The Washington times., 1927-07-26

ing choices for the Griffs today.
The White Sox hurlers are1
problematical. They have been
taking their beatings right regu-
larry Of late, and Manager Schalk
may not be so sure which of his
collection to send in against the
rollicking Griffmen today. Ted
Lyons is a probability, with Ser
geant ConnaIly. Bert Cole and
Elmer Jacobs available for one
clash.
Roger Peckinpaugh, short
stopping ace Of the Griffs in
their pennant winning days, is
back in the Chicago brand of
smooth work in the field, with
timely biting. Bill Hume
field has replaced the veteran
Aaron Ward at second and is
working well with Peck.
The White Sox are just now rid
ing along in fifth place, much to
their dissatisfaction. Every effort
will be made to regain a berth in
the first division before this Sec
end eastern trip ends. Today they
are two and a half games behind
the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Griffs are ID games behind
the leading Yankees. II an earth
quake swallows the New York club,
the Griffs might win the pennant,
but hardly otherwise. The real
fun is being staged by the four
teams battling for second place,
the Griffs, Tigers, AS, and White
SoX. The Yankees are merely play
ing exhibitions as a background
for the home-run contest between
Babe and Lou Gehrig.
The Griffs reached Washing.
ton shortly after z o'clock last
evening. They came in from n
successful jaunt, too. winning
u and losing six battles in the
West. This Is marching along
to the tune Of .667. On their
first swing around the West
they won four and lost six
for 4 mark Of 400.
Ossia Bluege will quite likely
resume action at third base today.
He had a slight attack Of indiges-
ton, keeping him out Of the St.
Louis series, but was in good shane
today and hopeful Of playing again.
In his absence Topper Rigney sur
rrissd with his snappy fielding and
long distance clouting. For a lit
tie fellow, his drives were arnaz.
lngly long.
Before hurrying away to the West
again the Griffs are to tackle all
the Western clubs here and then bat
tie the Yankees four times. The Sox
are here for but three days. Friday,
Ladies' Day. by the way, the Detroit
Tigers come to town for four games
in five days. This runs them into
next week.
OF course, the big feature of
their visit will be the Walter John
son celebration on Tuesday. Barney
| will then observe his twentieth big
league birthday in a contest against
the very club he faced for the first
time on August 2, 1907, the Detroit
Tigers. He lost his first start,
to 2, incidentally.
On Wednesday, August 3, the
Browns hop into town for three
days. On August the Cleveland
Indians come along to close the
Western invasion with four con.
tests.
The New Workers. make their
final visit of the season to the
Capital when they open q four.
game series on August 10. With
that series out Of the way the
Griffs trOt right out to Sc. Louis
again, starting their last trip
around the frontier.
Hubert Atkinson, the Logan
Square outfielder, Is expected to
sign a Washington contract today.
Already Joe Engel Is trying to find
place for the youngster in the
minors. He will get his real trial
at Tampa next spring. +.
Today's double-header is the only
one facing the Griffs on their
present home stay. Rain to come
may provide others. but that's the
only way, that or tied contests.