The Washington times., 1928-04-13
We HER
SLIGHTLY
WARMER
By Louis A. Dougher

BOSTON, April -. This ls
Friday the thirteenth, which
means trouble for somebody,
Il may be the Griffs, but
they re hoping it'll be the Red
Sox as the series at Fenway
Park IS resumed after 9 day
Of loafing because Of cold and
wet grounds.
Though warmer than Wednesday,
don't imagine it was warm here
fnday. Nobody was overcome by
tI.e heat. nothing like that. The
steam heat back at the hotel beck
oned to more than one athlete nan
ing from Dixie.
Roth Lizzie Lisenbee and Oh
Tnun Zachary announced tneIn
aeIUea re for tOday's fray. leaV.
fnp tito BucIxy Harris TO choose
hetween them. Lizzie has yer
- fra Che rubber IN . cnain.
,rinneIlip game. or any Otner
kind 0f 5 game for some nllle.
hr,t r. has been working OUT
regularly and says ne = reauy
Cor the test.
z..h.,v looked pretty good
.as,.st the Giants last Sunday IN
@aSs.,, t,.gts,n. weak support bring
&c his downfall rather than any
Sss,it ~ his own. He Is conndenL
- t,,rrilag back the Red S0x r.
called upon today.
al pallid. sickIy sun tried It's pssIl
soIIay TO brighten things. But their
vvaa small hope Of big turnout
~ Fans. Red Sox rooters are hardy
blukes. but Il they are to come
oIIt and see their heroes take y
IN the chin, they want to sit down
while looking at the slaughter.
Wednesday they had TO stand ana
i,lrnp Up and down to keep their
FEET from freezing. Even herolsm
can sometimes go loo Tar.
The Griffs have three more COM
hats with the Red Sox before
facing the Mackmens Today and to-
morrow they play here. Sunday Will
find both teams fighting It out at
the Griffith stadium, hurting back
TO the Capital tomorrow night to-
gether.
Next week the Griffs viii
divide between Philadelphia and
their own town. Going over
to Philadelphia Monday morn
ing, they will play three games
III EElibe Park before returning
60 washington for as many
more with the Red SOx. They
should Be getting the Boston
clubs signs by the time they
finish al these meetings.
Boston writers are bit back
ward about boosting the Carrigan
crew. Knowing the bitter story
OF the. past, but almost without
exception; they have nice things
to say about the Grllfmen. The
headsup style or play used by the
Griffs comes In for the praises on
every side. Buclxy Harris is cred
tied for It, and rightly. 90. Harris
deserves that praise.
Ken williams. veteran slugger
now with the Red Eox. has made
an aiispicious start and when he
slammed his home run Wednesday
the frozen fans gave him a mighty
cheer. If williams can keep up
his interest when things begin TO
60 bad here, he should have good
year. He is one Of the best bats
men in the league when at his best,
but he had soured on st. Louis and
the Browns.
Buddy. Myer seems quite likely to
remain on third base for while.
Not so much because Of his fielding
as on account of his hitting. Bill
Carrigan is looking for hitters and
Buddy is. one.
Doug Taitt, the big outfielder
from Nashville, is being preferred
to Denny Williams just now, but
some OF. the Griffs are inclined to
think Taitt won't hang on after the
twirlers get their control and be-
gin feeding nothing but high ones
up around his chin. This was said
to be his weakness with the Nash
vile club. Meanwhile, Carrigan is
giving him the uncover.
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