Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-07-11

didn't I read the other day in the
paper where Walter johnson had taken
over the Indians?"
You did" said the boy friend, land
there is no answer to anything you
might ever say to me any more about
oase ball"
THERE is one Washington base ball
fan who is not permitting the
Senators flag rush to cause him
to run up a fever.
It's Uncle Clark Griffith, himself
head of the outfit, which is doing all OF
the rushing.
A three-game lead is not enough to
cause the gray pilot to chew his cigars,
bite his nails and flop his shaggy
eyebrows.
"Not even 10 games would
make me mortgage the old mare
for money to wager on my team"
mines Uncle from his rocking
chair in the Nationals executive
office.
You know" the old sage Of
the pastime continues, that We
picked up about 10 games on the
Yanks in 80 days. And if we do
not 20 out and make some breaks
for ourselves We are going to turn
them back"
Griff is no July pennant claimer.
Never was. He wants the cat tied
securely in the bag before he claims
it. "A three-game lead" he says, can
be wiped out in as many days"
And the Yanks, with an awakened
Babe Ruth, are trying to do that little
Ruth Sleep" Grif signs. I'VE were
doing all right while the big fellow
slumbered That dream game out in
Chicago stirred him into action. And
now there is trouble"
FFORTS on the part of the sports
X writer's to find Joe Cronin's pet
- superstition around which to spin
some yarns have yielded practically
nothing.
If ice is superstitious he is keeping
mum about it. And at time when a
lot of the boys from other balliW1cks
are saying that Kid Joe is so lucky
that he probably goes to hed with q
horseshoe wrapped around his neck
and one in each hand.
There was a garland denied
that Joe placed all Of his re-
cent good luck to his uniform
cap. A prominent business man,
q
said that Cronin would not let
any one touch this cap for fear
of having his luck string broken.
That sounded fine until Mike Martin
exploded the yarn by saying that Joe
tossed the cap around for any enc to
touch. And he added that Joe had
no pet superstition.
Mike should know. But the boys IN
sist Joe is superstitiouS.
So the hunt goes on.
nut Griff is superstitious if his boy
X manager is not. During the
= teams winning streak at home
Uncle has been perched in seat IN
the stands to the left of the Mats dug
out. His abiding place in the past had
been in the left field stands.
After his hired men had Jailed
to w;n yesterdays combat in the
regulation nine innings, the gray
pilot suddenly disappeared from
his nep perch and popped up
back in the old one to continue
his body English.
Now the boys are wondering where
Uncle is going to chew his stogies in
the future, as neither position yester-
day helped Joe Cronin to make it eight
straight.
r ES KENNEDY, Jimmy Twins
heavyweight, thinks he is bet
- ter fighter asleep than he is
awake
Here is the reason:
In his battle with Castagno at Coney
Island recently Twins big maverick
walked into stick of dynamite in the
| first round in the form of Cas- big right
paw.
1t was a sure-fire sleep producer.
Les came drunkenly to his feet
before the toll of 10, however,
and, to all appearances, had sur
vived the terrific poke. He fought
good fight for three rounds,
getting in close to the tall Span
lard to give him punch for punch.
1t looked as if he might win.
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But in the fourth he came out left.
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