The Washington times., 1930-05-09
READY TO DISPR0VE FALSE START
GR|FFSWOULD
MAKE BUSH .
EAT WORDS
BY BOB THAYER


BY BOB THAYER
DOME Bush, diminutive man
ager of the Chicago White Sox
will have an opportunity of prov
ing a recent contention today
when his enterprising Chicago
White Sox inaugurate a four
game set with Walter Johnson'E
Griffmen here.
The Washington Club, Bush
declared in a recent interview
got away to false 1880 start
DOME added that Walter John
sons men were playing over their
heads and would eventually drop
IN the American League race.
OF late the GriffS have failed
to match their earlier stride. But,
according to President Clark c.
Griffith, their slump is only a
temporary one and will soon be
a thing of the past.
Il think Bush may change
his mind after his team takes
on the Washington Club"
Griff remarked today, "it'S
one thing to make predic-
tiOns and another bearing
them out.
"Our 1929 club was much
better than its record re-
vealed. Now that Walter
johnson has developed sew
eral of his youngsters he
figures to get somewhere"
Fired by Bush'S challenge, the
Griffmen are set to clean up in
this series. So far they have
Jared poorly against Western
clubs. Two reversals in three
starts were sustained in the st.
Louis Brown get-together, while
only an even break resulted from
the Detroit Tiger mix-up. Four
losses in seven games is anything
but proud showing for club
holding forth in its own back
yard.
Added glamor will be furnished
in ladies' day setting today by
none other than the greater Art
Shlres, pugiliSt-ball player of the
Sox.
Shires only recently returned
to the game after lay-off caused
by injury. Although Skipper
Donnie Bush is said to have
worked wonders with the one-time
American League storm center,
Art still takes hefty chew and
puts on his one-man circus for
the benefit of cash customers.
Bush, it is claimed, has no
difficulty whatever clicking
with The Great ShireS. DOME,
like Art, is born pepper-pOt
and sympathiZes with one of
his stripe.
The hustling Sox, although one
game below a $3.50 break, have
played heads-up ball since the
start of the season and will be
ready to shoot their best against
the Griffmen. Lloyd Brown will
endeavor to register his fourth
win Of the season for the Griffs
today. He will likely be duelled
by young Ed Walsh, dyed-in-
the-wool Washington club menace.
BuSh's appearance here will be
his first since 1923 when he
piloted the Griffmen to fourth
place. MysteriouSly enough the
popular little leader was dropped
the following season. Where
upon Bucky Harris proceeded to
a pennant.
Roy Spencer and Benny Tate
will likely alternate behind the
bat hereafter when veteran pitch
ers are nominated. For a time
at least Spencer figures to hit
the southpaws while Tate opposes
right handed offerings.
Muddy Ruel, who has car.
ried the brunt of the back
stopping to date, will con-
tinue handling the youthful
SlabSterS.
Alvin Powell, Washington's own
sandlot graduate, is playing bang
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Haven, of the Eastern League.
In his first two games with the
ProfS Little Goose clouted an
even 500. Four singles and
two-bagger doomed from his bat.
Sammy Rice got three hits and
ran up his consecutive hitting
streak to nine games yesterday
when the Griffmen bagged. the
final of their series with Bucky
Harris Detroit Tigers, 8-5.
Old Sad Sam Jones, aided by
healthy support, outlasted Owen
Carroll and Phil Page before
Kippered Herring toed the slab
and finished impressively.
The high lights were furnished
by outfielder Sam West and old,
reliable Joe Judge. West pro-
NOTED two triples and a two-bag-
ger. Judge satisfied himself with
double and three-ply shot.
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