers against Cobb's dilatory tactics in
the game the Tigers played here July
%. and which led to both Cobb and
Umpire MCGOWAN being warned by
the head Of the circuit that any con-
duct by the Detroit pilot which in
terfered with the pleasure obtained by
the spectators would not be tolerated
L have no comment to make" Griff
asserted, except to say that I'm go.
ing to put this issue before the league
and have showdown"
The letter by Cobb. which will be
laid before President Ban johnson
follows:
August 16. 1926.
Mr' lark Griffith. Washington
lSase Ball Club. Washington, d. c.
Dear Sir: On our last trip to Wash.
ington IL fell 10 my lot TO experience
one of your many outbursts. in which
you enlisted the aid of some of your
local papers In broadcasting the fact
that | should be Curbed. Naturally.
this statement, coming from you, did
not please me. l have waited until
could gather some facts concerning
this statement before writing
Now the reason l know YOU in.
spired some of Your local papers to
attack me is that they used some of
the same words and expressions in
their articles that you used TO me in
conversation after the game, when
YOU claimed that I had held up and
delayed the games of our double
header on the 29d or 23d of July.
Another reason I know you inspired
these attacks is that only one paper