The Washington times., 1926-09-07

While the champins have been.
playing to the tune OF 1000, the
indians have maintained an aver
age of TIT. with q mere 300 Tor
the Yankees and Macknen. This
has permitted the Indians to crawl
up on the leaders and the- GrirI-
men to tie the AS for third place..
The Eastern clubs open their
third and last invasion or the
West next Saturday. The Griffmen
have q double header booked at
Cleveland, playing off "a game
transferred from the Capital. The
Athletics battle the White Sox
IN Chicago, the Yankees tackle the
Tigers at Detroit and the Boston
Red Sox win play private games
with the Browns at st. Louis.
hound city fans having turned
away altogether from the American
leaguers to cheer for the Cardinals.
The champions are enjoying q
vacation today. Tonight at 1880
they leave for MassillOn, Ohio,
where tomorrow they meet the
Agathons, 3 crack Independent
team there. Re" Mcbride came
60 the Griffs from the AgathOng
and tomorrow he win play third
base for the big leaguerB against
his former buddies. Massill0n Is
celebrating It's hundredth birth.
day and the champions win as.
sist In their humble way.
Thursday the Griffs win clash
With a tire company team at
akron, Ohio. They expect to face
ketchum, a pitcher with class
enough to shut out the Pittsburgh
Pirates a efw weeks ago without
hit or run. Ketchum played
with Bucky Harris Coral Gables
team in the Sunshine league last
winter and Is said to be q real
pitcher who plays ball more for
the fun OF It than anything else.
Friday viii be q day Of rest for
The boys, but their real work viii
begin on Saturday when they run
up against the Cleveland Indians
h two games. From then on to
the close of the campaign, they will
have their hands full trying to
peter their finishing position.
Ginger" Carroll, from Little
Rock, and Lefty" Thomas, from
Rochester, are scheduled to report
10 Manager Harris at Cleveland
Friday or Saturday and should
some In handy. IL only used against
the batsmen In practice. This viii
Enable the regulars to rest between
battles.
The champions have 2I games
left to play before calling it q
year. Four are with the Indians,
seven with the Tigers, four with
the Browns, three with the White
SOx and three with the Mackmen.
An are on foreign fields, Wash
fngton's big league season coming
70 an end yesterday.
When they depart tonight the
Eriffs will be taking a new member
" the game along for his first trip
h a Washington uniform. Brandon, !
llle Portsmouth, Va, catcher, has
busted Jimmy Smith and is now in
'harge OF the bullpen.
Pat" LOTUS, the big pitcher from
New Haven in the Eastern AssocIa.
ion, Is to report to Manager Harris
It Detroit and Bump" Hadtey VIII
DIN the gang at st. Louis. Hadley
B the only one OF the four hurlers
likely to be seen starting games,
Ehough Carroll is a possibility
lgainst the Browns.
The GrIffmen have now finished
wo inter-club series. Last week,
Monday. they finished with the
Yankees, making the record for the
rear 10 victories and IL defeats.
Yesterday they wound UP with the
Red Sox. They have won Is and
0st three of their tussles with the
Sostonlans. Yesterdays second game
Fa washed right out OF the sched-
ale, no open dates being available.
The Red Sox are scheduled in New
Fork today, otherwise they might
nave played it off today.