The Washington times., 1936-06-29
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By KIRK MILLER
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leagues caucus in Bos-
ton early next month
on the occasion of the ALI
Star game, President Clark
G. Griffith, of the Washing
ton Americans, is going to
make a vigorous effort to
secure the 1887 edition of
the inter-loop game for the
local stadium named for
him.
Griff expects to explain to
the assembled magnates, or
the board of directors of the
two leagues which act there
for, that, according to the
present plans of alternating
the game between eastern and
western towns and also be-
tween towns of the two
leagues, Washington cannot
possibly hope to ever stage
the game.
The way the anniversaries Of
this game have rotated, under the
original plan, National League
town has always gotten the call
in the East and an American
League city in the West.
Doesn't Click Right
Griff holds that in order for
Griffith Stadium, Shibe Park,
Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park
(the Boston Red SoX home) to be
host to an An-Star Inter-League
game, he present rotation of this
annual game as adopted in the
beginning must be interrupted
from time to time.
He holds that 1887 might just
as well break up the inequitable
system and that Washington, as
the Nations Capital, should be
the first American League city in
the East to put on this game
which is increasing yearly in pop
ularity.
Griff does not believe he will
have any difficulty scoring his
point when the magnateS next sit
down to discuss major league
baseball affairs, which will in all
probability be on the day before
the Boston game, or, July 6.
Besides the merit of his argyll
ment, Griff attaches a Senti-
mental angle to his bid for the
1887 classic.
Originally His Baby
He happens to be sort Of CO
founder of the American League,
having not been an actual club
owner at the moment of the birth
Of the American League, but he
was wise even then in the councils
of the sport and he was ever at
Ban Johnson's elbow in the infant
days of the loop.
The Washington club owner by
the time next summers All-Star
game comes along will be border
ing on his sixty-eighth birthday,
well past three score years. He
wants to see the stars of the two
circuits in his ball yard within
a normal lifetime expectancy, as
it we're.
All of these things considered,
It is reasonable to hope, there
fore, that Washington, year from
now, may be preparing to enter
tain throng of people from the
entire Eastern section of the coun-
try on the occasion Of the 1887
All-Star game which, to date, has
been played in Chicago, New York
and Cleveland. A week from to-
morrow the four installment will
be played at Braves Field. Boston.
Out Of Business
Some of you may have read
herein 10 days ago the yarn of
the cussin'est colonel in the U. S.
Cavalry-Major C. L. Scott, who
soon leaves Washington for Leav-
enworth-Fort Leavenworth, to be
specific.
A friend Of his has sent me
story of the CusSin' Colonel which
amused me. It may you.
When Major Scott was young
captain, back yonder in the early
days of the century. he was in
charge of a troop, which had as
a first sergeant a soldier who
could just about match the then
captain in verbal pyrotechnicS.
Because of their expert pro
family, there arose a common bond
between them. The association,
however WAS too nerfect to en-